Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-08
.coMMIssIoN anArIrp.
Expects to Receive Som Part OF tho Loan
OF $4,000.

OF $4,000.
Graliiled by the passage OF the hill
10 authorize City Council to borrow
S2b,0U0 for park Improvement, the
Board OF Park commissioners is eager
that Council shall secure the first in
stalment of the amount as early aa
possible lin order that 1t may be de-
voted to the purposes intended. The
Park Commission had asked for
$50, 600, but this sum was cut down
s5, 600 in the Senate. The act provides
that not more than sl5,00 OF the
s25, 600 shnll be spent in any one year.
BY un older act the Park Comm ission
receives at least S15. 900 year from
tho city for current expenses, so that
with the two amounts ID will be able
to do more work than evor. II
At tho regular monthly meeting OF
the Park Comm ission tuesday after.
noon the legislative committee through
D1nuis }. Mention reported the passage
Of the bill to authorize the borrowing
Of $50, 900 for park improvement. The
committee ~ to continue In the inter
ost OF securing the passage By City
Council of the proper ordinance to
cover the loan. One or two members
Of City Council who had been spoken
to concerning the bill had displayed
particular interest IN the intention of
the Park Commission to establish a
swimming pool. Foi this work the esti
mate had been originally So. 600. hut
the scaling down of the bill may affect
this item. Commissioner j. Newlin
Gawthrop brought up the matter OF
shelters In Delamore and Eden Parks
which are a part Of the general plan
- s.,s - 80
OF o shelter at Delamore Park Is $500;
at Eden Park, $500.
After some discussion the whole
matter OF the consideration of plans for
the next two years 10 expend the
money received by the board properly
and economically was referred. ON
motion OF Samuel bancroft, .Jr.. TO the
executive committee comprising PreAi-
dent William NJ. Candy, Dennis j.
Mention and j. Newlin Gawthrop,
together with William p. Bancroft aud
George W. Bush.
In addition to the gentlemen Just
mentioned Secretary and Treasurer
Joseph A. Richardson, Park Engineer
Theodore Leisen and City Engineer
James Wilson we're present at tho
meeting. The treasurer reported the
balance at the last report to be
80, S67. 80; received from W. Il. and
Samuel Bancroft, Jr., for cost OF chang
ing park road, sl28.0i; received from
rents, Sl52; from interest, IS. 10; total,
80, 176. "a. Deductiug expenditures Of
SS79. l3 a balance of 81, 297. 81 remained.
Some bills were paid, among them
being one in favor OF john M. Rogers,
1922. 90 for printing the annual report.
Since the last nesting the executive
committee has awarded the contract for
hauling ashes for this park drive to M.
Donahoe at 40 cents load; has di-
rected the engineer to arrange for ma
terial for q rustic house IN accordance
with plans prepared by him; has dis
cussed the question of public bath
and swimming pool and examined sites.
and has decided to have the Delaware
Hedge Co.,, complete the Eden Park
hedge.
In discussing tho matter of swim
ming pool concerning the erection OF
which the executive committee is to
report at the next meeting, William p.
bancroft expressed the thought that
sheds might be erected for use at tine
north race for the present, and later
removed to the second dam when it ia
completed. Mr.. Gawthrop made refer
encs to the existence Of the Free Baths
Association.
Ono Of the items in the treasurer's
report shows the receipt of 1923, Oh from
William z. Bancroft and Samuel Ban
croft, Dr.. for the cost of changing tho
park road. Years ago whom the road
was laid out the corners at the intersec-
tion of Woodlawn avenue were made
too short. At that time the MesHrs.
Bancroft paid the expense of making
the cross road, and again when tha
Park Commission rounded off tho cor
ners of the intersection giving them a
larger radius the Messrs Bancroft con-
tributed the sum named, which was
the estimated cost ms calculated by the
engineer. The board decided that as
the Improvement was for the travelling
public 1t would refund the money.
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