The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-05
Friends Of a Park System in Ke.
nosha Form the Kenosha
Park Association
WILL GET STATE CHARTER
Association Plans to Begin Work at
Once to Secure System of Parks
For Kenosha-To Follow
the Madison Plan

Friends of park system In Keno
sha to the number Of a score met at
the home of Mrs. George A. Yu1e on
Durkee avenue Thursday night, and
as a result of the meeting move was
started for the formation of the Ke-
nosha Park association. The as
ISOLATION is formed for the purpose of
securing a system of parks for Keno
sha, aud if the plans outlined at the
initial meeting are carried out the
result of the meeting will be of great
interest to the people of the city.
The people at the meeting rep
resented all walks of life and this
showed that there was deep interest
in the plan to secure the parks for
Kenosha. In order to get the work
started it was decided to organize an
association and Attorney Peter Fisher
will at once secure state charter for
the organization. The incorporators
of the association will be z. 6. Sim
mons, DR.. N. A. Pennoyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Fisher, Mrs. A. H. Lance,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schroeder, Mrs.
George A. YuIe, DR.. E. S. Meers, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas B. Jeffrey, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Grant, Mrs. Charles c..
Brown, and Mrs. James Cavanagh.
The work of Incorporation will be
completed at once and as soon as the
charter is secured from the secretary
Of state, the work of securing mem
bers and subscriptions will be started.
The association is to be organized
along the same lines as the Madison
Park and Pleasure Drive association.
It will have no capital stock, but
will have the right to purchase
property and to accept trusts or gifts
which may be given for park pur-
poses.
Before the final step.to organize the
association was taken, an interesting
talk was given by DIR. n. A. Pennoyer,
who discussed the work that had been
done by the Madison association.
The association was organized in 1894,
with twenty-six subscribers and it's
growth has been phenomenal. AT the
present time the association has more
than seven hundred members who
are paying annually from five to
twenty-five dollars year for the
:, Support of the parks and drives in
and about Madison. In the twelve
years that the association has been IN
existence it has raised more than
$780, 900 and added to this the city OF
Madison has appropriated $4,000 for
the use of the association. The as
ISOLATION now controls more than
three hundreds of acres of parks and
drives about Madison. Fourteen
miles of macadam roads have been
built in the parks and vast sums have
been expended in the improving Of
/ property set aside for park purposes
1t is claimed that Kenosha can dc
all that has been done ia Madison and
more.
There was a general discussion Of
the natural advantages of Kenosha
as Park City, and some discussion
of the manner in which funds to be
collected could be expended fol
identifying the city.
! z. e. Simmons was one of the
speakers Of the evening, and he has
large plans for the park system oi
Kenosha. He suggested that the frs
thing to be done was to secure prope1
plans which would be of use for years
to come. The first step to be taker
| by the new association will be the
employment of landscape architect
who will come to Kenosha and make
a survey and review of the city and
furnish to the association a genera
plan for the Improvement Of the
streets aud the building of parks.
This plan will be for use in the future
and with such plan the association
will seek to do a little work each
,year until the entire plan has been
! carried out.
| The plan will cost in the neighbour
hood Of $500 and the members Of the
association will at once seek to secure
funds for this purpose. The work
will be for the benefit Of the general
public and to this end all the people
in the city will be given a chance tc
contribute to the fund and all con,
tributors will become members of the
association.