New-York tribune., 1878-03-05
TRYING ro SAVE WlSHISGToN SQUARE,

| PROTESTS OF PROpEKfY-OWNURS-TIE ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES OPPOSES rnE AIMoEY SCHEME.
| The meeting of the Public Parks Protective
Association, held last evening at the Nowlork Hotel.
was argcy attended, among those present being T. u.
Coddu;on. Edward y. Taller, John Ireland, william
Redmond jenkins Van schair, L. I. sicbert. John Jay,
Dr. Castle Edward Randolph Robinson. Dr willard Par
kcr Lou. Mc,sicr. 4. Il. Clutcr, II. q. Chapman.
James Ous, +. e. Rec9c1, ID. H. Gautier.
H. MYERS. Charles De Rhlm Louis H. Z"rcga H. H. An
dcrson representing the RAinclandcr estate; Judge
IIoIlaud, W!lliam Morgan, and Aldermen Pinckncy,
Gcuey and Jacobus Jenkins Van Srhaick, presided.
Edward Randolph Robinson exhibited large number OF
urotos.s AGAINST tie use IL Washmgon-sq quarc
for an arinory to which were signed 1000
names, representing men In all ranks OF society.
The lists Of opponents the bin embraced 81 heads
OF famics residing In the vicinity OF Washnston--quare.
and 1t fair to presume that they represented the
voice OF 10 900 people Two hundred physicians Of the
etty said that the OF tho park for arm
Org purposes would bo detrimental TO health
oiic,r. Of the National Guard had Protested against
the selection OF thus spot FOR an armoy and the Adju
tau General Of the state strongly opposed 10 H.
Al Albany every Senator and Asscmb ymon with whom
lac conyerscd viewed Il In the light OF an outrage against
,he citizens of Nr,yY0rk. The Manhattan Market and
the Eigntcentn ward Market Ntir sifh'h oi az So"d
property for atHurS puIosea ana Ill iot very ic cisc
arnorv i'm sularr Nc. Robinson in conclu
sion cxiocd the National Guard FOR then Invaluable ser
porl, Of the city would destroy more lives than
| Inc militia have saved IN score oi years.
Mr. Van Schaic read icttrf rom Aduiaht Heheral
Townsend In which he SAYS: " When General Shlcr
called upon mo AMI suggested taking bihgi"hs 1udrG
f,r an allnory I said that could not iuiOfs' f. and
! wu,t advise MIN Il rrircs' 'ntlEe oI the Rational
Guard tO abandon IL, hcc" III iN interest cousu req
n very lmp0Eiic to urge measure Whrh meets N!h
sich decided opposition the Iart Of Tie community
Dr Willard Parker said that below Fourtccntlst
! lived Ai9j75 peoi c, or ElGry ou'.halt the cn;re
population oi the "| lho i,'cI'n 't"' MiI'., '.n %
ianod Wasui gtous4ulrc, he regarded ~ one 0I the
most healthy wnrds IN the city. He spJk" ~ consider
able length Of the 0ycrcowdcd quarters OF the cy ana
nf fhe cnpruious infant mortality an ticm ana argued
or,iust oim u.hing the number Of open spaces ana
brcatHing-plae-s III NewNork.
Aldermen Gcdncy. Jacorus and Pinckncy. and pr
Castle, followed IN brei speeches declaring hcli oppos
tiOn TO The scheme.
PROTEST OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Al c meeting OF the Academy OF sciences, last night
Dr. Martin read the report Of the commit appointed
TO protest against the threatened abuse Of the public
par.s and especially against the Use Of Washington
eguaie for purposes other than those for which II Was
ORIGINALLY designed II uuqucstionabe. the report
Like every populois city. Aew-1Ork contained
numerous sources OF Impurity, chici alnohs Which
inrs and the many auimals and human beings hVlng
here constantly giving on impurities me pure ar
is u converted into c1Ib0nic acid gas, which Is so de-
ete erious that In many European ctea-n GlasROW Tor
ustancea chemist reports regularly on tne cOhuiti0
Of tho air Tae only protection against this s TO he
found ia tie free circulation OF arr ana Tue ue,
carbOnl7ng OF the air or s restoration TO It's original
purity. The first ouly DO gained from parks, me
secod from vegetation. Crowded tcncments with de-
fectiye drainage are breeders OF niasma Washington
| sduare-which has been already largely denuded
| OF vofduro-is estiuated to impreyG inc nns ar
drofbrate OF SewYork is terrible and Of this the IN
fnnt mortality summer forms thrty-three Per cent
Temedy The physician often recommends that the sck
child spend the entire day adjacent public PARK