The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17

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On its first page the Eagle presents
This morning map OF the three parks,
Griswold, Riverside and Greiffenstein,
with suggestion park plan.
The county now owns Griswold and
the proposition Of the city council is 70
appropriate $4,000 10 buy Riverside and
Greiffenstein, and $1,000 for improve
ment purposes.
By entering Griswold on Central ave-
nue. one could drive around pleasant
half mile to the proposed bridge from
this park across Little river 10 Riverside,
entering that park by an extensive lawn
noted on the map. Then the boulevard
turns in the bend of the river to the
right Beyond the Oak street bridge is
a fountain surrounded by large flower
beds from which driveways extend on
either side beyond another large lawn
to another bridge across the Little river
from Riverside TO Greffenstein. From
the entrance 20 Greiffenstein the boule-
ward turns TO the left in the bend Of the
river, passes around by another bridge
on Eleventh street to Thirteenth on the
northwest extremity of Greiffensteln. All
the way around TO the right OF the drive
N Greiffenstein is a heavy growth OF
black walnut timber al the outer edge OF
which are proposed flower beds. Just
north OF Eleventh stree: is located an
other lake some seven times as large as
the one at the entrance TO Griswold, Of
which every one who has been TO Girls
void knows.
Extending around the north OF Greif-
fenstein. the boulevard runs into the
south side driveway al Ninth. Coming
back by the Ninth street bridge and
keeping to the right in Riverside and
around Griswold again, it is nearly
five mile drive and as delightful as any
five two or one mile drive in any park IN
the west. 1t is a better natural park
place than Kansas City, Omaha, Calves
ton, Topeka or even st. Louis has.
In all there are proposed six flower
gardens. two lakes, besides the boating
places in the Little river, fountain, four
big lawns and all this beside the natural
growth Of flowers and timber all over
the parks.
Three thousand dollars is the amount
appropriated by ordinance for i'm
provement, which amount would put the
parks in very good condition for the
present.
Five hundred dollars or some such
matter would heighten the dam across
Little river on northwest Griswold till
the water would be excellent for boating
and fishing purposes clear around River
side park and half way up Greiffenstein
TO Eleventh street This would make
mile OF grand boating and would be
very pleasant run with the big trees all
along the banks.
Any one who takes a drive along the
proposed way even now will be much de-
lighted with the scenery which, though
excellent, needs only little embellishing
TO be extraordinarily delightful. it is
the proposition of the council to buy
Greiffens5ein and Riverside, which tracts
can be had for less money now probably
than at any time in the future.
The voters OF the city will be given an
opportunity to express themselves on the
proposition two weeks from next Tues
day and TO say whether Wichita wants
an excellent park system or no parks in
particular.
1t is estimated by a good many who
have driven about Greiffenstein that the
walnut timber on the land viii be pay for
It in three years more.