Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-25
FOREST PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
Street Car Tracks May Be Extended
 Into the Park.

Extensive Improvements are talked
 about in connection with the future of
 Forest park, and should they be car
 ried out by the owners or lesSeeS that
 popular spot will be wonderfully im-
 proved. Parties interested ill the park
 ale considering the advisability of hav-
 ing the street car tracks extended and
 run up into the park at point where
 they can receive and discharge pas
 sengers with comfort and convenience
 to all concerned. Another idea is to
 build loop, the layout being along
 the road which runs from the main
 road out to the ice houses at the north
 end of the lake and thence into the
 park. A movable sidewalk has been
 suggested, but to build and maintain
 such an improvement would cost a
 big sum of money.
 One of the ideas which the promot-
 CTS of this property are considering is
 the clearing out and deepening of the
 upper lake. It is intended that the
 banks of this particular sheet of water
 shall also receive attention and that
 in every manner possible shall be i'm
 proved and beautifed and made ac-
 cessible and usable by those who visit
 the lake. A stone bridge of splendid
 proportions and of attractive design
 is to take the place of the little bridge
 which now spans the neck of the two
 lakes and this bridge is to be, accord ing to the present ideas, several feet higher than the structure now in use.
 A new dock or landing for the small boats is suggested, the same to be To-
 cated at a point nearer the bridge spoken of above and further east of the little dock now in use. This would be an improvement over the present situation, as it would give vis- itors to the park better view of the lake and of the boats and other ob- iecrs of which the lake boasts.
 To add to the beauty of the place and to meet the demands which will be made upon it it is intended to erect at least two more good-sized buildings -ore where the tables and seats are now located in the. woods to the left of tila present entrance of the park, and the other along the road to the | north of the present upper pavilion.
 These buildings will be used for va
 rious purposes. Summer houses are suggested for several points about the park and general improvement about the grounds is contemplated. A landscape gardener has offered sug- gestions, which, if carried out. will make the park one of the most beau | tiful in New England. The lower pond or pool is to be enlarged and the en- | trance to the grounds modified and 1 improved to such a degree that no one will ever remember that such an en- l trance like the one now in use ever | existed
 The question of all these improve | ments has been discussed at consid- l erable length and the one great mat 1 ter of consideration is the amount of l money required to carry out the plans l that have been practically adopted. 1 Whether the present owners or lessees will do the work or whether the mat I ter will be placed in the hands of a company remains to be seen. It is conceded by all at present interested l in the park that should the proposed l improvements be made the attendance at the park would be so materially in- creased that in a few years the OK penditure of money would be returned. | The promoters feel that they would i not have to depend alone on Water bury but that the surrounding towns would add their quota to the daily at tendance and that the receipts at the park would be just so much increased. l It is to be hoped that some means will | be found to carry out the ideas which l have been suggested and which have l been practically adopted.