The Paducah sun., 1906-05-10
Work About Completed and All
Ready for Summer.
Resort Will Take Its Place as One Of
Peducah's Most Attractive
Features.
SOMETHING OF THE WORK


completed the Improvements to be
made at Wallace park this season,
and the place Is now indeed a very
pretty park. With a good deal of
natural beauty. all the work done in
the way of improvements has been
toward adding to what nature has
done for the site and it is now one OF
the citys most attractive features
New fences have been put up
along the right of way ia front OF
the ball park, as a measure Of safe.
guard to the patrons, and loop pui
in the tracks at the terminus in the
park to switch the cars and trailers
when handling long trains, and the
track has been extended about 150
feet
The fence that divides the wooded
part of the park from the park prop
er has been taken down and the
grounds thrown into one large tract.
The wooded section of the park IS
probably the prettiest part of 1t ant
will be a revelation to nearly every
one. This has been cleaned up nice
ly, the water mains extended to It,
and this summer should make an
ideal place for picnic parties.
The Chautauqua grounds have
been located just at the entrance to
this part of the park. and the selec-
ton is an ideal one. The tents of
the campers will be pitched in the
woods and the speakers platform
will be to the east. with the seats to
the east of it.
The lake has been doubled in size
and will have a walk around it for a
promenade The bath houses Will
be located ON an island in the lake,
and the refreshment stand will be
erected on the lake side.
Manager Bleecker has been very
articular in regard to the water sup
ply and has number of very quaint
grottoes built in different parts OF
the park for the convenience of the
public. The walks have been inn
proved and a number Of flower beds
set out in different parts of the park
around the band stand and the an
chor poles. The lawn has been sod
ded where needed the trees trimmed
and in every possible way the place
improved until now it is about as
pretty rustic park as Paducahans
could desire.
The summer theater has been
painted inside and out, and the foo:
in the dancing pavilion put in excel
lent condition for the summer sea
son.
A large number OF new settees and
swings scattered throughout the
grounds make II attractive as a rest
ing place and a source of diversion.
A golf link will probably be added
as a feature, and probably some ten
mis- courts, croquet grounds, and a
number of attractions usual to parks
such as merry-g -go-rounds, penny ar
Cades and other concessions.
The weather has been too inclemen;
for many people to visit the parh
yet, but Manager Bleecker is arrang-
ing a series of attractive entertain
ments. such as band concerts, the
theater and other forms of diverse
ment for the summer months. He
has announced that the park will be
open to everyone. 1t has a pretty
drive winding through 1t from the
Broadway entrance to the gate on
Buokner's lane, and this will nc
doubt soon become popular drive
way.
Much of the credit for the i'm
provements is due TO Mr.. VIM. Ma
lone who will have the management
of the park and the summer theatel
this season. " We want to show th'
people of Paducah the first start IL
what will eventually be one OF th'
prettiest parks in the SOUTH" Man
ager Bleecker said to a Sun repre-
sentative. "The site has the natura
beauties, and We have adopted
scheme for adding to nature beauties
which when carried out, as we shal
do from year to year,-you will ap
preciate the fact II cannot all be don'
in one season. will give us a park o
which the people of Paducah will b.
as proud as we. We shall have parl
officials. whose duties will be to se'
that no improper characters are per
mitted on, the grounds, TO look sftel
the conveniences of the people and tt