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say that In that time 10 had been proposed 10
put our parks to every use which II was possible
put in the hands OF one man 70 change ths uses
for which either park was previously intended:
an engine house in park was vicious.
Chairman Low invited Mr.. Paul Dana to
Ga aea 10 consoas,s the pars police with .Se
municipal police but II seems TO me always
TIA. the objections to u are re- stronger than the
ger that would follow the combining Of the
draw the force Of police from the parks and
pat then ip hat other s5oIp,S psSrts OF the e'y I'm, he
sudden di.turSsnes i pOSf' or few roSSeriss 3 ' in
some district. and that district happened
Would % siys sm sss' S fsss sse "a sasnsS sS
also spoke o. the fesiins that exists between tbs
said that the most Important point in the Park
Department article was the organization Of the
wbetSer there should ). one % head u or 'I ssysrsi
heads. lie thought IL possible that when the
Of the SSne
vision of what had been .stabli.hea. then one
head would be safe But unit, that time Ths II
wsuld bs 30 for many yesrs to come. "of
lates TO the administration Of public ofncer:
The one which asks for . single head
"eficiency IL not the chief aim in the PARK Do
partme pt. II must be had. OF course. but having
accopplished H. 4, you have not aecSS%piishasd S !. a
sired TO be accomplished. II we had an sfficrnt
man with q single headed commission he could
soss.iy nes...ary sl.msn, M or aS. % dr.ssion Of
the Parks, deiibsration does not:eIist. There is
tion can be assured is the discussion and the
checks which arise from the ,r dinsrsnSes 2,
Sa Soa could % put three heads on ons man 90 that
he would differ with himself and 30 publish his
ySn Iisht h , S t but With
In the most desirable way"
Mr.. Dana spoke OF the unity Of the press of
Their work in making public the plans and the
differences OF opinion was the stronEest SAFE
sion In the press OF plan. Or proposed would be out
OF the question. He did not think II wise that
nS Ss,, es pses tsrrlsoIpa sssisned to hun
penses for tho ensuing year. instead Of the gen
| there would be competition. each Commissioner
| looking after his own district and that wa.
against. lie Thought the Efforts to make the
| landscape gardener legal factor. and to put In
sss v'iG aly Plan s.
view OF past experience. that the inhuenccs
snd NOT
still continue as the greatest saferuards against
the abuse OF the parks. Public sentiment could
il was inadvisable to draw out in law.
| This closed the hearing on the Park Depart
taken up. Mr.. e. Fisher. representins the
County Medical Society. asked that the pro.
G' 81 he Health Be
Edward J. Hausman Of tho Building Depart
| ment pointed out that poesible conflict between
the Health Department and the Building Depart.
ment concerning the supervision OF repairs 2,
| be avoided by q clearer clause In the chapter
President Wilson had gone over the entire
Intentional errors in the drafting.
Then the school SnsPtsr vas cS., 3sseR sp
spssoss PaSs
who made n long speech. the substance Of which
WAS that the schools OF the greater city should
State. Ho wanted all the teachers TO DO ex
amined By q State examining board. and Ger
o. tffs Sse n.
drawn made the state Superintendent sup
city. He feared that politics might get into ,h'
city educational department: as pieaded o. Una
ss ely MSn sbst wa. one OF the prneips
reasons why It should be In complete harmony
with the State. He put the 3l.000.990 proposi
city ct as the benencisry Of that fund. he did no
mention the fact that the city's contribution Il
'n The sS ps.t ~ Of The Searins on Inc education.
provision was devoted 20 Brooklynites- The
ed. and there we're q dozen spoeches, each on
declaring that Brooklyn's present system wa
the best In the country. Inc cnicl pomt III
| Brooklyn mites insisted upon was tho retention o
the present School Board OF forty.h The char
| ter proposes to reduce the number To nfteen
Tho State Superintendent OF Public INSTRUCTION
got several shots. One speaker asked whA
would happen ~ politics should ever get Int
the eSuperintendent's office
EI-Superintendent Patterson. the last speak
er. denounced the Impression which he said ha
gone. forth from some source that there wa
| politics in the school system Of either Ne'
| York or Brooklyn. He said IL wA1 q fAlschood
without excuse. He favored the larger boroug
boards. IL there were to be small boards
thought they should be made very small. an
the country should be raked for experts to n
the places.
An the speakers said they would subm
briefs. President Low said tho commissio
would be glad to have them. He had preyiousl
said that the commission was anxious Tor u
. full opinions In writing OF the gentlemen wh
spoke on the park question.
At the conclusion OF tho hearing, Comm'
sioner lie Witt spoke OF the death Of Assistat
CORPORATION Counsel Dean. who had assisted
the draft OF the charter. He eulvgized NJ
Deans work. and the commission passed u
| folio wing resolution by . rising vote:
Rssoired That tho Commission on Create
| New York express to the widow OF David
Dean, Esq, its profound sympathy In HI
bereavement in tho death of her HUSBAND
whose faithful and efficient services upon a
| tentative draft of tho charter for Greater Ne
York we have already recognized, and who'
distinguished career IN connection with the 10
. | OF municipal corporations. covering q period
| more than a quarter Of century. culminAtr
: in this work. entities him to the lasting graf