The Press., 1911-05-17

Over four hundred voters turned
 ouk to the town meeting on Saturday
 afternoon Tt was ehe largest number thnk has ever attended . town busi :
 ness meeting It Is estimated that at least three hundred wers from che
 borough. All the available automo
 blles, besides Q number of buseeF,
 ware used to carry them up Many
 of the autos made several trips W
 H Heald was chairman of the meet
 ing F F Pat'en made the report for the co nmittee appointed to select site for the park The report stated that the committee had con. siaered the different places that had been suggested, including besides Woodlawn the traot of land bordering on East street between the Monlton road on the site of the new hospital the diamond ledge tract at West staf- ford. the fair grounds, Stafford Street and Keefe Flats. After considering the sites proposed and taking Into the consideration that a site should be chosen that would be oonvenient for the largest number of the people of the town, the committee decided to recommend the purchase of the Wood lawn property for $17, 900 as the most desirable. The property consists of about 150 acres and the lower part of the grounds, which are shown in the ont above, are already laid out suit ably for park and extend nearly to Main street It was stated that the late Julius Converse had expended over $1OO, 900 In improving the prop erty. The land to be purchased in- oludes all of the flats south of she river from the library building to Holland avenue and bordering on Tol- land avenue, including the handsome grove of pine trees at the west end. It also includes the side hill in front of Highland Terrace and Q narrow strip of land back. Of the houses on the Terrace. The Rnaaall house and the building lots on Hlnklnm Xarracs be- tween the house of v. P. BidWell and the Springs House property are not in- oluded. The Woodlawn mansion and barn, the cottage occupied by J. A
 Mix and the barn on the top of the hill are all included The farm con- tains i've or six separate groves of large trees, and the large tract of land on Grow Hill extending nearly to the Ellington line. The committee was satisfied that the property could not be purchased for a lower price than named. The suggestion had been made to the committee that 8 sepa- rate tract of land be purchased for a children's playground near the Hol- low and Staffordville as a park annex, but the committee did not recommend this, as Mir. Hyde's will stated that the fund should be used for 8 park, and the establishment of . separats fund, according to legal counsel, would invalidate the fund. The fol- lowing members of the committee were in favor of Woodlawn: Cyril Johnson of Stafford Hollow, M. ". Leonard of Stafford Village. F. F. Patten, Christopher Allen, E. H.
 Baker and O.. F. Harwood of the borough. Fl. O Fisk of Stafford Street was the only member of the committee that was not in favor of the site recommended. Judge R. H. Fisk made the motion thas the com- m ikkaaBa raT,ork I,o aonopkad end khak the Woodlawn property be purchased for the Hyde park at Q price of SIT, 900. H. O. Fisk, the dissenting member of the committee, made quite lengthy speech and stated that he was In favor of the site on East street
 He also spoke in favor of the meeting voting $1O. 900 of the fund for a park annex to be located near Stafford Hollow and Hydeville, for the benefit of the people in that end of the town. Most of MT. Fisk's remarks were di- rooted towards she rest of the commit tee and the report, and were delivered with much sarcasm. William Park also spoke in favor of the expending of $1O, 900 for 8 park near Stafford Hollow, which he thought could be legally done. He offered an amend ment to the motion to that effect, but as the warning for che meeting did not call for any business except re-. lating to the purchase of Woodlawn his amendment was declared out of order. A mokion was mnda at khia time to adjourn, but it was voted down. The motion in favor of pur- chasing WOodlawn was carried by a large majority, according to the sound, and the vote so declared by the chair was not doubted. Representa- tive M. D O'ConneII made a motion, that was carried, that the following be appointed a board of park commits sioners: E. H Baker, William Park, B. T. Eaton, ". K. Hanley. w. R. Preble, the first three to hold office for Ave years and the last two four years from the next annual town meeting, or until their successors are elected; that the commissioners are authorized to spend Q sum not to ex- csed 8, 900 of the principal be used for immediate needs of the park, and She yearly income of she balance of the fund for care and improvements.
 As 92O, 1000 of the e6O. .OOO fund will be used for the purchase of the