The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-03
pUBLrc MEANING on AUTOMOBILES.
Park Board VIII Listen to Arguments For
and Against Their Admission.

The question as the ad,isability Of admitting
automobiles and motor carriages TO Central Park
was taken UP by the Park Comm ssibncrs at their
meeting yesterday. The subject was introduced
Nv President ClAusrn. who introduced resolution
providing for public hearing by the board nn the
question on THURSDAY at II \. NJ. "tn oil persons
interested in the matter who may desire IN be
heard for or against such proposed admission 50
The resolution was unanimously adopted
Secretary WiHis Holly then read new rrsolu
ton Inserting the words drawn ty horses.
after pleasure carriages in Section ! ~ tho PArl;
ordinances, md adding {" the section "Nu
hur>rlrsS carriages, 90 motor wagons shall enter
Yr 90 upon the drive eNr"pt by Term lsS!on 81 tho
department. This WIS also adopted "" mt
,laus"n rad de following statement
THE question ~ admitting automobiles to Cen
trail Park has been pa, in the background I,
mus, FIRST h." settled whether tllr PARK Commission
rTs shall cNcf'S" jurisdiction IN matters 81 Park
administrative, ~ whether they shall abandon
upon th"n by III" Inv. II The PnrE department
must yield to tricks and echniraitirs in This
iect In an Intelligent and orderly manner there
j. N" protection for the parks against assaults
~ amy character
"On the merits ~ the case IT Is not necessary
u du more than call attention 10 the great differ
cnc"S IN VI" various motor carriages AZ to speed.
control. noise aud looks II IL obvious th-rrfnrn
that general action on the question ran properly
| only follow upon experiments aud that the *.
Irrm"nts must b. governed by carefully con
crnsurahr for loo King al the question from A
single standpoint. hut the Park department nlu i
consider IL from every view Point and would Il.
hlamHhlc II Il did not put first the protection 81
tie public and the preservation ~ the bark fng
lures II pcac" and puis, as second 10 the matter
Of travel ana transportation
As t. the letter ~ the law II Il equally obvious
that n" words. pleasure carriages. In an nrdi
nance enacted in 1873 could only mean those
drawn by horses. Under Magistrate tlmsted =
recent ruling II j. necessary "a express the words
that, except from III" judicial standpoint are
plainly tu b" Understood That We have done
and TIE Who'll" question ran now b. PROPERLY han.
died. have no doubt that satisfactory snlII-
lion will be arrived al Il - 90 b" regretted how
ever. that suc', b'iy uf gentlemen A- the AUTO
mobile NIB should allow two members impetuo,Is
'tulant To- put II IN the position uey did They
recognized the department Jurisdiction in th.ir
Application for prrGrit - cover fur technical
atuIrs IN their jurisdiction This may lc de.
scrihrd ~ tricky, especially taken in runnrc.
uun viii ia" apparently friendly but really utl-s
iIuual" 'lfcr u membership tu me- free Of ini,la.
ton tee
VIZ. tlauscn said, after reading the statement.
| Tat IT," tHu men who were arrested last Friday
| went t. seq him On Thursday aud asked fur per,
| nit h. enter tn" Park with an automobile. he
did nUl give thrm permit but said that he would
| take the matter under consideration and they
| left hun with til" understanding that he would
give "A" matter his immediate attention. In
| my opinion" said Mir tlnuscn, 1T WAS very dis
courteous ~ them Ia yIulat" the rule III at had 1rn
made regarding automobiles WIthn itwnty hours
uf .crug M, aud before had given them a lnn
answer They wanted ~ make me IA member
| Oi the AUTOMOBILE" club for purpose, presume.