, 1879-08-13
WEST SIDE PARKS.
Turning Both Adams and Washington
Streets into Boulcvards.
A Question as to tho Legality Of the
Ordinance.

Tho Council having amended the West Side
Boulevard ordinance, and turned over Adams
Street ~ we'll ns Washington. wcst of fla,stct
street, to tho Park Board. IA TRIBUNE reporter
meeting Commissioner Woodarh aske'l him
what he thought of the ordinance ns passed.
81 think tho Board will accept It."
"WItl,out obicct[ona' ........
ait g!vcs W all we asked for originally
Washington street,"
nWiii 1t be acceptable TO tho people Of the
West SiIcl"
~ think 80. AS an individual would lavc
nrcfcryed to have tue Washington street im-
provemcns run TO tho tunnel"
"Wtll my effort be made to tack on an
amendment covering tho c1tcnsIona"
VI don't know. It might lntrrfcra with busl-
ness at thu lower cud Of tho stteut, mid there
would be considerable opposition to tic muvc-
mrnt." 49,.
"You think 1t better to say 'Amen'l''
Eyes"
"11r Aiams st5ect people n'c pleased, Of
eourso3"
nancc It ASSUMES control VI both streets: but
TIC otlcst!,n Of Improvement II QUO of tme.h
"iiow do !he Board fcel on TINT potntr'
~ a,n not authorized to s.'cak for them,
tl,srY . :, having been no conference Oh I'LL sub
1.-THE property-ovners pay for TIC i'tst Inn
"Ycs; and then the Board hos the care Of the
| strcets. both would niake un1y QUO good
| boulevard Noth!ng but slrcets can bs tnadu
| out Of them. Neither Is sidu cuuu1l Tor a
boulevard. Ono street Improved nicely would
be crOwdol, md thlnk It better to have Two
| II we cnn aifurj It, a. VIC arc going to coniect
| tic parks. III few days Humboldt aud Gen.
| tral Parks will BIZ connected with good bnule-
yarl tnlrty-cight feet WIDE. Tint will increase
!l'e ylsitoEs to ,hc parks, and create anccessity
| for drives tl!s sIdo."
HrrobablY at tic next 1neetNg,-cithcr BY
reference of tue ordinance to the Attorney, or
| uy rcpork from him upon the ordinance, 60
| tint We Gun ~ ahead at once"
"Tho strccts being narrow, cannot the two
10 maintained At about the aa',,c expruse as ona
wide buutcvard}"
"ihe expense Of water and police would be
You thtnk the Board will Accept the or1'-
II dout sec why 1t should not. Having ar
ccptrd tho ordinance, the Commissioners hRvo
control Ut both strects. The time Of Improve
1nent rests entirely with ticsn."
"'ihey caIl Improve QUO street to tue cxclu.
stop Of illu othcrl"
!" ecp no reason Nhy they cannot Improve
Washington street OF Adams strrct, rs they may
decide, and leave tue ottei to sor lnture tl1nc.h
" Cuu yDH tell which t1lpy pEeicr!"
"Aly {nprcssiDu II that the Board would pre-
fer Washington strcct, II only onu was to be ila-
prored.h ...-
"That would be apt to make the Adams
street people madl"
aTl,p unIy way out Of It is to reconsider tho
ordinance. The DOard is certainly empowered
TO use It's discretion III tl'e matter Ut improve.
ment. The board ulcets next Monday after:
noon, md we have thirty dava Within which tu
ucccpt tic ordinance"
| THE WEAK POINT
with this ordinance lies IN Its possible fltcEallty
| II turns over To tho Park Commissioners Adatne
street from Cansl 10 tic parks, aIa Washington
street from Hasted to tilr paris. The act ol
tue Legislature giving PARK Commissioners
puoer IL coIIteet parlis under tlcir control will
Incorporated citfcs by scccttslg atl taking a,l5
CONNECTING street or streets provides. a'nolll
other things, tut "such connection or improve
McmE shall rtnbrsce only such street or strtetl
s~' os are necessary to forn, onc contiuuou,
| Improvement" II 1t were propuseu t
turn over Adams street. frtnl Callal to uulstcl
lIastcd FROM Adams to Washington, and Wash
ingtou from 1lalsted to the parks, II would, al
though three streets WE'RE involved, be ull right
epre It would form one continuous improve
ne1,t. The ordInaucc, howuvcr, does uot con
tcmpIate thai. 1t las In viaw two dtsjosttie'
i,nprovcmcnts,-shc improvement OF two street
parallel with one anut.,es, a quarter VI a mil
apart, aud not connected anywhere until the
reuell tue purks. The intention Of tho Ut
Of the Legislature ,was was ,iMs one stree
and also portion of sn,nc east and west street
extending from It to the parks, thus foFn!l.
o,iu continuous Improvement, which wns needle
III order to euable 1csuci.ts of thu city to reug
!. tho parks. That both Adams und Wnshngto
| streets rau bo improved under the or1inanc
passed. by the COUNCIL Is considered very doubt
ful. Whether ,he park Doarl can take one Il
thu two and Improve 1t, AMI disrcguri tho oe
entirely, IL probahlc. L. il 1uoro likely, how
eyer, now that this iItcll Is discovered, that til
ordinance will he rcco.sfiercl Ut the next lllcc
Ing of the CounviI, uud will bc put III Inorc 81
. iatactury shupe.