The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-18
PRESENTED
TO LEAGUE
FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT ARE
THE PLANS OF ENGINEER
AN IDEAL SPOT
Richmond Would Be if the City En-
gineer's Scheme is Decided
" Upon.
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An ARTIFICIAL LAKE
Chautauqua Grounds and an Athletic
Field, Also Boulevard to be
Located in North Richmond.
A ARTIFICIAL LAKE


The plans for the proposed Chau-
, tauqua grounds, athletic park, lake,
driveway and the plat of lots for the
new proposed addition to the city,
, north of the Pennsylvania railroad,
: between North Twenty-fourth street
and North Sixteenth streets, which
u has been drawn by City Engineer
Weber, and were yesterday after
0noon turned over to DR.. T. Henry
~ Davis, who in turn presented them
to DR.. Stevenson and Ellwood 0.
SMorris, the committee appointed by
3 the Civic improvement League to
.consiJier Tie al iisahbsslaty ofrfhe pro-
s4posed scheme Of Mr.. Weber's.
If the proposed plan which the
city engineer has set down on paper
is decided feasible Richmond will be
one of the most delightful inland
summer resorts that can be found in
the middle west. The following is
what Mr.. Weber proposes for the
Civic Improvement, with the aid Of
the city Of Richmond, to do:
Widen the east fork of the White
'water river from North Eighteenth
street east three-quarters of mile,
making it 1000 feet wide at the wild
( ast part. At Twenty-fourth street to
have a bridge placed across the lake.
West of this bridge the lake would
cover thirty acres and east of the
same bridge twenty acres would be
sander water. The depth of the lake
wei of the proposed Twenty fourth
stIs bridge would be twelve feet
And slightly shallower on the east.
j The deepest part of the lake would
be fifteen feet and the shallowest
PET would be four feet.
Tlis lake would be a spring water
4ake, being fed by Hawkins springs
and the springs in Glen Miller park.
Glen Miller lake would be 43 feet
higher than the proposed body of
water At the western end of the
Make the water would find an outlet
into East Fork creek over a concrete
,spillway, 100 feet in width and fif-
ateen feet in height. Over this spill
way the Eighteenth street bridge
lwould be built and it is also included
in the plans to erect a power house
near the spillway which would be
operated by water power and would
supply light for the Chautauqua
VI ,ounds and the new city addition.
FAThe lake at it's eastern extremity
,uld be about eight feet below the
|fSr.el of Eighteenth street. On the
south shore of the lake near Eigh-
teSath street in the little grove where
the Hawkins spring is. the Chautau-
qua grounds would be located. The
j grounds would be 1900 feet by 500
feet and beautiful pavilion would
!, be erected near the center. Along
: the shore would be built bath and
boat houses and the beach made an
4 ideal one for bathers.
One Of the most attractive fea-
lures is the proposed lake shore
2 driveway. This driveway would pass
through the Chautauqua grounds
from Nineteenth street west to
hahteenth street, across the bridge
I and east along the north shore of
the lake to the Twenty-fourth street
bridge, thence south to North J street
- then east to the old Hawkins
baseball grounds, where the road