Daily Republican., 1883-06-25
MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1883.
wbere ,PJ,k should be Now.

Where a Pa X should be Now. I
If those who are really i'll favor of a
city park along the Bcandywine could
but see every day the crowds of people
especially mothers and children, who
seek coo, refreshing shades in the woods
south of rattlesnake run, they would
have no difficulty whatever in reaching
a correct conclusion as to where the
proposed park should be located. 1t Is
all well enough to purchase land on the
Brandy wine in the vicinity OF Mt
S llem church to secure the liberal or
iers made by the Bancroft and Brlnckle
families-some of it will be needed be-
fore many years for city reservoir any
how, uut for the immediate purposes OF
a park there can be but one opinion
from practical men who have given the
question much thought, and that opin-
ion is that a park from rattlesnake run !
southward is a proper location. For
tunately the grove OF natural forest
trees are not fenced in and the public
excluded Ii it was, there would soon
be a loud demand from the poorer class
of people who seek this shady retreat
for city park. This grove, which con-
Trims some thirty acres, is Liable to be
sencel III any time and access TO IT
denied, and what is worse, liable to be
cut down by the owners, and then even
ID;s retreat won d be denied to the peo-
ole. There would then be no extended
grove within reasonable reach Of Il city
containing iloy thousand souls. The
mothers and little ones who are now
permitted by the ,utferance of the own
t4rs to enjoy the Oreezes aud shades OF n
natural park Soud seek in vain to hnh
auJtlef such place to which they can
Tor "A few hours escape from the wh!rI'
ing dust and swe eriIg heat OF a acrowd
ed city. Bat We are asked, how cal
The city purchase park land when The
tax rata is now away up to one dollar
and fifty cents on the hundred dollars
with Il prospect of it being higher
There is force in this reasoning, and Wt
ara amongst those who do not favor eX'
casaiys taxation. Still the city in th'
l,a' future nj sht Il, a lutte, and tn
people if properly appealed to W" are
GDli lent would 10 lndch nDra. Singl,
cong yngttioas Of clristial- g to worI
AMI rli 3 twenty five or thirty thou-ln,
dollars t. bald d, church and general |,
sla,-Al veil vita it. iierr is an enter
Dri III wnich al the congreg ltlon
Aut d4uominations Of christians in tn
4t.f,as well , all who bel,ngto 10 cou
-regatious, could consistently unite a
tb. park would be for the benefit of all
Thirty, forty or even fifty thousand do
lars mi ght be raised NY a well directe
effort for an enterprise OF this kind
We do not know that The owners of th
B.A1titll grove are auXiol to seIl-w
rather tAilk they are not, bit we ar
also cJniltut til 1t they would not max
exorbitant lunalio considering til
prices at which slch Lands are Se,lin.
The fact of the case is Wilmington
2. ttty Of fifty tho1s.nI people, has l
public park a'a pace Of pleasure re'ol
worthy tue llne Of park, 1t is trl
rhat ali" Dwu% Il square OF land boundc
by 5 ven II, Eighth, Franklin al
Broom. i 't"t>, put ii is only one smo
5Iuaro, not adapted to the purposes OF
DMk unlike the Brandywinr, whr
there are mills, p'ateajS, rocks, riII> al
na,urti trees 4 park is one Of Il
pressing A,'ed, OF Wilmington. Not
lngwpl} | rDu luc, more to the gener
,OmfI' ,nI I.llJh OF "a" city than
oarl al Il j. we have referred to, Il,
IfAly l4in- is dDHr soon towarl, sect
.ng pt,l lIiI the movement ohou
ba ,Uu. .-.tl1 i iuade by the prol
" i 4p' yr> the brttrr--ta securing t
wp ulel ilul on the B.amdywIne bonn
-" by rlteSnake run on the mort
N4IBur"u street on The south, Lov~r
Avenue oI the wc,', and Branlywi
creek on the east.
A WHOLESOME anxiety, the y,