New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
ropK on PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
,,,xs OF THE CoMMIssloNERs-PossiB SITE
FOR THE SOLDIERS ND SAILORS
MONUMENT

MONUMENT.
There are a number of improvements 10" u'u..
>ov IN Central Park. and among '"e" 10 '"0
ourd,og off and shortening OF the eh''"u ~ 'I'o
awe At Fifty-ninth-st. and Eighth-aVe ne a'
o'i, ~, sior.rs decided 10 make this change be-
couse OF q number OF complaints i'NeN'N
- tho, tho entrance TO the drive was dam
us The turn al the drive was so sharp that
there was great danger Of teams cFasiinF 'osc.n'i
when going around IT in Opposite u''
,urn will be shortened - feet. ana this VIII en""
Tho teams 10 make It without going into the circ'e
- AVID Getting mixed up with the traffic there.
,f,oh uorl, &c also being done in Riverside Drive
IT. o,,rh bos all becn reset TO Ninc;y-sXth-st Inc
sod has been reaid and freshened. Inc walk from
Severty.uuth-st to NinetY-sMlh-s'' "'S III
,rer,alv had shape for a long time. IT was "ashed
o,, nv tho rains and in horr!d condition TO walk
on. The walk has no" Dee'' "'''u - =. .,,t.
stone gravel. oven one thousand !aros o' ''''s
LIND of gravel were used in the improvement, ana
the walk is now in excellent form
,lo, ~ men are working at the pool" at Eighth
ova and one hundredth-st. This was In bad cohdi-
ton for some years and last year fourteen lhou-
sand loads of debris, which had been washed down
into # were removed This refuse had been ac-
cum,,,a;ing for thirty years. and the pool was
far from being thing OF beauty. All the SHORES
have been 'riprappcd' with square stones Tor IA
distance of about ten feet out. ana the Vooi Il
now as clean It is possible 10 make H. ilep"
are also being made Tor p!in'iNS inc SHo''S
with shrubs and vines such rs the honeysnchle'
and in another year tho POOL Will lee one OF inc
nleasantest spots In the park. The Commissioners
have hecn anxious to get much Of the work
connected with these improvements done before
the present city administration goes oui OF power
as possible ..., - .ho eouor
circle at the Fifty-ninth-st. and ffth-aVc, en-.
trance 10 the park fer the soldiers ana sailors
monument 1t IS deemed necessary that ne mohu,
ment should rest upon a solid rock foundatch ana
although the excavation Is now sixteen icct dccp
solid rock has not yet been reached.
In speaking of the plans for the monument yes
teriav Park Commissioner Ely said that the cX-
act site for the monument had not vet been inIl!
determined upon although the Fifty nnth-st ana
Fifth-ave. entrance had been deemed the proper
place for II by the Commission. OF when t'rcsidet
Mcmillan of the Park Board Is member MI
Ely said further that there had been some Cd
lection erecting the monument there Surcrln-
tendent Parsons had objected to placing II IN
the flower circle the ground that II would spoil
the entrance 10 the park. Mr. Ely added that inc
Park Board had not yet decided as 10 what acton
il would take as il is not quito sure OF its powers
in the matter Although the Commission has do
monument. Mr. Ely did not think this decision
final or irrevocable.
in fact" he continued. the matter Is being held
in allowance for further dis cussion. A. for my
self ! will also that am not pleased with the
design of the monument that has been presented:
1t is slender shaft. and think the spot selected
for its site being the most important within the
city's limits should be reserved for something
grandor and more imposing.