New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-30
TO SAVE CITY'S P1RKS.
NAM Protests against Bill Using
Them for Schools.
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Albany, March 29.-Nearly every civic organiza-
ton t1 Nes.-york City was represented here to-day
in protest against the Downing bill, permitting the
usurua:ion OF the public parks o. the city by the
Tanmarv administration for temporary school
structures. thus enabling them 70 avoid no eX-
ueuse incident 10 the proper care OF the cl-dIen'
The auti-electiou pledges Of the Mayor, end cover
tra parks with the temporary sheds needed on
--raIF OF this I'm only ex-senator Guy. represent
fr tfe Mayor spoke while against & were ranged
Lawrence Weller o. the City Club; j. r. Deyine.
OF the Charity Organization Society; ex-Park Com
missioner wilcox and Charles B. Slower. OF the
East Side Civic club. Representatives from score
o. Settlements and similar bodies were also present
Ia opposition.
Lawrence WELLER. who Jed the attack on the
measure outlined the objections 70 the plan and
showed that there were only thirty acres OK PARK
available for the use OF the $4,000 people living
se,th O. Fourteenth-st To distribute this popula-
ton among the parks would give an acre 70 1865
PEOPLE As indicative OF the purpose Of the Tam
many administration, Mr.. WELLER pointed OUT t1At
its plan was 20 put shed on Corlears Hook Park
which would occupy 5000 square feet IN the saail
park IN that crowded section. where. IN summer.
the tenement population sought relief from their
etlalng homes by sleeping 81 the park he also
pointed out that the officials of the Board OF Edu-
cation already proposed 10 take five parks IN Man
haitian and six in Brooklyn for the erection OF
school buildings re follows IN Manhattan-Mul-
'.r--- Bend Park Corlears Hook Park John Jay
Park Thomas jefferson Park and TomD'd0s Park.
In FrookIvr-yyI Williamsburg Bridge Park. CaEarsie
Park Williamsburg Park. New Lots playground.
Sunset Park and Linden Park.
-F1x-Par1 Commissioner wilcox pronounced the
-'ar atro-ious and declared that the evil created
l7v such an action would be greater than that OK
ss-fng in tie lack Of school accommodation.
r. T. Devl.e Of the Charity Organization So
cietv protested that the spread o. tuberculosis
would be greatly increased by this plan that the
burden % the support 81 the poor and sick would
be directly added and that the health 81 the tene
neut quarters would De menaced and affected Boy
the plan proposed Charles D. Slower. 90 the East
Side Civic Club who s. best known GA the East
Side for hs labors for Seward Park ana other
breathing places. added his voice and fatty de-
claro5 that the sceheme was not merely uuwise
but unnecessary. TO prove this. la submitted a
list and map Of vacant lots the East SIDE ad-
5aceut The parks 10 be despoIled where the city
could erect temporary scko3. buildings without
destroying the parks.
Mrs. Schuyler Van Denssslaer, president os the
Public Education Association. said that 20 destroy
the small parks. which had been secured at such
great cost. Cor lhc sake OF giving two hours a dav
more schooling 10 limited number OF children was
IIepOsterCus.
Ex-senator Guy made an imprisoned political
haFanGue for The school children, similar 10 those
delivered before the election last fall. without All.
CuclUg any specific reason for the raid The rart-s
IIe attempted 20 shake AIr Devncs position bv de-
Iuanlilg TO know what be would do if Ee had seven
hundred consumpuves % care FOR and place 10
pUt them.
II wouldn't take the public parks for them" was
J HE sharp retort.