The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-04
SHOWS Value OF HIS IDEAS
Publicity Man Of Chicago Company Wis
its Officials and Members of Outdoor
Art Association Wednesday and viii
Meet Council at Later Time

new civic movement in Kenosha and
with view of having the city take
some official steps to plan for the
future q. j. Schreck of Chicago, a
representative of the American Park
Builders Company, which gives much'
of its time to outlining parks and
other public grounds, came to Keno
sha on Wednesday and spent much of
the day interviewing people of the
city interested in plans for a "More
Beautiful Kenosha. =
Mr.. Schreck called upon members of
the common council and other city Of
ficials and hunted up members of the
old Kenosha Outdoor Art Association
and suggested to them that his COM
pany would like to make a plan for
the future improvement of Kenosha
aud the immediate territory adjoining
it. The city officials did not give the
matter any great consideration, but
the Chicago man urged strongly the
preparation of plan for future work
even If this work should not be done
for ten or even twenty years.
GIVE go into cities and make plans
for future improvements, lay out
streets and plan parks and play
~. o,,rd. W., ,,oxor oa,, +oIJ vubon
Kenosha will see the necessity of
having a proper park system and when
that time comes there will be a lot OF
regret on account of the fact that the
officials of today failed to reserve GER
tain portions of the city peculiarly
adapted to use for parks and breath
ing places. 1t is not an easy matter
to get park lands after city has
grown to be large city, but at the
present time Kenosha could pick up
quite a little land for parks at a rea-
sonable price. Even if the land was
not bought at this time plan for
deal Of money and it would be of
great value to the men who are TO lay
out these parks inthe future. Streets
of the city can be arranged to meet
with future park plans and many mat
tiers can be taken up with a view of
having the extension of the city har-
monte with plans for Improvement in
the future. Many cities have made
these plans even though they had no
immediate intention of carrying them
out. -
During the past year the plans for
extension of the park system of the
city have been pushed with some vigor
and the result has been the purchase
of one small park on the south end of
Ashland avenue. It is pretty certain
that within few years this sentiment
in the city in favor Of parks will re-
suit in other land being bought. At
the present time the council is con-
sideripg at least three different propo-
sitions leading to the opening of
further parks for the city. The idea
of having a plan to which the work
might conform has been suggested
several times i'll Kenosha. This same
matter was taken up by the outdoor
art association during the Short life
of that organization and it, has been
considered to some extent by the mem-
bers of, the Woman's Club of Keno
sha. The members of the council
seem to be kindly disposed toward the
park movement and soon after the or
ganization Of the new council it is
certain that an effort will be made
to secure the passage of an ordinance
which will put the management Of the
parks of the city into the hands of
non-partisan commission. This has
been a plan of some Of the leaders |
in the park fight in Kenosha for some
time, but the council has not up to
this time looked kindly on the vari-
Gus ordinances proposed with the view
of establishing such commission
in recent months the demand for
recognition of the parks has become
so insistent that it is now thought |
that the time is ripe to take the mat
ter out Of the hands Of the committee
on public grounds of the council and |
turn It over to commission.