The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31
MUNICIPAL CONTROL NEEDED
Meeting of the Association will be Held
on Next Monday Evening at Which
Time the Plan Of Submission Of Play
Ground Question will be Agreed upon

Plans to submit the question Of rails
ing fund to provide play grounds for
the children of Kenosha will be taken
up at meeting Of the Kenosha Play
Grounds association called to meet at
the office Of Cavanagh and Barnes on
next Monday evening. At this time Of
ficers for the new year will be elected
and some plan worked out to provide
for the submission of the question,
The board Of education has shown a
willingness to take hold Of the big
question of providing recreation places
and it has placed its approval upon the
plan by including in the annual budget
an appropriation Of $4,000 for the work.
The members of the association are
anxious to get the good will of the
people back of the movement and even
though the appropriation of $4,000
should be granted by the council with
out discussion the members OF the as
ISOLATION desire to have the question
of play grounds submitted to the people
in order to provide for continuing tax
for the support of the movement in the
future. President Torrey of the asso-
citation in speaking Of the matter said
"We are all convinced that Kenosha
should have part in this big movement
of providing recreation places for the
children and for the men and women
of Kenosha, but we feel convinced that
if the movement is to be a successful
and permanent one that it must have
behind it the official support of the
city Il is easy enough to get out and
raise a small sum of money for investi-
cations by private subscriptions but
when it comes to providing for the con-
tinuation of this work it must be by
taxation and with the consent of the
people. Members of the association
who have made a study of the play
ground movement are convinced that it
is an excellent thing and full provir
sion for the support of the movement
is made in statutes recently enacted
in Wisconsin. The school board is the
proper body to have the control of the
movement and when the people by their
votes shall give this board power to
secure money the Play Ground associa-
tion will be ready to act only as an adj
visory body"
Ii is announced That the leaders in
the movement desire the question sub
mitted to the people at the election in
1914 and this would make possible some
work along the lines of opening recrea-
tion places during the summer of 1914
and it is thought certain that the city
council would be willing to anticipate
the levying of a special tax by making
an appropriation from the general fund
to carry on the work next year with
the understanding that the tax could
be levied in 1914 and paid back to the
general fund later.
The association believes that the
work should move slowly and move
with the view of following a regular
plan in the future. 1t. is expected that
ten wears will be required to work out
the plan as has been suggested by the
officials and agents of the National
Play Grounds association who have
worked in Kenosha.
With the seal Of approval on the
movement at referendum election it
is certain that all hesitancy which has
been shown by the officials to take up
the movement will be removed