New-York tribune., 1914-01-02
WARD FACES BIG
TASKS in PARKS
Needs Of Commons in Man.
haitian and Richmond
Are Numerous.
.STOVER PLANS MAY
BE CARRIED OUT
Dangers Menace Many - Big
Sums Required for Work
Dante Statue Problem.

There was speculation yesterday among
employees Of the Park Department. for
tho Boroushs Of Manhattan end Rich
mord. a. 10 what action would he taken
by TIC now park head. Cabo, Ward. IN re-
gard 10 many plans formulated hy
Charles B stoyer. but not carried out cy
the latter
Another thing that caused comment was
the allusion by Mayor Mitchell in his sp-'
pom,ment OF Raymond v. Ingcrsol al.
Park Commissioner for Brooklyn. TO rec
reational needs OF ,he city and the adop-
ton Of common standards for tho main
tenance OF the parks in all the bor-
oughs."
The Mayor said he would ask the COM
missioner5 to set about this Immediately.
In reference TO the unfinished plans oi s
Nj Stover. tho following list is in part.
what ne considered imperative park
reeds:
Restoration or Mornngside Park. $500.
Construction Of new bow bridge in
Central Park, $500
Bevidere Tower improvements, 5000
Extension Of bride path in Central
Park $4,000
Development Of Isham Park. $500
Continuation OF restoration work in
Central Park 5000.
Music pavilion OF Mall in Central Park,
$40 60 r-
Conservatory Lake Central Park i'm
provemcnts, COO
Morningslde Park, according 10 Mr.
Slower, as well as to the landscape arcni-
! tect of the Park Board. Carl F. PLAT, !s
in deplorable condition. Besides this.
! the sidewalk around the northern end -
uot safe TO use owing 10 the condition
Of ledge, on which stands old tort
Fish. II has been fenced of for more
than year and danger signs have been
PUT up Some of the rock ledges In the
/ park are also in a dangerous condition
and recently a rock weighing about forty
tons slid down on 10 a pathway during
| rainstorm.
! In the last week of the outgoing admin
| istratlon contract was awarded for the
second section of the speedway wall at
cost of $1,000. There are to be three
more contracts for q like amount spread
over a period of as many years during the
present administration. I'd
! When Mr. StOYer assumed once ne WAY
able to get an appropriation of s250,O0o for
/ Fairgrounds and later an additional so
900 for the same purpose. From fewer
than twenty play centres he increased the
number during his term Of Office to forty
two.
Mr.. Stover was charged with ignoring
the Recreation Commission and adheripk
to plans of his own making Some PARK
officials believe that Mayor Mitchell
common standard for the maintenance
Of the parks" indicates that he wants
Joint programme OF development.
Another problem which will soon face
Mr.. Ward will be the disposition Of the
Dante monument now lying in one Of the
work yards IN Central Park awaiting
changes in the design which, it is eN-
pected by the Italians behind the project,
will meet the approval of the Art com
mission. which rejected the original.
The $4,000 for Bow Bridge is available.
but Mr.. Stover wanted TO erect con-
crete bridge instead OF building an iron
one. as IS the present structure. He was
reversed by the Art Commission ana
there the matter now rests The bridge
has been declared in a very unsafe con-
dition. The restoration work in Central
Park is part of the general scheme 70
restore the lawns and TO supplant old
trees and shrubs with new material.