Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-16
PARK AND LAKE FOR CITY
Mrs. Salina G. Carter Gives Fifty
Thousand Dollars to Buy.
MEMORIAL TO HER LATE HUSBAND
Cut-OR Lake Must BE Known as
saIina Sea and Grounds SUR
1t as Levi
Carter Park.

Through the munificent gift Of $4,000 by
Mrs. Selma c.. Carter to the city of Omaha,
2l acres of land with a frontage Of three
and one-half miles on Cutoff lake will be
made into a public park. Notification Of
this philanthropy was submitted to the
city council last evening by the Board of
Park commissioners and the gift was ac-
cepted with thanks. The land has been APP
praised and will be bought as soon as the
schedules can be made out.
Mrs. Carter makes the gift as a memorial
to her husband, the late Levi Carter. who
she states in explaining the gift passed
the land daily in going to and from his
business and was among the first to see
its desirability for park and boulevard pur-
poses. The donation is mace upon the con-
ditions that the park shall forever be
known as Levi Carter Park" and that for
the period of five years the park commits
sioners shall expend each year in improv-
ing the park one-fifth of the amount of
the funds available for park purposes. The
lake shall be known as Salina Sea, Mrs.
Carriers name being salina.
Offer of Mrs. Carter.
This is Mrs. Carter's offer TO the city,
which offer was accepted by unanimous
vote, first by the Board of Park commits
sioners and then by unanimous vote of the
city council:
l would be pleased to donate to the city
of Omaha the sum of $50, 600, with which to
acquire the park known as Cutoff lake
park, as a memorial to my deceased hus-
band, Levi Carter.
He passed this land daily in going to and
from his business and was among the first
to see its desirability for park and boule-
ward purposes,
lowing nnnhit1nnGs
/. That the city Of Omaha acquire the
lands designated by the Board OF PARK
commissioners as necessary to be acquired
as an addition TO the system of public
parks, ~parkways and boulevards Of the
city of Omaha in a resolution passed on
April 20, 1857. The same to be thereafter
held and used forever for park and boule-
ward purposes.
2 That the name of said park shall for
'f q That PbG Lf for t9s'f term Ra' Of five years after
said lands are under its control the Board
of Park commissioners shall eNpend eacn
year in improving said park one-fifth Of
the amount Of the park funds available Tor
Levi Carter park will be the largest park
in the city, containing fifty-thr@ more
acres of land than Elmwood park, the
at present. Elmwood park con-
ta'ns 2oS acres, Rlverview 1l2 acres. Fon-
tenelle lO7 acres, Miller IS acres, Hanscom
IS acres, Bemis, Kountze and the other
parks being EluCn smaller. Inc lake COW
ers 800 acres and being in the shape OF a
horseshoe it will furnish excellent sailings
no matter from what direction the wind
comes. The new park will be the only one
level drives and affording boating,
fishing and other aquatic sports.
The lake and park are in plain view from
the city hail. the high school, the hills
extending from Sixth and William streets
and tho new boulevard being extended
east of Prospect hill cemetery.
Nothing will add so much to the beau
~ of Omaha and the Omaha landscape as
he Improvement Of Levi Carter park, A"
said Ed. p. Bergman, president OF the
Board of Park Commissioners. owing 10
he fact that all the other parks lie on
broken and hilly ground, this new park will
furnish a most pleasing variety. Its water
Effect will make il the most beautiful park
possible in any city west Of Chicago and
south OF Minneapolis, and the people OF
Omaha ought 10 be, and / know they will
be, proud Of It and hankful to the gener- |
BUS doner."
f. J. Cornish, member Of the board, SAYS
II is probable that the acquisition OF
the new park will result in definite action
taken 10 protect the bottom ground
from any possible changing Of the channel
~ the Missouri river or by its cutting
into Florence lake.
1t is estimated that a levee above high