Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13
h Men speak.

fair to them
Other Men Speak. I.
A. w. J~efferis, republican candidate for
congress; w. G. IRE, county commissioner;
Prof. J. +. Wigman, Joseph Redman, Will
liam I. Kierstead and Mr.. Murphy, Il resi-
dent of the park district for the last
twenty years, were then called on for
short talks. Mr.. Cornish explained that
Congressman Hitchcock, who was invited,
was called out OF the city earlier in the
day. All of the speakers expressed their
appreciation and thanks and stated that
they hoped that the new park will become
one of the ~favorite resting places of the
citizens of Omaha.
County COMMISSIONS IRE ELECTED con-
siderable. applause when he stated that
he saw no reason why a portion of the
county inheritance tax fund could not be
used in building highways in the park,
as the fun is to be used for principal
roads in the county, and the park being
partially without the city limits he saw
no reason why a principal road" could
not be built in it with the funds.
q At the close of the ceremonies the
speakers,Park Commissioner Neble and
Latenser, the newspaper men and a num-
Der of others were given a ride around
the a b II. J. Enewold in his large
launch, Mrs. Enewold acting as pilot.
Facts About the Park.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the park
can be gained from the following report
read by President Bergman at the close
of his address:
Levi Carter park contains S1 acres Of
land surrounding Cutoff lake, and control
ling all the shore line or the Nebraska side
Of said lake, excepting the frontage occu-
pied by the four ice houses. Including the
lake, it would contain about 800 acres,
or the land taken 6S.S acres lie within the
city limte Of the city of Omaha, and 232. .
acres are in Douglas county outside the
city limits, The land in the northwest cor
ncr of the park. west Of Swift's ice house,
east of Sixteenth street and north of Amas
avenue, contains 1874 acres. South of Ames
avenue and north of Hammond Packina
company ice house recently burned in.
cluded in the FbOyc is SS acres. East o!
Swift's ice house and north Of Omaha Ice
company ice house at the northeast corner
Of the lake are 116 acres. The rest of the
land consists of the shore line west Of the
lake and north OF Locust street and tn,
boulevards, al feet wide, connecting tn,
tracts above described and extending on IN.
east side of the lake south TO Avenue F
in East Omaha. L..
The water available for boating. rpagin,
ming at the corner of Thirteenth and 10
Gust street and extending to Avenue + t.
East Omaha is three and o%ne.half miles
long, varying in width from about 700 I
200 feet. equivalent in width to abou
three blocks in the city of Omaha.
The driveway from Sixteenth street an,
Ames avenue around the lake TO Avenu
} I'm East Omaha is approximately fou
miles.
The distance from the postoffice to tn
bathing beach at Locust street is a it'll
less than TWO miles, or about one and on
half block farther by the route If trav
than Hanscom park and about live an'
one-half blocks farther than Bemis park.
The distance from the carriage entranc
to the park at Sixteenth street and Anne
avenue from the postoffice is 81 miles, o
Z about the . A M [ q - 40. &c IQfNraFNHiANr ~ nl
and one mile nearer than Miller park.
The land available for parking betwec'
Sixteenth street and Swifts ice house J
two and One-tEird times as large as Hau
scom park, and contains twenty-five acr
more than RiVerview park and is abOu
equal in area to Miller adm Hanscom park
The lard on the northwest corner of tn
lake is twice as large as HanscOm park
contains ten acres more IMAM t~optHhell
park and live acres more than RlVerVieN
park.
Elmwood park, the next to Levi park /
size, contains EOS acres, equal to about two
thirds the land area in Levi Carter park
or one-third OF the land and water area.
From Avenue F in East Omaha there
IA paved street to the city Of Omaha, lead
ing into Sixteenth street at Nicholas. Ther
are also two graded streets one Locus
tracks between Thirteo~th end Tov~soo1t
on Locust street, a distance of azout
mile and a half.
From the above comparison a good ide
can be obtained Of the magnitude Of thi
Improvement.
Al of our present parks are on roug
ground. This park furnishes a variety !
that il will be upon level ground and pc
mits all kinds of aquatic sports. II is III
only possible park fronting on the river, {
large body of water.
4, 1t rounds out and completes the systel
Of parks, parkways and bOulevards of a.
city Of Omd4-- 4..s OU.Ga. DV--, -- ,--.
e menCes at HiverVieW park, overlooking a.
"a Missouri valley to the south, travCTses III
!, ravines and sightly hills. between The bus
j ness center and the best residence portio
. OF Omaha, and will end at Levi Cart,
park. enCircling the city.
An outer boulevard, from Miller park
= FCntenelle, ElmwOod and Hanscom, wit
Y suitable connections on Florence boul
= ward, Fontenelle boulevard and a boull
ward yet to be located from Bemis pr
+ west. connecting the Central boulevard al
the outer boulevard will complete the pan
and boulevard system OF Omaha for a
time.
d While the board has not yet taken .
the matter Of improvements, the gener
design being considered is a free bath hou.
: and boat house at Thirteenth and Locu
n streets. a pavilion on Ames avenue, ne
A the waters edge, with another bathiT
" beach near that point, and suitable m
mortal arches at the entrance at Sixteen
8 and Ames avenue and Avenue F In Ea