Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-24
THEY'LL GO TO LAW.
The Future of Allegheny'S Zoo May
be Decided by the Courts.
MILLIONAIRES MEAN BUSINESS
DR.. Sutton as Spokesman for Others Volun-
teers His Opinion.
THEOLOGIANs STARTED THE MOVEMENT

"The Hon. Charles Robson and his
monkeys are certainly under cloud, :" said
one of the prominent residents of Ridge
avenue yesterday afternoon, "and, he
continued, "if money and influence can do
anything In Allegheny, those Geological
Gardens will never get on Monument Hill +"
There is not man 10 be found, either on
Stockton, or Sherman, or Marion, or Ridge,
or Irwin avenues, who will say one word in
favor of the proposed menagerie, but all are
unanimous in expressing themselves in the
strongest terms of condemnation.
A DISPATCH reporter called upon Mr.
Henry Phipps yesterday afternoon and
asked him to give his reasons for objecting
to the contemplated zoo, but the great
philanthropist would have nothing to say.
go to DR.. Sutton" he replied; che can
give you all the points, and whatever he
says will indorse. have got the remon-
STRANGE in my possession, and 1 mean to
have it circulated tomorrow to get some
more signatures.
WHAT THE PETITION SAYS.
The petition reads as follows
To the Honorable the Select and Common Coun-
ellis of ALLIE gheny:
The subscribers, residents and property own
ers in the neighborhood of Monument Hill,
beg leave to present a remonstrance against
the proposed lease of said hill for the purpose
of maintaining there geological garden.
First-Such use of property is not within the
scope of the purposes for which 1t is held by
the city.
second-A geological garden could scarcely
fof flaf hon Offo IN IN
the neighborhood and of seriously disturbing
the exercises of the institution lWestern Theo-
logical Seminary from which the property was
obtained by the city
Third-Such use would interfere with
proper beautifying of the hill as public place
of resort and necessary breathing place for
crowded city. Other reasons could be urged;
but these seem sufficient to justify rejection
of the lease of this public property,
Underneath the remonstrance were the
names of all the prominent men around the
neighborhood, such as Henry Phipps, Jr.,
j. M. Mccullough, Harry Darlington, Ed
ward Gregg, Hon. B. F. Jones, james Pat
ton, Jr., James McCutcheon and many
others.
DR.. r. L. Sutton, however, is one of the
chief movers in the remonstrance, and; when
the reporter called on him at his Office, the
doctor made the following statement:
THE HILL COULD BE BEAUTIFIED.
The hill is one of the most attractive features
of the park, and is susceptible Of being made
perfectly beautiful. If geological garden
were located upon it, it would become resort
for great crowds of people and the collection of
animals would produce odors which would be
carried by the winds all along Stockton and
Sherman avenues. and would make the atmos-
phere in the immediate ueighborhood of Monu-
ment Hill, along Irwin and Ridge avenues,
very disagreeable, which would probably be-
come public nuisance. This is the sentiment
of the people living in the neighborhood of the
hill, and 1t is an assured fact that before the
Geological Garden can be erected on that hill,
the parties interested in the scheme will not
only have to get their permission of Councils,
but they will also have to gain their cause in
the courts
Every prominent property holder and resi-
dent on Irwin and Ridge avenues is deter
mined to oppose the project, without reference
to expense.
We are all in favor of geological garden,
but we do not think it advisable on Monument
Hill. An institute of that kind becomes al
live IN its immediate vicinity, and it should
therefore be erected in place away from pop
ulated districts.
Would it not be BETTER the reporter
ventured to ask, "for the people who op-
pose the geological garden to take their
money and improve the hill instead of
spending it among lawyers ?''
Oh nv thS uOCsoI Icpllcu. IL WOulU
not take much money to go to law with
these men, but it would cost great deal to
beautify the hill. But beside that there is
another reason.
PUBLIC SPIRIT IS GROWING
in Allegheny and Pittsburg, and it is pru-
dent to foster it. 1t is better to have the
hill stand unoccupied until public-spirited
men come forward to beautify it than it is
to allow it to be made a show ground. That
such future redemption of the hill is pos
sible, we have only to observe the munif-
cent gifts to the city of Mr.. Henry Phipps,
Jr., and Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. Let us
hold on to the good we have, and keep out
the bad"
The Doctor also said that the professors of
the Western Theological Seminary were the
inaugurators of the remonstrance, but that
everybody was willing to lndorse it and help
to defeat the project. 1t was also learned
that there is now a committee appointed by
Councils to recommend a measure for i'm
proving the hill, and that committee will