Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-23
East Rock Park.

The Seventy-five Acres Already Public
 PrOperty-People Visiting the Public
 Domain and Drinking in the Beauties
 of Nature.
 The beauties of nature were long ago felt to have power like music to charm even the breast of a savage. Old traditions report that the beauties of nature, as seen from East and West Rocks, had this effect upon the braves who dwelt here before the white men built Long Wharf, at the time when the Indian skiffs and canoes skipped over the waters of the Quinnipiac, and the Fair Haven sharpie was unknown. Now, that New Haven is to have grand public park let all rejoice. Parks are preferable to pneumonia and contagious diseases, in fact they are means of the prevention of disease Now that 37O acres have been selected for the site of the great park, which when done is to be thing of beauty and a joy forever, some of our citizens and ladies' alive to what is healthful and beautiful, find solid enjoyment in visiting that portion of the park which is already public property. Now that spring seems to have abandoned her wanton dalli- ance with sturdy old winter, and now that the grand old elms about the old Green be- gin to show signs of coming foliage, people are visiting the part of the park now in possession of the city. This rart includes Mt. l See AL or Indian Head, (whose height is but little less than that of it's big brother East Rock) and Snake Rock. There are now 70 or 75 acres owned by the city, including these two high points. It is needless to tell the New Haven boy what fine and broad ! If Ina ha l top of Mt. See All. The view is but little in ferior to that obtained from the top of East Rock. But many people are not aware how | picturesque and romantic, as well as easy, is the approach to the top of Mt. See All via Snake Rock and Grotto street. The State street horse cars run to within short distance of the road to these points. A short walk up | State street from the terminus brings the 1 visitor to romantic natural approach to the | top of Snake Rock-a very easy ramble, and from Snake Rock it is an easy and delightful ramble to the top of Mt. See All The \ first street beyond MT Bassermans residence, out of State street, is Grotto street, so named because of it's romantic appearance and sur l roundings. By this street carriages can as- cend to the top of Snake Rock. Several citi-
 zens have driven to the top recently and speak enthusiastically as having been greatly rewarded for the trouble. The slope in the rear of Mt. See All is very gradual, and at | small expense carriage road could be made
 easy of ascent, connecting with State street.
 From Mt. See All magnificent view on three
 sides is obtained-in front the city lies spread
 out before you and Long Island Sound, to
 the eastward lies Fair Haven and it's heights
 and East Haven hills, the silvery Quinnipiae
 river and other points of interest, and north
 ward lies the Sleeping Giant and vast e1-
 tent of meadow land intersected by the Quin-
 nipiae. At this season of the year, with the
 tender foliage bursting forth and nature get ting ready to wear the green in all it's beauty,
 there is much to attract to the part of the
 park already part of the public domain, and
 as it will take time before the rest of the
 park can be taken possession of, it would
 seem but small matter if the Park Commis-
 sioners should be enabled to improve this
 part little.