New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-14
IN A ALE or WIAD
A STORM OF HIGH TALK Against ii''
PARK BOARD.
.co,rp. FLYNN AND OTHER STATESMEN iN
Dr,IGE IN MUCH ELOo' EN'h N
TELEPHONE PATENTs-NoTHlNG

TELEPHONE PATENTS-NOThiN"
ACCOMPLISHED.
-. Albanian started after the Board
., park Commissioners yesterday WIN 80
s,ick but confusion like that OF baoe' ~" ~.o
,beu and after hours squapoe t"' n.1
c,ne to naught The attack on the ran -
,..,s started by cunning shrewd .far-sighteo i"''
many Aldermen to compel Commissioners iapp
straus and Clausen Of the Tamma'y run 80.
- ,I,o-oa moro Labor tickets than they nave
room wiling TO distribute among the CITY Fa'"e
At their last meeting the Aldermen rieu " 49,
The Park Commissioners by refusing '"e
consent TO allow the board TO make It's yea''
tract for telephone service without an'er''".e
bids The Park Board paid no attention to tne re-
fusal but the next day entered INTO the usual '0'
,,o, With .he METROPOLITAN Telephone Company
Az coo, as Chief Clerk Bake had nnisheo inc
roucau Yesterday Alderman Prague OF inc
XXIIId District, offered resolutions Pep
the disgrunt.ed among his associates which pr
posei that the Park Board be directed " s''
10 the Board of Aldermen detai'ed sta'eihe" "
the contents of the telephone contract; that tne
l,.ora,ion Counsel be requested to get an In
iunct,on restraining the Park Board from MAXINE
a contract without the consent of the Board OF
Aldermen; that a committee OF I'VE Aldermen NC
appointed to examine the contracts OF TIE i"'"
Board and their method OF spending ap?orPria'o'',
and that counsel be employed for the COMMITTEE
Mr. Prague moved the adoption OF the reso'u-
tI,ns and supported them In a windy speech III
which he criticised the Park Board for extrava-
gancs and reckiessness in spending WV year vi
telephones ,-..r,,a,y.
Are We nonentities| r, a.,
A tremendous mo the answer. Tnen Mr.
Oakley demanded that the opinion Of the Corpora
ton Counsel be obtained as to the PARK Boaru
high-handed method, and that those Commissioners
be required to keep within the law. O'her states
men OF the board aired their eoquence, among
them the gifted Hercules OF the Battery. SoJer
,to.v "a, bnrp hap Of
his sorre Jocks and enunciated as an incontroVeru
be hard crystallized fact that 1.-The PARK Board
couldn't spend a dollar without our consent he
looked ierceiy about him and continued: u ne
every dollar spent without the consent OF this
board
''Sojer" sneered at the idea that the Board OF
Estimate possessed any real power over eXpendl-
cal. halt in this business. n JJdy can put
spade into any part Of this city unless we say So
More'n that. investigate every department.
OF the city government II We want TO. We are the
people,.
Alderman Brown moved to consider the ques
ton" the motion in the Common Council which
shuts off further debate. Alderman Flynn. wao
had been 'buzzed" by somebody after his wa-like
front. moved to postpone action for a week Presi-
dent Mcclellan decided that F.ynns motion
out OF order. Then the Sober" moved to lay the
resolutions the table This lost by tie
same vote. Another motion to lay on the table
was declared by the president to be carried.
President Mcclellan left the chair to return 10
his duties as Acting Mayor, and Vlce-President
ings. after another wrange. the resolutions offered
by Mr. Prague were resurrected and placed
the list Of general orders. They will be discussed
again at the next meeting.