The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-10
THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
VOTE or THANKS EXTENDED TO
JUDGE SIMEON BALDWIN.
Committee in Charge of East Rock Park
Report Proeress-wan at the Top of the
Rock Being Extended-Reward to be
Offered for Violation of Public Park
Rules-New Board of Comm issioners.

Rock Being Extended-Reward to be
offered for Violation of Public Park
Rules-New Board of Commit issioners.
At the meeting of the park commits
sioners held last evening the board
passed vote of thanks to Judge Sim
con e. Baldwin for his gift to the city
of a piece of land on upper State street
to be used as an addition to East Rock
park.
Henry Il. Blake of the finance COM
mittee reported the recent purchase Of
piece of land just beyond West River
on EdgeWood avenue to be added to
Edgewood park.
The committee in charge of work in
East Rock park reported progress in
the work there. 1t was announced that
the narrow place on Farnam drive is
being widened from seventeen feet to
twenty feet. The wall around the con-
course at the top of the rock Is being
extended and when the extension is
| completed an iron fence will be placed
along the top Of the wall.
The building Of a summer house in
the vicinity Of the monument Is COLI
templated.
The West Rock park committee re-
ported that the new driveway at the
top Of the rock has been nearly co.ii-
pleted as far as it can be extended this
year. 1t was voted by the board to
| offer a reward of $40 for the apprei an
| sion of any parties who violate the
rules to be observed in the parks o. the
city, and especially in West Rock park,
where numerous violations of the rules
have recently occurred.
1t was reported that the filling in of
Water street park would probably be
completed within year. Progress
| of work in improving Bay View park
was reported. It was stated that con-
siderable work in the line or general
Improvement has been done at Fort
Hale park this year, and the work there
is progressing very satisfactorily
| The new board of park commissioners
will probably not be appointed until
towards the latter part of the present
year. The new charter provides that
the members of the park commission in
office on the first day of February, 1897.
shall continue to hold their respective
offices until the first day of January,
1888 The new charter provides that
there shall be a park commission, con-
sisting of eight commissioners. 1t
states that "the three permanent or
citizen commissioners of the East Rock
park commission shall become commits
sioners of said board; the five other
commissioners shall be appointed by
the mayor" The charter further states
that In December 1897, the mayor shall
appoint three citizens as park commits
sioners; one to hold office for three
years, one for two years and one for
one year from the first day Of January,
1898, and in the month Of December,
1898, and in each succeeding December
thereafter he shall appoint one citizen
as park commissioner to hold office for
three years from the first day Of Jan
uary next following. The charter then
provides that in the month of May
1898, and In every second May thereaf-
ter, the mayor shall appoint one alder
man to be park commissioner during
his term of office, and in May, 1S9S and
in each May thereafter he shall also ap-
point one councilman, to be a park
commissioner during his term Of office
Section "a of the new charter provides
that the board of park commissioners
may employ secretary who may be
one Of its own members, at a salary
not exceeding $500 per annum.