, 1881-10-30


Tho New York Herald Of list Sunday devoted
page to III article illustrated By huge map to
| show tho lines OF tho future growth OF Now
| York, aud to mark out tho space which ought
no" 10 be set upaft Tor great parks Tor
the benefit OF future generations. 1t says tho
great mistake made il. laying down the llncS OF
! lnctronolitan growth and development fifty or
sNty years ago WAS that no provision was tnAdc
for the future Ut the city. There was no ono
! VII" iorcs;tw tho hight uf cEic glory uhd
| Erantiel1r before IL. There were vague IDEAS
and iilsaGnin3s about Nrw York being tte grf'at
commercial metropolis ,,f !: great country. Isn't
10 onc dreamed vi tho marvellous progress tho
Republic: ws destined to ns:ikG III less than Il
uon Of imperial power and inencc New York
was destinct! to achieve. II the .cntlctlen who
,GntF9ifsS ,t o v IT, to & s'ty at tat
ut acres nf real estate, could have drawn hslitc
ttlo vcil which so.'cced i's future the prob
abilities are ttr hctwteit Central Park and tls
i<attcry VIC shonhl have oil either side Of tbs
Island chain ot CONNECTING parks lis In l4oidofs.
The people vi Chj.agu have reason To congrttl-
OUT the park system ol Chicago. Tho city is
HS Is DFaS M O. systei tSn circas tho
city viii. forty-nc band Of pltlsuIc-Eround
that Is Of priceless value To health and wealth.
One Of tho sites sc'cc1c.l by tho Herald for IL
great park north or the prcscut New Nurk is tho
Old a1stosic Yum tortlAndt estate, oScrlookln;
iho i bcautMnt Hudson NJ Spuytcn Duyvh; and
chester plains toward 1.oES-tsaAlld Sound would
l,c one Of the ust beautiful pAet.s Of tho Kind
i'll tho world. Its natural attractions are far
greater thun those ri Central Park, and in other
respects it l'sscsscs very great advantages over
the present fnvortt pleAsure-ErDtlnd OF the city.
Another park Is marked out OIL the other s!'ae Of
the city limits, Ut, us il called. tho annexed
district. bordering on Loils-i5luud sound.
LONDON.
The route Of the inner circle u of tho Metro
{fnf1.
been at Ia st secured, the -tmcrican -4rciftect
says, nnd the '.circlc" will soon be completed.
Tho nlain line, although it E,sscs for the most
part under streets nna buildings of to very;
grrat Importance, is said to have cost us much
for lega 0yponses It's for elt the work nf tunnel
ling aud Construction. and the new line has had
to encounter even sreHter opposition, II not In
tcntionul eNtortjon. AS it Is. II hats only ptlr-
chased I'LL unol'structcd route BY undertaking to
lay Uut ncw streets and to widen old
ones under WHICH its tunnel runs,
at II total expense Of about Sf,Gt,tEU
The railway Il, however, regarded rs of SO much
Eahc to tho city, In improving the co.lulutc;-
tton between the different portions, that Il sub
Hcnton Ut St.lAUV}J Of public money will be
contributed, Il part III tho shape Uf donation
from the Metropolitan Hoard ri Works, nnd tho
remainder by tho Commissioners vi Sewers The
for communication between the different dis
trcts III Il city is Il public benefit, uud should III
case of ncc't be promoted by the contribution Ut
public funds, is quite strange us. Liberal
ways intended tn develop new Turning lands in
the West, Tut the sfy even Ut these has gone by
and city underground or elevated lines are rc-
gltrded hy public officers rather aS objects to be
growth uld prosperity Of the town which enjoys
the benefit Of thet