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of faithful administration. But it is fair to presume in a 
public measure like this that there may be powerful pres- 
sure brought to bear upon him at the present juncture, 
which the position of the real friends of the enterprise 
may do much to nullify or counteract. The time for nam- 
ing the new commissioners is very limited, and if the efforts 
for place last summer, at the inception of the enterprise 
and before the appointment of the first commission, formu- 
lated so readily, now that the actual work is to be under- 
taken, speculative and corporate interests may look at the 
field as all the more attractive. 
“The general support given the report and plans of the 
commission show that the great mass of people are disposed 
to rightly discriminate in favor of a work of great public 
importance undertaken on sound, correct principles; and, if 
the plans and policy of the present board are carried out, 
I believe the results will fully justify the anticipation of 
those who have given the subject the most thought and 
study. 
“All this, of course, if the new bill carries. If not, we 
shall have more than a year yet, under the old law, to for- 
mulate new plans or present the subject in other forms. I 
have little doubt that the vote will be overwhelmingly in 
favor.” 
Under date of April 9, 1895, Mr. Ure’s reply was as 
follows: 
“My Dear Sir—Yours of the 8th instant received. The 
first person I met after reading your letter was a well 
known public official who brought up the park question by 
asking me what I thought about the appointment of new 
commissioners. When I told him that the present commis- 
sioners ought to be reappointed, he said there was ‘no use 
talking to me further on that subject,’ but said Messrs. Peck 
and Jackson did not satisfy him. This may indicate that 
a movement will be made to change the personnel of the 
present board, although I hope that any such scheme will be 
