The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-07-23
THECITY PARK
IS RECLAIMED
tuesday was Cleaning Day And
Much Good is Accomplished
MORE WORK IS NEEDED
The Boosters and Their Proxies Turn Out
in Force and Clear Land Donated To
City Years Ago for Park Purposes

Fort Pierce now has a park, and, it
will be, when present plans are carried
out, a credit to the city. To the Boos-
ter's Club is due the credit for all the
wor k so far accomplished, and they are
pledged to carry it to a finish.
Tuesday was announced as day for
park cleaning, and at six o'clock in the
morning a crowd of Boosters were on
hand at the Improvement club hall
ready for work-mOst of them being
represented by their proxies.
DR.. c. G. Feigel was in charge of all
arrangements, and work was soon COM
menced, attacking the dense growth of
underbrush which covered the ground.
Bush axes, grubbing hoes and tools Of
all description were soon brought into
play. Gangs of men under the direc-
ton of G.. S. Tucker, A. d. P enney, E.
G. Gustafson and j. E. Andrews were
formed and the work progressed rapid
y. Every little while an enthusiastic
Booster would appear and work awhile
and then retire to the shade to watch
the proxies work but some stuck it out
all day and when night came great i'm
prOvement was shown.
BY noon the out side strip of the park
from the Improvement club property
to the bridge had been finished and a
large portion of the island had been
cleared. DR.. Feigel armed with an ak
blazed a trail until he was restrained
from cutting down all the trees. When
noon time came a tempting dinner was
served in the hall under the direction
of Mrs. S. S. Buell., Mrs. c. c. Feigel.
Mrs. WIN. Hendry, Mrs. IT,. O'Brien,
Mrs. Clarence Summerlin and Mrs. S.
S. Halliday and full justice was done
by the tired but enthusiastic workers.
In the after noon the force was aug
mented by the addition Of several who
were unable to be present in the morn
ing and the work went on at a merry
clip.
The island being finished by the ad-
vanced guard the underground beyond
the second creek was attacked. When
it was seen that one day was not suffi-
cient to complete the work volunteers
were called for to continue on Wednes-
day and many responded that they
would be represented by their proxy.
Aside from the Boosters who were
present there were twenty negrOs
whose services had been donated by
various members. Wednesday sixteen
showed up and continued the work un-
der the direction of Marshal GustafsOn
and G. S. Tucker Among the other
Boosters who lent valuable assistance
were B. B. Pyles. R. Whyte, R. R.
GIadwin, Eugene Hartmann, John
Hartman, T. j. O'Brien, Tom Tyre and
several others.
AS the land was cleared and the pro-
moters found out where they "were at
various plans were suggested: 1t Is
now proposed to secure a dredge, and
make a four-foot channel around the
central island through which launches
couId he run. The island is to be con-
nected to the mainland by rustic
bridges. As many trees as possible
we're left and these will be added to.
As much of the ground as possible has
been grabbed and the low places will be
filled in when the dredge gets to work;
Then grass will be sOwn, flowers and
shrubs planted and beauty spot viii
result. ,
The clearing Of this unsightly mass
of underground makes a vast improv-
ment and every bit of work shows.
Where there was weeds, saw grass,
eic', there is now clear ground with
trees nicely trimmed and a beautiful
view of the river which has hitherto
been shut Oft.