The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18

the siszeEs reaues. that al people ASSIST
those sn charge Of the grounds ." tAh4ns
care % the public presp~rry etc.' en-
The places where the cifg r0p~lacs - %
ind It's recreation ard So chance 70 *.
hack TO nature are being administered
upon fhgs principle. Il is aop@a thaf the
principe will not have 20 p@ cone away
with.
Parks ar comparatively new IL Seattle
But they are growing tn SIZE AID NUMBER
Ore Of theu * ony l-l8 - an acre big.
and snofher il ouit e. an acre big Bht
Denny park on wgiea improys mems nave
beer rar.saiIy completed. n Eve acres VICE
and round. and Klunsar park, which mas
beer Wholly Improved covers II 3-i0 aci IS;
while f-ity park on which Improvement h.tS
begun but = progressing slowly, covers
f. acres Presently when the city govern
fnanf and the Federal government work t1-
setETaf tremendously. there VIII Dc a huge
park OF nearly aos acres spread all over
MagFr,i.a stuff filed with militia aao
made into or % the most beautiful. f7cfe-
alton resorts IL the United States.
As fast az tho municipal treasury can
stand the sfrain--for it is a voung treasury
as yet and cane stand everything AZ once
money Is being sunk IN grading, IN lawns,
In roads and paths. 81 shrubs and trees and
water ard In enc many other commodities
width 90 20 constitute PARIS. About hair
Of the nye actes - Denny park have been
acres has cost the city $50.
Kinaetr park. which has been completed
long enough 20 have establish Us reputs-
ton FOR Incompatible beauty, cost several
times "a muc5. And 1t ia going 20 cost
several thousand tgst TO get passable road
through 10 the Magnolia BLUM park.
The great superiority OF sea;tle's pleas
ure grounds over those ~ other cities il the
peculiar topography is which they are To-
Gated. The bumps and terraces which con-
stilutn the surface Of the city enable tns
Aushorities 10 pat the parks up In the air,
80 Ia speak. whore they can see every
thing. In most cities the PARKS in
holowS or arc shut IN by trees, and tina
best that these who inhablt them have
to obssrvc Is the product Of mans own
hlndfwork or OF mans own arrangement
or natures haGdiwofk.
In Seattle IL IL different. Park visitors
can sec what the Titan Of Nature did when
he lifted Washington state orft Of the mud
and made In into mountains and lakes and
the Puget sound. There Is much import
snce IN the difference. Any one who has
wandered In the low nndulattons or Pros
pect park. in brooklyn. X Y which il one
Of the most beautifully adorned % Amcri-
can parks. would appreciate The Importance
should he Unexpectedly nnd himself
brought onto the elevation OF Kin
neaT park, overlooking Elliott bay.
The scene Of mountau and water
from knnear, Il only permitted for an hour
a year. Is worth two hours every Sunday
for fiee years in the sleepy outlook Of Pros
pect park.
City park when f. becomes a real park
viii discount kiunear severely. Not be-
causs Il Is bigger. bIt because ts outlook is
bigger. kiunear oVerooks Elliott hay.
emith cove and the city % Seattle as il
iies souhward from Queen Anne hgr But
City park oYefio0ks Ell OFT bay and the
ft}yu1fFi~ fa .fs az aa
II lies southwark. northRard. eastward and
westward. Its eY" sweeps past ballard
and Brooklyn ana the tfnive r=lty. II rests
upoh the white waters Of Lakes Union and
washington. where at some future day
Uncle SAM hig naval warriors are to LAY
MP when not Ia active service. In the
distant east Il giaHces perpemany upon the
snowy Cascades and III he near south
upon The Singled grandeur 81 Noiiar Rain
Ter. II witnesses the commerce or Puget
sound, the timber industries Of the sur
rounding mountains. the busy money max
Ing ami home building Of the northwestern
metropolis. As a park site IL can u7a the
adjective uoupartu and not be iiastering T.
self
The good fathers 81 t35e city who manage
the finances and direct the superintendent
of parks recognize this catalogue OF pir-
tues and have planned 10 aot accordingly.
Says aif. +. y Little. who Is the super,n-
tender; II parks;
we have begun a. lay out city park
on a comprehensive scale Three fourths
OF the f8rty acres have hrcn grabbed our
the heavy timber which Is rot wanted for
ornamental purposes has been removed
and the land has beer poWed ana mar
rowed 10 prepare Il for seeding 20 lawn.
The gootS ana rocks 8re gone I have ar
rAuged :mPTot iced roafways and walks and
bicycle paths. Waten Incomplete as they
are. have already been widely uscd hy WISH