Evening journal., 1893-08-15
GALLAGHERON THE PARK
He Makes a Rafting Speech
This Morning.
REPLY TO THE PARK COMMISSION

probation of the Levy Court-The
"Flnanclai Body" Must BE Respected.
1t Is Co-EquaI with Any Other Body.
Levy Court met this morning and
heard the reply OF the Park Commits
sioners in relation to the northern ap
proach to Washington street bridge
When Deputy Clerk Janvier read the
already published document, Commits
sioner Gallagher arose and said:
Having prepared aud offered the reso.
luton on August 8, notifying the Park
Commission to remove the guards. etc
it may not be out Of place for me to make
statement concerning the motives
which prompted me to do so Atthe out
set desire TO disclaim any intention OF
arrogating to the Levy Court any super
ioiity over any other legally constitu ted
body, but | only ask that we be consid.
cred at least co.equal and entitled TO the
same consideration. lie is true as stated
IN the answer of the Park Commission
that the members OF his Levy Court
we're not members in 1892, when certain
arrangements and agreements we're made,
but IL is also true that as the successors
Of those men, we become by the righ Of
succession, the legal custooians OF all the
records and minutes m de by them; and
AS intelligent men on the alert to serve
our constituents, th public, to the best
Of our ability, we naturally have informed
ourselves as TO the history Of the subject
in controversy
Our records show that on the morning
Of september g. 1892, the committees Of
the Levy Court met the members OF the
Park Commission on tie proposed site
Tor bridge, "the object being the loca
lion OF a site" Az that meeting il was
agreed that the bridge should land
where IL now does, and the commission
asked the committee of the Levy Court,
IN consideration of its consenting TO
open a road across the park to Eigh
teenth street, TO grade, curb aud paw e
said road or boulevard In mau
uer salts factory TO IL This the
committee refused TO do At that
meeting, a sub com ittee, consisting of
Messrs. Grubb. Hickman aud Bucking
ham, was appointed TO meet the Park
Commission ana the North Side Improve
ment Company, aud was empowered to
make such arrangements as we're neces
sary. This Subcommittee failed TO nave
aDy arrangements Il made reduced "a
NritiDg-an oversight. as present cir
cumstancss show which. 70 use the
language OF the committee's chairman
was not considered of sufficient impor-
tAnce TO demand attention, inasmuch a.
ihay were dealing with men whose word
was as good AS their bond. An emergen y
of the kind at present confronting ne
was never dreamed of, and thus il hap
pened that no precautions were taken %
guard against 90.
1r Gubb. an honest and honorable
member of the last Levy Court. says
that be was present on the afternoon OF
september 18th, 1892, ia the Office OF the
| Park Commissioners when sOnsent was
given to open the road across the psrk
for the use of the public; when Mr. Bay
nard signed an agreement which vas
written by Mr. Bancroft, assisted by
Msjor Candy, the park engineer, the
reply of the commissioners to the con-
trsry Notwithstanding
This agreement was sought TO be car
fied out wheu the bridge was near
ing completion. aud but for the re
usal of the park authorities TO give
he necessary lines for grading the
o8d, the filling 10, which was afterwards
done by Street and Sewer Depart
ment. would have been done by the Levy
Court, and the road graded, as agreed
bv the North Side Improvement Com
PRny.
10 my mind the failure to have tn,
road in suitable condition is directly
chargeable to the Board Of Parl
Commissioners, and they, havinl
violated their agreement and brough
about condition Of affairs no
contemplated, are the ones VIII
should make immediate reparation.
The talk about being the agents Of th
, people sounds very nice, but when th
, agents operate against the best interest
of their principals, it does not sound s
/ | we'll
! The whole sum and substance Of tn
y matter is this. For many years peopl
I living on the north side of the Brandy
I wine creek had been clamoring for
bridge at Washington street. and th
o Levy Court, desirous of granting thei
4 prayers was considering the prophet
!. Of erecting idge.
In April, 1868. ground was condemne
{ for that purpose, but it was not consic
l. cred wise Dy many 10 use lnhl, huu cJl
. ferences were held during a period {
v eight or ten months as TO proper location
/, Finally after the conference OF Septembe
q 18th, 1892, the site now occupied wa
Il selected and IL was supposed that every
r thing was satisfactorily arranged, unit
u new condition was sought to be in
= posed upon the North Side improvement
p Company, and a refusal to give line
4 unless said condition was agreed L
brought about a rupture and consequel
cessation OF work by all concerned.
the meantime, the people, whose agen
we are, have to suffer the deprivatio
~ aud enjoy the privilege of paying +
! something they cannot use.
The Levy Court as a public body
interested in the opening of a pub
T., highway, to this extent. viz that ha
10 ing expended nearly one hundr
= thousand dollars, gathered from |
N classes and conditions Of people,
building a bridge to accommoda
them, aud to facilitate transit from {
~ built up portions OF the city to q
* open air Of the park, for themselves a
0i their families, Iney believe that tn
le have the right 10 demand firmly, bI
y respectfully, that coordinate bran,
another agency-shali not be a let