The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
COURT HOUSE FIGHT TODAY
hoard o. ESTIMATE TO TAM
ar THE "a ESTION.
Architects Present q Plan for . Ne~
Building on Cha MIXERS street Bar
Association Against the Ise % the
Park seth Lew writes TO the MAJ or.

PARA seth Lew writes To the MnS Or
The opposition forces who have joined
90 fight tho proposed plan Of placing the
court Hous. IN CIty Hall Park were actIv"
yesterday. The consideration Of the
Court Ho,~e Boards recommendation
will com. up before th" Board Of Estimate
and ApPortion ment thus morning. and
Their. VIII h., "a representative on hand
Co speak against th. appointed Court
House Boards proposal
IL was said last night that InasmiasE
as tho plan has t.'en han ging fire - long
a time IN" city authorities will act favor
ably upon the suggestion oI TIA" Court
HOus. Board Tho New York County
lawyers Association has advocated the
'I-s Of the city Hall Park sit The Bar
Association - unait"rnply opposed To &c.
III" New York Chapter OF the AmerI
can Institute u Architects was very
busy shaping up material 10 present To
the Board of Estimate and ApportiOn-
msnt yesterday They got out "a -typi-
cal plan by which they want to suggest
the Tro~s'bllIties open To- the city. IL
| IN proposed that the city purchase the
central part % th" block on chambers
street bstween Broadway and Centre
street az the estimated condemnation
price Of over t5.OD.BD The buildings
now occupying IA" north side 81 Cham
hers street are to be- used at once for the
relief Of the Judiciary On tho land on
the north side IT Read" street IL ~ s'Ig
Rested that the city erect soon as pos
sihle. the new county Court HOUSE IN The
form of a high building PRINTING the
leaving 1T hight AREA and spaC" for future
developments.
IN. architects iYslisvs that the result
would mean = civic Csntr" 1T great dig
nifty and beauty ~ far 49, the matter
of saving money - concerned the archl-
tects think that their plan would he an
economical on" IN the long run The
plan IL Endorsed by more than a DOZEN art
societies Of New York
Mayor Gaynor and the Board Of Esti-
mat" ana AppOrilOnmsnt received many
letters and pctitJonS Yesterday regard
ing the pro iSc' Tn. MAYOR refused 10
comment on the protests because he said
that II was not proper for him to do so.
being the head ~ the hoard.
Seth low sent an oTen cornmu n Ication
in which he said.
hreak q long -iien's tn regard % matters
relating Ia the city IA order 20 express the
hone thar the Board of Estimate and Appor-
'ionmen' "a W nor place 'hs new Court House
In the Cty Hall Park u - 'rue that the
location Of the Court HOUSE In The cav Hall
PARK upon land already ned nv the city.
will save large expenditure for the site
I'm the other hand this de"i-i"n. u ~ j. made.
viii 'o-' the CITY Whai the city cannot re-
gam for an, amount ~ money the oppor-
tunit, to max. an impressive municipal
centre
OTTO r Banuard. while not directly
opposing the proposed site, remarked
that no hoped that the whole situation
will be- thoroughly threShed OUT before
Sy.a board takes positive action GsOrRe
n Putnam wrote a letter 20 siayor GaynOr
protesting vigorously.
4 Vsfltiou -lgned hv several hundred
citizens v1s sent To the Mayor last night
The resolutions requested that the Mayor
allow a representative OF the ~igners to
appear before the Bolrd Of Estimate and
Apo rtionmeut To argue against the
Court HOUSE Boari Among the names
attached arr Senator Elihu Root. John
Bgelow Dr Lyman Abbott Charles n
ParkhilrSr. John n Crimmins Alev 4
Brinkerhoh Eugene 4 Phbin "
HolCDmbe. Poster bIlrpy Robert 4
Bridges and 4 l..dvard Blair
II was not known last night who will
speak for the opposition this mOruing
Joseph " hOats PROMISED 90 % the talk
ing hut found ~ the last moment that
he Wa- unable To-
Judge Henry r Rowland has written
a letter to Comptroller pr-nfeTgast ia
which he expresses deep regret that IN"
court hous' board itas selected the city
Hall Park site He calls Mr. Pr-nder-
CAST = attention Ia the sale - tho site Of
the post offCs II was m-n' on"d AZ m"
time that tho authorities who wcT" re-
sIonstbie for N" tran sfaT - that property
ro IN" United States Government would
live To- regret u The tim" has come
sooner than Judg- How land "Np"ct@a h.
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