The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
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Movement to Establish Outside Parks
and Boulevards Excites Comment.
Judge Martindale's Views on the Subject
Why indianapolis Has So Long Neglected
This Feature of improvement.

prising citizens to have q beautiful drive
through the suburbs of Indianapolis d.
verging to parks and places of interest.
has created no small amount of attention
from real-estate holders, who are quick to
appreciate the benefits that will accrue
from boulevard of this character.
A Journal reporter dropped in upon
Judge Martlndale yesterday and asked
him for his views on the subject.
81 will say" said the Judge. that this
matter has been overlooked and neglected
too long. We have q beautiful residence
city-fine streets. well shaded, large lots,
and the whole city Is q park of itself. 1t
is not, therefore. surprising that We have
overlooked and neglected the question of
outside parks and beautiful drive.
ways. There is no city that
population of Indianapolis that is so abso-
lutely destitute OF parks and drive-ways.
The cities like Buffalo, Rochester. Cleve-
land, Columbus. Detroit. Milwaukee. st.
Paul, Minneapolis. Omaha. Kansas City,
thousand acres or more of land. and made
them into delightful parks. The park and
boulevard system of Chicago has done
more to advertise that city and commend
it to the world than all other features CON-
q city without parks and drives lis not
in it." The people, and especially
the people who work six days inside OF four
walls do not wish to remain inside the city
seven days In the week for fifty-twO weeks
in the year. They long to be out in the
woods and among the tiowers, and II Is the
duty of every well-regulated city to supply
these green fields for her people. The city
that perslstently neglec and refuses to do
this will be set down by the outside world
for what she is-a narrow-minded govern
ment / say we have neglected this Ques-
ton already too long. and that
the question should be taken up
and persistent effort made In
securing these much needed parks and
bOulevards. There is no adequate provls-
ion in our new charter under which this
work can be successfully ACCOMPLISHED. 1t
will be found that the charter will require
amendment in other important particulars
There should be q small annual tax levied
and collected as is now done for library
purposes.
"fhere should be park commission as
in other cities, and it should be invested
with power to construct. MAINTAIN.
light and protect these boulevards
There should be one boulevard COM
pletely encircling the city and
connecting this in the city from the east
the west, the north and the south. The
outside boulevard should intercept the
present parks, whether belonging to the
city or not-that is to say it should connect
the State fair ground, Fairview Park,
Crown Hill. Armstrong; Park. the Shoot
ing Park, the insane asylum, the stock
yards. Garfield Park and on the east side
around to the State fair grounds"
MY ideas as to the general system are
not matured, and the location and plan
I would require time and thought.
/ have talked with Mayor Sullivan. with
the members of the Board of Public Works
and with many citizens upon the necessity
and nffi otn hto ho-
half. have written for and Will soon re-
ceive copies of the law creating and gov
erning the park systems OF the leading
cities and will lay the same before the joint
committee of the city Board of Trade and
Commercial Club who had charge of the
new charter. and who will no doubt have
charge of the question of amendments OF the
charter before the Legislature which meets
next winter. The Legislature will be in
clined to give us such required Legislation
Is the people of the city may, with reaso n
| able unanimity. demand. 1t is none too
soon f or the city press to take the question
uD and have it discussed In all it's phases.
| If we had taken comprehensive view of
to accept donations of land for park pur-
poses. as our city has twice DONE"
Real-Estate Market
OF course little or nothing is expected IN
the way of movement" of real estate with
the sun shining down upon it with HOO of
fervor all the afternoon. There is. how
ever. considerable activity in building, and
when cooler weather comes again and DEAL
ers and buyers return from the summer re-
sorts, business will be resumed. &. +.
Say les has bought a fifty foot lot on Merid-
ian street. opposite Fourth, for 81, $50, and
| plans are being prepared for o fine resi-
| dence of brick, with stone trimmings, to be
erected thereon, work to begin at once.
d. Co.. e. = - T. L.
been recorded as follows: Monday, 13
transfers, consideration. Sl6.SS5: Tuesday.
L.. S27, 375: Wednesday, i6. $40, O93 40; Thurs
day IA. $59, 200; Friday, 1s. get, 9S5; Saturday,
| 10. SlS,0S5.
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