The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-22
WORK AT THE PARK
REPRESENTATIVES OF JAKE WELLS
 IN CHARGE OF RESORT.
Cnsine Theatre is Buiiding and Play ground VIII Be Open to the Montgomery Public on
 May ly


 Active work was begun yesterday at new Electric Park. and from now uni til the seasGu Is started, under the new management. there will be beehive hustle. preparing the amusement re- sort fo. the people of Montgomery ana Jake Wells. the successful operator ot a chain Of family theatres, a chain Of high-class summer- resorts, and a long list of other amusemerts, has sent the best men on his stan to accomplish his purposes,--to give Montgomery sum m ,r amusement place of rest and pleas ure that will not be eclipsed by an other city of equal proportion.
 Yesterday Hugh l.. Cardoza, general representative of all tho Wells enter prises Joseph MaGuire, the general constructor. and David Miller. one ot the nlosc apt foremen of construction, joined c. \ Neal, tho Bijou manager and Harry Greenway, who will have charge of new Electric Park, and the day was spent on the park grounds going over the great many details Of preparation.
 4 representative of The Advertiser was a visitor to the park yesterday afternoon. and found the amusement i caterers actively at work large | force. of excavators under the direction i of Mi MaGuirc were making ready for the Foundation of the new Casino The [ 1 and Neal fiirted from one amusement device to tho other. mapping the de- l tails for the work that Is to transform ! the park into q modern amusement re- | sort MT. Miller was busy getting | lines from MT MaGuire. on the build 1 ing that s to be the theatre for the summer season, and on the grounds | several car loads of material demon- | strated the fact that everything IS ! roadu for the work q be done
 | we will go right ahead now" said | Mir. Cardoza. and push the work as | rapidly as the supply of material and weather will permit, with the desire i to get the new park open on May 10 | Mc. ,Greeuway, who will be actively at | the head of the park. will be assisted | Icy Mir Neal. who will be the manager ! Of the Casino and by Mir. Miller, the 1 foreman of co istruction, while Mir Ma l Guire and myself will come to Mont l gop1ery as often ns IS necessary. with 1 the one view of making this resort the equal of any park MT. Wells has
 We fully appreciate the fact that there hay been certain conditions sur roundi.g the resort that have not ap- poafed to all the people. It is our in- tention to make new Electric Park a resort that will ba foc tine respectable people of Montgomery, and we know that we will be successfui. We pro- | rose to ask for police assistance, ana will positively prohibit the presence of any objectionable characters. and will absolutely eliminate every objection able feature. if there has been an ob- jectionable feature :"
 When asked about the general poll icy of the resort. further than the declaration that had been made, MT. Cardoza said that 1t was the positive direction of MT. Wells that every Sun day School in Montgomery and the close vicinity would Se invited to use the groupGs Cor picnic purposes two or three times during the season, and that tickets would be given the scholars that would entitle them to the priv ileee. of one admission to any amuse- rlent or one ride on any device free of any cost.
 There will ha a number of new ideas introduced. principally the Giant Cir cle Swing, and the Hale's Tour of the Worl1 Every att sndant on the
 grounds will be uniformed, there will be a bad in constant attendance. and
 the park will he operated under tho general rules that have made all of inc Wells resorts n Cther cities the
 popular plncss of amusement.