, 1881-10-30
WEST SIDE PARKS.

2He washington E0NtcTstfd to 1fc
Protected from Heavy trra1lc-a Per-
&oIal I1xplanatiuH-.A Iceply to
Growlerx.
a special meeting Of the West Park Board
was held lust evening, President Mctcrca in tue
chair. und nj. the Commissioners present cx-
eeft Wilsie and iiahifs.
\ comnlunica ton WIS received from tho !'res-
tdent suggesting that suard-houscs b. erected
the drives between the parks IT, order to pro-
tcct them- Unless this WAS done the ro::,lS
would be rulnctl by Traffic by tcams this winter
Commission er Woodurh thought mounted po-
lice would 1nswer the purpose.
On motion OF Commissioner Carter. tho Prcsf-
dent was authorized to sec to the policing Of tho
touleyards ailu. tile shcltcrtns Of the guards.
The Committee on Improvement reported
against letting any contract for trees for Wash
in::1un boulevard uu the bids received ,ts tllerc
w;ls NJ uNn1iimity Of opinion nIl.,1.. tho bjr=,
each bidding different bststs, ..l.i, ucsi,lts.
thN competition WAS not adequate. they t.id not
think it advisable ta rlant trees OF less than
eight inches ,li:li1lcter. There were pfese..t
l@i cini trees on tic bouiesar ranging from six
to sixteen inches; ill diameter, must Of wkcn
were available. The committee ss,bmii.r'i new
specifications for about NJ etns, the planting III
oe begun ny Noy; u and all 10 be in BY Alarcnl,
Commissioner Carter rose to question Of
privilege, and referred to :: le,1er OF Engineer
Wilson in mornins plpcrtn IN which it was .tu1cd
thnt he Cartcr) had altered the specifications fnr
tic WASHINGTON nuufcvurd IN the interest Ot the
contractors, and that tho rttisott he down
s1 e s,s bay ON w r. carsf Sovd IT,
tArter said the specifications were adopted
unanimously by the board 50 tar us he bud
apolo@y to n"kc. llo had acted on his hest
Judgment. There was not word Of truth i'll
tho story about his son, but. bo had asked
one, wagcs not bcin: menttone,. . The Ind M h,, hd
been employed by the Fark Engineer III the
nominal sum Of Is cents tiuy. Mr. .artcr said
his record WIS straight. e1l he denounced such
III "u1itlernaisn method Of aitacE.
w-aSnlSGroS nouLENAEp.
Commissioner Lawrence otscred the following:
WHEREAS, Tile wutcr-iipcs having bee,i low
crcd tho entire distance bctwcen lIalsted street
and Ogden avenue. und in consequence thereof
are less exposed tn danger from trccZilis than
thnsc above Union Park, whit:h have int heet,
itwerCd and Ms the Improvement Ut tho street
was contracted for In two Sctntrute contracts for
the purpose Of separate uIld equal improves
nent, and that such WIS recognized the spirit
atld intention OF these contracts It's evidenced in
tcl.rin3 up tile street III Wrs tern aycl,Ic,
ItssAred, TpAt the President s,e hereby re-
quested to put 5tono @ upon The slnE brt%ecn %
lt1d in such blocks It's he may deem destrabe
until Us much stone has bee|l delivered west Ut
Cntun furk ts cust "f It, litter which the, i'm,
uruyelseut OF ,oth sections shall bc prosecuted
work
.'t'his provoked long discussion, in which Mr.
RhEry and several oiber property owners living
west Of Union Park took hand. These gc'ltle-
men foun.l fault BECAUSE more was htinE lptle
caSt than west Of the pnrk, and that stone
foundation was being put down in front Of the
property uf The ''rich men, citst. while the
.'puur folks were put otf with su"-
President McCrc;l explained the why's and
wheretores, and said j" internal lies had tcc1l
tutd about what the board ule:ttlt to do All tho
commissioners wanted was to be tried t'y the
facts. Front the manner in which Washington
tnnt!cyarl was to be improved. he could SLY
without fear Of contradiction 1t would BIZ tho
hest street west Of New York.
talt,lluissinucr "uodural said there w;lS no feel
Ing .ls to the lil;ttcr, and it unfnr tt the
t,t,Ar,I had NEGLECTED the boulevard west Of tho
park. There must be II place Of stnrtins Tho
board couldn't work III twO sections with twU
SETS uf men and inspectors. There were places
east ut tho park as bad us any wtst-
President Nctrea s;,i,i tue @,t,nrd were ohllgcd
to strip the street west OF the park i'll order that
the city authorities might examine the :ssts and
wAter-p pipes
It was very evident, in view Of the expana-
tio,ls vi the Commissioners during tho talk, that
there was little Or ground for Erowlin.s. dis
appointments it, getting; material, tho rs,ia,
disease, etc., having; retarded tho work.
President atcCrea, however, admitted thnt the
grlnit contractor had not lived mp to his coll
tract. but nil .tcrszed stone delivered now was
rejected.
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