The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-30


ding h DIRK of construction and
preparation at the amusement park
and skating rink that are being cree
ted at the corner of Fifth and Main
streets now has all his plans complete
and the work has reached the stage
where the different parts T taking
form. Around the east and north
sides of the park is being built a high
fence which will be ornamented with
signs before the work is done. The
enclosure will be completed with the
skating rink and grand stand on the
south, grand stand and bleachers or
the west.
The skating rink will be a building
fifty by one hundred and thirty feet
in size, with a "a foot stage at the
west end of the main building. The
entrance to the rink will by of of
Main. The building will be properly
floored for skating. In the center of
the room will be a circular band
stand, suspended from the ceiling and
not interfering with the skaters. AT
the entrance end will be a gentlemens
dressing and cloak room eight by nine
feet, a ladies' dressing and wrap room
eight by ten, a ticket Office five by
eight and a skate room, eight by ten.
Their will be a ~laveratory with run
ming water in each dressing room.
The grand stand will be like three
sides of a hexagOn, Or six7sided figure.
The center division will be 16 feet in
length in the front and each division
on the side will be thirty-two feetTin
length. One division will face the
north, the center one the northeast
and the other will face the east. These
divisions will be faced with netting
and protected by a heavy six-foot base
board that will form an effectual back
stop. The back of the grand-stand
will be fourteen feet high and the low-
est seat will be six feet from the
ground. There will be twelve rows of
seats, each sixteen inches board and
fourteen inches high. Thus a thous-
and people can find seats in the grand
stand, to which an admission of Is
cents will be charged additional to
entrance ee.
The bleachers will extend north of
the west end of the grald-stand for
a distance of 100 feet and will contain
tiers of seats. These seats will be
free, the people taking them having
paid the 25 cents entrance fee at the
gate.
Under the grand stand will be a
ticket office and refresnment booth.
At its sides will be the big gate to
the baseball field.
Additional to the seating capacity
of the bleachers and grand stand,
there will be two rows of seats on the
north side of the skating rink. To
max these seats practical, the north
side of the rink will be left open. The
top of this building is to be made of
ten ounce army duck cloth, for its
cooling qualities.
There has been much talk about the
size of the ball field. The home plate
will be % feet northeast of the cen
ter of the central division of the
grand stand. From home plate to the
north fence will be 290 feet. From
home plate to deep center field will
be 800 feet. From home plate to
shortest right field, or the east fence
will be 1855 feet. Spaulding rules pro-
vide a field of 235 feet each way from
home plate. To cover the shortness
OF right field, ground rules, such as
exist in many metropolitan diamonds,
will be made.
Thus Roswell will have a fine base
ball diamond, in splendid condition,
all the time a good skating rink and
theater. right in the business part of
town. It is something the town a
long needed and of which it may well
be proud. To DR.. Veal is largely due
the credit of the enterprise, but he
has also been backed financially AID
otherwise by other public spirited eli
tizens-