New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-17
4 MILLION FOR BOTANY.
THAT SIM OF MONEY SEEMED ASSURED.
AN AMENDMENT TO BE INTRODUCED At ALBANY
HOWEVER, MAY SPOIL THE BorANI'
CAL GARDEN SCHEME.

CAL GARDEN SCHrHAI..
Although little has been said publicly aooHt the
raising Of the s25OOoo which IS required oy INC az
~ incornor,tion OF the New-York Botanical GaSien
le,ore ~ can .ccure the go acres In Bronx Park and
tho 800 900 f. bc given By the City OF New-loth'
the work NJ securing that sum has been gong on
RAPIDLY and now the amount Is practically secured
A meeting Of the finance committee Oh 'lc '''PD
rator, was held three weeks ago al the oh''c Va -
Perpont Morgan and Mr. Morgan was icqucS'0N -
associate himself with four others, VINO were ~ ''
came a committee with power to solicit ,u3>criouoHs'
The committee has practically completed is WIN
Ton ner~ons whose name, are well known IN ut'
city, but which are withheld At present were a'Neu y"
give $4,000 each, 50 as 10 make up the F-''N
The action of the trustees OF Columbia College III NV""'
s25 900 for the proposed botanical garden lor," '''
ba-, OF this system of raising the F2)"'O"' 1t h''
all along been evident t. the finance comSIttce' 10"
ever that the $4,000. even when added 10 Tue
500 600 f., he given by the city (which i 10 be ap-
plied only to building, and the permanent pl"nV wac
far short Of the amount needed for starting the Suc"
and keeping II Ia working order Inc necessary " "
permancnt endowment was obvious. and the committee
determined 10 raise twice the amount requ'cn'
Sufficient SIMS have already been subscribed to as
sure tho committee n total Of F3Oo'ooo WHICH, WIN
The 100000 to be given by the city. VIII MAKE III
even million with which begin the botanical gaiue
This bright outlook for the botanical garden was
disturbed YESTERDAY. however, by the an
rounccment that an amendment 10 "e "'
., incornor,tion would be introduced III
the Senate which proposes to make radical cn"isc
I'm the scientific ard educational management OF th-
garden The art as II stands says that the pleauct VI
columbia College the professors Of botany eeol'sS
and chemistry Of that college, the president oi ue
Torrev Botanical Club and the president Oh the 'a'U
OF Education shall have the scientific ana ed'"'.o""
MANAGEMENT OF the garden. The amendment anus 7"
these two members OF the faculty OF Science Vi '"o
University OF the City Of Ncwlorh two from Tue 'o'
lece Of the Hity Of New York, enc from -. frdh'lS
Xayer's College one from Manhattan College one from
s. John,s College one from the Normal College ana
one from Barnard College. This amendment mas Dc'il
Introduced on the plea that all the cducauohh l'S"'
trtons should have an equal share in the manage
mcnt OF the garden
Judge AddDon Brown sad to l'lou"'
reporter last night: "Ths amendment VIII wv q"
serious blow 10 The proposed botanical garden
Tho original bill passed the Legislature and became
+, law on April %, 1891, and no dlSsatllacuoh vas
o,nrcssed with its conditions Of management AT u'
time We went 10 work and raised the m""eS ~
ouird by The act and now IL is proposed 10 chaEe the
act In Il manner which will cause nearl7 all OF inc
euhscrbcrs 10 the largo have 5ccured TO WIN
draw their Subscriptions We purpoNely m"'e inc Ia"
.. a. stands % that the scientific and educatlohAl
management mot financial should be In strong anu
trustworthy hands. Columbia College has been Iuc''
fed with the service OF botany over seventy i've Nea'
II has the finest hcrbarium In the country anu 4"
botanical library that has cost over F'''o""' by
leaving the majority OF this board with the pSl'h.
and professors Of botany. geology and chemistry Oh
Coutnbi, the public (, assured of having the Scichtc
ord educational management Of The garlen III INC
host po,sible hands while at the same unle o'n'F
interests will be- represented BY uie Prcs'
dents ~ the Torrey Botanical ciub anu Iii'
Board 81 Education. This gives compact
and Trustworthy management for all timc
a.. trugn
elect members OF thdr faculties, not necessarily tno'e
,,t.r.stcd I'm the subject, and this would make a
clumsy aid altogether unsatisfactory Arrangement
and one which those who have subscribed III" several
hundred thousand dollars do not desire Inc aheh"-
m.ut Will le introduced at the hstigatoh Oh 'hose
who have not subscribed cent or lifted hanu 10 heip
tho work Tho cry Of an even representation easily
hon, "a be fallacious for the amendment does not
moke n equal as there ut least ten other luSutu
lions In this city not mentioned III the d"cnuio"'
which are FAR moro interested In the study oil DonS
than thew Four OF the colleges mentioned nav" HUN
ING 10 do with botany and all OF them have TAR i'SS
n do with Il than Columbia College. The cry that II Is
nublIc land that We us:lg and that the Souo'ooo
is ely money does not Affect the S'u'''on II.
tho least for We are spending $10oOOo OF
private money, and as years 20 pN man!
million dollars, In improving mis- puDHc Ifi"
and all tho improvements open 10 the pubh' ana are
for pubic good II seems strange that men WILING I"
spend $500 900 in improving public park 'hou" h"'
have the management Of that Improvement
When word was received In this city yesterday 81
the proposed amendment a petition VIZ clFuIatN
among - many corporations of the boilmc '"r'eH d
could be- found on short notice. protesting against any
change In the act AID IL WIT forwarded to AlbahH
rho following signed IT. EN Chief Justr" 'hhilr, -
D,lv william e. Choatc. James y. ScrA m~rr stephen
p sash. addison Brown. Henry Il. IIoyt. j. Per
nam Morgan ID. -. Minis, Cornelius Vanderbilt aId
Th,rlcs r cox. seth Low president of ''iumhlh
C"icre said that the $4,000 conditional subscription
~ that college would be- withdrawn If the amendment
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