The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-20
FINE LITTLE CITY
PARK IS FORMING
Prospect of Place of Beauty and Value
Seen In Grounds Between the Water
Works and Lighting Plants and the
River

What may in time become a very
fine little city park, has been begun
already, whether by intention or acct
dent. This is on the grounds about
the city wells and water Tank.
Much Of the trouble which formly
Uttered this place has been cleared
away. The bricks which were at
one time scattered about have been
piled up neatly, and the same is true
of the boards. When the dredge
removes the debris which has collect
ed about the railroad bridge abutt-
ments that also will improve the
looks of things in this quarter.
Mr.. Snoeberger has offered to put
In curbing and to keep a good lawn
about the electric light plant if the
City will do the same by its adjacent
grounds. If this we're done it would
be a step in the same line. {
Ii In time, the City should build a
wall along the river bank, correspond
ing to the private wall on the north
bank of the river and should fill in
certain parts, things would take on
quite park-like appearance in this
locality. The Southworth spring in
the vicinity would be an attraction.
Some have even suggested that the
lying between the South
worth plant and the River and be-
tween the Kuhn Garage and the river
on the side of the street opposite,
could very properly be turned into
a public recreation center and gath
ering place in the future, and what
is now an eye-sore to all travellers
across the Michigan street bridge,
might be changed into ga thing of
beauty and a JOY forever.
What may be done to provide a
beauty spot in even limited space is
demonstrated by the grounds about
the Pennsylvania Railway pumping
station, just north of the railway
viaduct on Center street. Here vines,
a flower-bed and we'll
kept little lawn, are like a small
oasis of beauty amid the unpictur-
esque commercial surroundings. Carl
Zook has charge Of things here and
sah tell anyone how it is done.
When. in the xt ten or fifteen
years, Plymouth has become the
busting commercial center which tho
Commercial Club proposes to make
it, when we have a population of ten
thousand or more. with dozen thirty
ng factories adding to the volume
IF business which the agricultural
and manufacturing interests of the
now furish. when scores
IF houses have been builded. making
he size of the yards smaller and
pushing farther back the country on
he outskirts, then Plymouthites and
he stranger within our gates may be
most grateful to sit on the benches
beneath the trees in a little down
own siesta, or to roam about in the
picturesque paths of little space
devoted to nature. Mothers may
bring their babes of a summer even
ng to play upon the lawn while they
meet one another in a social way in
some central beauty spot. And those
who find their chief en-
ioyment in playing on our streets
night find more pleasure and safety
With games and simple apparatus In
/ playground furnished by the city,
han on our public thoroughfares:
and incidentally might be spared
from the streets with no inconven-
ence to traffic.
It is not known whether our City
Fathers had some such vision of the
future in making the improvements
Or whether their beginnings of a
park is simply due to their natural
and the business-like
with which they are admin
STEERING city affairs. At any rate the
results are the same.