The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-08
Landscape Gardner Tells
What Can Be and
- Should Be Done.
Other Cities Are Alive to
Value of Fine Park
ways.
CAR LINES SHOULD BE REMOVED
FROM CENTER OF PALAFOx
PARK AND CENTER OF GARDEN
STREET SHOULD BE RESERVED
FOR PARK PURPOSES.

to that place recently, has also Gre
ated public interest in the man who
| Is doing the work. The gentleman is
E. A. Kemble, a landscape gardner OF
long experience. extensive travel, and
wide acquaintance Mr.. Kemble was
| seen by Journal representative yes
terday regarding park. and street i'm
provement in Pensacola, and he spoke
in enthusiastic terms of the great pos
sibilities in that respect If the effort
is simply put forth.
Park Improvement" said Mr. KEN
| bic, lis the most profitable invest
| ment that Pensacola can make. 1t
| is the most profitable investment that
any city can make, but here il can be
done so easily and at so little expense
You do not have the adverse condi-
tons to contend with here that they
do in the north, yet many cities there
are spending millions of dollars to pro-
cure what can be had here for a mere
bagatelle.''
Let Pensacola Boost.
In this mornings Journal" con-
tinued Mr.. Kimbie, Il noticed the head
lines Boost Pensacola Now, the
right way to do that is to. make Pen
first let US put her in a position to
do this boosting. 'f
First L would take up the park
subject. / notice by a map of the city
that there are a number of parks
scattered throughout the city All
of them are in a more or less bad
condition. We will take Seville
square, for. instance. 1t would be a
no- hi 70
sentable condition if it could be grad
ed on to a level and given a planning
up. The Bermuda grass would attend
to the seeding. Shade trees should be
planted along all walks and the sides
of the park, all of which could be
done at an expense not exceeding
$500.
Should Remove Car Tracks.
Il will not mention the Plaza, as
that is doing the talking now in favor
of better parks. Next 1 would take
up Palafox street park The car
tracks should be removed to the
street and the center curbed around
the street line. A sidewalk should
be laid out inside the park and shade
trees planted inside the curb. In the
center have lawn and set out a few
hardy shrubs. Seats could be scat
tered through the park and these i'm
proVements of small expense would
make the park beyond price to the
city
Now, as to the center of Garden
street. Is is possible that the city
fathers are so short sighted as to
think of giving it to the street car
line? If they do, they will regret ,..eir
action within a few years The center
of Garden street should be improved
along the same line as Palafox In
fact, all of the parks of the city
should be graded and Shade trees
planted, as by SO doing a great M
prOvement will be made at a very
small cost
Trees Along Streets
AS to the shade trees along the
streets of the city, they should be
planted along every street between the
walk and the curb line, and a shade
tree commission should be appointed
by the city to see that this work is
we'll done, and the trees given proper
attention. The shade tree matter is
one of great Importance in this eli
mate, where man and beast appreciate
the relief from the rays of the hot
sun.
A Permanent Park.
Il would recommend that the city
procure at once tract or land, say
about $50 acres, in the outskirts of
the. town, for the purpose of having
a permanent park, as it will be need
ed here within the next ten years. Do
not make the same mistake that Or
ange, Newark, n. j., and other cites
have done in waiting until, instead of
their parks costing them $4,000 per
acre, they have cost nearer $3.50, 900.
Get your park lands now. You have
got to have parks if you would be on
a parity with other cities on the gulf
coast DON'T say you don't need
them. You do need them and need
them badly. So get your land while it
is cheap.
Fifteen Millions for Parks.
"In ERIN county. New Jersey, |
twelve years ago, the sum of fifteen |
of dollars was appropriated !
for the purchase and Improvement of |
eleven parks. Since then the county |
has put five million dollars in its tax |
list each year for the maintenance of |
its parks, which have become noted as |
being among the finest in the world. |
But Pensacola does not need this |
amount. She has a climate that al |
lows most plants to live with little az
tention. She does not need immense |
glass houses in which to keep her
plants during the cold winter months. |
In fact, she has everything in her Ia
vor. and the only thing lacking is civic |
pride to make her the most beautiful !
city on the gulf coast.
The Best Investment.
I'm conclusion | will saw that all |