The evening world., 1894-02-06
LAST EDITION.
WORK FOR 5000 men.
Many Unemployed Will Be Re-
lieved in the Near Future.
$3.50, 900 Bonds for S1,000,0 01
improvements Ordered.
1920, 600 Appropriated for Work ~
BE Begun immediately.

The Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment took action to-day that will be
cheering new to the unemployed.
The Board authorized the issue Of $780,
000 bonds for park improvements under
law permitting the expenditure OF $780,
go for that purpose, signed by Gov.
! Flower. last Friday.
or this sum, $500 900 is to be expended
at once on improvements, the plans for
which were approved at to-day's meet-
ings.
The issue of bonds to-day includes the
estimated cost of additional work to ba
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-
lows:
Widening the bride road in Central Park, from
one liunhrcd and Third street, East Drive. 70
NINETY third street, West Drive. as per plan APP
Improving Central Park, from Niuety.sevsnth
,,rSet to One Hundred and Second street, betwesa
r r,i@ Ss'n n. BRIDGES 9ss h Sss a DrlSe: 81, hs 'ooS, e0'''
Preliminary work on Cathedral Parkway, earth
and rock excavations, per days work. $4,000.
Hundred and Twentieth street, and walks south
of tina, street; EStina,sd cost; 81 600; r,.s,v-
improvement W ~ Ebihs Et8uty.
$50. 900.
Total, $500. oCo.
This work will be begun immediately.
and will give employment to go men
and II foremen. Between 300 and 400
more men Will be put to work after next
Tuesday.
Board Of Aiderm sn't will be held for the
purpose of approving the list OF streets
rS sH psv shds Sy thu sse SEQ f c.ooS ap %STaf Rsa
in the city budget for 1894. and about
one thousand more men will be put to
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-
quest made Yesterday; The Park De-
and therefore selected plans for improve
ments which had been prepared years
ago, with the execution Of one. 60.
President Happens schemes for giving
work to the unemployed were impracti-
,al. and might prove very expensive:
For instance. he said, the widening Of
the bride road required filling In. Could
such work be done at this season. and
could filling be secured? Then there
dral Parkway and Riverside Drive. Was
the propose. work to be supplemental. or
to be done idthtlr with the work included
In tn" pending bills?
Engineer Kellogg informed Mr.. Clark
that he thought he could do filling in" at
this time of the year and 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
20 menu demanded Mr.. Clark.
Engineer Kellogg offered IN reply, the
excuse that a good deal Of the work on
the gate was masonry, which could net
be done at present on account OF tn
weather.
Mr.. clark Objected to paying for the
Improvement 81 Riverside Park at Sew
enty-niath street. where, he said, there
was nothing but cual-yards. The Park
Department wanted to begin at Seventy,
ninth stree. At Mr.. Clark's sugges|
tlnn the improvement was ordered to
begin at Eighty-irst street.
The Mayor said Central Park was not
completed above one HUNDRED and Sc
ond street. A couple of hundred men
could he employed on It's completion.
President Happen said he would have
plans Scr heautifying Manhattan Square
prepared. He would be ready with more
plans Tuesday at II o'clock. at which
time the Board will meet to act on them