The New York herald., 1876-07-21

EXPENDITURES OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT
REPORT CALLED FoR-roMpKINs SQUARE
AGAIS-CAsTLE GARDEN AND THE BATTERY.
regular meeting OF tho Board of Aldermen was
held yesterday afternoon. with Mr. Samuel A. Lewis in
the chair
Alderman Cole offered the following resolution
Resolved, That the Department Of Public Parks be and
s,aiemen' sho"ng the n.ms Of every emas,s OF tsa At
each including l~borers; also statement showing in do
tail the expenditures under the item of appropriation made
for said department for the present year.
Mr. Coles for presenting this resolution
that few days ago he called at the Office OF tho
Park Commissioners on behalf OF workmen who
were In need OF employment Commissioner Martin
informed him that they putting any LABOR.
present; iact, they had II in contemplation to
! discharge 100 The gwen Tor this
that the appropriation tor 1876 inadequate, and
the department could not spent than the
appropriated Tor II. The Alderman proceeded
apalyze the expenditures of the Park Commissioners
as follows
on looking the nnal estimates the year 1870
| | find under tho head Department of Public Parks
that the of 1926 900 has been appropriated for
thor maintenance and government. Halt million Of
dollars Is large sum of money, and considering that
! the Central Park was surveyed engineered"
and landscape gardencd" many years ago the public
would, doubt like TO know how such large amount
OF money disburscd, especially only very small
amount Is paid for operative labor
on looking over the items which make up the appro-
priaton Tor 1876 find the following estimates for sal
aries alone :-Iandscapc architect Sc. 500 Cbcf Clerk
So 900, experimenting archteci, $4,000; superintcnd
ing engineer So 200 necr
81 9o0 engineer chef, S5, 200. assistant engineer
81 300; division engineers, 600; civil and opo
rrnphca engineer sj 200: ass slant civil aud topo
graphical engineer, 81 000 Inctcoroiogis 81 0cO pay
master. ~, 600; three assistant paymasters. Sl.500
draughsmcn and assistants $4,000. Toai, $69 ZOO
These officials appear TO be only connected with the
Central Park, find the annexed district Is pro-
vded for in other items, as siolows-"superintenden
and engineer 81, 500; salaries for surveying the
Twenty y-lnrd and Twenty fourth wards, $9J, 100 "
believe they have been surveying the 'annexed
trict'' during the past two years, and 1t will, very
likely, lake years more before it Is completed.
Besides the anncxed district" has another oppropri
aton awarded 10 II OF some s5l 100 for Surveying,
monumenting &c, making, in all the sum OF Slj5,60
for the lwen,ythird and twenty fourth wards II the
experimenting architects, the landscape architects,
landscape engineers, landscape gardeners, surveyors
aud other saaried officials employed in the annexed
district get tho salaries as those mentioned
the Tor tho Central Park have force OF
nearly sevsnty-hve men, absorbing fully c-half OF
the appropriation OF 1876 for the maintenance and
government OF the public parks.
Tho resolution was passed, Alderman PUrroy remark
Ing that statement IRON the Commissioners would
establish an entirely different state OF afairs
Alderman Bryan Reilly called up the resolution
relating TO Tho completion OF Tompkins square by
days work by The Department Of Public Parks
The resolution was again lost, by vote OF l6 TO 3
Messrs Wade. Morris and Rowland being recorded in
the negative.
Alderman John Reilly then moved that when the
Board adjourn IT adjourn 10 meet every day ut two
O'Clock until the Tonpkns square resolution passed
This motion was agreed TO-
CASTLE GARDEN
Alderman Norris offered the following preamble ana
resolutions relative to Castle Garden and the Battery
ns act" % the s s s s.
Emigration. known us Castle Garden the question of
has been applied the expedsncy longer eontinaance Of
s a
public and opnons are expressed AS sared as
sS the "pn1s hs or washes OF ns c which owns
Whereas
inrs at the Battery have certainly prior exclusive
property applied B. i. .hsrsors p''''A 10 M
4. BATTERY recently DESTROYED By hTs continue Is
to tine health Of the city the known and reprehtnsbe in
effects upon neghborhood aud by converting iuo
an Lodging nons & ensns I'll, a "a and
most beautiful parks the city and. II not entirely
yss'ns ss ss'; .n Bs E for wit"
o oa5 % onn. "nS % & Sd
better or more appropriate and derane place be
s S fss "S ss " i:
emisrHn. aud there are buildings now vacant on that
commedatc the emigrants arriving likely arrive
neathy and complete ISOLATION can be- had for
the o , % linn se1Ty ;sans ns %
lower and oversrswded psr ofthe city while
Emernnt Commission would be largely the esiner. il
at no 5e Gsn So 5 a the
or, il they are conveyed in steamboats, iron,
the ship the shore slight additional expense will
them from the ship in the harbor TO the dock at
apo on s So sy ID .ae
the emgrans The State and the city that the
of all three this Common Council clearly of
opinion that Castle Garden should not 90 reDuil that the
Battery should be devoted entirely thc
enjoyment citizens and that the entire emf.
grant establishment of the state shond be located In
place. place. sufficiently large and
already provided Wards Island; be it, therefore, fur
ther
Resolved That the Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund.-
who empowered to lease and control city property
they hereby instructed permit
Ing of Cast Garden to the lease thereof the
Commissioners OF Emigration II in their prevent
and the Department of Public Parks be Is hereby
tho premises lately known
Castle Garden and other buildings connected Herewith.
aud forming portion OF the pnbc place known the bat
terry which It has jurisdcton and improve entirely
deinosh the that department. appear be
for the o TIE Battery and its by
the public
The matter referred to fhe Committee Land
and Places.
The Board will meet again at two O'Clock this after
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