New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-15
FLYNN'S ATTACK ON SQUIER.
THE REAL, ANIMUs OF THE MAN WHO HAS
SET HIMSELF UP AS REFORMER.

c.r,sEs OF HIS INTERMEDIATES TO THE PARK
couu,ss,oNrR- ANTICIPATING TIE NEEDS
OF THE FUTURE IN PROVIDING
BROOKLYN WITH MORE PARKS.
Tho comic side Of the action which has been begun
nv Patrick b. Flynn 20 prevent the carrying out OF
PARK Commissi 5duier's plans Tor providing
Brooklyn with parks Is the one mat naturally
attracts the attention OF the majority of people, at
any rate OF those familiar with the standing OF the
two men and their relations to each other'
This suit is brought under the law designed TO
nrevent the waste OF public money-the law which
was forced most prominently to public attention In
tho samous action OF william Zieger TO restrain
the CARRYING out OF the plan to purchase the prop
erty OF the Long Island Water supply Company
which had been secretly formed by Mayor Chapih'
Controller jackson and City Auditor Rutan That
action has not yet been concluded. by-the-way,
since an appeal was taken by the company 10 the
limited States Supreme Court. and no decision has
there been given 1t had variety OF Interest
Ing sequels chief among which was the shelving OF
Alfred C. Chap.n as a political quahti'y' anu Inc
emlnence given to William j. Gaynor' MT Iieser =
counsel which resulted In his election as justice
OF the Supreme Court two years ago ny an ehor-
nous majority.
Nothing was known by the public at large OF the
Trden act until II was invoked to prevent wanton
waste OF the taxpayers money b. city ohciais VINO
had agreed to pay sl.250.0oo for something which a
commission sustained by the courts. subsequently
decided to be worth less than hair OF that amount
That this same law should now be employed In
suit TO prevent the purchase OF lands Tor PARK uses
ard tha, the paIntln should be man OF the stand
Ing of "Pat" FLYNN IS a situation when the most
inventive cartoonst could scarcely nave cohJureu
ND I'm the moments when he gave MS imagination
freest play. A motive for the action IL NOT Lar ~
seek More than in the last year ana nan
FLYNN has come into contact win farh oo"h's
sioner squler, and has found him as mmovable as a
i0'" FLyNNs THREE GRIEVANCES.
In the first place Mr.. Flynn wanted to run his
trolley tracks across the ocean PARKWAY put the
Park Commissioner insisted that ne must DuHu d
tunnel under IT, Mr.. Flynn consented to DO TINS
and then pleaded for the privilege or running MS
cars across this boulevard on the surface tenn
porarily Just az an accommodation to the thou-
sands OF people who were pning to be carried on
his road and who really ought not to be put 10 'he
inconvenience which would result from waiting un''
a tunnel should be built Al nrst MI Squier war III
cined TO look with partial favor on this proposioh
and 10 grant permit for the temporary use oi inc
surface Of the parkway as sooa as Flynns com
rorv had given satisfactory evidence. by the De-
ginning OF WORK, that IL i''e"'e "
tune. $1,000 49, .s,
Yut ON further reflection he decided that THIS
would be unwlse, as a good many people were ot
the oplnion-having seen Flynns operauohy enc
where-that II he once got his tracks iau OF tne
surface II would be next to impossioe 10 get ru VI
them Hence the operation OF the road was post
.o,od until after the tunnel had been built and
during It's construction the company was forced 70
pay some regard to the rights ana cesires vi 'he
large number OF people who make use OF the park
way daily. This experience naturally did not 'enu
to put Mr. Flynn In an amiable frame OF mihd
toward the official who caused him 80 much trouDe
and put him to large expense
Another cause OF friction between the TWO IN
Commissioner Sauer's opposition to the Flynn plan
of running trolley tracks across the Prospect PARK
Plaza This is essential part OF the scheme OF
running a trolley road through Union-st., on "hich
Mr. Flynn has long had his heart set According
TO recent statements made by him, he Is more de-
termined now than TO carry 1t out; but a
road along Unlon-st. would be virtually worthless
II there were outlet at the eastern end ana such
an outlet can be had only by crossing the Plaza
Mr. Squier IS thus in a position to block another
OF the Flynn projects. or. at any rate, to cause
their promoter good deal OF trouble.
FLYNN BID THROWN OUT.
But that is not ali There Is still another grcv-
ance which the railroad man has against mo city
official Some time ago the Commissioner adver-
tised for bids for certain granite work at the en-
trance OF Prospect Park. The lowest bid was that
put In by the Union Granite Company which IL a
Flynn concern. But the contract was not awarded
IN Il Tina company's bid was Irregular because
It was not accompanied by Il certified check, In
accordance with the usual custom. The absence OF
ouch n check led to the belief that It was not a
genuine bid, and naturally was thrown out
whcreat Mr.. Flynn was greatly incensed.
These things seem 10 be the causes OF the war
which Mr.. Flynn has declared against the Park
Commissioner. ana constitute the reason Tor the
first appearance OF Flynn In the roe OF reformer.
II IL all amazingly funny and Flynn must have
INDUCED privately in many hearty laughs over the
way In which he IL squarng accounts with his en-
envy That he has any other motive In the suit begun
last week II taxes credulity to believe. And oddly
enough he has chosen as his counsel ex-Corpora-
ton Counsel jerks, who obtained his FIRST prac-
teal experience of Tlden act to prevent waste
when he was forced to defend Chaplin a. Co. against
the attacks of Mr. Gaynor. Here are all the ma
terials for first-class comedy at hand.
Commissioner Squiers action In selecting lands
for new parks has been before the public for months
and nothing has hitherto been heard in adverse
criticism OF It. On the other hand. 1t has been
generally and heartily commended. In considering
park Sites It will be remembered. he had the as
sistance OF a number OF wel-kpown and competent
men who constituted an Advisory Committee. made
up by Mayor scheren at the request OF leading cit-
He did not rely wholly on his own judgment,
but sought advice and assistance In the quarters
whence the best to be obtained.
THE PROPOSED BROOKLYN FOREST.
The laying out OF a large park east of Cypress
Hills has been especially warmly commended. But
now 1t is declared to be a useless and extravagant
scheme, and the folly OF Brooklyn making park
for the benefit OF Queens County IL glowingly
descanted upon. BY some people it seems to be
regarded hardly Jess than a crime that the Park
Commissioner has seen ut to go outside OF Kings
County TO find park site. So do people for
get that when Prospect Park laid con-
siderable part OF IT was outside OF the city limits
The F,ynns of thirty years ago would. of course
have denounced Mr.. Stranahan for laying out a park
for the benefit of Fatbush But the wisdom
of that policy iS acknowledged by everybody. The
same policy pursued IN the recent additions TO
the park territory Of New-York City. many acres
in Westchester County being taken. in anticipation
OF the requirements OF the future. As against the
tall Of n,l ..hf-