New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-22
THE GEOLOGICAL BILL AMENDED
ACTON TAKEN WHICH. TT Is FEARED. HAS IhNO
r,r@IIy KILLED


ACTION TAKEN WHICH. TT Is FEARED HAS rf''O-
TICALI.Y KILLED TT.
Albany March y (SpeciaD.-Mr. Mics p'ii lo'
tho incorporation Of the New-fork IooIoslc'' 90
,totv and the establishment of new Iooloslcai
-, - tho northern part of New-York city
49,, nractically killed this afternoon when TWO uiS-
,i,ol, hostile amendments. offered by MI hdIP'"'
wore fastened upon it, and its lIleIliS re ~ 80
lack to the calendar by default Inc pli' - ID"
PRODUCED ard advocated by Mr.. Mes au'ho' '"'''
m incorporatton O "A geological society with inc
,,,oo.ing yyoll-knovn citizens Of New-l ORR a.
charter members: Charles \. Dana. Oswald VI
rendorfer Andrew II. Green. william H. "epu'
Henry H. Cook. Samuel II. Babcock' 'hdrleS n
Miller George q. Haven, j. Ilampden EoDo' fIe"-
crick W De Voc. j. Seaver Page. Rnsh e raw
Eius. David James King. Wager Swayne, Charles
\ Peabody jr., Charles T.. Whitehead, ChdrI'S
Il. Flint Samuel Parsons. ir. Norway Williams
Henry T. Gregory. Isaac W. Maclay. Isaac Kosen-
valid Hugh y. Camp. Andrew ID. Parker 'ofhe-
lius Van colt. William r. lavemeyer. freder'cK
Shonnard William W. Thompson Alexander liad-
den Edward j. owen. john H. Siarin, KuSh >.
Huidekoper William W. Goodrich, Albert II. Cal
latin. Frederick $. Church, Edward {. Spltzka'
Robert l.. Niles Madison Grant, c. Grant La
Fargo and William Van Nalkenburg.
Under their direction. ana largely ~ their eN-
pensc a geological garden. fully worthy OF the
metropolis, to be established ana maihtaIne"
for the public benefit and instruction, the OK!
authorities being authorized by the bill to a!d TINS
oommendable undertaking by contributing the
ground necessary for the garden ont of any OF Its
park lands lying north OF Observation-Disclosures
nfth-st. As a nucleus for the proposed collection
Of animals. il was also contemplated that the Park
Comm.s sioners should loan or transfer to IN" new
society tn" menageric now maintained IN central
Park. Admission to the uptown garden was 10 De
free to the public at least four days OF eacn
week. -
The opposition to the bill. led By Mr.. Iialpin Mr.:
I.,I. .,asI NIP Of
chiefly At the provision which allowed the trans
fer OF the Central Park menagerie to the new
society. and its consequent removal To a new gar
den north Of One-hundred- and nifty tifth-st. The
cry raised that the passage of the bill, in It's
unamendcd form. would deprive the great play
ground Of Central Park OF one of its lveiiest at
fractions for the young and for the poor OF the
prc-eminent advantages of establishing new and
FAR more complete and satisfactory geological gar
den uptown urged with force by Mr.. Niles,
Mr. Burns Mr. Stanchield and by Speaker Fish
himself the section authorizing the disposal OF the
dlncv Central Park menaGer!e to the proposed
society was stricken ont OF the bill by vote OF
ON motion ~ Speaker Fish the final paragraph
was then amended 10y making sunday one OF III"
free To the public. and the bill ordered to L
third reading. The friends OF IN" measure are dis
posed however. 20 consider the refusal % he AS-
sembly 10 allow the present inadequate menhgere
To be merged in the larger garden as fatal 20 the
plaus Of the projectors Of the Geological Society.
ana they consequently more or less Indifferent
whether the bill passes In its amended form or not.