Show AN ISLAND PARK new york needs more lungs her iler people buffer suffer because she cannot draw into her system enough pure paro air to accomplish tho the necessary work of blood cleansing and rejuvenating it lias has already become a grave question how shall the metropolis bre breathe ithe the new york herald makes the somewhat startling proposition that governors island in now york liar ilar bor shall bo be transformed from a military camp into a pleasure park that paper ie is pushing the matter mattex a with ith its usual enterprise the argument of the herald berald is briefly as follows army amy meu men will naturally look at the matt matter er from a military standpoint and therefore lay much stress on the military ary importance of the place now there has been a fort on oft governors island for three quarters of a century but it has long been uso use lesa less for defense the ground at present serves the government no purpose which might not be equally well it not belter better served elsewhere and tills this is likely to bo be the case for many years to come the government has not constructed and it docs does not look as if it intended to construct proper defensive works thero there why not then covert convert the island into a pleasure ground and let the people have the enjoyment and benefit of it that will ft ill transform it from something nom ething use lesa le sa i into nt 0 something s 0 me t ll 11 i n g us useful e fui then when hen 0 m is io n d demands c n i ai ids 0 or r tho the government ern ment gets ready to make it a defense that can easily bo be done either by using it for a twofold purpose military end and pleasure or transforming it from a park into a defensive position |