Telegram-herald., 1891-07-31

They Wait Ball Park and the Rrepesss
sozxh kaaftisa-


The counea committees on parks,
with Henry DeForest. CT Schenectady,
the owner Of the proposed addition 10
Bali Park GA the South. msie 8 visit
VI Inspection - the prensses yesterday
afternoon. Al the suggestion OF the
comm lIee the entire council WAS IN
vlted 10 go with them. Tie party that
left TIE City Hail Ia carriages al $50
o'clock consisted Of Aldermen Turner
aud kinne OF the committee together
with AT. Defofrest; AideTmea o bon
nell, Allis, Carpenter, saunders, SPEoul.
llsuser. Dant0B, Doyle. Enlmer aud
stokes; City Clerk sbInkmaa, Comptrol-
ler NanGenheTgs. Member OF Board of
Review Dill aud J. ". Ransom. The
party MAS guarded by Msrshal Bragg
and 1shadewed by representatives of the
city press.
Driving directly to the West Fulton
st entrance and mp the driveway
through the rasine, the party abghted
on the margin of the lake and sufren-
defed themselves to the conductorshlp
of Alderman Turner. The latter aas
developed into 4 park enthusiast ana
what he sioesn't know about the natu-
raj beauties and advantages OF the
John Bail forty" for park purposes
has never yet been discovered or
dreamed Of. In ms waking hours he
has peranIhulalcd over every fOot OF II
aad III ms sleeping hours he has found
all his dreams of Paradise tlnctured
with the latitude and longitude OF John
Ball park. As climber Alderman
Turner can Vie with an Alpine. or an
Egyptian pyramlu gnide. he led the
party a merry chase-up hill, down
ball, through d'~gle, dell and Wild
wood-expatlatlng all the time on his
faeorlte theme, until the putting and
blowing aldermen wondered where all
his wind came from.
The present park was trayersed, both
the improved and the unimproyed por-
,lons, and then the south llae was
crossed into the seventeen acres lying
between that and the Butterworth road,
which is the tract offered TO the city by
Mr.. De Forrest. The character OF this
tract is the same rs that or the park,
presenting several beautiful hills, ra-
vines aud streams. In fact 10 X the
natural continuation of the park and 4,
II added to the forty now owned by the
city, will afford hne entrance from
Butterworth road. which Is itself a
pleasant drive. Continuing through To
the road. demolishing the stock OF Il
pop stand on the way. II short stop was
made at Marsh Byers' trout pond and
then the party made a start back, un-
der the hills, ito the place OF begin-
ming" Everyone was congratulatng
himself on an easy walk back, but the
indefatigable Alderman Turner was not
yet done. "Come up here, gentlemen. !"
he shouted, scaling the bank at leap,
and sweeping the branches out of ms
way, II want TO show you whore we're
going to run driveway" No one
could resist the CHEEKY invitation and
up they went and found themselves on
a natural ledge, running around the
east SIDE of the park hills, and finely
adapted to a broad driveway. Nature
seems to have made the John Ball
forty" park and Alderman Turner
is Natures "boss" finisher.
This being the first visit of the alder
mon 10 the premises. they did more
thinking than talking about the advisa-
bility of the purchase of the seventeen
scres offered by MIR. De Forrest, but
there seemed to be no question that it
is desirable addition TO the present
park and verltable "beauty spot of
nature"