New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
TUE UNION SQUARE CURVE.
.,-pcuANTs SUGGEST a PLAN FOR
DOING AWAY WITH 1T
,,,vop RATHER IMPRESSED WITH PREsI-
nryr MM1LLAN's scHEME-PARK COM
MISSIONER sTILESS VIEWS.

MISSIONER sTILES'S VIEWS.
,,no- Strong received another suggestion yester-
-, Cor doing away with Dead Mans curve IL
w.. t-on, John Daniel. the well-known drygoods
can No,, at broadway and EChth-st, who visited
49, NJ. his Office and laid before him plan
wv ny 70 said had the approval Of John Wanna
VIZ" lanes McCreery and other prominent deal
M, NAT neighhorhood. The plan. which Is called
~ enlargement" Of Union Square, cuts stree,
r"o,rb the park continuing Broadway IN
lobt lire over the park area from Fonr'eeh'h
""o,,oonth St Ii was contended for this plan
". - would not reduce the grassplot area. ana
'~s, nv adding par; OF the street surface on the
N~ i4e II would really increase the size of the
park -, tho .roots With
Zee m frequent intervals so that those waiting
~ the cars may rest and with the prohiotion OF
-. nee Of the street or roadway as pubic high-
', the advantages of such a plan were advanced
~ Mr.. Daniel
,s.,3 tba. he had been more impressed with the
~, s,,huitted on Friday by President Mcmillan
@.ho PARK Board but that he did not propose 10
oo-or,it himself any plan without careful exam
,.o,,on % its merits The Mcmillan plan takes
s.r,n from the southwest corner of the park oS
Dc. wide al Fourteenth-st., diminishing to % Feet
:. ri,,eertb-st and ending at Sixteenth-st.. doing
80 with the big curve, which is the cause OF so
much complaint
co-ooration Counsel Scott, when asked yesterday
,rb., stems were necessary before a part OF Union
crpsra Park could be turned over to the Metro
,9v,on Traction Company said that he could not
srsver the question because he had not yet exam
I'D the title by which the city held the park.
~ added that he did not believe the time would
come when the Broadway car tracks would run
over any part of Union Square Park, ana there-
fore ne thought the question not very pressing.
reporter of The Tribune asked Park Commits
.,oner stiles If he favored the project OF giving
owav corner Of Union Square to help straiShten
tho line OF the Metropolitan Traction Company
Mr. Stiles replied: There is no such proposition
,sfore the Board. Mr.. McMillans letter which APP
peared in the papers this morning may express MS
Individual opinion but ii has not been In any sense
oAciallv Endorsed by the Board l am persohiily
opposed 10 giving up a slhsle ioot VI If some
MEASURE grounds except under the pIesSuIc vi ~
fhsolute necessity No such necessity exists III VIZ, .
case. Other railways turn slIttt In,tar tnrns
t1irr people and the Broadway compdi! tuILs
other corners without killing people en- -. - ,s
notiya mower that be- operated safely, ~ a.,
events ii is not for me- as a F@rk some
offer 10 straighten theH Ille 10y -, 7,rotcci The
AZ the land that ] was appointed 10 Pio1oG.' q ~
go and strong that Park Commissioner snouio
always be on the defensive ana sIaIlu oia - 10
aii,1. sorne one 10 nbble off a slice there, We car
quickly fritter away the entire PARK spaCS % az,
CITY uiecerneal The city is spending $1,000 ~
49,, -; 10 tear down buildings and make green spaces
f. seems to me strange economy; WhHe uOliis inns
The elevated road has already c9niisCayea am
.,,UTd l. into n b,ackened waste. city Han. flft
fas been given away and built over untiI i - r
zone The north end OF Crotopa Fark Il VSDuPf w
niiblic building. y considerable traction 0i h,
mark on the East Side has been surTendeIea o
q bathhouse and pubic 4auhuiS olOl 80 c ord -
Tnent-houses nave been cleared away from H. anu =
& goes. g.. ,.,.,. 81 q PARK Commits
-toaar is 10 take a decided stand against any III
engagement in the intrusted to ms care ~
s,,rreD5er q rod to-day quite as gOou an cAC
ali he found tomorrow for demanding an acre