New-York tribune., 1885-03-11
THE PROPOSED NEW PARKS.
MEMORIAL TO The LEGISLATURE.

.,rr,psrrn rRrY-owNEns CONSIDER oBJEc-
TONS TO THE SCHEME
Tbe property y-owners interested in the proposed1
cew marks in Westchester County anO tne anro;Ao
districts have prepared memorial on tne ;nS Suu9;
ro"ertv io he taken for the Pelham Bay PARK IN
Westchester County say that the pasS1s0 their
bill by the Legislature virtually ,ora IL NOW
land and that if the city does not IaKe It , uuT
,ana "% will rest on their titles. The memorial
states: vt, .u, hooone
lac fhe ,test was ended. There is no new qunoui
presented now. unless IL arises under me
Amendment January issS m,i"s tne er disposed
Of by the act Of 1854 Under that act The
therein directed have been taken commissioners o
ate and apprasa appointed rooms secured enspcoIs s
empoyed, and the proof entered upon y. .sd ID nv the
ver of NswY"rk to reconsider the matter reopen
the law. change the plan adopted py orv no Of the
proprtes and the best the sheapes abeS s1a
most advantageous Of al ns w M And ali this on
he preienee that the Constitutional Amendment OF art
ss1 S TsCrn. s1f the c issue
the puIc hase cost Of the lands 80 mat iea
hic has not ben decided by previous Leg 'iatnres Is
whether that amendment will make IT necessary 70 r'
the amount Of such cost by dlrect taNalioh' -,
The question what constitutes the debt OF =. tne 70
ciry Is considered at length in the memorial. t Is
held that the bonds remaining I'D tne s'nn,ms rnss
fund must be dsdaet9S aroS the actual debt at
S92,047 4O3. Taking the tax valuation Oh no1o, TO-
wituout allowing FOR any corrections that may 90 90
made before the books are closed the od ne,od over
$4,000 600 before the constitutional ini' VIII oo
exceeded The net annual increase Oh tne , sin~h t
fund Is said annually to exceed 9oou'ooV anu ob % q
arcumuiaJlols IA the next five years VIII reacn d
total of about SAC, ,000 000 while the real estate
valuations will increase $5O,OOO.OO0 a year. Inc
memOrlalists say:
Before reaching the 10 per cent mit Tb 1
city could expend for all needed @ " oo aSwing
of yearly expenditure, during that leriod. W - -, y,
SfS,000,00O-amply sulolent, IL Will pe aiio"'u'' w ~
ail requirements
AS bearing on the opposition to Pelham Day arr. M
on he ground that II Is OUTSIDE Tue clty nltS s Nv
oplnIon of Judge Daniels delivered iast Octoooi III
the General Term of the Supreme Court Is gNeh'
lie said
II has been urged the easterly portion or the
Bronx PARK and all Pelham Park, together with ter
oI New ork these ans he appropriated 10 the
,lse of it's citizens Bat neither the Constitution oI n.
statute of the STATE hs re9ureS S ' limits OF the
city for the heneht OF whose inhaotants he5 hH he
designed. Ali that can be required Is iilt .ny y % m con
a. municipal territory as 10 ne con-
venienty accessible by Its population or Vs use anu o
joyent Aud that such is the locaton OF ,nis proPer
is to be assumed from the TACT that tne fena am
which is the furtbcst from the clty,
can be reached by trayersinsS e.. distance ns.s!Sf
northeastern boundary OF the city, This land Is direcy
accessible the citizens by water from the entre es,
front of the city, and appropriated 70 s 1uJeo
will be readily acccs ssible by means of other modes OF
conveyance which its appropriation VIII shorty anu
surely bring existcuce. IT. Is no more distant IRON
the CITY than other parks in other portions OF the
country Its present rate or increase III population
the intery territory must soon become Pai' o.,
the cty At most appropriation OF this hnu is Dut
a short step the future, aud as IL must soon pe o-
qured this object IL IL Is not wholly so at present lne
time ior obtaining has already arrived For the rec
Tcom and enjoyment of the present inaDtants OF tne
city VIII he advantageous and for those VINO are soo
TO follow them IL will be Indispensable Ana 10 meet
the present and prospective wants OF the city prudence
requires that the property should now be obtained