Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-05


posrf. Then Baltimore has Druid Hil
park, 200 acres, Patterson park, l0d
acres, Federal Hnl, Riversiic, and
Carroll parks, all Of large acreage, be-
siJos a dozen or more small parhs, from
two 70 Dix acres DO extent Every
section tf the city has So country
place and playgrounii ami in
all this grand system Of patks, toe
affair aro 80 conducted that there e
no burden on tho lsxpayou-ih,
latter "a condition which probably can.
not be reached by salt Lake, but is d
reminder of opportunities which have
boon. 10 was accomplished by BaIu'
more granting railway franchises iu
the city conditioned on the payment ID
uiuoprr cent Of thu gr1fs revenues 10
| tho park C1mmilslln; .m this source
the PARK revenues ru.uut 70 nearly
| i3li.UJJ year. As was aplly ex.
pressed iu recent ,ruoH II the
syst,m. "rho street railway business
n1urisles, aud the only liilefouoe be-
tween Baltimore and other cities In
this fospu 10 that the companies have
10 pay the city and not the politicians
Tor their francbises."
Now the Chamber ~ Commerce
cannot give 60 us all that Baltimore
has, but % can inauguratc a movement
by which all our public parks
will be- retained and improved,
nnd their number and extent
be ajlrI g. as opportunity Offers aud
occasion requires. Thus may be- tc.
moved the only notable objection
which exit, 10 Salt Lake 90 city
dosiabIo n0Jyo all others, cas-. Or
wesi, for homes. THIS viii not re-.
quifa gtoU outlay OF means in the
direction indicated; the mating OF i'm.
pfovomotti may come ia due time,
when circumstances arc favorable.
Hut II demands the institution OF n
definite public policy by which every.
b0cy shall be- assured That ~ Salt Lake
increasos In population her inhabitants
shall have other breathing place., and
her children other fairgrounds than
tho streets. The lungs Of a great city,
60 be- hoalihiul, must not be- thorough
infos for business ami traffic they
should opafks aud gardens, with all
the fiesnness and beauty belonging
thereto.
la regard to Pioneer Square, there ii
one proposition which tho Chamber
could l5Dk into, and which would ro-
ceiyu tho endorsement az every good
citizen. II also would be- giving In.
poflani assistance 90 the educational
department Of the city. Not long ago
the city Board OF Education was look
Ing Tor a place for a city high school,
and there was project 10 secure %
little spot Uf ground where tho old
county court house now B,auis-wh lch
project fortunately failed. bus Ju.t
one block from the old county court
house stands unused beautiful tou-
acres, the grandost spot In the city
from n historic point OF view-P Pioneer
square. To what more appropr-
ate use could the Old Forth,
idet t.cal spot where the Pho
noeu fret rested 10 this valley
and called II by the ondearlng title Of
homo--be put THAI Tor the chief tduoa-
tional structure Of the Pioneer city Of
the Rocky Mountalus2 Not the cramped
spot formerly proposed, but spacious,
well situated grounds. Why not give
to Salt Lake cry school district the
right 10 use two and "a half acres M
the center OF the east side % Pioneer
Square fora high school building, on
condition that the remaining suyou
and half sores be- kept Ia order 10y
the school district uH public patb?
Pioneer square should never be- put ~
"a baser uso than the best within reach
Of the municipality intellectual
aud physical development u the city.
youth.
The precep, i, advertising Salt LEko
10 iu sending out pamphlet, aud rend'
lug matter anu hnviug displnys; NIL
tto necessary. Hut tho real basiH oil
success Is TO accompany these by tae
example OF doing something ut home
To- tho way Of development, public OF
private, by business, Industrial,
educational ana other enterprises,
which aru convincing proof OF tue de-
termination to 90 40 well as to say, TO
work nj working as we'll us at talking.