The evening world., 1890-07-21

combination they have formed which hns
caused the delay, aud has prevented the
making OF any new contracts.
Why couldn't separate arrangement
be mndc with the East River Company to
light the west side of the park. just rs 1t
is now doing with the east side, by maxi
ing a connection across the street with its
wires ?"
- suppose II could. but the wire cen-
not be stretched till the Board of Flee
trical Control gives i,s permission, and
that Board cannot act I'LL the Gas
Commission authorizes TIE park 10 be
lighted"
Why does not the Gas Commission
take some action in the matter them"
II don't know; but | suppose it is be-
cause no one interested in the matter has
over made any formal application for that
purpose"
Who should make the application ?"
" Any one interested. | suppose"
Cannot gas mains he laid in the Park
in case no arrangement Ia mnde with the
Electric Light Company"
Certainly. II the Gas Commission
gives me the orders | can have the whole
park lighted inside Of week, would
go right ahead and put In the mains,
which would only take few days at the
most.
But IL would be FIRST necessary to get
the permission of the Park Department
to do this.
The trouble with making any salts
factory arrangements with the electric
light companies Is, that il their present
bids are accepted there would be de-
ficiency in the appropriation for the year,
1t having been based upon last years
prices"
Mr.. Mccormack said that meeting of
the Gas Commissioners would be held
some time this week, probably Thursday
or Friday, and that if the matter was
properly brought before them he had no
doubt they would order him to go ahead
and light the whole of stuyvesant Park.
Comptroller Myers, when asked what
action the Commissioners could take in
the matter. replied very emphatically that
the park ought TO be lighted and would
be lighted.
1T is the duty Of the Park Commits
sioners," F." he said. "to take the initiative
in this matter. and ifthey will make an
application to us for the lighting of Stuy-
vesant Park l can assure you that the
matter will Re attended to promptly.
1t will do no good to make application
direct to the Gas Commissioners, or,
rnther. It would cause delay, for the
communication would have to be referred
to the Park Board. ......
Get the Park Board to formally notify
us. and there will be no trouble about
going ahead at once. We expect to have
meeting this week. and il the matter is
brought up then il will be attended to.
THE reason why nothing has been
done about 1t before is that the Gas
Commission has never been officially
notified"
At the offices of the Park Department
none OF the Commissioners could be
found, but Secretary Burns was on hand.
II am rather surprised that Comp
troller Myers takes this position" he said.
for the Park Department gave its per-
mission to have Stuyvesant Park lighted
last year. and II is the duty of the De-
partment of Public Works to see that the
lights are maintained.
However. we are all anxious to have
this thing settled, and will have a con-
sultation with Supt. Mccormack at once
and see what eau be done.
- don't think the Park Commissioners
would want TO have gas mains laid in the
park. because the leakage of the pipes
kills the trees aud plants. think the
matter can be satisfactorily arranged
without resoiting to that expedient."