New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-21

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the Central Park OF the city OF New-York.
Q This act shall take effect Immediately.
This is my objection he said, and one would
think fundamental objection to the use Of the Park
for the purpose named The committee suggests doing
something which IS misdcmcanor. The law is
positive Effort after effort had been made 10 get
possession of tho Park various grounds until this
legislation was enacted positively forbldding any
encroachment upon II. You say you will go TO the
Legislature and ask them to repeal this act do not
believe you do 1t. l hope not. The people Of
New-York are against the use Of Central Park. Arc
you going 10 make your plans and proceed with
your work. all dependent the repeating of this acti
Suppose you 80 ahead and the Legislature won't re-
peal their act. where are you then! If the gentle
in favor of this SITE think the only thing
that can be done IS to eliminate that part relating to
Central Park The park originally extended only to
One hundred and sXth-s, 1t extended TO One
bundled and tenthst. by my exertions and do not
like 10 see it assalled in this way. l hope this CON-
mttee will pause before they run entirely counter
TO the wishes of the entire people"
Mr. Towne said that he Endorsed every word that
Mr.. Green had said. lie believed that the necessary
could be had in MOr1ingsde and Riverside Parks
and in the lands adjacent. Butt said he, falling
OF obtaining the surrounding lands then,
and then only, small portion of Central Park
must be taken. If we place permanent building IN
Central Park, such the Horticultural Building 1t
VIII remain as permanent ornament. If we place
temporary buildings there, they be removed, and
that portion of the Park restored its present cond
ton"
Mr.. Green seemed TO become more agitated as the
discussion went on, and there much bitterness IN
his voice when he again took the floor and said:
] against any building the Park, and the more
permanent you make it, the more against It, MI
Towne says go with your plans II you can get
adequate land do the Park you cannot take
part the Park In other words you propose TO violate
land
IT, and you not you Will encToach upon the law
Mr. Flower, with much emphasis, said that he did
not believe that this committee committing
misdemeanor when they proposed 10 make use OF
part of Central Park a site for tho Exposition lie
believed it was the people who wanted Il there lie
said:
The people make the laws and the people can repnl
them. This is a site which you reach in thirty
minutes at cost Of cents. II we can get the land
outside OF the Park. cheap let locate it outside, but
that is the site. viii have 100000 people above IL
and eight nine hund ed thousand people below
it; you have Brooklyn one side and Jersey City and
the whole West the other. We will find Just as they
finding Paris that the heft OF their business
from o'clock in the afternoon until IL at night
In Philadelphia, for the first three months OF the fair
nobody went to it, after that they stopped coming az
o'clock in the afternoon and began to back. II you
place it on this site you Will have the patronage Of The
business man. mechanic every class Of the people
coming there and filling that ground, and after o'clock
you Will have people there than you can get into IT,
Mr.. ASlOf was listened 10 WIln Close attenIoh "Ach
| he arose take part in the debate. lie agreed with
Mr. Green, he said, and, matter Of principle he
| objected 10 the use of any part of Central Park
l believe said he that the injury 10 Central Park
would DO 50 great that it would require an entire
generation repair it. In order TO make of it
| the law must be altered We all know how much
time that will take. We must wait until the Legs
ature assemblies which Will take four or five months
before we know whether we can use the ground or
10 m a
Mr.. Cooper declared himself in favor Of Mr. Bogart's
resolution am opposed" said he, to saying pub
licy that this does not involve Central Park be-
lieve it does. If cannot get the other land We
viii have to take the Park and my idea is that we
will have TO take the Park. l have come to the con-
cuson that if 10 have the Fair at all II must
be in the city OF NewYork. and in Central Park.
If that won't do might well give up the project
Mr.. Green sat restless during the remarks OF Mr..
Flower and Mr.. Cooper and when the latter speaker
had finished he on his feet again. Mr.. Flower"
he said, has spoken Of this spot as central loca-
ton. Look al the map of the city of New-YOlk and
you will see how much out of the way it is 1Ais
site appears me as remote and inaccessible any
part of New York south Of Onehundred and ffy fifth
ST. This site has only one Of the advantages of the
InwOOd site, and that IS that IT is on the Hudson
River but the access it from the Hudson does not
compare with that of the Inwood site'
Mr.. Clarke said he could not why that part Of
Central PARK nOrth OF The RESERVOIR should not
he included in the Exposition ground. OF course he
said it should be used tendely as possible with
view to preserving the natural trend Of the ground.
l have been up TO that end Of the park and have
not the population there. The great mass Of the
people do not como there. You will find them at the
north end Of the park when the Exposition is in
progress there. This is not question of taking part
Of the park away tt is only question Of the loan
Of it for the benefit of the people themselves
Mr. Cpac eaid that Aft
consideration he satisfied that the only way TO
secure financial success by locating the Worlds
Fair at a post in the city where ii could be readily
reached, and where people could 60 every day
Mr. straus said that he favored the site, and hoped
that whatever decision reached finally it should
go forth as the unanimous verdict Of the committee.
81 have come back from all the sites have seen
to this sal Mr. Crimmins, " and do not believe
that it will destroy the Park TO take this part OF
for our purpose. Inc Legislature mas appTopra,cI
some 100000 already to place a Geological Garden
OH the grounds We expect 10 occupy
Mr.. Crimmins had advocated the selection of Cedar
Park until the excursion TO Central Park on We1neS-
day when he became converted, and he had worked
stenuousy since then in advocacy OF the site under
Professor Chandler said that it his CON
vction that the site being discussed the only
Mr. Flower moved that the roll be called and that
each man name his site his name called
This was carried and name on the roll had been
called when Mr. Green, more agltated than ever
moved an adjournment The motion was lost and
with a disregard of parliamentary rules for which
the committee has distinguished itself, the rollca
was not taken up. Instead, Mr. Towne said he would
withdraw his resolution, and Mr. Bogarts resolution
was again read. Mr. Green moved as an amendment
that ali reference Central Park be eliminated. This
was seconded by Mr. Agncw. The roll was then called
on Mr. Green's amendment, which was defeated by
| the following vote:
| Ayes-Agnew, Bliss, Cockerill: Green-4
Nays-Bo es1, Chandler, Clarke. Cooper, Crimmlns,
| Flower Foo. Gompers, Grace Hilton, Hunt, Leary
| Straus Towne. Warner, Speer-l6.
In giving his vote, Colonel Cocherill said he was
opposed 10 touching any part of Central Park unless
IL could be demonstrated that the Fair could not be
| held I'm this city unless that site was selected
Mr. Towne said that he would offer his resolution as
a substitute for that Of Mr.. BOgart, the two being
| identical with the exception Of the insertion OF the
words II II Is necessary" I'm Mr.. Townes resolution.
The substitute was carried by the following vote:
Ayor-Cbandler Clark Crimmins, Flower, FOOrd,