Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-18
eEAUrlFYtNo OF RIvERNEW
OUTLINED IN BLUE PRINTS
FILED WITH COUNCIL.
WOULD BRING PARK, UP
TO RESIDENCE PORTION
BouIsvardins Of North Third Avenue
From Park to Marion, and Riverside
Street and Second Avenue, the
Schems-WouId Make Of einford
Land Choice Building Lots.

S. w. Rubee, superintendent Of Riv-
| erside cemetery, who has been en-
ployed by the city council to prepare
plans for beautifying Riverview park,
has submitted to the council blue prints
for park Improvement which will vir-
tually bring the park up to the residence
portion of the city, by providing for
a beautiful boulevard on North Third
avenue from the park to Marion street
and to Riverside street and Second
avenue.
Mr.. Rubee plans to start at the cor
ner Of Second avenue and Riverside
street with boulevard ITO feet wide.
1t is to be laid off in two thirty-four
foot drives. with seventy-foot park
between. The drives will have con-
crete cutters. the same as in the ceme-
terry, with gravel roadways. The park
in the center is to be planted with
trees and ornamental shrubbery, and
the grass kept cut like a lawn. Thru
the center Of the park will be laid a
cement sidewalk, and the street car
lines will run along one side Of the
center park, close to the curb line, leav-
| ing plenty Of room outside of it for
|
cars.
Would Cost Almost $4,000.
| While the grading, guttering, gravel
ling and planting Of this boulevard will
cost in the neighporhood of $4,000,
Mr.. Rubee finds that at least three
/ square blocks Of Mr.. T. Binfords farm
| building lots. Eighteen Of these lots
ro1 M he
| increase in value from farm acreage
boulevard in the city. will be more than
enough to cover the entire expense of
the boulevard improvement.
The plans also provide for extending
the park boundary to the south far
enough to take in about six acres more
Of the timber. and to include all Of the
excavated and bedded with sand from
the river and filed with water to pro-
vide perfectly safe bathing and boating
lagoons. The various drives. as now
laid out in the park, are being paved
with cinders.
4 Council Considering Plans.
The city council has been consider
ing ways and means for accomplish
Ing the Improvement SauO W Ia A4aSS Liz
city engineer take the necessary levels
and measurements from which to &C
curately estimate the cost Of the boule-
ward. 1t is then hoped to secure suf-
ficient assistance from Mr. Binford, az
the interested owner of adjacent prop
erty, to make Mr.. Rubee's proposed
park and boulevard Improvement pos
sible.
i There is q possibility that, should
this work be done. and the street cars
be in operati ton to the park, the Country
Club would move over to the Binford
land. south and east Of the park, so
as to have access to the street car
lines. If this were done the member
ship of the club would be more than
doubled, larger club house built and
a great many summer cottages con-
structed thru the beautiful timber
along the river. Eventually a dam
could be built which would hold the
river back for beautiful expanse OF
water for boating purposes and Mar
shutdown would finally have a summer
resort worthy Of the name.