New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-10
iIIp1AL AWAITS SITE
-. Has Had s2so,ooo 5 Years
w !, &C cchiIdren's Institution.
! aIIs ON COMFY ISLAND
;. Gave Too Much Park
., s.,d. He says-Fav0rs Site
at the Seaside.

,,,,entarv on tho admins
~ e'oqu." that hare cost New YORK
r'r's a her citizens so many va'"@0'e
O. AZ. n.ns exists in the presence OF q
sFofta'1trs,o wO. completed almost exa a
pr Of Co from private subscriptions
~ ysa'' - hone tuberculosis hospital.
:, baiso " the hands Of the Associa-
re frnd = the Condition OF the
IA for ''". .,,,s only the gift by the city
POI as site to make 1t proauo 1--WE.
q <a' 'r.oras the hospital viii be built
y o'@ .:,y sees 1T 20 acquire an ade-
csi' 'e''. n,ssn time. Of course. hundreds
10 ine entering from non-pulmonary
.a must 60 without the . necessary
is'sr-ss cure which such an Institution
csrs ~ Id The need for it was keenly
r's" or back as the summer OF lS''
y; - - "a O. that year the Associa-
q ssl''' ,n,r-,vinc the Condition OF the
t'a 10 ,,.od its first gift toward the fund
F''' .' a seaside hospital for non-pui-
9 e.-' .,,be-culcsls on July ], 1906 the
r'ssi. COMPLETED. John u. Rockefeller
in11 .-,onS the largest contributors
t:as - .he accumulation was going
S0t po.rd of Estimate was very seri-
a. =, MASTERING the purchase o. d sea
q" The Legislature passed an act
20, g.. s- the city to spend S'5o'"O on such
800 ard the Mayor. IN his message 10
, p.ors Of Aldermen. recommended
~ arO,-s,on Cor fresh air homes ior
se'o. a,d convalescent patients from
'''-' -, hospitals." suggesting three
rouovinc the completion OF the
M ,naiyiauals and organizations tired
-, "a induce definite action.
"'' ,..,c.ation for Improving the Con-
!. 30 Poor wrote the Mayor on
m~ 1 1sS. formally offering to
w.. "a ,rssent 70 the city q $4,000 sea
-, oospi,al for ncn-pulmonarY tuner
-. nrovlsed the CITY would iur'lish
maintenance The Offer was re-
M -. committee Of the Board of rs
~. .,,sis,,nr Of the Controller. Pres.-
rs ,ba poard of Aldermen and Bor-
-, y, p.,s,aert Of Manhattan. which re-
80 in favor Of its acceptance ana o,
..h,,sbr,ent Of a seaside park ana
...,;n-, A. Coney Island. II possible.
$50 80 rsnort. submitted week later.
-. ,ar,rad Rockaway Beach as
~ 90 tho proposed park. and the Board
--.,-.,a ,dorted resolutions accepting
=. oSsr ai hospital and favoring the
80 on, Of a park at Rockaway
- bosni,al offer is still outstanding.
=. ,,,or,ur,tv 70 establish park at
| o-s,wav Beach is practically lost ana
i. ,-onosi,ion that the city buy the burned
-. :, consv Island offers the only I'm
r.sis,e prospect OF site for the much
sssdsi hospital.
:, vas with The history NJ this movement
mind the, Jacob A. RHs talked yester-
AR n. the Coney Island project
q do hone" said he. that the Board OF
Estimate viii appoint Immediately such
~-ni,,ee as Borough President Steers
y, suggested 10 investigate the entire
after and and. II possible. some way Of
,.,g.-,ng the Coney Island property at
si- expenditure. How much do they want
e. IT,
One of tho properly owners HdS S~e
vs,ed So.af1" he was told
Dear me, Three million dollars! We
l.Gd have got a park al Rockaway for
$500 FIRE years ago. II the city had
~ acted Now II must pay FOR its
ixsa: but much better paw for II now
xy much more for II later on"
Pm million dollars is the price asked
n r.1s left Of the Rockaway site" It
va, N.n,ed out
"Ts ! know" he replied, mournfully.
J lc,s the city won't let another oppor-
'--i'r Ike that slip in this case. The city
'-'rc occupy all the shore frcnt il can
n / can't have too much park land. and
2 rlrs Il in place where The people go
tais tie main thing
We hare quarter ~ A million 70 build
'ziT lone tuberculosis hospital with. but
-asi he On the seashore. II there's room
~ IN the burned area az Coney Island,
sy 20 ahead aud buy the land end add
7 - SEASIDE Park, always provided the
pl isrt being swirdled"
lt' and between " est 9Th and West
"a streets and Surf avenue and the sea.
-'ti} swept clean of buildings 10y the
''anland ara. comprises approximately
'f'''y-iolr acres.