The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-06-08
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
Riipr SUM- Hundreds of people p,

Hlitpr sun: Hundreds of people
in faducah are wondering why the
gentlemen appointed to select sites
for public parks have constituted
themselves into a street commission,
and propose to give those who are
able to own automobiles ard speedy
horses a driveway instead of secur-
ing a park where all classes, includ-
ing those who are not even able to
afford street car fares, can have
equal benefit.
Ordinary LAY" citizens, initiated
into the mysteries OF city politics,
will watch future public committees
with curiosity, to say the least OF II.
How can we be certain that the COM
mittee appointed to "get plans and
specifications" for the proposed Is
land Creek Bridge, will not bob up
serenely with plans for a new county
court house, or lunatic asylum?
Our entire community is thorough
ly aroused 10 the necessity of secur-
ing a park within reach of those who
need At most, A large tract miles
away in the country would be OF
great benefit to the city, undoubted-
ly. as well as TO the street car conf
pany; but to the laboring man with
the Roosveltian allowance of babies
the transportation question is entire
" too serious a matter for him to af-
ford the treat of a Sunday afternoon
or evening in the week at such a
park more than hemi-de mi-semi-oc-
casionaily.
Lang park Is now thing OF beau
ty and could well be further orna-
mented. but the homes in West End
have the beautiful natural parks
with magnificent groves of forest
trees running into their very doors
miles of Gods first Temples" which
will not and cannot be utilized for
mans architecture for ages, accord
ing as the growth of cities is COMPUTE
ed. Besides. the little Lang Circle,
as is the case with our exquisite
Court Square (for which latter all
honor to our county judge) is too
small to be more than mere beauty
spot. fa4f
Every impartial common-sense con-
sideration points to the need of a
park of at least several squares In
dimensions, and located so as to be
easily accessible to that great majori-
ty which We have always with us,and
yet who seem never TO h "'n it,
the ''footists."
When the park commission was
manifested, and there was a sponta-
neous and universal outburst of ella
NOR on the part of all classes of citi-
zens for the selection of what is
known as the Court Street District"
for that purpose.
Men. women and children even.
seem to be struck by the Eternal and
Divine fitness of transforming a
vile, infectious. ulcer in the very
heart of the city which for years has
been a disgrace and menace at home
and made ii notorious abroad, into
lovely plat which would be an OBJ
ject lesson of beauty and elevation,
where children might reveI, tired Pc
destrians rest and breath a purer air,
and the remembrance OF which visit
ors might carry away as a delightful
and lasting souvenir of Paducah.
Scarcely a dissenting opinion Is
heard as to the desirability of this
plan and the importance Of effecting
1t now, while it is possible to do so,
and the only objection offered is the
plea of expense.
Our city is maintaining the public
library which is source of pride to
every citizen. and which is appropri-
ated and patronized by the school
children TO an extent that is a sur
prise and delight to the managers
We have spent, and expect to con-