Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-01
THEY WERE MUD-MAD.
sEcTIoNALisM AT The 6oTToM oE THE
PARK ENTRANCE ORDINANCE.

No
Its Postponcmeut a Warming as to the Needs
of Other Quarters Of the City-How n
Free Bridge Would Pacify the South
sIde-The schenley Offer 90 be Taken Up
Again.
There was much talk yesterday about the
extraordinary action of Councils in indef-
nitelY postponing Mrs Schenley's offer OF
10 acres, at Forbes street. as an entrance to
the park, for S75, ,000 A number of know
ing ones affected to see in this a breaking
away by Councilmen from the Magee-
Finn influence which has hitherto general
ly dominated City Hall policy. Others
pooh-poohed that ides and pointed to the
fact that in the same Council session the
Duquesne Traction Company ordinance
went through like creased lightning,
which would hardly have been the case If
the disposition had been to fight the Magee-
Finn influence
Nevertheless. the matter was briskly talked
about around City Hall and in various other
quarters yesterday. A cool-headed, non-par-
tisan official gave this analysis of the situation.
He said: "No. this setting aside of the Schen-
ley Park proposition is no part of deep,
loody scheme of revolt against Magee or
be lively enough pretty soon, Tor if Brother
Quay wins the State he will try his hand at
eliminating the semi-oflcial opposition to him
in the city. But that is further ahead. All
there was really at the bottom of the park
postponement was the annoyance felt in vari-
GUS districts at the slowness- of improvements.
Never was SO much work undertaken as this
year, and the people get mad whenever there
is prospect of its being delayed through the
winter. This is not wholly any fault of the
city authorities either. 1t is only within a
couple of years that property owners could be
induced to see the benefit of paying for new
pavements. Now they all want them, and they
want them right-away, quick. Last year
there were some very bad posfpouements
which left several districts inaccessible. 1t is
likely that before the frost sets in most coll
tracts for this year will be pretty we'll finished.
But, in the meantime, there is grumbiing,
and the Councilmen heard il. and think they
spoke what they heard freely at the meeting
on Monday, in place of acting with any deep
ing of sectionalism. The Southside and Law
renceville think the East End is getting there
rasher too rapidly recently, forgetting that the
park will soon be a resort for the whole city.
and that good improvements in the East End
will quickly compel others on the Southside and
Lawrencevllle, too. Meanwhile, the action in
postponing Mrs. Schenley's offer is very alb
surd. ANY real estate dealer could have told
Councils that while the property is. offered at
little more than IS, 500 per acre. it could be sold
of temper getting ahead of good judgment
But something should be done for them,
and one of the first and best things to do
would be to give the Southside free bridge
leading to the park from some point near
Laughlin station, which is directly opposite.
That should be the first of the SouthsIde free
bridges. No doubt Mrs Schenley's offer will
ultimately be accepted with thanks