New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
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,,uANy AND THE CITY HALL

MOWERS PROTEST AGAINST THE SCHEME
,ro DESTROY THE ANCIENT STRUCTURE.
r. ,,o Editor of The Tribune.
~ ,viu YOU kindly permit a citizen and tax
on ono who has twice been chosen as a repre-
.,ive a dweer in our city over hfty years ana
I'm doing business after forty years experience
- always paying 100 cents on the uoiar through
a." a. orics and at all times small space in your
- old paper which he has always paironized. TO
81 his protest against the scheme of Mayor Gill
80, ond others of more or less note, TO destroy the
nost picturesque and interesting CITY hau IN 'he
ltd Statesq The history of the old CITY Hail IS IN
r, tho seat Of the history of the growth ana
nrogress of the metropolis; anu every cupic men
,, :, is revered by our patriotic people. If there
- ono reason why the old and respected material
70 49, CIV Hall should be obliterated from view, 1t
-, because II has so frequently been the scene or
;pioujty within its walls. by the representatives, oil
,r,mnoanv Hall in its Oft-repeated corrupt prdccPS
o,d vile schemes to fleece the pubnc ana eitlch
,,,o rnwor,bv How much of the intense desire on
tho mart of the Tammany "hierarchy 10 wipe 'he
nm from the face of the earth is due to the TACT
49,, I, Glands as a mausOleum of the dead GRIM
;nals of Overwhelmingly times is hard to esti-
mate The history of Tammany and corruption IN
Office Is sufficiently Identified with the old CITY
IN N make IT, In the light of vrtuous public
onn;on hateful the sight of the followers In the
,,ota Of Tweed Tammany down to date.
The CITY would not necessarily have TO pay w.
oo ono for another site If Mayor Gilroy had lit
,le foresight and the Tammany blinds were re-
,,oved from his vision he would not venture that
statement In honest hands half that sum would
not be necessary. 1t is palpable truth that 1t is
NOT wise 10 cucumber further the City Hall PARK.
and that the Old Registers office and the old brown
stone combination piles should be removed. The
Cou,tv Courthouse is too valuable TO destroy. 1t
can he remodeed and beautied at much less cost
than its demolition would involve Mayor Gilroy
objects TO the purchase of new site 1t does not
annear that Tammany or its representatives have
one 10 sell: but he would convert TO the OF his
net scheme the only lung the southerly END OF the
cry has and which is worth more To the business
people OF downtown as ii now Is than any price TO
he named How absurd it is to think II is neces-
sarv 10 erect a new City Hall exactly where our
forefathers selected site many years ago with
such scant idea or what the Guy "ouu peCOihe III
magnitude -, -, ~,
The most absurd idea In connection with the Gill
roy commission scheme is the attempt TO allay OPP
nostion and satisfy the cutlery against the destruc-
zion of the City Hall by proposing TO destroy IT
and remove the old material 10 Bryant Park and
90 il would cost when 1t was done. neither the
old second hand building nor its location would
carry with IL a single vestige OF the reasons why
should be left as II is. ,
Let the patriotic people Of our city raise their
voices and assert their rights in this matter that
IFS saaried servants can have no possible excuse
Tor disregarding their wishes. Our Legislature must
also heed the unmistakable signs of the times rela
tive to the sacregeous plan to destroy ne grand
old structure. a. j. SAMi'bf;ii..
The chelsea. No. 222 West Twenty-third-st, March
TO- 1894.