Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
Clark and Holderness Will Give City Park to City as
 Will Also J. J. Haverty.
PROVISIONS
MADE
so Acres Must Re Purchased in One Section and Car Line Extended
 in Another.

To assist the city in securing the
 much needed public park, it was for
 mally announced yesterday by pr. o. i Park Place, beautiful spot in the | southwestern portion of the city, that
 35 acres in the heart of this beautiful Dr. Clark and his partner, H. l. Hol.
 derness, provided that the city will
 purchase as many as so acres adjoin- ing it, enough to make a suitable park.
 Dr. Clark stated that the 8 acres which will be offered to the city cost
 himself and MT. Holderness about ST. 900, including the improvements which have been placed on this tract,
 and that the 80 acres adjoining this land did not belong to the owners of
 Eden Park. Dr. Clark and MT. Hol- derness, however, hold options on the
 land adjoining the tract proposed to be donated, and it was stated yester-
 day afternoon by Dr. Clark that he
 was willing to turn over the land to the city at the price stated in the op- tions.
 The tract of land proposed to be do-
 mated by Mr. Holderness and Dr.
 Clark is indeed an ideal spot for
 public park, being located in section
 easly accessible and if work would
 begin on the improvement of this
 land to convert it into park, then the Pine Bluff Company would un- doubtedly extend it's line to this place.
 In speaking of the proposed prop osition yesterday, Dr. Clark said:
 Eden Park Place is an ideal spot for a city park, and the tract of land which we will offer to give the city is the most desirable for this purpose than any that I know of The tract contains a large natural lake. which could be put into excellent condition with very small sum of money, and with few improvements could be converted into one of the beauty spots of the state Mr. Holderness and I are very much interested in the proposi- tion of a city park and we will make this proposition at the next meeting of T@;, opinion this body could do no better than to accept our offer, as I am con- fident that the people are now thor oughly interested in the matter and | the purchasing of the eighty acres adjoining the tract which we intend i to give will be very easy task l With the eighty acres around this i beautiful spot, and it's lake and oth CT magnificent natural scenery, this | would undoubtedly make one of the prettiest public parks in the south.
 'Mr Holderness and I now hold op- tions on the land adjoining this spot and are willing to turn them over to the city at the price mentioned which is indeed very reasonable. Our formal proposition will be made at the next meeting of the joint com mittee and I confidently believe that no fairer offer could be made"
 Another Park Proposition.
 Word reached this city yesterday that J. J. Haverty, of Little Rock, president of the Haverty Furniture Company of that city, and one of the owners of Oakland addition to the city of Pine Bluff, wants to donate one hundred acres of land to the city for park site, free of cost. The offer of course has provisions at- tached, and Mr Haverty offers to come to this city and further explain his proposition at the meeting of the joint park committee May 27, at which time the formal propositions of all who have land which they wish to dispose of for park purposes will be heard. It. is believed, however, that one of the provisions to be con- tained in MT. Haverty's offer will be that the cemetery car line be extend ed to the Oakland addition, which is but short distance from the present end Of the street car line. The land I which Mr Haverty wants to donate is in the Oakland addition, near Smartsl