New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-28
HANDS OFF BATTERY PARk.
DETECTING TO THE ELEVATED hoAO
SCHEMES.
CITIZENS co BEFORE THE PARK coMMIs-

CITIZENS co BEFORE THE PARK COMMITS
sIoyERs-THEIR OPINIONS.
Tho p,r,, Commissioners for the first time this year
ma, Yesterday with full Board An oher ho"'
o,1udre Hilton to exchange two pairs OF kanearoo''
,.aIued at 1900. and three Rhesus monkeys. worm
ohort s45 for twenty-four Southdown sheep ana Ten
,ohs belonging TO the Park nocks was accep'cu' Az
ordrg to Superintendent ConkD, the city Is % uio
gamer by the trade. -, ,.uoo ,o,v y,
citizens present that the Board was ready 10 near '
question discussed Of the removal OF the heVeu rUNu
.nc,rrcs from Battery Park Lawson ~ fuiiei
,, .anncd forward and began an argument
49, ,,o rcmoval L. j. Callanan, the Vesey-s''
".ono,t snohe AGAINST the road and the Imperfect
,,,,,e q nrovided but he thought that 1t was ul-
necessary for Il to use any part OF BatVery th 10 ~
Iras now Illegally doing IL ought 10 oe '.'".1
ot of the mark land and the revokaoie license Vi 'o
park Department taken from 1t, allowing Unc piop
erty TO revert to its rghtin uses -,
Thomas Barrett downtown business man. 0"'u
.Sot there was no reason, that the road was pay
Wv On rer cent on its original cost, why 1t should
no, huv what property il needed, and not destroy inc
, hroa+hinr spot for poor people In the lower part
:. a., ,.r ~ the IL road had been SATISFIED WIN
rbat H. already had of the peoples properly hoOouS
wonld have thought of ejectng 1t, but every Sc'
- ,,os found in Albany trying 10 grab more by means
Of clandestine legislation ,,,.
G. Bvrnes Front-st. grocer TOOK s'iiiar
,,r and LLOYD l. Seaman. Of the Produce Exchalse'
o.o,,od AGAINST the legal power Of the Park Depart
mont TO grant permit to occupy strip Oh D"'Ue,S
pork n power existing only in the Legislature A"o
nphlc demanded that the permit be reVoAeu' 49,,
r uon president Of the Seaboard Nauohai
porr favored more room for the Il" road IN uie
mark In his speech Mr.. Balm always spoke Vi "A'
Manhattan Company "Goulds."
Colonel George Bliss, representing ne saiu an w.
named nptovn property owner, opposed the oCp'
,,,, WIS willing TO let the railroad company hod Wna'
:, nod and even TO allow it to widen It's uachs
,.t 1Itt,c, II this would improve the terminal Ia
factes but he didn't want TO see tat h ~ road
81 trecss I'm Statest DESTROYED ey ruinlig .0 idnt
down that street from Bowling Green LOT IL oo'
DC TGpScea u G,mp sad that if he had the power he
u,o,,d i've the road the loop IL wanted ,vere
"O Wiman said that If the c0,nPamy Stotc
Driven ont Of the park it would not Dnilt and from
y. Whitehoi ats and everybody SoIlhh ~ Toit mile
tras wonld be compelled TO walk nn 600 ~
the ierTles wo1 NV eid accommodated 6OOOOOo Peo
Ihe mp u,hc the park was USED U! oS +ior !.
immigrants ana uaihPs' "
cuLeh' cd Of the West End Association, eXpie,Ssn
c nar Cyrus Clark said that the eieoaeSu d 11
Oh to pnat CONVENIENCE 10 100000 people eVeag u1S
wa ~ onIv persons Inconvenience were ~. iSm
m,T trainps and immigrants Inc eive
,Iae adjourned until tomorrow at =. .n,' in to
iIulicn T. Davies, counsel TO me the co'nP""'' '
pIePao ocest Prom the trustees OF the MetTopo!tSa
Nnsenm of Art asking the reschdlls Vi n mo-
~ tbeir lease which prevented sunday oPenns wa"
Granted by the Park Board