The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-23
If All These Improvements
Were Made at Once, 1t
Would Be Costly Move on
the Part Of Richmond.
PONIES AND CARTS
BEING CONSIDERED
Also New Buildings, Stone
Archway Entrance and Ad-
ditions to Zoo-May Join
with Hawkins Park.

Not with $4,000 could all the i'm
provements at Glen Miller, proposed
by the city officials be made. I'M
proved buildings. new lake, near the
| back springs" cement walks. new
animal cages. and an enlarged mena
gerie. to include a buffalo, polar bear.
camel, hyena and other specimens
have all been proposed. President
Hammond of the board of works said
Saturday that he wants new stone
archway at the lower Main street en-
trance to Glen Miller, and also wants
to purchase several ponies and carts.
which he thinks will be popular and
profitable. Probably all these new
features planned for the park will not
come for many years, but city officials
say they will be added as rapidly as
possible.
THE best attraction at Glen Miller
is undoubtedly the menagerie," de-
clared Park Superintendent Hollern,
Saturday.
! More Animals Wanted.
| Mr.. Hollern, who is in the park
practically all the time, says that,
mixing with the visitors, he has as
certained that people want more ami
mails. and it seems to be the general
opinion that the city will increase the
park 200" Hollern says that the ami
NAL quarters will have to be increased
If there is any additions to the zoo.
The additions to the ZOO suggested
by Hollern are expensive, President
Hammond states, but he believes such
expenditure would be justifiable. The
ponies and carts and the camel would
prove profitable according to Ham,
mond, and would probably pay for
their maintenance.
"If," said Mr.. Hammond, 1--WE could
have some fine looking cages, with a
tiger, lion and some other genuine
circus beasts the park would certainly
improve in popularity. At the present
time, however, we could not afford
much. Well have to improve the cages
one year and then add the animals one
at a time
Cost Of Good Zoo.
The maintenance of the animals
amounts to about $25 per month
They are fed bread, meat, crackers,
corn and nuts. In the winter the mon
keys get a table spoonful of whiskey
in their milk every two days to keep
them from taking cold. The monkeys
also receive fruit, while the bear gets
some fish occasionally, caught in the
lake. The list Of animals and birds
follows: 27 pigeons, l bear, pleas
ant, 1 alligator, 10 cavy, 10 guinea
pigs, 3 coyotes, 3 eagles, 2 foxes, 4
gray squirrels, 2 fox squirrels, coons,
monkeys, Mexican monkey, 2 deer,
Z elk and s ducks.
Last year the animals cost consider
ably more than this year, for now
there is some feed raised at the park.
Mr. Hollern has saved 5000 from the
miscellaneous and labor accounts of
his appropriation on the six months
just closed. The Chautauqua fund,
from which $500 was appropriated to
build a concrete arch bridge, now has
little over $4,000. This can be devot-
ed to park improvements and used as
the city council desires. according to
Mr. Hollern.
Mr.. Hollern is in favor of a stone
entrance at the front of the park, and
has designed such an entrance 1t
would be made from stone, main arch
26 feet wide and two side arches for
pedestrians, feet in width 1t may be
built next year.
President Hammond sees in the fu-
ture the connection of the Hawkins
and Glen Miller parks, by a subway
under the Pennsylvania railroad He
suggested the purchase of a tsrip of
ground from Glen Miller to the Hak-
kins park.
If such thing were possible, one
of the most beautiful parks in the
United States would be created