The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-13
URGES NEW PARKS
Subscriber" Thinks City Should
Get Busy and Secure Land
for Park Purposes
BOND PROPERTY ON MARKET

There is a general awakening in Ke
nosha on the subject of public parks.
The time has come not only to agitate
but to act, TO do business, to buy a site.
The time is fast approaching when the
remaining available properties will be
subdivided and built on.
The motive for this communication
is to call public attention to the tract
known as Bond s woods which has all
the desirable and necessary qualifca
tions for park, prominent among
which are beauty Of landscape and ease
of access.
It is self evident that it is more
desirable to have number of small
parks properly located as to population
than to have one large park convenient
only to those nearby, but compelling
remote residents with large families
to pay burdensome street car fares (for
instance parents with four children,
wishing to give them an outing would
be compelled to pay Soc round trip if
under the necessity of using the carr
lilly ANC GDOuSdIid IACuOOIld DCODltj
live within, easy walking distance OF
the tract in question. Transportation is
already provided for those more remote
as the Elizabeth street electric line is
two and one half blocks distant either
by Pleasant street or Lyman avenue.
On the property are more than 700
Burr Oaks beside hickory, hawthorn,
wild crab apple, willow, wild cherry
and other native trees and shrubs.
The undulation of the surface is un-
usually picturesque for a level country
like southeastern Wisconsin. In winter
children throng the slopes for coasting.
There are several level areas for base
ball diamonds, tennis courts and field
sports in general. The property is
ready for immediate use without the
expenditure of single dollar for i'm
provement. For years on pleasant Sun
day afternoons the woods have been
thronged with groups Of children, fam
lily and neighborhood parties who came
to worship in Goods first temples -
For years nearly every church in
town has had it s Sunday School picnic
in these woods. There the Federation
of Labor has on several occasions held
it s Labor Day picnic.
For more than a third of century
the owners have been glad to have Ke-
nosha people enjoy themselves on their
land but the time has come when they
nlust realize on this unproductive prop,
city either by subdivision or otherwise.
| AS a matter of sentiment and for
the public good they very much prefer
to have it continued as public park.
They therefore will sell about thirteen
acres or more to the city for park pur-
poses at reasonable price on long
time, SO that the present hard times
need be no obstacle to the purchase.
Many people interested in the park
question may not appreciate the beauty
of this tract. Let such visit it. Go
south on Pleasant from Elizabeth to
the bridge. The land is then at your
right hand on the west side Of Pleasant
street.
The proposed park is said by land
scape gardener who has inspected the
grounds to combine all the elements
required for perfect park. The
bluffs, the valleys, the wood, the living
stream, the fertile land, the proximity
to the city are already there.
Subscriber.