The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-05-18
LET'S HAVE A PARK.
The "Whig'S" Movement Heartily En-
dOrSed

uUl SSus
The town park movement started in the
WING last week is being heartily endorsed
by the citizens of Elkton and there is every
reason to believe that the idea will be realized
The following opinions are gratifying
c. g. CRoTHERs
"A good park will be another step toward
street and property improvement in Elkton.
and would be credit to our town and an
enjoyment for our citizens"
DIR. ]. II. LAMAR.
81 am in favor of your park idea. Farr
Creek has been II pleasant resort for many
years, and with a slight expenditure these
advantages can be improved and so the place
would be made doubly attractive. | endorse
the movement as long as it can be found
practicable, and l hope the park will be real
lied.
DIR. II. II. FRAZER.
Il greatly favor the project as long as the
park can be secured ut moderate eXpendi-
ture. The park will be Il public benefit and
Il town Improvement, and | am ready to help
IL Will my private
HERMAN BALL.
II believe "A town like Elkton should have
park properly conducted where Il family
can spend an afternoon pleasantly. | will
help
j. WILL PERKINS.
| think the park would be good and
healthful Improvement for Elkton, and
heartily join the WHO in the movement
GEORGE A. BLAKE.
Il appreciate the desirabiity of Il well
conducted park and would like very much to
see Elkton have just such II resort as the
WING suggests. | will join in a movement
having this end in view
REUBEN LAMAR.
"A park is desirable acquisition for anv
town. and Elllton should keep in line with
its progressive height ors and build such Il
resort at Farr Creek, or at some other suit
able place.
PRO BONO PUBLICo."
No one can say or do too much in favor of
public improvements. As summer approaches
and as Elkton will be favored with more
than her usual number of visitors, it seems
the great desideratum is public park, where
they can sit and enjoy the beauties of nature
or peruse some interesting book The eX-
pense, which is generally the great, objection
to such movements, will be EOminal, for the
pleasures and beauties derived therefrom
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pended. Every public fountain (anothcr
mnch needed improvement for the thirsty
beast or park only enhances the value OF
your property. By being sociabe by making
our town attractive, and showing our visitors
good time, will do much to dispel the
monotony which so characterlZes the majo
ity Of our country towns and also enable
the visitor to depart with feeling Of regret
and such favorable impression as to induce
others not only to visit but locate here per-
manently. The money can be raised very
readily from the proceeds of one or two good
baseball games, which in itself produces
much life to IA town. We feel confident the
town commissioners, who seem to be alive to
the interests of the town, us we'll as every
citizen will heartily cooperate with us in this
movement. We thoroughly coincide with II
prominent gentleman who once said that 'if
he possessed wealth. nothing could give him
more pleasure than donating parks or owel
gardens to the public, for there we see how
beautifully our heavenly Father has adorned
mother earth with the beauties of nature.
5. A. BUCHANAN, NJ. ID.