The sun., 1897-08-03
phnK poARp pusINEss.
Amoug other ThinEs Gen. ne Peyster,s cite
for the Ds Peyster statue ls Approved.

At tho meeting of the Park Board yesterday
Commissioner stiles read letter from the
Social Reform Club asking that a small part of
the park at Eighty-sixth street and tho East
River be set inside for an open.nir gymnasium,
such as those provided in some OF tho Boston
parks. The Society for Improving tho Condition
of the Poor has agreed to pay for attendance
and apparatus. Commissioner Stiles said that
he did not favor the use Of the northern part OF
tho park suggested in the letter, but believed
that some parts at the lower end might be given
up for this purpose The letter was referred to
Superintendent Parsons for a report.
In answer to several complaints received re-
garding the condition of tho plsnking between
the railroad tracks on the Madison avenue
bridge, President Mcmillan directed that q let
tor be sent to the railroad company asking It
to mako the repairs required by law. He said
that project for laying asphalt on tho bridge
had been knocked in the head by the report Of
the departments engineers that the structure
would not support the added weight.
| way Company sent letter agreeing TO conform
| to tho grade established by.the department for
| tho car tracks at the Circle instead of following
| tho old grade. The modified plans reported by
| Engineer Kellogg for new walks on the River
side Drive north OF Grant tomb were a approved.
| termino the amount due to the contractors on
! the second section Of the Harlem River Drive
| sons that tho site selected by Gen. De Peystcr
| for the Do Peyster statue at Bowling Green be
accepted was approved.
A delegation of residents Of the neighborhood
of CrotOna Park wanted to know when the i'm
provements in the park which the last Legisla-
| ture authorized and for which 1t appropriated
| $50 900, would be begun. They also presented
| a set of resolutions from tho Board of Aldermen
asking that work be begun. President McMi-
| Ian assured the delegation that tho matter
| would be taken up speedily. and subsequently
| Engineer Kcllogg's estimate OF the cost of the
| municipal building for that district was mp
| proved. The Rapid Transit Commissioners, who
| want to build their tunnel just below tho sur
| face in Battery Park, sent letter saying that
| they would put much soil on top OF 1t as tho
board might require. As a matter of fact, IL tho
tunnel is ever built they wl have to conform to
| any regulations that the board may make, and
the lettor was filed. President Jeroloman of the
! Board Of Aldermen transmitted n communica-
| tion asking for permission to run motor cycle
| through Central Park an advertisement. 1t
A delegation from the Anna ulgamated Painters
| and Decorators Association, headed by Howard
Balkam complained that Mccormick & Sons,
! who are doing work on Macomb's Dam Bridge,
arc violating the law in not paying the prevail
| ing rate of wages and in not employing citizens
OF the State. President Mcmillan told them
| that II they would submit affdavits the board
| would look Into the matter.
Tho Secretary of the Fine Arts Federation ac-
| knowledged receipt of the resolutions adopted
by tho board last week in relation to the Botani-
| cal Gardens, and said they would be laid before
| the council At its next meeting.