Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-11
The New Park.
rurpARK IS TO BE AND
|bLn, .T rs BEING DONETO
sECURE ONE UPON
N BRAN D Y W | n Z.

Y, me grand scenery OF tno DlSnuy
!. vi .i.b 4 It's variegsted abrupt hills,
W N ,Iones. rocky boulders and bluffs,
."nsrOus little wales, along which
'sI s,ing water patters, ripples aud
wv Ia way 10 the parent stream,
mspd wopder why such land has
'Ts T ara this been purchased by an
.,arIsing ms city like Wilmington and
.,sr,sd . into q grand park that would
w % %uuriyaled for beauty by either
morpt N in Philadelphia, or Central
NV w most available and convenient
- = Ind in ard contiguous to the city
,t,, which extends from Van Buren,
~, w b ,be city limits, on the south
+st ths Brandy wine, and that which
,.srds from Jefferson street, on the
,,th siie 10 q high bluff, near the
sldence Of Benjamin Elliott, q short
.,,rce above the city limits.
fbs land proposed for park land com.
II. sbOu. 100 acres, though less land
~ he purchased when the purchase is
.ie The grounds proposed for the
park, on the south side Of the
,udywine, are not strange, probably,
ne majority of the citizens OF Will
acton who have visited them and
iOyvd The grateful shade of the large
d hickory, walnut and chestnuts
n crOwn he bills.
Ths proposed boundary line for the
n on tho south side of the Brandy
psIs from the mill race up Van Buren,
N, 10 Lowering avenue, and along
N avenue crossing Harrison, Frank
Broolne, Rodpey and Clayton
es over Rattlesnake run, and up
.sIuA to tie line OF the St. James
c,ch property, and around that line
wswasett street, t,and along nat street
Riddles road, and along that road to
.sml distance beyond crooked run,
ID down that run TO the Brandywine.
BIZ boundary CROSSES the b. & p. Rail
Nd, and takes in a beautiful grove be-
tud
The broken nature of the ground is
nj known. 1t is divided into knolls
ttuculds by little valleys and rivu-
U.s. Numerous springs abound, suffi-
lent to furnish the best Of clear cold
bring water, AS the city already owns
ls;uip Of land between thei south side
ltes above Market street, up to the
toPset new park land, 1t is proposed
BAT maCalemized road shall run up
u Bandywine under the new railroad
ridge and up crooked run, which at.
ts al easy grade to connect with
avassr avenue. This road finished
siN Voll have AL easy grade, and
With Nl' short distance OF the
ik Art oat'ed by the Bancrofts to the
w. Ihisi@l would make most de-
ahfllt'Ts, and would draw and
EHaN ifaVs from all that section be-
ola d0El he Brandy wine to Market
frxt
Norm lie Brandywine the attrac-
01s II anything, for magnificent
~ Aelnereased. To have a roadway
10 lo!,h side might involve the pur-
d'he little strip of land between
slSo races. There is more level flat
sa % tlis side than on the south
and Ia;nal. grove some years ago
~ aLoled place for pic-nics. The
.lsfg % this side, though somewhat
a''yl'' oses none Of its attractiveness.
general thing the ground
sallaIe regular slope back from the
aluyWihe and the timber that covers
snmntwhat hesvier. All along the
W. wa'e' courses marked dentationt
'aIeys IL the hill follow, which
,.u MAKE beautiful roadway fol
~-e Isa Ius "ludings ont and in Of the
D"', ~"s ,Na.tJa' It will we think bs
s. s.'a a,1 necessary to purchase ground on
M. NJ sue as lar up as Eighteenth street
,is in sa pFlncipa. thorough fare run
r'ss ,ss. up non. Market street beyond th,
se, past Tatnall's nurseries ant
ri,s,V ,s,vs With the Snuff mill lane
,sav, ,saNe9ia stree, just runs along ia,
,,a ,yIsa gun IRON ,Ae heads of the valleyl
,,tsu. M su,Ilgs which indent the hillsid,
sv'. rv', interfering with them, an,
ss',' s 'lttl intact in ali their rugged
.s! n!, IL Seventeenth street was ne
FaI+r. s ~ v,n,s ,1e aoFihern boundary, tn
11ss .,i. " would be intersected and tn
sn;., ~ 'aem 1 would be cut off. A yer,
B,,ntt,a B,.t,a. ii'tle valley leads down to th
l,,..o,., .H.ie WI, Where Jefferson street In
BrapdtSSr,aie BAND ,ae eFeek. A bridge over th
lpd ans's ssihe Is suggested at this plac
Bu, G'aef ,Su farther up the creek.
hWib 'Ig s;1 most attractive place on th
d RsDin,ue 'lue .s me high bluff in the rea
a,iino non1T'ching the park a little, and b,
iai. Is.a,9se I've Lane the up-creek limit
sj,bir isauial a ground could be broug n
ths,a J. nalafal limits. From this moi n
MIey q, d magnificent view Of th
WDniUU,athe in, the Brandywine, the city q
has is'pa in.ss p embowerel amongst tb
AVA! !uss us beyond the creek, iron hi
Nsv S Ca south some eighteen miIea
Dsav,s.,ss' ,.s''s across the country. tn
nor e dou' winding from above I'D ee
coye,S gown TO Fort Delaware an
ve,,sIs v' WIN hundreds of white.saila
'olumes f of steamboats, sending blac
al ' cOIs',Gi... u. smoke into the blue ethe,
The vi,ion i'e 70 entrance and oaptivat
letc. un, ua, A look out from this em
soppdinnuu inulIu afford views of the su,
s!sh CansTa TS.utfy as far az the make
'sliure rIole ,ha OF penetrating. We wi
lie UnionoN we assertion that no citv !
ilat can a a,snNs nas place 80 near it's limi,
lhs city "-oru c.m q view like it. OF cour,
lie atirae,iaas.h az tlis hill, but by taking il
Vastly 'iaScIoas iDcIoa Of the park would i !
lot Of thi. hiIL"ssa. LiH u. Right down at Il
Over The , R,a M! the high b. & P. brid.
Biandywipe' 'op OF this bridge down II
asctass cs"t1e vi Ssad and out to the Delaware lava a
'lon. WIZ is.9Nauty which battles descri
plated, and H. ia a park such AS is contar
ssa'actsd1 'ihSaFsions i,ol, 10, viii no doubt
Baltimore 'IUn an, Philadelphia, S CSeste
and stations and al Intervening Low tow,
eaa atsl Ss nn Of the land so hastily a..o.,,
,s q. much 'ilaaSta less ,a,s very cheaply, in "a
estsd aste Is. ~ The IMPROVEMENTS e contss nj !,
s ,sci they con IO' 5e made at this time.
va. want Of nloSsV SsV'd mot, 10. simply for !
when ss i: c,s ground at the prepena poaat Is
f,"r' ave Ab1pt sos0 so0 for a reasonab
!" "Iu on The Snn,,ut ,Gut persons own ali +
II NJ Purchase, Ir.a ans SD side that is purpos
Sa tus North si,ls "na only two persons
which ctsa Up and 20 inv in,cs years ears It m