, 1865-09-13
OUR CITY PARKS.
Plans for their Improvement.

TIE question which has lcth4rc1cally a3iated our
citizen. for 60 long ttme-thc improvement ofonr
city parks-sec1ns to BE- al Last In fair way OF re-
eelv1nS at leatt theoretical nnswer, and tie Inay
reasonably hope TIN. 1t will become practical ere
long. Never was city so Avishly parked as our
sel1eA, With 80 little BENEFIT We nave had our
parks Ibid ont for years, and almost nurnberless
complimentary Alluslons made 10 them. IN the shape
or Comnon Council resolutions, municipal ordi-
nnnces Newspaper notices. ward nlcetns4, indis1d-
ual Eurycys &C; then. TOO, we bayu had Park row,
tiIcry. We have tnlkcd and written park Tot Tears
vt ane aois ne5 tb.t T. ss @ arc some thing.
more desirable than parks. i Is very proper to
escure The useful before launching outtoo ycionsiy
ret onr lake tunnel under way. and to psepare to
cleanse the river, but these improvement. tet In mo
tiGn, It will now be well that VIC look aner the
or more ihan one-whe1s people may g to enjoy
oi nataFs .a wsibeat 1ess % oblised to suz1s asa4
NOW 9hat The Ionsihsa Q! lis enthusiastic molalsts
among Us will be G7atided, md that In The Wesl
and North di.islcas We shall have in each park
Is at present no hope, unless we centre it on the
Chicago ;. nayf,ng fark-of that enough lust week
The plans for the improvement Of our city parks
etmc iimc since advertised lu., were opeuca yes
Ic1duy In the oft,re OF the Bosrd Of Public Works.
Enitn Park. IN the West division, and Lincoln
ccnpc.e for the honor {aud pioft) of pruIiaus the
i1eo for its deyelopemcnt into something more
linn na,nc and an inciosnre- The plans ale all Of
order OF merit and xere ratherc1tensircly dis
cussed by hc Committee appointed 10 receive them
these are for the Union Park, Aldermen Wood.
2r pi1by sna nanteS, aud tos the II L'nesn aa pa.s
conclusion as to the relative merits was arrived ut
IT will probably be reached to-day.
Se,son Charles Stobie md II. Kles, TIC !attcr
foreman Of the Ceniral Park improvements In New
York. Fo1 Lincoln Palk the eo@pettors ware
Any one Of them would make ma:nIAccnt park.
We descaibe briefly the nature Of The Improvements
proposed 10 be made by MIR. Nelson, not thatxc
cause be vas the only ono Of the gcnttemcn present
when our reporter called, and as The other plans
were unacoomranied By specifications It was scarce
e. P1,pp PDot propesed att 10 Be- done. e' VI"
Mr. Neleon>s plan for Union ParE couteup1atcs
the thorough draining Of the Whole extent, the
teWcr ., prssent il couEse oi construction alone
West 1'apdolph s.reet, which WILL be rua through
shfrc branches viii be ten feet below the suriace;
The tile drains LII be tonr feet below, 50 a. to d.ain
the snhsoi. The general plan IL beautifully treen
Wind round ihs Fa1E near ths outside railing,
and vest The road ,s proposed 70 BE- made Of
inches in thickness Of ground stone. enanr-
70 gravel, In The middle ST., and - rn;nnntng ;sna4g
Footlatl1s Wind around and between the
akes and drives dividing mp the into plots Of
,alions sizes md picturesque shapes, which 1t is
proposed to iii IN at intervals with tres end patches
Of fhrnbbtfy, Thete ART 20 srznnged aa to give
toe very dne views; that from tho entrance lat the
Eastern coner) Is COO feet long hacked with sheet
Another ane ,icw is from the Northwest corner,
water in The distance and terminated BY forest trees
Arother rev Wi1l be from the South side. The
drive viii he nearly two miles in cxtent and objects
feen FROM different points present distinct arzanse
nen,s. Three elevations nrc contemplated, ono oa
tho Southwest tidc Of twenty feet IN height, form
olLers, ten and fifteen feet respectively. Two
ionntana, ranging East and West, I'LL In the PROM
intnt objects Of the picture.