The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
SHARP TALKS OF PARK
IS TO BE THE NEW
 RESORT,
Atlanta Men VIII Begin Today to Trensform Bleemfontaine Inte a
 Most Attractive Place.
 Some of Pians.

bioem1ontatne fark VIII today pass out of existence. In its stead will rise "Electric," a place of resort and recrea- ton upon which it's promoters declare they will ultimately spend si5o,o0o The work of transforming the beauti- full natural spot on which Bloemfentaine Park now stands into modern, up-to- date recreation park will begin with to- day. William Sharp. of Atlanta, who with J. c, Rossman, will supervise the construction work. spent yesterday in Montgomery. and this morning. under his direction. force of twenty-five men will break dirt at Bioemfontaine for the new park. The new park will be open cd with suitable exercises July {.
 The new resort will be called "Elec- trio Park" to convey an idea of the myriad of brilliant electric lights which will make the place ss day after night fail.
 The park Is being constructed by the Montgomery Amusement Company which was organized recently under the laws of Georgia The company Is made up of the officers of the Montgomery Street Railway Company, Richard Tillis and w. H. Rasiand and William Sharp and J. c. Rosaman.
 Messrs. Rossman and sharp. are the managers of the famous pleasure park of Atlanta, the Ponce De Leon. It has been called the most successful resort in the South. It is their purpose to make Electric Park no less successful than Ponce Dc Leon"
 MT. Sharp was accompanied to Mont- gomery by two expert construction men, Messrs. Brown and Parker.
 Perhaps the most notable improvement at Bloemfontaine will be the construction of a pier about the lake. This pier will be in the nature of walk and at night 1t will be illuminated by thousands of incandescent lights. The promoters of the new park propose to have in this pier with its brilliant lights Venetian street scene effect.
 , Tn discussing the features of the park last night Mir. Sharp said that handsome terminal station would be constructed for the comfort and con venienee of the people who are ex- pected to go out on tue cars. The terminal station, he said, would be sec- ong to no trolley station in this sec ton of the country. It will have sepa- rate accommodations for the incoming passengers and for the outgoing pas sengers. This will be done in order to avoid confusion caused by one crowd arriving and another leaving the grounds at the same time.
 The LeTWIndl NLdNlOH VIII OC lONaNSN about 800 feet north of the place where the passengers get on and or the trolley cars at present. A loop will be constructed by the Street Railway Company to facilitate the handling of the crowds.
 We will build a refreshment pavil- ion." said MT. Sharp, which will be an exact duplicate of the one at Ponce De Leon. It will have tables, chairs and other conveniences and 1t will seat 450 people at one time. We will build also an arcade In which every sort of pen ny slot device will be established. Other features will be an immense ca rousal. an aerial railway and a tobog- gan slide. Other features will be instl- tuted. It Is our purpose to construct splendid theater, but the season is too far advanced to construct the building this summer"
 Continuing, Mr. Sharp said:
 We want 1t distinctly understood that Electric Park will be operated as family resort catering especially to the ladies and children. We will per- init no drunkenness, we will allow no carousins. and we will not tolerate the presence of any objectionable charae- ters. We want the park operated. and 1t will be operated. so that any young woman may visit 1t. unattended. and her mother may have the assurance that she will be absolutely secure from a single unpleasant experience, l want this policy of ours, SO clearly defined that the people may not misunderstand 1t. To substantiate this we point to our record at Ponce De Leon where we entertained In one season 720,000 people and had only seven arrests"