New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-26

nrsurrrILED BUT STILL Nv THE RING.
With rather less lavish display than uS"a'
of its traditional sweetness and llgh'' o"' W.
doubt not in pursuance of worthy purPo'''
"Tbe World, expressed itself yesterday as
follows concerning the scheme to bulld the TIC"
municipal building in the City Hall PafK
Thoro &c humor I'm the situation when The Tribune
grows red i'm The face and shreks denuncaions OF lam
MANY for planning 10 build the now 'i'I inli III "'o
CITY Hall Park 70 the ordinary MIND inc 'l.S nni
Park would seem To be the natural place l'r '"c wy
Hall and the determination to build it there mas uee"
reached not by 1ammany, bat by public OPINION,
,,uc several years OF careful investigation directed
IN ,nonirinp whether there aDy Other proper pace
I'm which I, nut IT, There Is no other Inc VI" nan
rar IS an Ideally good site for the CRY Han ana the
only good ste available. etc 80
Lest our readers. the city authorizes ana inc
general public should fail to perceive that ne
Worldr is merely jcsting. while It's heart SUN
beats warmly for the little park before IT'S doors
we reproduce herewith from the files OF y Inc
World, a few of its earnest and sincere utter
ouccs on this subject during recent fears. we
should be glad to copy all Of them. for they are
all good. But that is impossible. lhere arc
hundreds of them, embracing the long ana
resonant editorial, the pungent paragraph ana
the artful Squb Nor can we in few brlci
extracts do Justice either to the logic or the
indignation with which our ncighbOr has CON
dcmncd the vandals and jobbcrs who have long
been endcavoring TO carry ont this want0n
scheme of extravaganza and folly. But these
few nuggets will indicate the richness OF the
mine from which we take them:
II must now be clearly understood that the citizens
az York do not improve Of locating the new build
| ing I'm The Park They Will not patiently suffer
such n vandalism and public wrong az the pracucai
destruction Of the Park and the Disagreement V inc
old city Hall and the new Court House Dy inc 'r
| ton Of such architectural mOnStrOSlV aS - Co"
tempated.-May Il, ls-9.
The law requiring the building to be located IN .ne
| por, was driven through tho Legislature under
| false prctences and bogus cry of economy e
I; the Commissioners over eager o push thrVuEh
the fob let them bc checked by proceedings In the
courts.-Jnno 2G. 1-5o.
| II Mayor Grant and the gentlemen who manage
both CITY Hall and Tammany Hall have any respect
,r nljlc sentiment a. voiced by the press they Will
pause before they despol Clty Hall Park to MAKE
| Tammany nomenclature 90. lsso
| Their Che pcoplc'sl Indignant opposition 10 the
polltlcal fob Of monster municipal building In the
| CITY Hall Park.-July :. lisp
| II bubble building to cover one NTH OF The City
Hall Park IS submitted TO- how long Will 1t be before
Union SQUARE I, appropriated FOR municipal purposes
Th,, yyould mako "A fine ite for a Tammnny Hall,
|
| by the way.-Juy II. is7o
| To pluck the taxpayers IN order 10 feather the
nests Of ing politicians * bad enough To rob the
people Of any part OF their wholly Inadequate down
town parks would BE- Infinitely worse-July H. l77"'
| Tho city cannot afford "a sacrifice another square
f,ot NJ what remains OF the February 81 1890
| They tho Municipal Building Commission may not
cncronch on any public park or breathing place al the
| ,o,pl, And they may not tear down the
present Cy Hall. ~ the few crcditable and IN
,crc,tng architectural monuments which Ncw'lorR pos
scs-cs.- March 81. 1sol.
II ,Nc York; can better afford TO have it' treasury
Numbered outright thnn 10 surrender ground already
clear nt the prompting either Of pcayunc economy or
| calculating jobbcry.-March -, 170l'
II l. now again proposed To authorize the construc
ton Of a new municipal building In the scnn breathing
u,ce left IN the city Hall Park, with proviso that
II The proposed Commission shall 50 decree. the CITY
Iteelf-our one notably good specimen Of municipal
nrchitecturc-may DO swept away for the purpose
| strangely enough, morning newspaper yesterday rs
sentcd % the proposal. saying that public sentiment
seems 10 have dccred that the city Hall Park should
| be tho Site Of the building, and THIS sentiment
sboud DO respected Piblic sentiment has dccrcc'
nothing Of tho kind ON the contrary, II was al
aroused and indignant public sentiment which last
year compelled the repeal Of the act authorizing pre-
ci-cly this thlng.-Mnrch 20, 1891
| New.Yorl can afford TO bug n suitable site for the
new municipal building. NcwYork cannot afford e
surrender any part 81 the small space lelt III 'Iy
Hall Park for tho further piling up OF bricK and
| mortar.-March 81, 1891.
II uhc law) directs the Commissioners to procure
slto contiguous to the City Han Park, but not In 1t
That Is what ought TO be done. and no further
legislation is needed To authorize It's doing-Apnl IL
| 1891.
| Public opinion has pronounced with all possible
emphasis against the occupation Of the Park for tn,
new building April Il, loOl
| This rich placer for Tammany politicians and con
tractors To work.-April l., 1901
Tho vandalism involved in the proposed destruction
Of the present city IIal.-April Is, 1891.
2 The law (forbiddng the OF City Hall Park f.
, right and sufficient az 1t is.-Apn II, 1891
| Hustle the Park grahbers outl--Aprl -, 1891.
| A year ago the people heard upon tho subjec
, through the press. by popular petition and by mass
meeting Their protest against the occupation Of thu
Park was 80 emphatic that the Legislature repealed
, It's own law and by statute forcbade the trcspass
There Is no evidence whatever OF any change Of tn
| popular mind this subJect.-April %. 1891.
They 1.-THE people, Will surely find means to enforce
their decision that tho City Hall Park IS to be lie
! nlonc.-April 90, 1891.
With these few brief and imperfect sug
r gostions of the force and accuracy with whic
= 1.-The World" almost continuously for NOR
T. than two years bombardcd the foes of the Cit
D Hall Park are for the present, compclle
t by considerations of space to be content. W
n trust as 1.-THE World" predicts in the closin
d paragraph. that the people will find means +
d enforce their decision that the City Hall Par
a is to be let alone. But they must be up an
y doing. There is no time to waste The spoil
II crS arc alert and audacous. But " The World
o will soon renew its devastating fire. It rs
J. sumes the attitude and frippery of Glow
J. merely to make the contrast moro tremendou,
IS When it once more strips for action the plum
Y | dercrS will run TO cover.
The Democracy stands for Incompetence