The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-08
FAIRGROUNDS IN The PARK
~ ar ~ NOR ~ hTIPI\G
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rark tSn'n,lssIaa~r ~ts,rr In,iur,nE the
lntriiriiN sf Nst urms "f the Sa"'r
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NhIrrmra. whose Nind q Nasle Z %.


NtirrW~n, whose Naind q uasi~ y.
MAvur G,yupr who spent sors Inn"
IN Tus-'ay with Park commissioner
S'oy"- l"nking over m" 81" pruT'''~'-i
Tor waiug and sSimmiug ponl~ m con .
trl Park. -ad yesterday that hls mIrh
VA still open m th" subject HIS prIn
'il'Al Objection to the ppolS seemed %"
is' thai unless SoIns means ~ found -
provide them With running water they
will 10 un-hntizry lie sad that since
the ~it" propr-,si for the swimming pool
~ nov occupied A. storage plare for
junk and ~ on lstg~ ~ rocks removed
from the public eye the pnol would not
hn y drtriment To the mark providing
~ NRs sanitary He Added thai ~ any
event there was not enough money 10
carry out the entire plan ~ the present
time and tina he thought that JornmIs
-ionar Stovers mind was also still open
Ons thing the Mayor was sure of and
tha, wa, thai commissioner Slower had
not treated him to an auto ride when
hs won, to look ~ the park n" sad
thai - a matter II fact the Commissioner
hasn't a. artc and that II was the Mavor
who provided the auto and invited Mr..
Stover
Mr. Slower - no, quite sure what he
will do with that siOo. 90 which the Alds-
men votsi him q" populArye Central
Park and President Mitchell Of the Board
pf Aldermen. who ~ bent on turning the
park into real recreation centre. ~
becoming psHVIsh over What he considers
~. Curnrnisslo ncr's lack Uf courage under
criticism
From . talk with Mr.. Slower II appears.
however. THAI tho Commissioner Isn
hesitAtlug 80 much over diSgiug hules
m the park ~ over Just whore To- h"glr
" hen MIR Mitchell announced ~. plans
To hIild swimming and waiting pools
AID running track m the park he shovel
IN" reporters - map On when N" I'M
provriu"ni- were set forth. The man
hAd Oh ~ - pICtur" Of "A rather elaborate
structure 10 ls erected on III" north
-ld" " the Transverse KoAi near he West
Drive, IN ia" style Of country club.
ana itS hruat verania and the steps
i"AtluS tu n we're tn form = kind IL graud
stand from which tho sports on the tennis
courts and PROPOSED running track might
he viewed The estimated cost ot this
buililng is about sI'E.Hsl and Mr. Mtcn"l
remarked when he shoVsd tn" plans thai
tho country glUtl wOuld have TO wait for
a further appropriation. II b"ing much
NOR" important tn have - swimming and
wsding pool and a running track rICr'
away
Now u appsars that Mr. Stovar. who
has got IN" money. may daC1de To- h'Ild
the country club first and lat the I'm
prnN"maut-- On which Mr. Mitchell had
~'i hi, heart wat for more money Mr.
Slower wouldn't ~ty yesterday whether
he would ur wouldn't hnld the country
club be'pr" n. ttTklad the running track
He said that s225 us1 was needed - carry
out the "ntir'. plan. country club. wddIng
pOnl. swimming pool. nursery. running
track and all. aud that u wasn't Just -
accuse him 81 changing his plans when
all couldn't 10 done az once. start
must IL. made somewhere Mr. Slower
also remarked that there has already
bsen too much talk about the matter
and that he didn't care "a be interviewed
further A. - what he intends doing 20
the park. hut preferred "a wait until the
committee Of which he - member -
ready To announce its initial act
NJ. Mitchell befpr" starting away on
his vacation said he wanted To- max" u
plain that h" had undergone no chang"
II heart
I want IL clearly Understood. he said
that Mr.. Slower next to myself WAS the
strongest partisan 81 the plan He not
only aCguis-Ced IN Il hut advocated ~
and made many - the suggestions which
u embodies in his recon nendAtIun before
the board He was IT. ardent adh"rent
and II ds.-s not seem 20 IN. right that he
should now withdraw or even hesitate
The time 10 make Oh iections was h.fOr.
the Beard 81 Aldermen had taken up the
plan and supplied the funds However
IL il now settled that tn. money which
has been appropriated ~ for a playground
and cannot be used for any other purpnsa
! trust and believe that Mr. Slower will
return to hls original position m the
matter