New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
.r nrnApr,uENT NlPROVEMENTS.

PARK DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
.nnprss To THE woRKIYGmEN's DELEGATEs-THE
Dr1AY ABOUT RIVERSIDE PARK-ANoIHER LEI
TER TO THE CONTROLLER.
There was no meeting of the Park Commits
sicners yesterday, a quorum was not present Com
,rissous-s Martin and WetInOre received the WOrklns
mons delegates eight nine in number. They saia
their object in calling upon The Commissioners was 10
ascertain whit could De done about giving unemployed
laborers work. They understood thai there as large
pproyriaton made for Riverside Park and Controller
Green said be willing TO pay the money when eaueo
upon They wanted So find out whose fault 1t was Ihy
aid that under this reform government there appeared
90 he no ,ad from they could learn where 10 Tx
the responsibility With reform Controller and SO many
reform onice-holders, the wordUgnen were worse OH
than under Tweed.
Commissioner Martin, in reply, said that ire groupd
for Riverside Park was purchased six years ago Ior
about So 600 OOO half paid by the city ana the remain
der by the property-owners benefited TINS was zone
xrhee Controller Green was member OF the Ialh III
partment. LIVER since, the pTopery-o"heIs n'u NC"
anxious o. have the park finished, but after MI GREEN
left the department and lost control OF ING "oih III "
steadily DELAYED IT by technical objections, so HAT the
Department and the prOpeIty-ownerS were uhape " 80
on The Department had tried each year To nave D'lS
for this work passed by the Legislature but had Dceh
defeated by Mr. Green unit. the last Legislature passed.
a bill directing the department to DO inc
work and assess those benefited TINS ACT
was signed by the Governor on june 2, ana since
that time engineers had been at work preparing spe IN
cations which would be presented at the next hees ~
the Board when these were approved th' "oih ~
lie pushed on rapidly possible. comm I'D If
Ain also sind that there was iund now IN the nahu7 ~
The department for Riverside Park ana u ~oviu % 90
for by assessments The other WOr's no." jtSngHc
Of maintenance aud construction. Tue mlht i@l, .
fund for 1876 $4,000 WINE III go ,',,,,,t
S35OO0O The Board Of Estimate 3Ia apo en-, yn
NV mo,inn OF Mr. Green. The construction ihIu wa"
granted BY the Legislature in 1870 ana ts II wa a.
likely that there would be any apr M ic f,r
1879 The department Kept its mc&letdeu "tii;t, H.
1875. with which men we're now 'II =. and
works already commenced sach as IOmPAhss4uiIo anu
There was also present delegation OF properly own r
from Riverside Park, Of whom sainur a. t a.
Years Ier efforts to have the park completed had D"eh
,n4r Martin AS President Of the Park De
ortmrut wrote letter to Controller Green yesterday;
declorIy that work on the roads IN the twenty 'h':u
and Tween y-f0nrth Wards prevented by ms u'I} III
acting ON the su~eties Oi JOnn H. BOnkcI 10 Whuh lv
confr3rt Tor supplying gravel and broken stone was
serted on MAY 10 he proposal sent To the Con
troller Nay 10 Or Lis action on the S"euo'' i'''
dent Nj artin adds:' ,,..., 81. o,,,o, t,dde,.
that they were entitled 10 the contract o nave hoI7
20 do. The samples OF some oI l4es' n'is ~ hi
@ Lir nd a or,ise ,landa d OF quality, because IN
element 81 the cost and the LABOR OF lay aHot''
We must therefore have yudtiy OF SIaNyi tut P"'n
VII and ia laid with the least amount OF labor nh
thus NAV haTSen that between Tie suntS OF EIdN'
whca you mi ght suppose alike, we can MAJ n7, @
fani favor of quality Wit D, though ne llioe 90 Ic"
cent higher by tie cube yard, Will ~ the same Illne cost
Us arc deal less when il laid on TIE road We nave
contract accordingly. Your ireXcusabe delay mas sici
inieIles-d with the WORK o. tac roads In me l"th!
slnu-- j. the most ei for working on roads
AID oui plans were prepared Tor using large anU. o.
kss s 80, S w 'SS t HE road, a ia bad c0udi-
ton, and tie people suffer me inconvenience