The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-22
TWO PAVED ROADS
FOR MORTON PARK
ORDERED BY BOARD
Haas and Barton Thorough
fares to Be Permanently
ConstructeS.
APPOINT COMMITTEES
Company's Directors to Pro-
ceed With Plans For Open
ing of Place.
APPOINT COMMITTEES

7 The series of boulavards for Rich
mond was started yesterday when the
county commissioners ordered the
Haas and Barton roads constructed
of concrete and brick under the three
mile road law The two roads togeth-
er are about four miles in length.
The Haas road, which will be 9.98
miles long. will be made to furnish
a convenient entrance for motor We
hicles especially, to Morton lake and
park. 1t was petitioned for by K. NJ.
Haas and others.
The road begins at Twelfth and
North J streets and runs through an
unimproved tract east to Nineteenth
street where it turns south to G street
and the Hawkins road The improve
ment will then continue along the
Hawkins road northeast to Twenty
fourth street and then north over the
Gaar bridge to the New Paris Pike. !
Use Brick and Concrete,
The section of the improvement in
the city will be of brick and the cOun-
ty road will be concrete as will be the
case in the Barton road.
The improvement petitiOned for by
William ID. Barton and others will be
started at Tenth and North J street,
joining the brick street there. 1t will
run east on ] street to where the Haas
brick street starts, turning north from
there and running to the corporation
limits where the New Paris pike
starts; there the road will be of con-
crete to the Smyrna road, joining the
Haas road again and completing cir
cult of paved roads around the proper
ty owned by the Morton Lake and
Park company.
The county commissioners are in
terested in what bids will come in on
November 49, the day set to receive
proposals. for the construction for fu-
ture improvements, and the contract
price is one feature into which the
commissioners will delve to ascertain
if concrete should displace macadam
for the future coutry road surface.
..s.rssss-.- Under New Law.
The construction of these roads will
take until late next summer, and by
that time the commissioners expect to
have other roads of concrete under
way under the three-mile-road law.
Wilfred Jessup also has plans for a
system of improved roads surround
ing the city, which with the Haas and
Barton improvements will make an
aggregate of about twelve miles of i'm
proved roads directly accessible from
the city streets.
Other boulevards which were pro-
posed by Attorney Jessup are the
Whitewater boulevard along the west
bank of the river; South TWenty-third
street; South E street and east to the
Elkhorn road. thence north across the
National road. and through the rear
of Glen Miller park, circling around
to meet Twentyfourth street north
of the park; Twenty-third street north
and through the park to meet the pro-
ceeding Improvement, and a number
of smaller improvements.
Shows Gets Concessions.
Directors of the lake and park COM
pany at their meeting last nigh sold
the concessions for the remainder of
the present season to James Thomas,
who expects to do a thriving business
as long as the weather remains open,
as large numbers of persons visit the
new park every Sunday.
The company has opened a gravel
pit on the site which will be used in
the construction of streets in the park
and for revenue producing purposes.
The directors decided that the COM
pany, in selling lots fronting directly
on the lake. will in all cases retain
control of the water front which will
give every one the privilege of walk
ing about the lake near the water line
without trespassing on private prop
erty.
The following permanent commit
tee was appointed to have charge of
the park concessions: Charles w. Jor-
dan. chairman; George Seidel and
Richard Sedgwick. A committee COM
posed of A NJ. Gardner. f. NJ. Haas
and II. r Robinson was instructed to
draft a suitable deed to be used in
transferring building lots to purchas-
ers.