Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
NEW FAIR YLAND IS
PLANNED FOR CITY
PARK WILL BE
MADE PLACE OF BEAUTY
Residents of Vicinity Agree to Con.
tribute Funds, and Land viii ee
Decided to tne City With
out Delay

Agricultural park. located in the
southwestern section of Los Angeles
at the intersection of Wesley and Santa
Monica avenues, will be converted INTO
a beautiful scenic park in the near
future.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of
members of the sixth state agricultural
hoard. the city park commission ana
the AGRICULTURAL park association ana
other civic bodies was held in the Office
of Major John T. Jones in the Thorpe
building, at which this decision was
reached.
For a number of years the park mas
been used for state fairs, but at other
times was seldom used. Residents OF
the southwest who believed the park
could be made to serve a Better purpose
netitioned Governor Pardee to instruct
the state board of agricultural parks
to deed the land to the city unreserved-
ly so the place could be turned into
picturesque park. The matter was re-
ferred to the sixth state agricultural
board and there it was held up until
the present board was appointed py
Governor Gillett.
Until recently the state board was
willing Los Angeles should have the
property for park purposes, but 1T did
not feel 1t would be proper to deed the
land to the city. Lately new view
has been taken and the members OF the
state board feel 1T would be proper to
deed the park to the city. The ques-
| ton Of the right of transfer OF title is
pending at present in .he supreme
court. but it is not expected the city
will meet with any opposition from
this quarter.
So sure do the various commissions
and the board feel of this attitude of
the supreme court that they have
deemed it proper to begin improvements
on the park at once. Within few
days the high fence that surrounds the
park will be torn down and the city
will furnish labor to begin operations.
Plans for improvements are already
under way in the office of Henry HI.
Dwight, architect. "A landscape gard
ener has also been engaged by the
Agricultural Park association who is
preparing extensive improvements in
landscape gardening and scenic erect.
Offer Subscription
Property owners and residents Of the
southwest have pledged themselves II
any decision was reached by the state
board and the various commissions they
would assist in the work by substan-
tia1 subscription. The attorney repre-
senting the Agricultural Park associa-
tlon SAID yesterday ne was sui " ~
tanning as much as $4,000 to start with.
The rest he said he would have little
trouble in securing, having the word
of wealthy property owners OF the dis
trict that money would be Forthcoming.
The land owners will attend to the
money end and the city will furnish the
labor, so the question is practically
settled.
Some suggestions of how the park
will appear when completed were given
at the meeting of DR.. lie Moyne wills
of the state board The park will have
a large pleasure lake, to which will be
added everything in the way of scenic
beauty which the landscape gardener
can plan. 1t is the aim of the city park
commission TO make the park represen-
tative throughout. and to make 1t rival
the others of the city. The adoption
of the plans viii be voted at the next