The herald., 1895-03-23
THE IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Dunn Explains Why Money Is
Needed
PROPOSED WATER SYSTEM
The Head Works to Be Located on the
Providencia Rancho
The Funds to Be Used to Improve and Enlarge
EIysian and East Side
Parks

Speaking upon the subject of the pro-
posed bond election for municipal i'm
provement bonds City Attorney W. f.
Dunn said yesterday:
"1he total amount of the proposed is
sue is $270,000 for six different improve
ments, viz: $4,000 for the extending,
enlargins and improving Westlake Park
100000 for the improving of Elysan
Park; $4,000 for the purchase of land
upon which to construct head works for a
water system $40 900 for the construction
OF central police station, and $50, 900 for
the erection of public museum and a
library building.
"In the improving of Westlake Park it
is proposed to purchase a tract OF low
land Immediately south of Seventh street
and make lake therein by connecting it
with the present body of water by means
OF a canal under Seventh street, to be
bridged. 1t is also proposed to build
drives around the new lake and improve
the remainder of the land much OF the
style OF the present park.
1T is proposed with the appropriation
for Eastsde Park to acquire and improve
quite piece of land adjoining the park
on the north and east.
1.-The appropriation for Elysian Park if
it is intended. The Council propose .
acquire either by condemnation or puf-
chase several hundred acres of land wheh
runs up from the south into what shdld
be about the geographical center of the
park. An examination of the publihed
city maps will convince the most casuai
observer that the acquisition of the land
is an absolute necessity in order tbt the
park may have anything like a synIetrlcal
shape. At present the park runs around
three sides of the land propose. to be
purchased, and will furnish mph better
entrance to the park with far lss grade,
than either of the temporary entrances
now used.
The balance of the appropriation for
Elysian Park after the purcase OF this
land, is to be used in elaborat1g scheme
OF driveways, nurseries and l&ns'and such
other improvements as NY necessarily
be incident thereto.
II believe Elysian Park tbe the coming
park of the United StateE. and sincerely
hope the appropriation VII carry and |
don't believe that any t&nayer who Will
drive through Elysian ark will begrudge
the proposed appropriaion.
The appropriation OF the purchase OF
land upon which to onstruct headworks
for water system h5 been contemplated
400 acres in the Proydencia Rancho and
has been pronounca by all engineers to
be the finest locatiA on the river for the
construction of hadworks.
1.-The present samped condition at the
police station am city Jail, and especially
that portion usa for receiving hospital,
makes the consruction of central police
station necessity.
1.-The appreciation for public museum
and library building is one which will
commend itelf to every voter who has
the future If our public library at heart.
1t is admitted that Los Angeles has the
finest publ library of any city of it's size
in the Ulited States, and | understand
the Counil proposes to construct. if this
appropriation carries an ornamental
building in the center OF Sixth Street
Park, which will be used for the
purposs of public library and fitted to
encouAge the creation of typical Los
Angels museum. Many people have al
adJsignitied wish to present the pub
tic With relics or curiosities, most of them
typsal of Southern California, but the
cit, was unable to accept them by reason
of1aving no space in which to exhibit
TEN. By providing a place for these
things and for the public library, it is
proposed to make this building place of
diversion as well as of instruction.
Il favor all the objects for which these
bonds are proposed to be issued and
hope they will carry"