The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-09
City Council Committee Votes
TO Buy tho Land for S4O,25O.
A BEAUTIFUL RIVER ROAD
One OIL tho Most Charming Water Drives
In The Country Will 30 Built Along The
Seskoak TO The Pawlucksf Lima

The proposed extension OF Blackstone
park. which has been under discussion
for ten years. hanging fire over the price
of the land, is now certainty ana 'ho
long contemplated Improvement VIII De
made in the near future. probably eaiy
next spring
Last evening In the office OF secretary
Hayden the committee on parks met anu
voted to accept the proposl.ion 49,.
land owners Chairman Root supm'ttsu
the prices given by the owners OF tne
land and stated that the options wohla
run out this week. The options tollow'
Mercantile Trading company IA lots
containing 2Ts66s square feet Tor szz'VOo'
the Mechanics Savings pank hVe roes, oo's,
containing 90, $50 square feet, for sw,Vo,
DR. e. N Harris Ave lots, containing
az COS square feet for $1,000; Emma j.
Carly, a tract containing l2,42 square
feet for $1,000 and the Rhode Island HOS
pital Trust company, as trustee, tl-
angular lot containing 1850 square feet
for $3.50 The area OF these several par
cells ~ land amounts to 440.42S square
feet and the total cost to the citySwill be
s40.250.
VOTED TO BUY THE LAND.
Rv a vote of 3 10 2 the committee voted
10 purchase the land at the price named,
Chairman Root and Messrs. Whelden and
IIttlefeld voted in the affirmative and
Alderman Sheahan and Mr. Parks voted
against the purchase.
The land which the committee by It's
action voted TO purchase is most beaut-
fully located on the west bank OF the
Seekonk river. between the present con-
fines OF the park and the land OF the BUT
Ter asylum. The park commissioners
heartily approve the purchase OF the lano
and have for long time desired its ao-
dition TO the park system
With the acquisition OF this land the
long cherished project for river roao
along the banks of the river from the
Red bridge TO the Pawtucket line can DC
carried out.
The road will be continued on either
end through land of the Swan Point
cemetery on one side and OF the Butter
asylum on the other. the corporations
named having signified their Willingness
to cede to the city the land belonging
10 them along the rivers edge for shore
road.
This road will give Providence one o.
the finest river drives of any city In TIT
country. An easy approach can be mau'
10 the proposed road from the caste.
end of Angel street, this subject beins
now under advisement by the highwa!
committee of the common council
CITIZENS ARE PLEASED.
Everyone who has ever rambled through
blackstone park and examined Its natufa "A
beauties and many points of attraction
will read with great deal or pleasur
Of the purchase OF this land. For tel
years the subject has been before the CIT!
council and has been considered by man.
committees.
The price asked by mahy of the owner
of the land wanted has been the che
point OF opposition, and the efforts man
in the past TO secure a reduction or IN
prices always met with failure.
The present committee has wrestle
with the problem long and faith
fully and secured a reduction In the hs
ures first asked of nearly $4,000 IN
original price of the land, @aooo, wa
considered extortionate by the committe
and every effort was put forward to sc
cure a reduction of these figures
Messrs Sheahan and Parks thought IN
price still too high and voted against nc
cepting the figures. The price agree
upon for the land is about nine cents
foot which is one cent cheaper than IN
best ever done by the city for park land
before.