Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-30
TERRACE PARK COMPANY.
The Old Lingle Grove to Bear a
New Name in the Future.

Napoleon is at last to have her
dream of having a park, where day
or evening of recreation can be spent,
realized. We have not appreciated
fully the pleasures afforded by
the Maumee and her beautiful
groves in the years past; and now af-
ter the new railroad has come and
decided to make this an excursion
point from both north and south we
have chance to wake up and OBJ
tain what has long been desired.
Last Thursday papers were drawn
up and recorded whereby 10 year
lease of the old Lingle grove waspur-
chased by the Lima Northern Rail
road Company. The lease was OBJ
tanned from Adam Ulrich, who now
owns the land, and will take in IL
acres of the grove. Another grove
of about Il acres was leased of John
Cowdrick. 1t is situated on the
south side of the river near the i. N.
railroad bridge, and will be used as
u private picnic ground and q small
depot will be erected for the use OF
excurslonists. A dock for the steam
ers will be built at the foot of the
bank under the bridge and steps will
lead from the bank to the dock. All
excursion trains will stop here and
the people going to the grove can get
off and take steamer either for the
city or the new park.
The name Of the new place of
recreation and amusement will be
Terrace Park, and on Monday papers
were filed at Columbus for the incor-
poration of the Terrace Park Com
pany with capital of $4,000. The
incorporators are M. Donnelly, Wal
lace Blair, d. G. Brown. Adam
j. Ulrich and l.. i. Orwig. The
company will be a stock one and the
people of this city are asked to show
their appreciation Of the new enter
prise by purchasing some OF the
shares of the company and becom-
ing stockholders in the park. The
shares will be placed at $25 each, and
the park company will give the
citizens of Napoleon the privilege of
taking whatever number of shares
! they want and the railroad will take
the balance. The grove will be i'm
proved by building large pavilion
I for dancing and entertainments and
erecting a toboggan slide and num-
Der of bath houses along the river
bank. The river bottom is of the
best at this point and affords excel
! lent bathing facilities. Swings and
seats will be placed at intervals and
various booths erected for the use OF
| lemonade dealers and games OF all
kinds. A large grand stand will be
built and a bicycle track laid out
with base ball ground in the cen
ter. In all the park will be amodern
place of amusement where a picnic
party can hold un outing or where q
man can take his family and spend
the day; where some new entertain
NEXT in the line of balloon aseensions
will be going on every Sunday, or
where a professional ball game or
bicycle race can be held on week
days.
Preparations for the improvement
will begin at once and we are assured
that the park will be open during the
latter part of August and September
of this year. The company will char
ter the two steamers the ''Fanchon"
and 'Ft. Defiance" to ply back and
forth between the station and the
park until the new fiat bottomed
boat can be built This steamer will
be launched next Spring and will
carry from 400 to 500 people any
place in the river.
This iswhat we have been wanting
and crying for for good while past,
now let's whoop 'er up and get it by
lending all the assistance in our pow