The evening world. Newspaper, November 1, 1917, Page 10

ve Gay Wine Mer- * was| me | sounsel for divorce. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917. nr erp reeenger -MIAYOR WITCHEL, IN LETTER TO EVENING WORLD, TELLS OF ~ ROCKAWAY PARK PURCHASE have at least one large ocean-front |park owned by the people, where every one can be free to go, to enjoy | the benefits of the seashore, | | Sorry He Cannot “Claim More Credit for Providing Great Resort for the People.” in city were walled off from the nea. ~ }th IOTHERS BEGUN WORK,| with ait the mileage of ocean tront | that bounds the elty on one alde there ie " | was no seaside park that bolonged ‘ites Language of Court De-|to the city. There were private ’ «| claring Commissioners Jus- | amusement places, but they were be- ‘ ond the reach of the great mass of I tified in Making Award. the city's population - PEOPLE AROUSED TO NEED OF To the Piliior of The Rrentow Wort AN OCEAN FRONT PARK, i} ) You have asked me to tell the read- We had amusement parks run for { : ors of The Evening World what part| private profit; but, even to those who If mothers would onl: un . Bosp and pt Bsc: Rat fined ping At had te the ade could afford to buy admission, they ry-day offered none of the advantages that ion of Rockaway aan Wp bronied ty preventing | Park belong to a seaside park. They were Hittle skin and scalp troubles becoming | | #ret that T cannot claim more] fenced-in spaces filed with side serious. Cuticura Reap le so pare, sweet |credit for providing this great aea-| shows and catch-penny games. and cleansing and Cuticura Ointment so park for the people of New York Many years before I was elected to soothing and healing, that it is a pity the Board of Estimate the people of hot to use them ali the time. Give baby | My part was only an tncidental duty @ hot bath with Cuticura Soap, dry and | in bringing about the accomplishment ppply Cuticura Ointment to any rashes, irritations, chafing, etc. Instant relief usually follows and baby falls into a re- freshing sleep. For sample each free return mail address post-card: “Cu- Dept.13G, Bosten.”’ Soldevery- | * where. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 500. | crowded city in the this city were aroused to the necessity of @n ocean-front park. Practically every philanthropic organization in the city was enlisted in a crusade to pro- cure such @ mark. The necessity for recreation facili- tes was suffictent justification for the park, but there was another and per- of a philanthrople project conceived and put under way by other men. w York City is the greatest sea- In the world, It is the moat world. It should THE HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER The Spirit of America Awake is distinctly military. Your virile young man wants his clothes to express this spirit. He'll find it in several of the season’s Kuppenheimer overcoats at the Kuppenheimer dealers in New York—Brill Brothers exclusively. And the fabrics and qualities are in keeping with this same spirit—the embodiment of Kuppenheimer integrity, workmanship and value. Prices, $22.50 to $65. Prices for suits, $22.50 to $45. 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It was this object lesson that helped Jacob Kiln raise $250,000 for a seanide hospital, It was this case that helped to influence the Legisla- the crippled $2,500,000 for a park to be used as a site for a hospital, and also as a place of recreation for the people of New York. That was in 1906, four years before I became a member of Board of Estimate mate in 1910 Rockaway Park had al- ready been selected as a park and a site for the hospital for which private funds had been raised For three years the park had been on the city map as a public park, placed there by formal resolution of the Board of Estimate in 1907. MATTER WAS BROUGHT UP BY DOWLING'S RESOLUTION. The Board of Estimate tried to ac- quire the property at Rockaway in 1910, ‘The attempt rohase the property was continued to within a few days of Jan. 1, 1910, when the new board of which I was a member took office. The only thing that pre- vented the acquisition in 1909 was o question of title to the property. ‘This question was settled definitely by October of 1910, but the new Board of Estimate did not take up the matter of acquisition until Juno 16, 1911, when {it was brought to attention oMcially by a resolution introduced by the Hon. Frank L. Dowling, then @ member of the Hoard of Aldermen. In my opinion the Evening World ean lay claim to some credit for Rock- away Park, because it was Tho World's agitation tn favor of acquiring Dream- land Park, at Coney Island, that led to Alderman Dowling’s resolution, which {n turn led to the consideration by the Board of Estimate not only of Dreamland Park, but of Rockaway Park, which was already selected and on the map. The matter of Rockaway Park was referred to @ committee, of which I was chairman, We visited tho site, and found that tt was ideally adapted for a park and a site for hospitals and convalescent homes. We reported in favor of the sition of the property were satisfied not only of the great need for such a park, but because wo realized that the previous Board of Estimate had selected property which was the only available shore property that could be secu without paying a prohibitive price, This prop cularly de- sirable bec projected exten- | sion of Flatbush Avenue promised to make it accessible, at_a low carfare, to everybody In New York. Our prede ra in the Board of | estimate had endeavored to buy this game property at private sale, but the owners had refused to name a | price. DECIDED TO ACQUIRE PROP- ERTY BY CONDEMNATION, We did not for a mom consider its acquisition by priv Bo We | believed that it should be acquired by | condemnation proceedings, under due process of law, so that the city would acqui- because we sea- be guaranteed the safeguard of a price fixed by impartial commis. sioners appointed by the Supremo ward would also have the Supreme Court. We recommended condemna- tion proceedings, but in order to be doubly re that the city would obtain the property at a reason. | able figure we obtained options | from the owners of the property | by which the city, under no cir- | cumstances, would have to pay more than $1,225,000 and interest, | This meant, for example, if the award amounted to even as much | ae $2,000,000 the city would have to pay only the amount of the option, but if the award amount ed to only $750,000 the city would have to pay only $750,000. The Board of Estimate adopted our recommendation, a pted the o tions and directed condemnation pi Court, whose a te be approv: gs. The proceedings were c ed by the Corporation Counsel under the jurisdiction of Mayor | Gaynor, From the time the Board of Esti mate took its final action, I had absolutely no more to do with the proceedings or the fixation of a price than any other person in New York City. The commissioners in condemna tion awarded $1,250,000. L belleve tha the Corporation Counsel under Ma Gaynor secured the lowest award could persuade the Commissioners t maki COURT THOUGHT COMMISSION | ERS JUSTIFIED IN AWARD | When that award was | before Justice Benedict Term of tho Supremo at award was confirmed award, Justi the aWarded y award produ acre, 1 nk Hinissioners were Justitied | on the evidence in appraising it that figure," The property 1s now owned by the People cf New York. With funds raised by private subscription a lary hospital has been built, and for tw | Years poor children, who otherw | Would have been cripples for life, ha been nursed back to health and | piness, Until a large part of the park was taken over by the War and Navy Le |partmenta for purposes of national defense, In connection with new fortifications at Rockaway Point, {t was very extensively used. AS soon as this war is over and quick tr ‘ Portation has been provi of Flatbush at park wil finest and ground in A 1am very in making thia | JOHN 1 CITES THE CASE a julthels from the New York iad oo fracture of s Was taken ty Brooklyn and Manhattan for viola- Ray Wiurich, interned on Bilis Island for the re | and 1 mainder of the war tons of the zone rule. Py Mr. Pitt | Another German was arrested als |‘! & German, was found to-day on the hear the Hudson Riv He va American steamship Keresan, 1+ | William Schulte ot No Ai cently in from Buenos Aires and |¢§ and to-day it wil be decd | Will Take Off not he shail be lying at @ pier in South Brooklyn : WATERFRONT JOBS He went aboard tho ship in Buenos iin ; Ail Exc2ss Fat wae tatersed. “Anottee” German, | “ALLS FROM “L” PLATFORM ALONG WITH ALIENS ope RD otal Ce Say ENC TS a lh” fauetaetuver. in aa Chelsea district, Is bolleved to boo) weitevae With Fractored Shott w —-— | prisoner of some importance as his Pili, Atty-twen;. § , jamin J name was concealed and he was helu the , dent of the Jaffrey Munutactu x ‘ for examination by the Secret Service SWIMM, Of ROR % rola Breeeetps Hundreds With © German|agents of the Department of Jus- | Company, manufactures of ye stui| : teaunde heh ing Marmola Names Laid Off as 2,000 Teutons Are Barred. ‘The order prohibiting the employ- ment of German allens !n any water- Before 1911 the crowded miliions of | {Ure to Buthorize the expenditure of front establishment in Brooklyn or on Staten Island or Long Isiand went into effect to-ddy and besides throw- ing @ couple of thousand Germans out of work It cost the jobs of hundreds of | vanes a were When I entered the Board of Fatt. ™e2 With German names who born in this country, Apparently the waterfront employers have determined to wipe all German nameg off their payrolls. | United States Marshal Power of | the Brooklyn district was kept busy | to-day receiving complaints from | American citizens with German names who have lost thelr jobs be- cause of the alien enemy order, One mechanic with a conspicuously Ger- man name presented records to show that he was born in Manhattan fifty- six yenrs ago, owns Liberty Bonds, has @ son in the army and has been | employed in one plant for more than | ten years, and yet he was lald off thia morning. Marshal Power will try to get Amer- fonn citizens with German names back on thetr jobs. But he ts taking steps to enforce rigidly the order barring alleys from the waterfront. Ali the big shipyards and warehouses have been cleaned out, but there may be aliens still working in small establish- ments or on boats landing at Brooklyn docks, The Marshal will personally inspect every biishment affected by the order, and these inspections will be repeated at regular intervals. A Federal official pointed out to- day that the order barring enemy allens from the waterfront cannot be applied to Austro-Hungarians as long as this country is not at war with thetr Government ‘The names of Austro-Hungarians who might be regarded as dangerous to the interests of this Government have been compiled by the Depart- nent of Justice. 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