New-York tribune., 1885-03-14
THE PROPOSED NEW PARKS.


THE PROPOSED NEW PARKS.
A mAss-MEETIxG TO ADVOCATE LEGISLATION soo-
GEsrED BY THE MAYOR.
| The following petition is being circuiated ior sK
natures. ou
The undersigned citizens and mite In eau
,or % mesting to be held early date sdvocat
ing the legislation proposed by Mayor Grace conoernhs
and In the County Of wesichester and to apponu
committee to present memorial to tue sv ISe Act Of
iss4' when provided for the taking OF these parks
Firs Because The effect of the Constitutional Amend
men adopted at the late election CONCERNING % h nars Var
onsly estimated al from eight 10 twenty millions Oh
dollars. upon the taxpayers IN single year ot ,om
peed TO- nav as"ememts for the or just
proportion OF the expense as was Wy yer & marks
cases Central Riverside Moruingse ana o.nS m met
in City of New-York As the expense s 70 Twentv- TO
by general taxation the Twenty o ann n5 of real
estate while the rest of the city pays taxes on - &
2io532 wilt pay only about one an the benefs cx-
| cept those which accrue to the county Vi
W,,d Because OF the proposed TO he taken
bv parks, the Pelham Bay PARK ana M Sc eity
nits an thereon will have 70 he paid ny ,ne '
NewYork TO the County OF r 81 supepvsors Of
that county and based upon enor,nouSD ~ o1 for ihe
land no benefit besides will accrue 10 the cily ny snc
increase OF value of the surrounding properly anu I've
pense Of GroPGy G pS0E viii aWays be bGrhen
We favor the pro oscd legislation because u becomes
enacted into law. tie wes chester parks VIII ne
mated the proDety benefited will pay Just a"d
Twsntyfourih WarGs Will he taken from year to yearas
necessity will require AM Will not tis GiiSD aoltars an
barthen upon the taxpayers than mllnoh uohais "A
nually until all are taken
Park Commissioners Feitner. James e; seirel,
Charles l. Schampalgn Henry brown a1u otT frY,n
| called Mayor Grace Yesterday as committee lIoin @
| tbe Taxpayers Central Association, 10 cooperate
with the Mayor in securing amendnehts 10 a,r ano
| now Park bill hey expressed the desire OF iheiI
| constituents that the ctv should no. he burdened
with an expense of millions of dollars Tor parks ,h
| Westchester County. As taXpayers ,hey a.s9 ~
jectcd TO the change in the law which assessed ,ho
entire cost of the proposed parks on tne Guy au
| relieved the property-owners lmnec'ately pene
| fitted One Of the members of the committee sIi1
tha. thc Westchester propertv-owners who would
| be great V beneHted at the expense OF New-IOin
city, if the law were not changed lad men aS Tor @
trying defeat the proposed change III VIC INV.
MgvoT Glace SAID that many prominent clilzens
had written to HIM expressing their approVa, VI
his course IN this matter ana SUGGESTING .n"t "a ~
mass meeting be called III favor OF chahgihg 'no
| law.
| CAPTAIN STEERS NOT YET REMOVED.
The Police Commissioners Yesterday discussed
the request of Mayor Grace for the transfer OF zap
tam Conlin TO the City Hall station, bur TOOK mo mo
| action upon II. General Porter sald he would call
upon the Mayor before the next meeting OF the
| Board and Try 10 adjnst the diiIculty, Two Do
tests against the removal OF 1aplaln Steens d h
| City Hall were presented. They were sIgneu oy
| many downtown business men who are Interested
in the enforcement of the corpora ION ordinances'
The Board also received letter from MIS- A. - d.
| Cornell, Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew, Mrs. Spencer ~
Schuyler and OF CT managers oil tue fahheui ,iin
HoSpIlal, requesting the promotion OF oeiHeant ha-
| war,i NJ MuTlet. of he ! wentY-seVenin PRECINCT,
VINO was lie der of the police chorus in the recent
performance of the "Pnates OF Penzance" tcr the
benefit of the hospital and the police pension fhd
They thought ms Intelligence. energy ana execu,
tive ability display ed on that OCCASION sho"cu
that he is well btted TO be golGe captain. am u,r.r
| The Board fined Sergeant Brophy OF the mercer
| ST. squad, fifteen uays pay and Transferred nun 10
! the kmgsbrldge Precinct as punishment lof pelne
under the influence of liquor on the morning OF
| March 3 Several roundsinen who had failed 10
! make any complaints against patronien fecenly'
were reduced 80 patrol duty: Konndsmsn area"i ns1u
| of the Elghteenth Precinct, was made serScah''
| GEORGE F. ELLIOTT ARRESTED.
warrant was secured yesterday in the City Han
| pouce CcuIt. Brooklyn, by John Engelln, a shOe-
| maker of No 4l9 WarTeu-sf for the arrest oi
George r. Elliott. counsel of the Health Depart
ment, on q charge Of grand larceny. Nj. Ei'3lii
was sent for, ana with much INDIGNATION deinanded
| an immediate examination. The iacts dlsGIoseu
were that Eneen brought SUIT against INC o "ne ~
RcneGt Society Of New-York. TO recover S03 W,
the balance OF a sick benefit not paid 10 him. B r.
Strauss was his lawyer. and the amount suen lor
was recovered. with costs, making $dot o+. ,h neh
| Engehn went after his money Mr. Elliott was WIN
| hu Mr. Strauss offered EngciIn tie aln unit due
hnn, but ngehn said ne had gone to other cx-
| ses amounting $50, aud after some discussion
| Nr Strauss drew a check for SS3 94. Unable 10
get the check cashed, he TUNED 1t over 10 MI II
lott after indorsing IT, tngeiin testlhed lnat nc ne
|
offered check Tor $f3, Mr. Elliott claiming Gao oi
a. counsel fee. He was indignant and went away
threatening to have MIR. Elliott arrested, lie
| claimed that Mr.. Elliott had sald nc Woulu ho'
| charge HIM much for bis services.
, MIR Elliott said the matter was an extremely Sc
rious one for him. and he would like 10 get hls wit
, | nesses Ile then bonded Justice W alsh the check
, for S43, which he had rendered TO Engehn liz
case was adjourned III order TO get the witnesses
THE TOMBS AS GOOD AS LUDLOW-ST. JAIL
O-rin Skinner, who was indicted for obtaining
60 500 from the Bank of the Republic, was pre-
pared TO give bail YESTERDAY. ~ y cDaIreu ,1a' ~
ylco-president of the Bank OF the BepuDc. saVint
that he would not draw on IL TILL II was colieced
, The check was entered TO his credit ana when,
short time after check for y, 800 10 his own or
der came in II was certified by one of the officers
tne bank who saw the credit oD the books. WINE
Skinner with ai5 ..aTyoT a0d Dondsmen were wait
| ing fer Bail Clerk Penney 10 finish drawing The
; | tond thcv saw a man IN rongh ovcrc0al sttint
| in the ante-room III such position that he coui'
| see the defendant Whenever Skinner moved th
man moved, so as TO keep Eiin ID slsht. ne Jaw
| yer finally ascerancd that the watcher wa
| Deputy sheriff Crawford, and that he had IN hl
q pocket an order of arrest IN a civil SUIT 3cgui
: ! against Skinner The persons WHO were INTERESTED
. IN giving the bond wcrt upstairs Tor he Rec0rde
TO take The bond but the deputy sheriff took tn
: same elevator. and it became evident that Sklnne
| would only exchange the Tombs for Ludlow stree
, Jail if the bond was gwen the bondsinen hnali!
|. decided not to act, and Skinner went back TO th
0 Iombs.
CONTESTING A PAVING ASSESSMENT.
Y The Board of Assessors have now under consld
: GRAFTON a matter which vItaily interests DOT u
g the city, Under authority OF the laws OF 1873
| chapter 52S, acknowledgements iron
q Frst-ave. TO Riverside Drive eastern b9uieyaI9
o | work. The work done slowly and ths lna
9 cost was S53O,372 3D. which is SAID to be abou