New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Cur'ran Pledges
More Beaches
And City Parks
(contIuusd from page sne)
for he has never been a part of the
government of the City of New York"
Curran Wins Applause

Curran Wins Applause
Another burst of applause was given
to Mr.. Curran for this reply to his
opponent.
Driving to the first meeting, some
difficulty was encountered in finding
Public School No. 4, although there
were four newspaper men with Mr.. Cur
ran in his automobile. The school
finally was located through his per-
sonal directions. Making reference to
this at the beginning of his talk, he
said:
"Of course, I had to find my way
about Brooklyn long before the news
paper men with me started that job.
| was a reporter for The New York
Tribune. Altogether, i displayed good
Judgment concerning Brooklyn, as l &C.
quired Mrs. Curran from this section
of New York.
Citing his ten years experience in
the city government, he said there is
no book which can give a man the
efficiency he can get as a public Off
cial through actual experience in it,"
This experience" he said, "is at
your service with all the devotion I
possess
Primary Vote Urged
He urged that every one vote ut the
primaries, for. he declared, "the pri-
maries make the people the sole judge
of the candidates, and they have it
within their hands to get as good or as
bad government as they want" Then
he launched into the issues of Hyian-
ism.
"The City of New York needs q
change, and badly" he said. "a Hylan
administration can be of no good to
New York during the next four years.
It has shown itself to be utterly in
capable of handling the great and diff
ficult problems confronting it. 1t does
not understand them.
"1ts four years in power in the City
Hall have hampered the taking of pro-
gressive steps necessary to the rapid
growth of New York, just as they have
hampered the city's finances. The petty
quarreling and pickering constantly go
ing on about the City Hall is impeding
many forward steps vitality necessary
to the city's welfare.
"In all these four years, the Hylan
administration mas built only two pub
lie schools.
THE taxpayers continue to pay taxes,
but more effort is made to spend them
than to make the full value of the tax
payers dollar count in his interests.
The administration is making New
Ycrk's 100000 people political foot
ball field"
Mr.. Curran paused moment to give
word of friendly greeting to r. H.
La Guardia, rival candidate for the
mayoralty. Then he went on:
More parks are needed" he said.
foresight must be exerted in getting
parks ahead of the spread of popula-
ton. In 1880 the city government wiped
had to be re-acquired later at great ex-
cut three parks in Manhattan, whl3l
pense. Vision is needed in such mat
| ters.
More Beaches Promised
"Miles and miles more beaches are
an urgent necessity for the public
We must acquire big tracts of water
front now held in private possession
for commercial purposes, including
where the people are charged extor-
tionate prices for the enjoyment of
natures gift to them.
Motor trucks, which take q death
toll of two persons day the year
round, are another problem which must
be constrlctively dealt with.
"Under the Hyan administration
New York has stood still for four years
The time has arrived when there must
be change IN the clty's interests
VIXEN New York must move ahead"
At the Alpha Republican Club meet
ing Mr.. Curran reiterated his views on
the need for more parks, beaches and
schools and took up the subway prob
len from Brooklyn point of view.
"One vital need of the present." he
said, sis a subway running from one
end of Greenpoint to the other. But
you won't get it if the Hylan admins
tration is reelected. There won't be a
shovelful of dirt turned for it in that
case.
'The Hylan administration hasn't
the ability nor power to keep from
quarreling long enough to work out
policies on these problems and policies.
Why, the warfare staged Fridays in
the meetings of the Board of Estimate
makes the Saturday morning papers
more humorous reading than Life or
Judge"
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