New-York tribune., 1896-12-06

aft aDDliCatiOn A.
to the Sinking Fund Commissioners. the North sS
Board of Trade adopted extensive resolutions or
the usst at s, no as 70 their desires
Resolved, That the North Side Sid Board Of Trad.
neope in all PARTS of this district respectfully
recommend ard urge that the Commissioners @.
~ m law TO he New-York Geological Society. ali hs thas
norton of Bronx Park which lies south Of Pei.
harn-ave 10 be improved as puoilc geological gar
The New-York Geological Society is an organize
ton many OF whose officers are 20 well known 10
the public of this city that The disinteTestedness O.
their efforts for the establishment OF such park
officers are as follows: President Andrew II
Green: vIce-presldcnts. Charles f. Whitehead and
Grant: Corresponding secretary, George Bird Grin
nell; treasurer. L. Nj +. y gang ppm; director OF
geological Park. William ]. Hornacay' No. g
Board Board of Managers-class Of 1891, John L. Cad.
P Philip l'|s Schuyler Edward il. Ltchaed Eugene
sG6e!Tn G6 ,Is i0Ie a. stiles: class Of ses Thomas nsv2f
barber. J. Seavor Page Charles y Peabody, IT,,
Morton. John II. siarin, Charles A. Dana. Charles
L. Whitehead Charlie r. Flint, Gs9Tse =. Grin,
Green. Wager Swayne.. Royal Phelps Carroll.
Charles r. Barney, Charles r. Miller. Oswald OF.
fcnLorfer Henry T. Osborn. William II. Webh
Henry H. Cook, /. ". F. Randolph. William {.
chgrch and Crank n chapman r osnorn o,.,
man: Andrew II. Greer, ex-oiicio; John l.; Cad.
Charles T.. whitehead Philip Schuyler and Thoma:
finance Committee-.John s. Barnes, Charles r.
Flint Henry II. Cook, william II. Webb and John
Aildtine Committee-Charlcs a. Peabody. ,r.
Robert l.. Niles and }. Hampden RObb. "
Scientific Councn,Wlamv II H9rnadayi 5onoSi1yyi chair
Madison Grant secretary ox-oiiicio. secretary Of
The Ncw-York Geological Society; Professor j A
Allen curator of nammalogy. and ornlthology;''
American Museum OF Natural History: Frank II
Chapman. assistant curator Of mammaogy and
ornithology. American Museum of Natural History;
Professor Henry +. Osborn Da Costa professor *
zoology. Columbia University; Professor William
stratford. college of the city Of New-York; Pro.
fessor w. Gilman Thompson University OF New.
York; DR.. Tarleton H. Bean superintendent; Of the
&ewYork aquarium; pr George Bird a,,Si ,GSirnneI.
Stiles. Park Commissioner city OF New-fork Edi.
tor of Garden ana Forest
Any person. having become member Of the
corpora ton. may then become life member by the
sonal property to the value of $1,000 or more. The
managers also have the power TO elect as honorary
members persons who have rendered marked ser.
vices In the science of zoology or natural history
LIFE AND HONORARY MEMBERS.
No special effort has been made to recruit mem.
bers or life members as yet that being left until
the application Of the society should have been
granted but already the list &C life and honorary
members includes the following well known names
Honorary Members-Erofessor Joel Asaph Allen
American Museum. Of Natural History. New-York:
Professor Alexander Agassiz. Museum Of Compare.
tive Zoology, camoridse. Mass; Sir William
Flower British Museum Of Natural History.
TIfe Mombers-General BENJAMIN H. Brstow,
John l.. Cadwaiader. Henry II. cook. William F..
nSas SW " "s n Mics . jr eonry F. osborn % Mrs Sfa
William II. osborn. Oswald Ottendorier. Charles
l. Peabody, Percy r.; Pync, } IIamPien RObA,
Schuyler, Jame: slatterry. william A. Stes. WI.
T. Whitehead Samuel ID. Babcock. Thomas H.
Barber. TarletOn II. Bean, Albert :. Bckm0r.,
ler. Frank NJ. Chapman William \. conklin.
CHARLES +. Cox. Charles \. Dana. Charles Stewart
isa,er Duncan. William butcher & Grant Ia
Fargo. Madison Grant. Henry Z. Gregory, Georgs
Haven. William T. Hcrnaday George huntington
Walter b. James ch1rlef r. kniSht Aeyandsr
sqrss Mo4T RSbc4 R Ir Hds MGfan Mam r. oL5SE5 Lsw;
Richard Pancoast. Henry W. Poor VI. Tayo,
Pyne L. V. f. Randolph. william Rockefeller.
f,lln George o Shields Frederck shonnard. john
Il starn. william Stratford: FrederiD-R sturses.
Wager swayne. Ernest T. Thompson. ". Gilmsr
Thompsqn ", " Van xalkenburg y Alfred Wagstsn.
J. WIFI Waer WOOD. 0i's jr' "'''Op JOHN . wise az
A SKILLED DIRECTOR
W T Hornaday. who was chosen director Of tn.
Geological Park last April. has had such expert
ence amply fits him for the place. For dv,
years he travelled geological collector through
Florida. the West Indies South America. Europ'.
lnuld, tcgtVil tH' SitiiS anu '''"''
collecting for scientific purposes all kinds c
geological specimens. He is the author Of several
publications on geological subjects some cf whlc.
are quoted authority by scientists. In $50 Mr
Hornaday was principally responsible for the or
ranzation OF the Society OF American Taxder
mlsts. In 1852 he appointed chief taxidermis:
for the United States National Museum. wh!c 1
place he occupied seven years. In lsss congress
appropriated S-v0r to establish "A zOolosica. gar
den under the control Of the Smithsonian lnstltu'
carry the plans OF Mr. HOrnacay who wa8
made superintendent. Soon after the garden wdi
opened Mir. iiOlnaday resigned and went to bural'
TO assume the cement of extensive corporal,
interests. From Buffalo he came to New ork las.
spring. one OF his books is called "TaNdermy an.
geological Collecting" and was published oy IN;
Scribners in 1891. Last spring saw the publication
In 'St. Nicholas OF a series OF twenty papers iIot
his pen on THE Quadrupeds Of North America