The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
70 DISCHARGE 300.
Park Department to Get Ridof a
Lot Of Workingmen.
That, loo, Regardless Of the Million
--Dsllar Appropriation.
ward fIeelers In High Favor with
the Commissioners.

Instead Of carrying out the provisions
OF the Million-Dolla law to provide
work for the unemployed, the Park De-
partment is discharging. or Is about to
discharge, men by the hundreds. and
that, too. at a season OF the year when
the weather Is particularly favorable for
park. improvements. Perhaps this fact
would have been as carefully guarded
from the public as the secret OF who got
the money Ii 1t had not been for Acting
Mayor Mcclellan.
col. Mcclellan called at the Park
Department this morning to obtain EN-
ployment for a couple OF worthy and
needy citisens who had enlisted his
sympathy. Col. Mcclellan does not
make q practice of asking favors of this
kind, and he thought for that reason
his request would be readily granted.
He did not make the application on the
strength of his official position but In
his capacity as a private citizen.
There are a couple of men with fans
nies In my neighborhood who need EN-
pioyment. Can you give them any
thing to do?" inquired Col Mcclellan
OF Commissioners Happen and He'll.
Judge Tappen acted AS spokesman In
the absence OF President Clausen, who
is on his vacation.
Sorry. very sorry" he replied. I'VE
! have. no vacancies.,. Then he added this
startling Information: ave IRE goins 10
! discharge between ~ ana sUJ men this
Very WE'LL" replied the Acting Mayor.
/, The expression on his lace be-
, trnyed. mrs fecnngs. He looked as II
he wanted to say something ana express
> his opinion of the PARK board MANAGE
Jnent, but he retrained. As ne turned
70 walk out Judge Happen evidently
thought he had made u mistake and he
,,calIed Col Mcclellan and sald:
! $50. II you tel us the exigencies of the
case we might do something for YOU,
r s.Oh, never. mlnu, nov. .<Un trouble
= yonrself," Col. Mcclellan answered, as
!. he walked out. :, -
Col. Mcclellan entered the rooms of
the Park Board chcerily and IeIt In dis
gust That he liz not useu to the ward
heeiers' buttonnoling methods was al
olce, apparent py The trank way IN
which he acted. The listeners We're dill !:
ssssn,iy tmpTss,eG by the manner and
Bell. for hardly had Col McCieiian gone
out Of the door than a red-taced, red
unattached man approached Mr.. He'll and
fused to Col. Mcclellan. The man of
arburn hue Was promptly supplied by
me- Bell with several pinh tickets,
tendent to put the bearers OF them To
An. Evening. World" reporter, who
!, heard Judge Tappcn refuse Col Me
Clellan, ana saw MIR. Bell issue the work
tickets. asked Mr.. He'll to explain.
~ know nothing about the discharge
that was only q bluff"
Judge Tappen said: Yes: we propose
~ dismiss SO0 or 400 men this week,
principally those employed on the River,
side Turk wall. The appropriations for
the work are exhausted. Most or our
appropriations are giving out. We have
done Il great deal OF work"
Are all the men 10 pe uischarred en-.
ployed under the Million-Dollar act?"
n)on't talk TO me about n million dol
lars That's all humbug. There never
was a million dollars appropriated. Only
part OF It. II you can tell us how TO
spend II We are open for suggestions"
4, That ~ the most Intelligent answer
the reporter could get from Judge Tap