New-York tribune., 1892-03-26

DrIubIc was In danger and that immediate !, ,uor @
would alone save from destruction hNchD"e',y
Railroad bills and Central Park cOn1iscnnOn uIs % aro
rushed through the Legislature and siEned g ''o to
Governor with the raplci,y and zeal which mEhi 10
proper and necessary II public enemy bad landed on
our shores. Yet What IS the eAgehcyf Ir ..en and
increased and multiplied these many years whoa. %
the proposed driveway the trotAg horse o~ner o~ner,ia n
eyisted and tlrven and increased and nnitpieu'
10 sudden collapse threatens this growing ndus,ry,
No blight has fallen upon us pTo>pecls, w., ,,ro,v
81 non s 9SaE S1 tEe i fenet and ic the Of
the rest Of the community (Appmuse)
II was announced then that 100000 signatures
had been received TO the petition advoca'Hls '".
reDeal OF the act Great enthusiasm was disP.aS' S'a
when tie petition signed by members OF 'he 0'ooN
Exchange was displayed. 1t Is about twelVe 'ee'
long. and contains the names OF about eVo ol VIC
IL 90 men who have seats in the EXchahae' 0au'e'
7. Archibald, OF the Cehtrai Laooi oHi0"' 'F
next lie said
regard for horses than Christians to despo p0Tc9H
oppostion and public condemnation, as t.
MAKE them tT%Ih tear nscem for qS Taste 'itS WITH witch
the bill was rushed through the Iegshture ana .sr
by the Governor of itself alone was >uIhcent 10 ~ u.
tract attention and excite suspicion ana what np no
It's all that was needed 10 Soirn"u i ynv NV
re tbe working people opposed do you aski III tel
you Because it is in the interest OF o.s9 WI, , l,
we s9 10 anma and moreover because 1t is
infrinecment upon the liberty Of the masses ana o
PEOPLES pleasure ground should not be spirited away
Tor raceck purposes, but should be preserves trHng %
cIaractersed Il in prior times-cuure ard recreation.
Such creation in Central Park wona umno"Uou,dd t ou,d
surely make it the reverse Of what IS most earnestly
desired place Of Re%csSii ai Sd %s sn be called como
pohtan Guttenburs tApphuse)
In the course of Mr. Archibald's speech young
man in the rear of the hall arose ana asked
lyInn
s6aS Sw for %%1y spess ps foT Of them came
the sharp reply There was wild cheering, anu
three cheers were given for the 65,oOo'
WIT AND WISDOM OF Mr.. STILES.
The next speaker was William A. Stiles, of
Garden and Forest" His address called forth
cheers and laughter in abundance. lie said' among
other things
rvenone ago the Hon. Pc, Peter rI B. NS Sweeney n
some Of his successors he considered ground over
grown with grass and bordcrcd with common American
trees 10 be land. and lie therefore Determined 10
mnroye one of these open spaces in Central Park by
so he began to peeI oil the gensward and before the
people realized what the project meant many thou
sands Of dollars OF their money had hcen spen -. tle
bearpits buffalo waows and tanks for The sea LION.
But when the city once swoke to what TINS INVASION
meant popular indignation began TO Mndic, meeuHs
Ike ms was called. and it was the first open revolt
which presently sweled into that menoIablc uprising
when redeemed TINS city and scourged the Tweed
history not TO draw any analogy between the city
government OF that day and OF this, nor to. point any
Warning or prophecy, but simply show that even in
that early day, when the elements ol the PARK We're
just emerging out Of chaos and forming themselves into
that living picture which has been growing into Ichcr
riper beauty ever since, the people looked upon
IL with affection and pride. (ApplaiseJ tor years
but they would not suffer the Park 10 be de,o.ted or
desecIstcd The events OF the last week prove ina,
the Of the people for the Park has not grown cold
and that their purpose holds to protect 1t from de
sructive Invasion and 10 permit no part OF 1t TO BE-
cOnfIscated Tor any special use iNppd'lsc.l
Now, what is this Park in its essence and why should
' oI cutting out Of the centre d the city more than
square mile OF land which separates The cast rom ron
nish ls 81 spic. fSr rural recreation which can
30 treated in .s broad nSTf Say ro,d4 i
ie .cenery especially OF pastoral scenery, bring,
positive refreshpent to the mind Green posture aud
restore the sonl scenes like these renew the eneres
worn and wasted under the stress and pressure Of city
teal imporance. II means that rural park j. a
RELATION to the eaith and comfort Of the city well
hi, eT st'ef should Hr e HS "p e % aid q
this pleasure ground it would be deprived OF an inf
erted by your public schools institutions OF higher
learning. your galleries OF music ana oi arr your
riehtens human life in just those point which dis
tingnish community Of CIVILIZED men from II camp Of
savages. (AppauseJ
MUCH MORE THAN sEYENTY FEET.
Cries Of: 40! NO!D Now. sympathze with The
gentlemen who want a road which gives soft and safe
footing 10 their trotters. Every who las handled
the reins well.brcd, welLmannercd and speedy
roadster has experienced pleasure Of tie keenest and
most eXharating kind am not prepared - say t!;tt
the city ought to furnish such road where
that it ought not to furnish field ana tinck ior
athletic sports and games aud many other tings he
sides blt tie very ia't ground winch should be sur
icnucIed for such Il purpose Is GENITAL PARK. Gap
plauscJ What wJud the construction Oi such "a road
| mean! seventy feet T. twenty feet WIDER than the
widest roads In TIE fafk ana nearly t"lce as Mlde ao
many OF them. But for every man who drives
trottcr there thousand who drive nothing. TAe
| promoters Ot ms project rcOgInAhS th' ASA ioi
space ~ give hundred thousand people the pleasure
vi watching While hundred people drive. Iiovision
! must be maze Tor these onIOOlcIs. There must De
wide paths each side OF the drive and these walks
separated from IT by some Intervening space
All this, with the necessary slopes. would CONSUME
more than hundred FEET When, IN addition 10 tLis
we nave the bride path the carrlage~ay, and other
fOOtwa!Ks OI those VINO do not cure 10 mIhglc WIN
the taiOHg along the uotng-coursc, how much space
will be lett between the rc,ewolr and the Eghtiaye
boundary 1t Will mean the destruction OF every Gle
ment verdure and leave desert OF gravel from wall
ieic is an order to ignore all design to sacrifice the
screen foliage along the border, the most important
PLANTATION OF all the PARK not only 10 dsconcei few
passages Of sylvan plcuesquehcss on mat bCTdel but
10 obliteraie them all, FOL the multiplied roads ana
paths would 50 cut up ana separate me scan space
that the isolated patches which remained would lose an
harmonious relation. Of course the ruin would not he
confined to nip 100 feet vide and enough wider 10
make for dozen or lfteen tunnel approaches 20
the eastern side IL would throw the entire road sys
| tenn confusion. IL would narrow III tDc open
spaces and utterly ruin the Park consistent work
| OF art. ,
have no word Of criticism upon the motives Of the
men who have labOred for the success OF this road
some OF them. know would not wilinlly deiacc the
Park but nohing clearer me than TINT the car
rylng out Of this project would mean It's utter ruin
believing this, speak the language Of truth and sober
ness wien say that II a fire shOnld sweep through
the most prosperous business section Of this city, or
It's most beautiful residence section. and consume
hundred million dollars worth OF property, New York
would suffer less from such loss than IL would nom
the destruction OF Central Park Your enterprise
would at once rebnild the waste places. and Ia TWO
wears The city would be more attac I've Than II was
before The loss would lie II material one alone But
the destruction Of Central Park would mean more than
the loss Of What be bought and sold. We af" rich
and PROSPEROUS but have such snpcrabundancc %
what IS refining and elcvatine that we can 2noId TO
| throw away the most conspicuous work Of tns char
| actrr IN our possession? Cries Of NO. NO|l
eurcIv we are not not willing TO advcr se 70 manknd
that having the most beautiful intra mural park IN ne
| world wo we're not sufficiently enlightened 10 appre-
ciatc and preserve IT, We cannot Afford to SURRENDER
i +LnA In LnnL nItrl Nc cd |.