Daily Republican., 1883-02-24
PUBLIC Park.


! wine.
A numl or Of representative men O.
this cit, held u nsytiny last evening In
The nthre SVf thr Wilnlingt, n Saving,
Fund, at Eighth and Market streets
foT the purpose Of taking 1mc action
toward establishing publ, park fol
the promotion Of the health and rerrea.
tion "i tn" peopleot this city and vicini
~. Among those present were the
following
Job II. jackson, William NJ. Candy,
William Candy, Judge Wales, J.
Tay lor Cause, George W. Bush, A. =.
lteechcr, j. 7. Hrald, William p. Ban
croft, William K. Brincklc, William
DUPONT, Caesar A. Rnlney, William c.
Spruancr, Esq, John Green, John
Jones, Senator Edward Belts, Colonel
John Wainwright, William u. Dove,
Dr. Caleb Harlan, John r. Davis.
The project has been under con
sidrration for some time, and several
meetings have already been held, at one
of which IA committee, consisting of
William NJ. Candy, George II. Bates,
E>l., and Mayor Wales, was appointed
4" consider the possibility Of estab-
fishing park, and what steps were
necessary 70 accomplish the desired end.
These gentlemen made n favorable re-
port AT ~ subsequent meeting, and j.
Taylor Cause and Col. Henry A. Du-
l'ont were added to the committee.
This committee, with Judge Wales,
William G. Spruance, Esq, and United
States District Attorney Patterson,
prepared the draft of an act of incorpor-
alton, to be presented to the General
Assembly, and the meeting last even
ing was for the purpose Of examining
this bill, and II further discussion Of the
matter
At the appointed time the meeting
organized by electing job II. Jackson,
President, and William NJ. Candy, Sec
rotary. The committee reported that the
draft Of IA bill which they had prepared
had been printed, and was now ready for
consideration.
Secretary Canby stated, for the benefit
Of those who had not attended the pre-
viou> meetings, that William T. Ban
croft had some 50 or % acres of land on
the Brandywine, near the Highlands,
the greater part of which he offered to
''''' ~. IhIh phi I'S'o1 I''N hiCt
money enough can be secured 10 pur-
chase other necessary grounds, and GER
tain rules and regulations established to
make it IA public park and not public
nuisance. He also said that the owners
Of the l'rincklr estate in the
vicinity, had signiiied their intention of
contributing $4,000 toward the purpose,
under the same conditions.
To secure these munifCent donations,
il is necessary that immediate action
shall be taken, and the work proceeded
with, not later than this summer
When Mr.. Canby concluded, Mr.. Dun
can, who had come in while he was
speaking, said that he had in his posses
sion $63O, which had been contribut-
ed toward the erection Of Garfield
monument, and as he thought it doubt
ful that the necessary amount Ofmoney
g., 500 would ever lie raised to carry
out that object, he thought the money
which had already been raised might
be applied to this purpose, provided it
was called the Garfield Park.
The Secretary then read the act of
incorporation by sections, each of which
was ably discussed. The bill is enti-
tied "An act to provide for public
parks for the MS" OF tiie citizens Of Will
mington and vicint. and gives the
Mayor and Council Of Wilmington the
power to take and acquire land for the
purpose Of a public park or parks for
the promotion of the health or recrr-
ationo the people withinth he city limits
or within two miles Of its boundaries,
an h.. in
purposes. The proposed act also pro
vidts for IA Board Of Park Commission
erS, Of which the Mayor, President of
city Council, Chairman of the Finance
Committee Of Council, and Chief Engi-
ncrr Of the Surveying Department shall
b" eX -oiiicio members, The method Of
acquiring lands for said park or parks
with he powers and duties of the Park
Commission, are laid down.
1t torbids the sale of fintoXicating liqu-
ors on the grounds, and provides that
no streets shall be opened through the
park, or telegraph, or telephone poles
erected therein.
The act also places the park under the
jurisdiction Of the city and provides for
other matters necessary for the proper
ts'dullSIliitHl anu Ildlhtehah'e vi
public park.
Mention was made Of the fact that
two roads, known as Park and Brandy
wine avenues, lying on opposite sides
Of the Brandywine, were laid out, and
that opening Of them tothe park would
be Of great advantage.
DR.. Harlan said one great thing to be
understood was the fact that by estab-
fishing n park on the Brandywine it
would tend in 4 great measure to pre-
serve the purity Of that stream.
On motion of William Candy, the
draft was sre-committed to the committee,
with power to act. William G. Spru-
ance, Esq, and Judge Wales were added
to the committee, and the meeting ad-
jOurned.