Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-04
TALK OF A GREAT
CITY CREEK PARK
Renewal of a Plan That Started
Many Years
Ago.
HARRIS AND HADDoCK'S VIEWS
Ensign Penk rs The Center of Il Biz
Park FOR the Future Greater
Salt Lake.

The hcautifying Of salt Lake city
and the providing of her people with
more Of natures breathing spaces.
such as Liberty park, are themes ul-
pernost in peoples minds nowadays
II one may judge by the expressions
heard on many hands.
why the city has not done something
towards making great natural park
out II city Creek canyon. is a mat
ter of wonderment to travellers who
drive up the canyon and marvel Mt It's
natural beauties. \ gentleman who
has studied this question deeply said
yesterday to group of real estate
men.
AT our very doors. five minutes
walk from the pioneer monument, nn-
ture has planted for salt Lake the ell
trance to great mountain park. III
Denver Kansas city. Omaha OF Los
Angeles Il such thing existed, az the
mouth of City Creek canyon, IT would
have been seized and beautitied years
ago. The gravel pits would have been
abolished, heavy wagon travel re-
stricted, foliage planted. and more than
all. good big, wide entrance To the
canyon would have been provided by
buying up or condemning that tongue
OF Che land which Is bounded by can
yon road, State street, Second avenue
and Third avenue All the residences
removed. and the property put IN grass
and trees from Dr.. Parks Hill right
down to the Holmes apartments IN
First street | understand Mayor
Bransford Is in favor of continuing the
Identification OF Second street by cut
ting ii through from Canyon road to
North Temple and thus providing an
avenue from Jordan river to Fort
Douglas. He should 90 one step further
and make clean sweep of all that
stretch of land | have mentioned and
then Salt Lake would have a canyon
park worthy of the name. OF course
the land is valuable, and the residents
would have to be paid well to induce
them to move, but | believe the abut-
ting property owners and the city
could we'll afford to shoulder the out
lay.
GREAT POSSIBILITIES.
Fisher Harris of the Commercial club. |
and Lon j, Haddock of the NJ. e. NJ |
association, go even one step farther In
their ideas as to what the city should |
do to provide suitable parks before the
adjoining lands are 'gobbled up" by
spectators. In AN interview released
yesterday, those two public spirited
officials say:
If has been the dream of my life to |
see great public park laid out with |
Ensign peak as it's center" said Mr.. |
Harris. Some of the land about the peak |
believe. Is stil government property |
and could easily be acquired. \ park |
there would be convenient to the cen
ter Of the city and the land could be |
made very beautiful Salt Lake Is |
growing rapidly and no time should be |
lost in securing such a city park before |
buildings shoulder their way
into the coveted territory and this great
opportunity slips away
Ensign peak and the picturesque
ground about 1t could be made into a
park that would win reputation for
beauty all over the country | think
that the park project could be carried |
out at a cost of about 100000. 1t would
be an Investment that Salt Lake would
never regret. In years TO come when the
city doubles in size the park around
Ensign peak would be brea thing place
for those who wished to slip away for
short time from the heart Of the city.
and the magnificent view from the top
of the peak, when made easily accessi- |
Bile. would be an attraction to tourists.
The Commercial club has already
spent $4,000 i'm improving the road
from the city Creek canyon bridge, PAST
Inspiration point, TO Fort Douglas.
This road could be made to extend from
CITY Creek canyon bridge around En-
sign peak, and would quickly become
n fayorite driveway"
MIR HADDOCK'S VIEWS
Below Ensign peak said Mr.. Had
dock, there is q broad plateau. which
would make beautiful park If II Is
secured before the ground is used for
home building. II Salt Lake is TO have
q park about Ensign peak, the matter
should be taken up without unneces
sary delay, as the plateau below the
teak offers too many allurements for
the homebuider to remain long unlm-
proved, when the city is growing so rap
idly.
1T would not require the expeudi-
ture of such large sums as might he
supposed to change the land around the |
peak into park II would not be nee
oSsaiN to Guild an expensive water sys-
tenn TO carry water there. / know Of
number ~ springs up there which could
be used 10 irrigate trees and shrub
berry.
In fact It would be so easily posi-.
BILE Ia make the land surrounding the
peak beautiful that | wonder that tho
idea has not been carried out BEFORE
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