Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-30
STOCK COMPANY TO DEVELOP
LAND IN. coLeAN's GROVE AS.
AN AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISE
FIRST STEPS ARE TAKEN
F. E. Pease. Des Moines Landscape
Artist Here-summer Vaudeville to
be feature Of PIace-Many Other
Concessions Secured.

Ottumwa is to have a public amuse-
ment park worthy of the name A
stock company Is now being formed
which will take the land lying east of
Sugar Creek in Colgan's grove, about
l5 acres there are. and develop it, lay
ing out walks and drives and flower
beds, and selling therein concessions
for all kinds of amusement enterprises.
This much seems absolutely assured
at this time The principal promoter
of the new stock company is P. Malo-
ney. Mr., Malonev has been quietly at
work for some time organizing his
company, and while the organization
is not yet fully formed. marked steps
have been taken in that direction and
the success Of the movement seems
assured.
The company when fully organized
will have it's officers and executive
head as in any other stock organiza-
ton, The first steps toward develop
ing the park were taken yesterday.
F. e. Pease of Des Moines, land
scape artist, arrived in Ottumwa
yesterday and. with Mr.. Maloney, went
to the grove east of the city to look
over the ground.
Is Natural Park.
In speaking of the park last evening
Mr.. Pease said:
THAT part of the park which lies
cast of Sugar Creek is In It's present
form a natural park. 1t is beautifully
wooded and better spot to lay out a
park could hardly be imagined. Nature
has done it's part of the work we'll.
"My work will be to lay out the
drives and walks and flower beds and
to locate the sites for the various
concessions. When have finished I
am sure that there will not be a pref.
tier public park anywhere.
"This park, though free to thepublic,
is to be an amusement enterprise.
Stands for the dispensing of soda water
and kindred liquid refreshments of the
kind known as SOFT cafe, various
amusement concessions and a pavilion
where summer vaudeville perform
ances will be put on, are considered by
the management of the park"
= Car Line Will Connect.
| The Ottumwa Railway & Light Co
! has assured the promoters of the park
|
Maloney yesterday, that a line will he
built from the present terminus or
East Main street, to connect with the
park, and that it would be in operation
by the time the park is ready to open
The proposed park will be plenty
large enough to accommodate many
private picnic parties at >any time
since the concessions will occupy onli
a comparatively small part Of thu
! grounds.
The company which will open tn,
park will also control the remainde.
of the eighty acres comprising what i
known as Colgan's grove, and as rapid
/ ly as the business Of the park compan,
warrants it, land will be added, until
in time, perhaps, the entire eight,
acres will be occupied
4 1t is the intention of the company t.
make the park real attraction on
that will draw large crowds of peopl
from the surrounding towns to tn
| park. AS soon as it is established
the management hopes to secure
) membership in one of the more in
portant vaudeville circuits and to max
4 the variety entertainments put on /
the summer pavilion ones that WI
rank well with any of those seen i
( the parks Of the smaller cities.
Concessions to be Artistic.
: All of the concessions will be bull
in an artistic manner and one whic
will in no way mar the natural beaut
!, of the park. At night the place wi
be ablaze with myriads of lights an
everything that can will be done I
{ make the park as metropolitan as POI
sible.
While as yet only the preliminar
tsteps have been taken, the promoter
' of the movement are confident of the
success and predict that within tw
months Ottumwa will have a publ
amusement resort of which the enti1
. city may well be proud.
a ACCIDENT AT LATHAM FUNERAL
= Brother of Mesdames Coen and keII
Of Ottumwa Inferred Yesterday.
Two accidents occurred>in the pr
cession formed by the carriages fo
!. lowing the hearse bearing the +