New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-27
nTSCORDIN THE PARK BOARD.
r0rp REASONS FOR RECENT CHANGES.

r,,v MOST EFFICIENT MEN HbiAiDD
s1oNFR POWERS FINDS FAULT. =,
60 s+atemeuts have appeared creulUinR AZ s
park Department with poilticai nolNes lave been
charge Of the woTkmen whose ,;sfs This Is en-
sras.i""ilv denied by members of the farh . parL
ppnd officers Of the Department, pI,nr The BOARD
sicai said Yesterday that In TINS lhay es and were
IS ac.ed strictly on business primo az ~ maize
haa ac,eu n No natives except desire TO maze
both ends meet ys.;d he "haye been ex-
.taa mnch more quickly this year tn ,snntod in
hans'ea a,onnts we asked for were not granteu I'LL
er Md the expenses of the Department naU o end
unusually heavy. The result ~ The wear still before
ouia cniv q mo crate sum OF money atVta,nod
us s al" The parks however, must DO ani hank
and in order that We as decided to rereDch at
rupt oy ss;iIe point A list OF all inc empo VIZ Js
every poSs out and submitted to MI faIsoJ harges
snt over the list. struck out names u ahnnt one
'adustments and the result Is tnat aTous ,r;.
p anu names have been dropped Tne sore pho o
cnie which governed him IN seIec,,ng ."v Those
should Do tt e,ad from whom Mr.. Parsons own
non,edoe told him that the Department wor tba
get the best and sae did not
monsy moments thought. The result Is ta t ane
nresent force of employees is one OF the NUS
that we have had in many years n Scyard to which
- beord many false statements. III is .epol..1
tbot the 6lling up of the small lake a1 ON IN
sevenths and f P1ssdeat cr@mns, and that
tno oont him and his brother is allowed 10 u' az
S;rt there This is untrue. 1t was deciaso W
up part Of the lake II pa which passes at this
o;nt and of the lake itself. III the lke W. 3n%er
powor the current through IL would oe .ha earth
row.. d. voter pn-er The greater part OF tne eain
nna I no from President Crimmns's excava.ons
becanse he is one of the largest 49, ,artes
work in the neighborh9od o ot this his Oont are al
oS Acc ~ do So and no favoritism IS SHOWN.
oToomissioner Powers was the only memner Vi ,lo
Park Board at the Offices ono op IN several days and
&ned 70 his house so that he was aoseh' lroni ''i0
last meeting. . .horob a no observed 10
,r L. renorter. Meetings OF the Park Boaru
u 80 uncertain now they may hapuen any 'lino
"a no time In fact the Board has Dccouc s,'x,v
headed Commission uhu onoSsa OBJECT 10 il. Mr.
rr;mm;nS transacts all business now. ne mas J hh
discharged 1876 men which, suppose Is ~" as" ,s
W The Concentrations are exhausted ano InSIo 10
mo money m paw for further WORK, but Sntw
nothinS of this till the men had been dischargeu'
Has that been the custom .. .ho ,oottar
9. "a has heen the custom to present Jhe ihauei
,oenre tbe Hoard for action have as much rlgh.
~ discharge an employers Mr; Crimmlns mas pnuTi
the laws but we nave no tenants Is on
The list of those DISCHARGED; 1t is no wonder hno
supropriations are exhausted with MI. oL na's
@nss way Of @ GUif O with his head mp
above tbe clouds Personally. have the Dest &c II
ings toward him. but officially protest anS SUI" tbe
retost aganst his mSmanagement OIL uS
PensTtment. / intend 10 place myself on . record
against this ANNOUNCEMENT and shaiI ortng
vote of censure against him az tne next eel, re-
Which of course will be voted down, as 1t VIII re-
ceiye nv support only. ~, c.,,,ns do
What particular action Dy ME- Oiiini"iii' Wv
They are numerous Iohoct to ms ap I'll Sa ing
ether 6ay. until the Board had sanctlonea laal
measure Recently fOgad Morkep eX
sn Of tho nresent flme and unaui her1zed: ne
said that it had been authorized by the board, on
an examination Of the minutes showed Una. :. d m"I
not 60 the work WAS stopped. A few GAYS ago
fonnS d workm filling up the pond in the Contra
PARK at Seventy-ssventh-st objected 10 inns, al,
shall oppose 1t as destroying one OF the attracuS'
festnres of the Park. / object. also: to I'M
KIND of bad smelling earth used IN the n,I'ng anS
IN the fact that emily the carts of John d., II mmn
We're narmitted to bring the earth for the ming
don't like that sort Of business ana mean and
ScronpipS ont in the Department; though e1pec
to be voted down every time.