The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-09
Today Benches and Some of
the Flowers Will Be Put
Out, but Animals Will Re-
main Indoors. !
MONKEY FAMILY IN
EXCELLENT HEALTH
Will Not Be Placed in Sum-
mer Home Until Weather
Is Warmer-Park Improve
ments Planned.

Glen Miller park will be opened to
the public formally Sunday, April 16,
but benches, flowers and other attrac-
tions. other than the animals, will be
put out today. A week later the
green houses will be opened and pro-
vided the weather continues warm,
the animals will be placed in the open
air cages.
The board of works will go to the
park early this week for the purpose
of determining on some improvements s
to be made this year Among the
most extensive is the rebuilding of the
north green house. which is in bad
repair, and not large enough for the
number of flowers and plants that
must be kept there during the Win
ter
Superintendent Ed Hollern will re-
quest that the board secure appropria-
tions from council to make the new
road. which was opened in the rear
of the park last year. and to make a
number of other minor improvements,
which he says are needed.
Monks Are Well. Thanks!
The menagerie of the park will not
Commercial club and other organiza-
tions of the city, are sad to favor a
material increase in the Zoo" con-
sidering it one of the big drawing
cards of the already popular park.
All the animals have weathered the
winter well. The monkeys are in fine
condition, but will be the last to go
into the summer cages, for they are
subject to consumption if exposed to
wet or cold weather.
| Fish will be placed in the fountains
in a week or two. and the alligator
will be put in his summer home near
the prairie dog pen. This anmalrep
tile has grown considerably during the
past winter. although he has eaten
nothing since early in October. His
first meal of several pounds of meat
will soon be served.
Some Of the animals, the coons
bear, coyotes, foxes, squirrels have
been out all winter, as have the
eagles and pigeons. The deer and
elk herds were decreased just be
fore Christmas when number OF
them were sold to local saloons anG
served out in fee lunches" These
animals multiply very fast
Plan New Bridae.
Besides the green house improve
ment which will probably include {
winter home for some of the "ho
house" animals, the board of work.
will probably order a concrete bridge
to be erected near the east side O
the Chautauqua grounds. over small
wet weather creek. This will cos
about $500 and the money for it's con
struction will be taken from the Chau
tauqua fund, which now amounts tt
S2,635. If other Improvements are
made at the park. it is said the Chau
tauqua fund will be used for this pur
pose.
Some city officials are saying tha
it is "a mighty small thing for thu
board to do if they finally decide t
take money from the Chautauqua funt
to make improvements at the park
is the opinion that if the Hawkins
Chautauqua grounds project goe
through the money now in the cit,
Chautauqua fund, should be turned
over for that purpose
1t is suggested that the city tax,
the money in the Chautauqua fund
and instead of improving Glen Miller
it buy stock in the Hawkins Ian,
proposition. 1t is considered tha
municipal ownership of a park is a
legal as municipal ownership of
water works plant.
However, city officials differ as t.
whether stock could be bought in th
Hawkins project. The Chautauqu
fund is in charge OF the sinking fun
commission. and in the opinion OF NJ
J. O'Brien. president of. the commits
sion. the money could not be used TO
this purpose.