Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-24

mis-, volley ball, field ball and corner
ball may be played without distinc-
ton as to sex.
Wading pool Forty feet in diam
eter if round, or 2Ox6O feet if rec
tangular, by "a inches deep at center
and II inches deep at sides, would be
satisfactory. Cost would be about
10 cents square foot, or 500. The
sand court should be placed near the
wading pool or partially around it,
and would cost a small amount.
Swings should be from IL to II
feet high and will require very little
space. They can be built by having
concrete bases on to which are bolted
two by fours. Mortised into these
two by fours and well braced will
support horizontal bar to each OF
which can be attached a half dozen
or more swings. These swings can
be placed reasonably near the fence
or stream of water, but need take
up very little room It. is also very
easy to install some turning bars in
connection with the swings.
The next set of sport requires moro
room. There should be at least four
tennis courts, each SO by 130 feet;
at least two volley ball courts, each
25 by so feet; field ball or outdoor
baseball, probably two spaces about
100 by 200 feet; two or more places
for quoits, 20 by so feet each. Giant
strides and slides could be placed
near the edge OF any of those places
required for the organized games.
You can easily see that to accom-
modate such apparatus and games as
| have named a broad space of level
land Is not required. II is not diff
cult TO find enough space, il seems 10
me, in our park for several times as
much apparatus as | have enumerat-
ed. The tennis coHrts require far
more room according to the number
of people they can accommodate than
any apparatus mentioned.
AS has been stated above. there
should be a special playground ar
ranged for the girls, for the installa-
tion of such apparatus as giant
strides, swings, slides,. turning bars,
etc. In addition TO RMS there should
be space enough for volley ball and
field ball courts. ! should say IL tho
girls could have two acres OF ground
set apart for their use it would be
sufficient. Many Of the games, such
as tennis and vo!ley ball. could be
played without separation of the
sexes.
In addition TO all of the above
there should be planned a general
swimming pool, free TO everyone.
This pool should be about 100 feet
long and 80 feet wide, feet deep &C
one end and tapering down to a depth
of feet at the other end. Whether
Ashland becomes q health resort or
not, | am of the opinion that the
community could do no better than TO
establish such a playground in its
park where young and old together
might spend the afternoon and even
ings in profitable exercise and rest
or course there should be a play
ground supervisor lie is more i'm
portant than anything else 10 the sue
cess of the undertaking. | think IL
the community win establish such a
playground, that we can select a
teacher who will bo willing to take
charge of it during the summer
months at a nominal cost, and feel
like saying to you that We will ba
willing to provide such a supervisor
for the vacation months.
II | have not been definite enough
in my statements should be glad, at
any time. to confer with you in re-
gard to this matter
However, | might say that a large
part OF this apparatus can be made
by good carpenter at a very small
cost. A few pieces will be more sat
isfactory If bought fyom the manufac-
turer but this does not hold for most
of them. Play space provided, ono
thousand dollars viii equip a play
ground sufficient for quite time,
excepting the swimming pool, which
of itself will cost one thousand dol
lars Yours truly,
GEORGE A. BRISCOE.