Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-24
THE PROPOSED NEW PARK.

A Hearing Before The Special Commit
 tee-A Spanish Almeda PrOpOsed-
 The Boundaries Of The Proposed
 Park
 A meeting of the special committee to consider the proposed layout of park on the old town farm was held in room 10 City Hall last evening. Beside the city committee there were present Selectmen Tyler, Treat, Beecher and Klenke, representing the town, and acting in concert with the city's oom- mittee. Alderman Dickerman presided.
 A map of the park was submitted By City
 Engineer Hill; and a map of the proposed
 layout of streets on the old town farm was
 also provided for the use of the committee.
 Attorney c. s. Hamilton was the first to
 give his opinion. He thought the proposed
 layout of streets on the old town farm would
 have to be considered in connection with the
 layout of the park. He said that the people should have the park, as they really had no public breathing place in that part of the city. In Martin street from Norton street to the almshouse is a double row of fine trees, and this plot should become portion of the proposed park. It would not only be very fine pleasure ground, but would enhance the value of property in that portion of the city. He said he represented himself and B. G. l Stoddard, who was unable to be present. l That park, said MT. Hamilton, should be extended as far as the Boulevard. The pop ular method of laying out parks is @ long, narrow site with streets on each side. Such parks of more value to 8 city than big parks on the outskirts.
 j. NJ. B. Dwight saidl Every Spanish city has parks of this kind which are called
 almedas The proposed layout is nearly the same as the Spanish parks. Cadiz, very beautiful Spanish city, has number of the m, as has Barcelona. I feel very much interested in naturalizing this kind of parks l in New Haven.
 Henry T. Blake said: I am always inter ested in park and believe we cannot do too much in extending our park system. Since l the great success of East Rock Park I have been surprised that our friends in the west ern part ot the city have not previously
 awakened to the necessity of a park in that quarter. There could be 8 would rival East Rock. We are growing
 rapidly and would soon extend beyond West river, and in a few years our population would be 150, ,000. The time has been when New Haven had the record of one of the handsomest cities in the country, but we have lived on this record too long, and in the meantime some of the other cities have outstripped us in the matter of parks. H. P. Hoadley said he would have a num- Der of small parks rather than one large park. The present plan seems quite mex pensive and it will add materially to the value of property in the vicinity. Selectman Tyler favored the park with the layout of two narrow streets on each side and he had no objection to the layout of streets through the park
 Selectman Treat suggested that by running streets through the park the size of it would be materially lessened.
 E. F. Mersick favored narrowing up the tctr rAnfS SNxH1in inI0 trOa fhn NorH Ho fo- vored park in that locality.
 Sylvarus Butler said he believed in the general plan of the park. In laying it out he would make the cross streets thirty feet in width.
 Gardner Morse said that as one of the trustees of the old town farm he should be opposed to the scheme unless the committee coincide with the plan of the trustees. He
 thought the park should be run to Sherman
 avenue. He would not favor the plan of
 three roadways, but preferred to give all the
 land to the park. The layout should be
 made at once before any more buildings are
 erected. The town at present owns from the
 almshouse to Sherman avenue.
 H. M Welch thought the park should be
 laid out for one hundred years to come. He
 favored extending the park to Sherman ave
 hue. If this park is to benefit the town
 property, it would also benefit individual
 property.
 This concluded the hearing for the even
 ing The committee will hold another meet ing next week.
 The park as at present proposed extends from Norton street on the east to the east line of the proposed extension of Mott street, and is nine hundred feet long by one hun dred and eighty-three feet wide. The trus- tees of the old town farm urge that Sherman avenue be the starting point and in this they are seconded by some of the Selectmen and the city's committee.