The evening world., 1894-08-01
CLAUSEN HAS HIS WAY
Star Chamber Sessions Continue
in the Park Board.
Consulting Architect Woodman Sc
vereIy Criticised.
Bids Opened for Supplies and Inn
provements.

President Clausen, OF the Park Board,
again showed his indifference for the
public when the matter Of employing a
landscape architect for the speedway
came up at Il meeting OF the Park Board
to-day. MIR. Bell wanted the subject
discussed openly. Mr.. Clauscn favored
a star-chamber session. and he was sus-
tained by Commissioner Straus.
Mr.. Bel said there should be no Sc
crecy. Everybody should hear what the
Commissioners had to say on a public
matter.
at Is customary" said Mr.. Clausen.
TO discuss such matters in executive
session.
II don't care what is customary.
want the light of lay"
Mr.. Bell being outvoted, the question
vas discussed behind closed doors.
In executive session Mr.. Clausen had
me matter Of the landscape architect re
ferred to himself. He was authorized to
reply to the letter OF the artists who re.
quested that the speedway be beautifed
ny a competent landscape architect. Mr..
C.ausen once before sent a very curt
reply to the very polite letter of the
artists.
AS was expected, the Sicilian Com
pany, Of which Mr.. Clausen was for
asphalting walks In Central Park for
$23, O95 Last time the sicilian Company
was not the lowest bidder, and all bids
s Iere time Sas HUGH fn %
Mr.. Clausen gave out what he calls a
statement of expenditures under the
appropriation for con PaIs
merely of an amendment to the figures
| given out by Comptroller Fitch some
time ago Of the works authorized, the
paid out. In Mr.. Clausen's statement
only the figures up TO date are added
He does not go into details and tel
how many Tammany heelers were EN-.
particularly how much the Stellar
Company got. Mr.. Clausen Is silent or
the question of how many men and II
the mos, deserving or only politifua e,
says the authorized expenditures arr
1896, $50. or this amount. 1856 1885, % ha:
been paid, according to MI. Ciausen
The truth Is that some OF the improve
ments ordered have not been begun ant
on others very little work has been done
Expert authorities declare that most o.
the work rs all in your eye"
The Board spends most OF It's TIM
nowadays refereeing disputes between
architects and contractors. To-day tn
tween Consulting Architect II. T. Wood
man and the Edgewood Company, VIII,
laid part of the thing In the Castl
Garden Aquarium tanks.
Woodman reported the work defective
Commissioner Bell championed thu
cause Of the Company. and said Wood
man was to blame. II the tanks Leaked
It was Woodman's fault he said. Mr.
Bell ordered Woodman to turn on tn
water In the tanks three weeks ago. HI
had not done so because. Mr.. Bel
thought, he was afraid the cement h
had put In would not stand the test
. The matter was laid over.
, Bids were opened for supplies and I'm
provements. For supplying drainag
pipes to the slate tanks In Central Park
James A. Donovan was the lowest bid
, der. His offer was 1854
John Armstrong made the lowest one
, for thing the floor OF the Aquarium
,, 81, 100 John j. Hopper made the hes
Riverside Park with clean earth Tn
contracts were not awarded to-day.
Residents In the neighhorhood OF Gro
= tona Park complained that the par
! was used by, disreputable characters a
night, and that no woman could safel
venture through the park alone a
, night. No policemen are detailed in tn
. park after 10 L. NJ, and II was decide
, to send several there to remain on dut
/ all night.
The Metropolitan Traction Compan
asked for permission to lay tracks 1
one OF the upper Transverse road
through Central Park, to connect line
east and west. The matter was nc
acted on.