New-York tribune., 1905-11-24
CALLS PARKS IN DANGER,
Certain SubUays Would Damags
Them, Says Mr. Kelsey.

Frederick w Kelsey, ex-Park Commissioner OF
Essex County, N J.. yesterday spoke strongly
against the proposed destruction Of many eak
trees alongside Prospect Park, Brooklyn. TO pro-
vide a storage yard for the Interborough ears
He said:
formulated the New-Jersey Street Tree Plantl9ls
law Of 1S93 which 1 drew, 1 went into this , SUI
a. Park 9IS9 com9mssoner Of Essex and my asqgan
here with park people generaHy. .;s ssTs bays
East Orange Passaic and other Jersey cues @ ltaIs
adopted the street planting law. and the - sss
prehensive system of planting thousands OF us'0
in these cities is the result. -. cha
The position of The Tribune, in supporting 2 ,as
Park Commissioner and the h4pld % Ina iIITt tbe Con
Meeting parkways from injury by SUBWAY what
such injury would be, not only to Brooklyn 0a' 7"
the entire city as Well .,5 q, on-
ciais the non-resdents of Brooklyn are NOT tio, sst
cialIy concerned; but with the possible 9es rVsy
of one OF the most attractive parks and paIassfss
deveIouments In the country. every one Interest,"
in improved municipal conditions ana DS'C9s - .s6ss
rOundngs will heartily commend the action u " arD-
who have the courage officially 70 resist tHe ~
posed encroachment- -. - 4sstruc-
That ID is mistaken policy to permit the & ee and
other park embellishments, whicn IequIT uI5TnsraIly
Especiay is this conclusion applicable wneLe' Iser-
the proposed subway extension m roy ~ desired
mating routes permit the lnStatIGH u ~ marx ap-
transit facilities without the sacrllce o. pa frass
proaches. parkway without trees IS AtHs me srfacs
forever precludes the replacing OF the trees naTk
resulting from the permanent llJ-AS 1oqd
or parkv av can therefore never De NO. 'sste,aS Or
either to the community more directly an
TO the park system of the city as "hos. sc,srIss
The wonderful developments in trahslI ii@aiicats
and those now in process OF construct ,,fiying
clearly enough that the growth or tns oreqn.
districts between Prospect P3rk ana Il-T ,, as
comparatfvely speaking, has but Just ns7' Hvtsne-
buiIding improvements more ana mo =, isT.al
ed and suburban conditions give Way 49, 70 from
city environments, the ftolallIIS7 I7 80 t1i5 reliA
Prospect Park viii come into sun il'Is ttoarst7e
and their preservation recognized as Oh ii's
importance go .-t--,.,,-e mean % a
GREAT CITY is well exemPlifed in Wsshilstu - rst
and other cities where such improvements - EHd
only protected from encroachments OF ever
hut receive the most c3reIOl hluile-p-'
both in protection and deyelopneilt- ,.,i, ,.t,5a
In some of the greater cities ibe lili( 49,. psl5-
of art and OF things pertaining TO tne he
tifulEamong the most important OF WlllcH cH+.eq ose
marks and the connecting paTkways-co.iS ssfs u
II the most valuable revenue pfoduclHs e,,51Sbsrs
attracting vast and constantly inereaSii&is is 80 81
of Visitors and furnishing at the same ul,{.srsag III,
H. Stron gest inducements for rapidly tus i;tio.s
local improvements and more enJpyaoie uVi
for all the people - .,t - or this time e
1t would be anomalous indeed II az; az t nS ,3glnis
foryya I'd movement toward better civic ~, sh0t
pal conditions everywhere this great SCg re Of IS
nernit the needless sacrifice or ore or iI a,r auis
important parkways. OF which there are ~ los
too few and none that can without EiePai
be destroyed.