The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-07
Park Superintendent Says the
chautauqua Statute Can Be
Construed to Avoid Park
Privilege.
HE DEMANDS PROFITS
FOR GLEN'S Benefit
Goodwin Of Chautauqua Asso-
citation Says Chautauqua
Fund Shall Be Used Only
for a Pavilion.

A demand that the chautauqua fund
OF about $4,000. held in trust by the
city. BE- Immediately turned over to the
park commissioners for improvements
IN Glen Miller. will be made BY Ed
Hollern. superintendent OF city parks
Mr.. Hollern has investigated the state
chautauqua law and finds that the
profits Of the chautauqua must be
turned over to the city for either park
Or charitable purposes.
Members Of tho chautauqua associa'
ton contend that the fund IL for the
purpose Of building pavilion In Glen
Miller, OF which tho association will
have exclusive control during assem-
blies Of the chautauqua- When told OF
Mr.. Holiern's intentions. this morning
George L. Goodwin. secretary OF the
association. said:
TEL Mr.. Hollern to 90 ahead with
bic demands. They won't do him any
GOOD for he's dead wrong. I have a
copy Of the law In my desk and It says
the fund shall be used for building Z
pavilion and for no other purpose"
What Law Provides.
The chautauqua statute provides
that the board Of park commissioners
q any city or town shall have the
Pight 70 grant any public park or parts
q parks to associations for chautauqua
assemblies. Mr.. Hollern says he has
conferred with attorneys and they say
this provision also gives the park com.
missioners the right to refuse such as.
sociations that privilege. It further
provides. THAT any person or persons
% permitted 70 use any portion OF any
public park for the purposes Aforesaid
shall b required to restore such por.
tion Of such park 20 used to the same
condition Il was In before such use:
and provided further. that all funds
derived from such use OF such park
after paying the expenses Of any such
chautauqua assembly shall be used for
park purposes. or charitable purposes
In such city or town."
BY the present distribution Of the
profits Of the association. one-hali
goes to the Y. M. G. A. and one-half to
the chautauqua fund. held in trust by
the city.
The matter has been thoroughly In
vestigated by Mr.. Hollern. for he 10 q
sworn enemy Of chautauquas At Glen
Miller park. He claims the attorneys
told him there was only one possible
construction Of the law and that was
against the chautauqua association.
Park Needs Funds.
Just at the present time the park ID
badly In need OF funds and city OIL
cials have refused 70 make other ap
preparations for IT. upkeep. In the
miscellaneous fund there 10 $500 re-
naming out Of e2.700 appropriated
This appropriation was made In two
parts. the ilrst It $1,000 and the sec
ond. $500 for building the rest
houses and other minor improvements
An appropriation of @3.400 was made
for labor and all but 5000 of this has
been paid out.
Superintendent Hollern has put the
lid". ON all improvements and IL cut
ting down the expense account al
much ~ possible. Only the roads and
most prominent parts OF the park are
being kept up. Hollern says It will
suffer for the neglect. The city can
not afford to clean the lake this fall
The chsutauqua people are not liv
Ing up 10 the law" said Mr.. Hollern
but I'm going to make EN-"
Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ladt
took . slap at the chautauQua this
morning. when he exclaimed:
What Prosecutor Says.
why. the boys city at the chautau
qua 10 worse than . detension home
for bad boys. Those fellows had M
regard for the park and frequently
saw them bending young shade treel
20 the earth. There was some fou
language also that didn't At In YER,
well with the chautauqua ideals.
lived very close to the boys city AMI
could see . lot that went on there"
Park Superintendent Hollern viii
demand that the Investigation OF thu
park be made Saturday. instead of DC
.tober I. for he says there IL no ust
OF the delay. He claims they can ge
the park "ship-shape" by that time.
OF the board Of works. before which
Mr.. Hollern will bring the proposition
Thursday morning. Mayor Zimmerman
oppooes the chautauQua, President H
u. Hammond has 90 far remained
neutral. while City Engineer Sharle!
FAvors Il. City Attorney A. NJ. Gard
ner has not expressed his opinion. bu
= believed 70 favor the chautauqua
heiug treasurer Of the Y. NJ. c. A.