The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-16
How, when and where to make

How, when and where to make
Yakima beautiful is a subject which
has caused considerable intense in
terest among those whose opinions
have been asked by the Herald.
So many valuable and enthusiastic
ideas have been advanced that the
interviews are printed in full. It is
to be hoped that some action will
be taken by somebody or some or
CARNATIONS to carry out the ideas
that have been submitted. Many OF
them are practical, and all of them
valuable.
There are many interviews that
reached the Herald too late for pub
LEGATION, and these are reserved for
publication next Sunday, when the
symposium will be continued.
w. NJ. Perrin, architect--"When you
speak Of identifying the city you are
touching a subject that is least thought
about and at the same time is one that
the city demands more than any other
Above all things we need park at the
west end of the city, near the river, pro-
vidcd with bathing and boating accom-
modations. We need another park at
the junction of the Yakima AMI Natchoz
rivers, provided with bathing and boat
ing accommodations. We need boule-
ward completely cncircling the town and
made with separate drive and automo-
bile tracks. We should have another
boulevard extending up the Selah val
ley and thence over into the Natchez
and from there into the Cowiche and
thence to the Ahtanum leading to Soda
Springs and back to the city. In the
parks there should be some botanical
gardens and collection of animals and
birds found in the state. Sidewalks
should be placed on all city streets with
street beds around them and curbs put
beside the walks on all streets. Shade
trees should be put out by the city on
all streets and the planting of the trees
should be done under the direction of the
city engineer who should be advised by
a committee OF citizens appointed by
the mayor for that special purpose of
giving advice for the identifying of the
city. The improvements that l mention
could be accomplished more readily and
at less expense than the majority of the
people would think. If the Morning Her.
aid will keep urging this line of improve
ments on the citizens it will accomplish
as much good for the city as a street
car line would do The kind of trees
and shrubs planted along the streets
should be carefully considered There are
certain kinds that should not be used
for this purpose at all. The locust and
lockwood elders are not suitable while
the maple and elm trees are found to
give the best satisfaction. There are
other varieties that are quite as appro-
pirate. 1t is quite urgent that the may
or, city council and citizens should take
this matter up in earnest.
Z. w. Sankey, architect, expressed
himself as follows: "In my opinion the
best way to beautify the city would be
to have wide and well kept parking
strips along all the thoroughfares, the
planting of additional trees, preferably
naples, along the avenues and streets
and the acquisition of suitable grounds
for park purposes, preferably along the
lines of railway entrances to the town,
as the business man who contributes to
help build parks, would wish to take ad-
vantage of the additional advertising to
the community which would accrue, if
the travellers would see that Yakima
took pride in her municipality.
"Another thing that would suggest
is that the irrigating bitches be cleaned
and kept clean, and that the accumula-
ton of refuse taken from them be i'm
mediately removed, also that these
bitches should be confined with suitable
grass, stone or concrete banks, and not
allowed to struggle along the streets,
wider at some places than at others,
broken down here and there and the
streets beautified with mudpuddles.
'The cities which I have seen and
which have most favorably impressed
me are those in which the best part of
town is seen first when arriving therein,
and with Yakima situated as it is, there
is no particular reason why she should
display her washing in the front yard
as she is undoubtedly doing with Front
street and its diapidated, disreputable,
and not to mention dangerous buildings
Haunted in the face of visitors.
1--WE have a city here when viewed
from the inside out is undoubtedly beau
tiful but when viewed from the outside
in is uncomfortable"