New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-27
MONEY FOR THE PARKS.
A SMALLER ALLOWANCE THAN LASI fEAk
SUPERINTENDENT PARSONS SAYS THEY WILL
NOT LOOK AS WELL TO WORLDS FAIR

SUPERINTENDENT PARSONS SAYS THEY WILL
NOT LOOK AS WELL TO WORLDS FAIR
VISITORS As THEY SHOULD
NIL ,..anoa statement Of the Park Departments
estimates which Mayor Grant desired on Monday was
,aid before the Board Of Apportionment YESTERDAY
incident Iutchins Commissioners Robb ana "allup'
cunorntendent Parsons and secretary BurhS dpPedrcu
an the part of the department to urge that Tue do
ances be made. The Mayor heard inc papoi fe'
item by item and seemed satisfied WIN 'ho oNP '
tions II contained The sum of $4,000 ior salaries
soze zoo for the park police and S36O,oOo ior mamie
nance of the parks voted Inc Mo'ooioi '5
o,sorrotorv allowance. $4,000, voted WITHOUT
comment 49, ernsr,r-
when the maintenance" item came up saPerih-
tendent Parsons said that he had reduceu HIS
from above 100000 to about Sooo'ooo'
the decided opinion that this latter sum "dS
necessary 10 the proper care OF tie pan, aoo.
buildings for 1890. The aggregate lhciuuc"
sor new asphalt walks in the upper part VI
central Park The Mayor AFTER cAa'ni,iiHs
Tho figures closely observed that the increase io"
soo 20 Tho nrcsent year showed that the expenses Oh
a., p, Den,rtmcnt had grown over 200 per cent ana
no firmly declined to vote for the half milioh dse
for by Mr. Parsons although the la'ter eNp'iu ' .
over 200 per cent more work was no" pun upon u'0
marks Commissioner RObb spoke OF thc puo"V 0
that the parks be placed in proper cohultoh ~, .o
Worlds Fair, and uuna'cu ''"' u -. 1T, -,
amount asked by the faih I'o"iU ''
political reasons. 80, . -,
politics has nothing whatever 10 do with H. ana
Won ought TO know it, Mr. Robb,' the Mayor replied
with emphasis. IT,, ,,,r .,
For tho maintenance of the Metropolitan Museum oi
ART and the Museum of Natural History uic SUI" VI
GOO 600 was granted and $4,000 more for each
,,o,r With tbe condition that they should both be
onened two evenings in each week the present arrange
mont Mavor Grant sought again TO make the ap-
nronriaton conditional upon sunday opening lax
commissioner Coleman however brought up the stated
objection that the most valuable eXhlD's were give"
with the stipulation that they were not 10 pe IN
hibted on sunday and the Mayor let the matter pass
without further discussion. oo I'm
For 1880 il was II 212 200. The principal amounts
for the budget of the coming year are salaries ponce
and civil force S317,7OO; maintenance 93oo'ooo'
Geological Department and Museums. Soo'ooo, music
in the parks s25 900: Harlem River bridges; S33OOO
piverside park SIS 900: Twentyt third and twenty
fourth Wards 100000 sum asked 4iOo,OOOl Nn
and drains $4,000: surveys, maps; etc, QSoV 49,
care Of new marks 500 600 Morningside Park FOOO
Tbe Comfy Clerks allowances were fixed at $4,000
and 81 800 besides for the pre-erVauoh Oh -,
The snm of 1929 $50 was voted for the Registers
once Deputy Hanley's urgent appeal for an extra
0ewaId 0tendorfer appeared to ask for an appro-
priation for the Free Circulating Library Inc claim
The nsual invitation of the Board 10 taxpayers IN
come forward and criticise the Budget of 1880 wa,
NOT responded TO- The work VIII probably be fls cd
practically at todays session. and Deputy Controller
Storrs Secretary Adee and Edward Jervos, general
clerk, will assume the clerical preparation Oh me
estimates for final action and the signature OF the
members of the Board. l..
Yesterday aftey the Board had adjourned, tfaI al
ihough the sum granted much less than the PARK
Department Thought necessary. its officers were making
no complaints. \" Every pubc-spirited citizen sald
the superintendent. "will regret the sum allowed Ior
putting the parks in proper condition for the WORLDS
Fair Our parks here I'm New-Nork Will be found by
foreign visitors among the most interesting eXhlhls
Of the great international exhibition, and they ought
10 be i'm the most attractive state possible. Inc
appropriation is insufficient and our hands are tled
Int the Mayor SAYS can do II with the money
allowed us and il is not place TO dispute HIM
Ills Honor and the Board of Estimate must take the
responsibility with the public.