The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-22
CUT PLANS D!SAPPROVED,
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a survey and layout for a speedway on the meadows at the foot of East Rock, extending from Orange street to Willow street, and prepare an estimate of the cost of properly constructing said speedway.
 | 2. That the city acquire for park pur- poses so much of the meadow land Iy- ing between Orange and Willow streets as is not already embraced in East Rock park.
 3. That the board of finance be re- qVested to appropriate such sums as in their Judgment shall be proper for the purpose of acquiring the lands and con- structing the speedway described above. Said sum to be conditioned upon, and become available only upon the raising and paying over to the proper authority public subscription of at least one half as much as is appropriated by the city, for the purpose of constructing said speedway.
 Mir. Chadwick, alderman-at-large, said that he believed that at least one half of the total amount required should be collected by public subscrip- tion, and so he moved that the report be amended by striking out the words one half' in the last section so as to read, Said sum to be conditioned upon the raising and paying over to the prop CT authority public subscription of at least as much as is appropriated by the city"
 Considerable opposition to the recom- mendation was manifested on the grounds that there were many public improvements, such as street repair ing, new schools and engine houses, children's playgrounds and bath houses which were much more needed by the city than this speedway.
 I Alderman Courtney thought that the park commission should have the land for a playground for the children of New Haven, but not speedway for the horsemen. As to the speedway proposition he said, '"rhe city should not contribute one cent to it."
 Alderman spreyer declared that the grandest display for the horsernen of this city would be for them to take up a subscription themselves and not come first to the city and ask it to |, shoulder the burden. The subscription should come first, and then the city should be asked to take a share in the work later if it could.
 Alderman Smith oi the Thirteenth ward said that he believed that the park commissioners favored the plan for the purpose of acquiring possession of the land at the foot of East Rock [park, statement which Alderman Montgomery admitted, and said the commissioners made no attempt to con ceal it. MT. Smith further stated that he did not wish to put himself on rec ord as opposed to public improvement but he did not consider this to be a treaI public improvement, when the city lacked funds for much needed improve ments on streets and other necessaries. As a sample of the low ebb of the funds, he stated that there were only iforty-three cents in the crosswalk fund, while there were about dozen orders for needed crosswalks held up on ac- count of lack of funds.
 The discussion became quite spirited for time, and when theyote was call ed for on Alderman Chadwick's amend . ment, Alderman Spreyer asked for a \ yea and nay vote, which was ordered. I The board divided as follows: Ayes, McGuinness, Rlcketts, Chadwick, Min for, Sprightly, Weiss, Deyine, Mont gomery, Langley and Allen-1O.
 Nays, Townshend, Spreyer, Courtney, Hotchkiss, Smith and Foote-6, I So the amendment was passed. The recommendation as amended was passed unanimously. G4...t
 After the reconsideration of the re- port on the cut reported above the board adjourned. :