The evening world., 1894-02-06
WORK FOR 5000 MEN,.
Many Unemployed Will Be Re-
lieved in the Near Future.
$3.50, 900 Bonds for $1,000 900
improvements Ordered.
1920, 600 Appropriated for Work to
BE Begun Immediately.

The Board OF Estimate and Appor-
tionment took action to-day hi will be
cheering news to the unemployed.
The Board authorized the issue Of $3.50,
700 bonds for park improvements under
the law permitting the expenditure of
$1,000, 900 for that purpose, signed by Gov.
Flower, last Friday.
OF this sum, $500, 900 is to be expended
at once or improvements. the plans for
which were approved at to-day's meet
Ing.
The issue of bonds to-day includes the
estimated cost Of additional work to be
done, plans for which will be ready by
next Tuesday. The balance of the bonds,
amounting to $3.50. 900, will be issued when
required.
The work authorized to-day is as fol-
.ows:
Widening the bride road in Central Park, from
Nincty-third street, West Drive. as per plan APP
proved March IL, 1898. Estimated cost. SIS 900.
street to One Hundred and Second street. between
Fifth avenue and East Drive. Estimated cost.
exclusive OF bridges and arches. $4,000.
Preliminary work on Cathedral Parkway. earth
and rock excavations. per days work. $40. 900.
Completion of Morningside Park. north OF One
Of that street. Estimated cost. ,57. 900.
improvement OF Riverside Park, from Eighty
hrst street TO Ninety-sixth street. Estimated cost.
Total. $500, 900.
This work will be begun Immediately.
and VIII give employment to $50 men
more men will be put to work after next
Tuesday.
Thursday a special meeting, Of the
purpose of approving the list OF streets
to be paved by the Public Works De-
partment under the $25O. 600 appropriation
In the city budget for 1894. and about
work by March /.
These improvements. together with the
work on the speedway and the Park
avenue grade, will give employment to
about five thousand men within "a few
weeks.
The plans for park improvements were
submitted In accordance with the re-
partment was not ready with new plans.
and therefore selected plans for improve
ments which had been prepared years
Corporation Counsel Clark thought
President Happens schemes for giving
work to the unemployed were impracti-
For instance. he said. the widening Of
me bride road required filling in. Could
zach work be done at this season. and
we're bills pending for completing Cathe-
dral Parkway and Riverside Drive, Was
the proposed work TO be supplemental, or
to be one jointly with the work included
In the pending bills?
Engineer kellogg informed Mr.. Clark
that he Thought he could do filling in" at
this time OF the year N secure the filling
from cellars.
You are building a new entrance gate
to Central Park at Eighth avenue. Why
didn't you increase the force there by
$50 men," demanded Mr.. Clark.
Engineer Kellogg offered In reply the
excuse that a good deal Of the work on
! the gate was masonry. which could not
be done at present on account of the
weather.
Mr.. Clark objected to paying for the
Improvement Of Riverside Park at Sew
-nty-niath street, where, he said, there
was nothing but e~oal-yards. The Park
Department wanted to begin at Seventy
ninth street. At Mr.. Clark's sugges-
ton the Improvement was ordered to
begin at E~ignty-first street.
The Mayor said Central Park was not
completed abcve One Hundred and Sec
ond street. A couple of hundred men
could be employed on It's completion.
President Happen said he woul have
plans for identifying Manhattan Square
prepared. He would be ready with more
plans Tuesday at IL O'Clock, at which
time the Board will meet to act on them.