Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-19
SHALL IT Be
LIBERTY PARK?
Location Of the Salt Palace to be-
Determined on Thursday Night.
COUNCIL FAyORs GRANT.

Twcnty.av Acre. at the south End
OF Liberty Park Asked for Ten
Year. by Committee.
Where shall the Salt Palace be iocat-
cd7 Shall the company be granted
the twenty-five acres asked for In Lib
crty Park or the ten acres In Pioneer
square for the exhibition Which Is
the better location from the standpoint
OF the Palace atookholdcrsg Which Ia
better FOR the public Roodg These arc
the questions now to be answered.
The city Council on Thursday night
will decide aa to whether or not the
Salt Palace exhibition shall occupy the
south end OF Liberty Park for the next
ten years.
THE SITE pREFERRED.
"Thc site chosen by the Salt Palace
committee" said AIR. Ncidcn today 20
9 representative OF the News" Is not
forty acres IN extent, NJ has been as
serted. but less than twenty-five acres.
u occupies the extreme south end of
the Park, those parts OF the grounds
that have never been improved. nor
used by the public 20 any grcnt extent
thus far. and the granting OF this
section for tho purposes 81 The cxhlbl.
ton for the next ten year. viii not In
any way Interfere with the present
public use OF the park grounds. but
VIII enhance that use and will result
In the requirement by the city of the
magnificent palace property for moth
Ing"
WHAT THEY PROPOSE.
The Palace people propose pcrina-
ncntly 60 Improve these grounds. to
erect the Palace on the right hand side
OF the present drive 20 locate the mid
way plalanncc on the loft hand side,
who're all tho rhopn due TO commercial
concessions will also be located. The
old min. which stands n little 10 tho
northeast Of the proposed location Of
the Palace itself. II 10 be preserved.
The Palace people have requested the
city to stop the work Of tearing down
this relic. and propose 10 put a new
roof upon IL. 20 renew the west wall.
which II falling down. and 90 preserve
the structure aa Il now stands for use
~ hall OF relies. This hall. u II
understood. will be under the charge OF
the Historical society.
oNE-FouRTH OF THE PARK.
Liberty Park covers one hundred
acres. The Palace association asks
for tho use Of little less than one
fourth ~ the park. the south end. for
u period Of ton years To this part OF
the park. the public would be admitted
upon payment of n Zee OF IS cents for
adults and 10 cents for children. cx-
ccpting on certain free days for the
old folks. who would then be admitted
without charge. and on certain days for
the public school children. and when
the admission would be cents. other
organizations would be admitted on
certain days at reduced rates. the de-
nign being To admit the whole public
ON easy terms.
GROUNDS TO M FENCED.
To turn the south end OF the park
grounds Into the grounds OF the exhibit
tlun. that portion OF the park would
have 10 be fenced; ana the south end
OF the drive from the north gates OF the
park would BE- intercepted by tho main
entrance TO the grounda Of the Salt Pal.
ace.
Tho drive nt this point would divcrge
ON each side and 40 round the outside OF
the exhibition grounds.
WHAT THE PUBLIC WILL Oct.
'u' 'a'a.' p'"piu uFkc thht thv part
OF the Park that In now being used In
not 10 be touched at all by the conces-
sion they ask from tho city. and that
during the ten years % the Tense the
public Will derive much more benefit
from the contemplated use than they
are now deriving. while finally, the
Palace itself. and all fixtures and build
insr erected ON the grounds. viii revert
TO the city ms n permanent exhibition
located In an improved park.
WHAT PUBLIC WILL GIVE.
What the public Ia asked 10 give II
the free USE for ten years OF the south
end 81 the park. Whether such use
would be dctrlmcnt 10 the grounds
or great Improvement: whether the
buildings to be erected are OF "a auii-
ciently permanent character 10 justify
the Council In making the grant.
whether the Palace association. once
insured n profit by the free use OF a
public park. would not seek 10 pcrpetu-
ate It's franchise; whether tho public
would regard the exhibition M a y.bllc
benefit OF as private enterprise these
are questions which are now asitating
the minds Of those Immediately con-
cerncd. In the granting OF tho franchise
20 the company.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS SITE.
Anohk the advantages OF tho islDefy
Park site are thesei II the exhibition II
"a success. an there II every reason to
believe II viii be, and Il must occupy
at least ten acres this year, II VIII
probably be necessary to Improve and
enlarge the ground space next year.
and there would be no room for expan-
sion upon n ten-acre block like Pioneer
Square. 2. The SURROUNDINGS at the
park ana the grounds themselves are
better adapted for the exhibition than
any smaller place or any place away
from u public park could be. .. As the
exhibition VIII continue for years, aud
may be kept up permanently, Il Ia Well
90 look 10 u Great possible development
by locating the exposition whore II
can have plenty OF room TO grow and
10 add features which future expert
ence may suggest, 4. The Salt Palace
exhibition viii better comport with the
general surroundings nj the park. than
In the city. The exhibition grounds viii
NJ IN admirably and harmonizo with
the general plan OF the present grounds.
.. The presence Of the Palace and ex-
hlbltion ON the Liberty Park grounds
would cnohance the value of tho
grounds themselves FOR purpOrca OF
public recreation and amusement. O. II
win be matter OF public curiosity at
all times simply to view tho Palace
from the outside. ana n II IN located
In the already popular summer resort
NJ the park. It's value as q public util-