New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1922, Page 14

Y4 s e e e e UTAIN DAILY CITY COULD PROVIDE WORK FOR MEN AND HAVE TWO WONDERFUL PARKS IF COMMISSIONERS CAN OBTAIN FUNDS Proposed Plans Of Park Board Call For De- their velopment Of Tracts Southern Sections Of Work can be given to from 75 to 100 men and 26 or more teams summer and New Dritain what it long has needed, a recroati and athletie field for High and other athleties at one énd of the town and an amusement park and site at the other, in the hands of commissioners materiali missioners have drawn up plans construction and beautifving Britain, two parks, which will| compare favorably with anything|i their size and nature in th ction, | t when completed |t At the present time there is no out side athletic field for use of the quhl niy Tave park |t eom- | the b of The winter and this | ing mn [ » amp |t This, it plans now | will for| park is pla R while a hranch of the the In Both Northern And|: hero City. ‘ th diamor ‘!'i‘ wame end | swimming contests ind other water sports Three | bhall constructed In the Kk Other seet the park 1in different hodiea of water, be arranged so that bhoats rave! from end of the park to he other. A main entrance to the ped from Deach Swamp | ood, passing the hleachers and wind through the Great Meadow, past | # baseball diamonds, crossing the twice over ornamental bridges it comes ont on the west, road follows brook around a lons of con which may | ront o where course of the the the “Memorial 1 ne lnw] t be nomed the Memorial Park, in ommemoration those who gave lives in the last war, and when his park is dedicated trees could he lunted with the name of each fallen Therctore Be it resolved That the Lddy-CGlover Post, No. 6, American Legion, s in sympathy with movement nf estublishing an field in the southern part of the name of the field to be NIRS Very truly yours, Eddy-Glover Post, athletic city, No, 6, (Signed), H. €. JACKSON Crystal Spring. In this park also is found the fa- mous crystal spring, a spring known | for miles around for its pure water its never failing stream. Many W pe 1 out for a walk on a hot sum- mer day has stopped at this spring and refreshed himself or herself with a cooling draught Stanley amusement Quarters, An park with swings, MEN BACK OF CHAIRMAIV BROOKS IN PLAIV FOR PARKS PETER CRONA, WILLIAM F. DELANEY JOHN F. CALLAHAN. school students and the boys and girls in that institution of learning are} very anxious to have the South Ind park developed and called Willow Brook park. The plans for this par now practically completed, are in the hands of the park commissioners and HARRY O, JACKSON, nothing remains but for the city to authorize the expenditure of money. This park which starts # the junc- ture of Rentschler and PPond streets, is bounded on the north by Pond and Mill street; on the east by South Main street and the Beach Swamp road, fronting the Hooker and Towers estates on the south and by the Alling and Rackliffe properties on the west, 93 Acres of Land. | The park comprises a total terri- | tory of 93 acres through which winds the Willow brook. Several large ponds are included in the beautifying plans and are expected to be de-| veloped for hoating, swimming and other aquatic spo Mill pond has a total length of feet, Willow pond is 200 feet long and Park lake f8 500 feet in lenggh. “The great need of tomorrow,” said Chairman W. 1. Brooks of the park eommission, to get « parts of the new parks developed so as to give a comprehensive ficld for ath- letics in the south end.” Tt is with this end in view that the landscape architects employed by the city to| draw up plans for the south end of | Willow Brook park have drawn their | plans. Tt being somewhat of a swampy place, the Willow Brook park 1 quires under draifing as well as grad- ing The vision of the park com- mission is such that with sufficient | grading, etc, by faking the dirt from | the brook, thus widening that stream, and depositing it on the lowlands, the | whole thing may be bronght to grade | very easily. Divisions in Park rtain will divided into two One fakes in a large athletic field, w wees, sueh | as 100 yard dashe wnd her athletic events car held, Al kinds of track mer throwing, pole vaniting 11d be commo- | dated on this field Modern bleach ers, underncath which would be tary bath ind parking for autos, would front the athietic field Along short dist 16tic field, arr The park b gections. section meets houses space yuth Main street, just nee from the proposed ath- angements have been | made to install six or seven modery tennis courts with suitable benches, seats, etc., for spectators. The old | mill dam will be widened until it has| averaging from which will be used ete, in the an expanse of water 800 to 1.000 feet for skating, ice boaling, [the lican 1ezion, | parks, | whose | basebal as “Chil abrupt end and Pond known and an Mill playground to he dren’s Meadow,” at the junction of streets. In the litfle ‘Neck of woods” be- tween Pond street and Kensington avenue, is a delightful picnic grove, while just before one enters the nar- row strip he comes to a s known as the children’s skating pond. Swimming Pool Too As if all this were not enough delight the residents of the city, plans are on foot to include not only & mod- .rn concrete swimming pool opposite the tennis courts, but away over in the thickest grove on a grassy slope where \l around can he seen nothing but the most glorious heauties of nature, one will find a pretty little amphitheater for outdoo: meetings can be held dur- ing the summer. | Not only are the High school stu- lents and other children in the sec- tion of town interested in the de- velopment of the Willow Brook or Sonth End park into something more ittractive and satisfactory to their needs, but others also feel that the ievelopment of the park would fill & long felt want. Members of the Eddy slover Post, American Legion are very much interested in this work as is in licated by the folowing letter sent to “hairman W. I%. Brooks, of the hoard of park commissioners by Harry C. Jackson, past commander of the post Legion In Interested Mr. H. €. Jackson, Zddy-Glover Post, New Britain, Connecticut. Mr. dear Mr. Jackson: 1 acknowledge receipt of your let- ter of the 24th, containing the reso- lution passed by your post, requesting the athletic field in the Southern Park of the city he named Memorial Park. At a meeting of the park board held | lagt evening, vour letter was present- | ed and the hoard was unanimously agreed to conform to this request, and we have taken steps to see that this| matter is officially acted upon by the city at the next council meeting. The park to be named Willow-Brook park and the athletle field to be established therein, Memorial Field. We also have noted your idea of tree planting in connection with the memorial idea and will most certainly | bear this in mind when we get to] this part of the operation. In the mean | time we shall be very thankful for the | backing of the Eddy-Glover Post in an | efiort to suflicient money to| establish this Memorial Field. | Yours ve to secure BROOKS | was found Inadvisable to name | park “Memorial Park™ as ver one request in the letter, but the commis- sioners readily agreed to call the athletic field, “Memorial Field." The commissioners also agreed that the proposal to plant a tree for each fal- len hero was a good suggestion and worthy of adoption. The following re- ply was received by the post from Chairman Brooks Park Commissioners, City Hal Gentiemen: The 13ddy-Glover post, No. 6, Amer- is very much interested elopment of the proposed ind at thelr last meeting vot- ed to petition the park commissioner | to establish an Athletic IField, in the | onthern part of the city The an athletic field is ap- | parent above organization, | are in developments | (3 recreational centers, wher hum" teams, football teams, and | teams can perform under the | best conditions. There i also need of | a modern, up-to-date pley ground, in | this section of the city, and it is bhe- | lieved that all needs can be taken care of in this proposed park. | This organization is also interest- the naming of this park, and | like to suggest at this time that | It in the dey need of to the interests trac these ed ‘would in ller pond, | = | mission plans an athletic | football and track meet site merry-go-round, ice cream stands, dance pavilion, playground, bathing pool and bath houses, band stand for concerts, is proposed for in one sec- tion, A camp site for boy scouts with fire place, log cabin, rustic furniture, etc., is suggested in another section, RALPH WAINWRIGHT. and a picnic grove off in the woods a few of the things planned tor Stanley Quarter park, ferme. known as the North Iind park. The Stanley Quarter park is acres in area. It extends from St to McClintock streets and from ti proposed new park boulevard Blake road. Natural Sandy Beach. Beginning with a low land contain ing a swimming pool and bathing po in a sort of a twin lake arrangement joined by a narrow strait, the sides of which form an ideal inland ‘“sea- shore,” this park gradually slopes uy wards until it comes to a large teau. On this platean the park com- field with a and thr baseball diamonds. Down the grassy sides of the plateau through littly gally and then comes a sudden rise into a thickly wooded forest, which forms a natural picnic grove, where tables and benches will be set. Playground for Children, Off in the southeast corner, adjoin- ling McClintock street and surrounded by evergreens and dense foliage, the future may find a semi-isolated play ground for children, far from the (Continued on Page Twenty). HERALD, WEDNE SDAY, Corsets Discontinued numbers, Mme. Lyra, Nemo, Frolaset front lacing corset. These values are wonderful, rang- ing from $8.50 to $11.50. $4.65 JANUAR le Sa Women’s Rubbers All sizes and all styles. Every pair perfect. 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