PARKS FOR THE PEOPLE.
PROCEEDINGS
OF A
PUBLIC MEETING
HELD AT
FANEUIL HALL,
June 7, 1876.
BOSTON:
FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERY, & CO.
1876.
CONTENTS.
- Organization of Meeting
- Speech of Mr. Joseph S. Ropes
- " " Mr. George B. Chase
- " " Mr. Richard H. Dana, jun.
- " " Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
- " " Rev. Rollin H. Neale, D.D.
- " " Rev. J. P. Bodfish
- " " Col. Charles W. Wilder
- " " Mr. Joseph F. Paul
- " " Hon. P. A. Collins
- Letter of Dr. Edward H. Clarke
- Committee of One Hundred
FANEUIL HALL MEETING
IN
FAVOR OF PUBLIC PARKS.
Pursuant to a call published in all the daily papers, and signed by alarge number of prominent citizens and tax-payers of Boston, a publicmeeting was convened in Faneuil Hall on the evening of Wednesday, the7th of June, 1876, to take action on the recommendations contained inthe Report of the Park Commissioners. The hall was crowded by anintelligent and enthusiastic audience; and the proceedings as reportedverbatim in the columns of the "Boston Morning Journal," were asfollows:—
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock by Mr. John W. Candler,who said,—
Gentlemen,—As Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, I have beenrequested to call this meeting to order. It is usually the case, that,when a mass meeting of citizens is to be held, a great deal of labor hasto be performed in preparing for and organizing the meeting. But I amglad to say, that, on this occasion, the important advantage of having apublic almost entirely in our favor was enjoyed by the Committee. Wefound a strong and intelligent and deep-seated sentiment almostunanimous throughout the community, in favor of having the CityGovernment take prompt and favorable action upon the report of the ParkCommissioners. [Applause.] We found the community earnest andenthusiastic in the desire that a system of parks should be projectedfor the city of Boston, to insure the health, and to make certain andpositive the prosperity, of our citizens in the future. The Committee[Pg 6]had only to present the call or ad