Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-19
Only 141 hours to Chicago via. Chi
cago & Northwestern Ry.
PUBLIC PARKS,
Opinions AS to the Most Desirable
V,pcaftopa-The II q oity Nor

Opinions As to the Most Desirable
Locations-The Realty Market.
Every real estate agent in the city has the
only plot of ground especially adapted by
location and nature, for park purposes. and
he is already at work urging his claims be-
fore the park commission This body was
organized on Thursday and has been from
the moment of its birth the object of a great
deal of attention from property owners and
dealers. Everybody has an opihon as to
just what should be done in the way of park
improvements. The commissioners are
going at their work in a business-like man
ner, however, and promise to take no hasty
action. A number of prominent
citizens have become especially
Interested in the matter and will hold a
meeting in few days to consider the ques-
tion of parks and make suggestions and offers
of aid to the commissioners.
Said Hon. William Paxton, yesterday
"There is nothing small about me but my
feet. Pm in for parks, big ones and lots of
them. First we want to improve the parks
we have, then get park between Omaha
and South Omaha, one in the western part of
the city, and one out north, and q lot of little
fellows wherever we can find a vacant lot"
Mr.. Max Meyer said: ~ am in favor of a
lot of small parks, breathing places scattered
through the business part of the city like
they have in all cities in the old country.
Savannah, Ga, is the best supplied city
in this respect in America. There
you find n small park block square or less
every few blocks. They are preferable to
large parks away out in the suburbs."
Hon. G. w. Lininger, member of the
board of park commissioners, has made
many observations in the course of his ex-
tcnslve journeyings of the park systems in
various cities Ill America and in Europe and
has plans of many of them, from which he
expects to furnish valuable information for
the commission. In conversation with BEE
reporter yesterday he said: -
II am in favor of spending the $4,000 at
the disposal of the commission this year in
at once improving Hanscom and Jeffer-
son parks. The work must be done
properly. We will probably get a
competent landscape gardener here to max g
plans for the improvement of these parks,
and then 20 to work according to the plans.
Then. with money to be voted by bonds, we
can look out for locations for other parks.
am in favor of double belt of parks, COM
mcncing at South Omaha and extending
north, one of them including Hanscom park.
another near Walnut Hill, and one north of
that The second belt should be a couple Of
miles west of this line, where the PARKS
could be larger on account of cheaper prop
erty. Then give us as large a number as
possible of one block parks, as near the bust
ness portion Of the city as possible. 1t is 100
late to think of many of them east of Six
teenth street. but we will have no trouble in
securing them south of the tracks and in the
western part of the city. l want to see all
real estate speculation kept out of our
work"
The park commission held meeting, yes
terday afternoon. and closed arrangements
to establish headquarters in room 319, Paxton
block They propose to get right down to
bed rock business at once and go in for max
ing just as many and extensive improve
ments as possible in the parks already
established. Attention will doubtless be
given first to the small parks on Capitol
avenue between Eighteenth and Twentieth