Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-07

it is, is of as much value as the whole
twenty-five acres would Lave been if
the Lincoln high school was located
elsewhere.
On the face of the fact that the
original purchase made by the city
was made for the purpose of creating
d public park, and in fact, the city
could not have lawfully purchased it
for any other purpose, it does not
seem to us that it can be lawfully and
rightfully diverted from its original
purpose, and if The Wood County
Agricultural & Mechanical AssOcia-
tion should be revived, it will have
the right, under it's lease, to demand
the use of the grounds for fair ground
purposes until the fall of 1907. While
it is not probable that saidiAssociation
will ever make the demand, still it
stands there as legal impediment to
an absolute conveyance.
Now it is possible, and perhaps, even
probable, that with the future eXpan-
sion of our educational institutions,
the school board may need these
grounds, and when the time comes
that they actually need them for
educational purposes, they should be
decided to the school board only upon
the condition and with the common
understanding that the fair market
value of such grounds should be raised
by the city and invested in public
park at some other more desirable
location.
A public park, like the fair grounds,
is intended mainly for public enter
tainment and any attempt to divert
these lands for other purposes would
amount to conversion of them that
would be hardly warrantable.
WE WOULD THEREFORE, RECON-
MEND to this council that the prayer
of the petitioners be denied. There
are now several other pieces OF real
estate held by the city, some of which
are not in use, aud all of which should
be looked after. There is part Of
the grounds recently purchased from
the Witter estate, and also part OF
the grounds purchased from B. M.
Vaughan, for the purpose Of securing
a water supply, that are of no use for
that purpose and are liable to be used
as dumping ground for refuse by
shiftless, disorderly citizens. 1t would
seem to us that the so called fair
grounds still held by the city should
be fixed up; perhaps enclosed in a
fence: perhaps, trees ought to be
planted all along the public highway
that forms the exterior boundary. In
it's present dilapidated condition, it is
sadly out of harmony with the Lincoln
high school that stands close by.
WE WOULD THEREFORE, RECON-
MEND that committee of this ell
be appointed to examine and report
all of the several tracts of real estate
held by the city, as to what might be
done for their betterment and
improvement, and to consult with the
school board Or committee thereof
as to what might be done with the
fair grounds toward fitting them fol
such uses and purposes as might be
desired for the games and entertain
ment of the pupils of the Lincoln
high school, and for other public
entertainments.
, All of which is respectfully submit
= ted.
, f. w. KRUGER
G.. NJ. HILL
. WILL Gross
$ On motion the report was adopted
Y On motion the same committee wa.
, appointed to confer with board o.
/ education relative to improving anc
identifying the fair grounds.
Engineer Philleo reported on th,
! cost of right OF way from French
J street west to G. Hagen's place a
q follows:
i GRAND RAPIDS, Wis, Aug. 5, 1908.
f Mr.. f. w. KRUGER,
t Chairman of street committee.
# DEAR SIR:-In regard to the Lyon
e or Cary road which was at tie las
d meeting of the council re-referred t,
g your committee and by you turne,
5, over to me for a report, l respectfully
y report as follows:
Is The land in question is owned o.
Is one side by the Lyons estate and o.
e the south side of line by Guy Nash
y f. ]. Wood, John Cola, Ale
u Hutkofski. Peter Pintok and w. j
II ROSeno. The last four named person
81 each own 104 feet front On this pre-
e posed road. / have personally see
each of them and they want Is do
ID lars each for a two rod strip acros
r their lots.
10 Mr.. Wood still owns POS feet from
~ age on this proposed road. He ask
~ the same as the others which woul
III make his price $3.50. The Igor
III estate also want the same price pt
'n foot that the others ask which woul
aS amount to about 5000, but would gi,
nc a right of way through their lar
al farther to the north. There is
1n question as to whether or not I'll
re city does not already own by posse