Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-07
MAYOR WILL NAME
PARK COMMISSION
Will Take Action Next Week
Two Names for Parks Re-
ceived by Evening News.
ONE IS CENTRAL PARK
Park Commission Will Take
Place of Park Committee of
the Board of Aldermen.
ONE IS CENTRAL PARK

Under authority given to him by
law, Mayor Ferd Garretson will prob
ably name the city's first public park
commission next week. 1t will con-
sist Of five members, who will be ap-
pointed subject to confirmation by
the Board of Aldermen. Two names
have already been submitted to the
EVENING NEWS Park Editor for
the public parks In this city and
many more are expected within the
next few weeks. Park benches have
been placed at the recreation place at
New Brunswick avenue and Fayette
street and indications are that this
will be thrown open for public use
tomorrow. Agreements for the pur-
chase by the city Of the former Mer-
ritt tract In the northern part of the
city have been filed at the county
seat and the city will take title to it
on Monday.
When park commission has been
named the Board of Aldermen will
cease to act upon the development of
property purchased for park pur-
poses. The law providing for the es-
tablishment of such commissions pro-
vides that they shall establish, de-
land The commissioners will lay
out the land as they see fit and have
the work done accordingly. The
money for such improvements can be
raised by the issuance of bonds, un-
der the provisions of the law. Ac-
cording to Mayor Garretson's inter-
probation of the law, such a park
commission will not have power over
land not originally purchased for
park purposes and therefore may not
figure in the development and con-
troll over parks at the aims house
farm, the former water works tract,
at New Brunswick avenue and Fay
cite street and in city hall square,
unless the Board of Aldermen should
authorize 1t to so act.
1t is expected that when the mayor
makes the park commission appoint
ments the five commissioners will be
named for terms Of one, two, three,
four and five years, respectively.
After that one commissioners will
probably be named each year. The
law provides that not more than
three persons of the naming political
party can be appointed. As the
mayor is Republican and the coun-
ell is Democratic, the executive is
not certain as to which political
parry is referred to in that case. 1t
IS not expected that the mayor will
make the appointments in time for
the adjourned meeting Tuesday
night, but probably for the next reg
lar meeting on May IT.
The names OF Central Park and
Ruscello Park have been suggested.
]. S. Hanson, a plumbing contractor,
contends that Central Park would be
appropriate for the recreation place
at New Brunswick avenue and Fay
cite street because it is near the
center of the city. Charles Marino,
of 363 State street, holds that Rus
cello Park would be an appropriate
name for a city recreation place, but
he does not state as TO which park
he refers
In its endeavor to have suitable
names picked for the city's parks,
the NEWS is conducting a contest
which is free to all to participate in.
Names are requested and those of an
appropriate kind sent to the park
editor of the NEWS will receive due
attention and will be published.