Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-06-03
START IMPROVING
MERRITT PROPERTY
Baseball Diamond viii be Laid
Out-Appropriation Tomor-
row Night for improvements
HAVE CONFERENCE TODAY
General Playground for Chill
dren at North Amboy Park,
is Plan of Aldermen.
HAVE CONFERENCE TODAY

Work is about to be started to con-
vert the former Merritt tract in the
northern part of the city into an open
air recreation place for young and
old Chairman John j. Clark, Of the
committee on public grounds and
buildings: Chairman Chris Jcrgen-
sen, of the committee on streets and
sewers, of the Board of Aldermen
and Aldermen F. William Hilker held
conference today to decide upon the
line of procedure. They stated that
work would be started In the course
of the next few days to improve the
city's newly acquired park property,
first by converting the easterly end
of it into a baseball diamond and
general playground for children and
then to make beauty and resting
spot for the older people at the east
erly end. 1t will be endeavored to
have the children's playground done
within the next few weeks, so as to
have it in readiness for the children
when the schools are closed for the
summer vacation. Alderman Clark
states that provision will be made
for an appropriation for public parks
when the June budget is considered
at a committee meeting of the Board
of Aldermen tomorrow night.
Conditions are favorable at this
time for procuring earth to FILL on
the park property, 1t was stated by
Alderman Jorgensen today. He de-
clared that the numerous excavations
for new structures at this time of the
year made 1t comparatively easy to
procure the proper filing material
for the land. He also stated that
the street department would coop
crate to the extent OF dispatching
men and teams to cart away pile of
tin cans from one spot near the east
eriy end of the park land. The al
dermen, who are planning this work,
have decided to set aside parcel of
the park land 900 feet long and $50
feet wide for children's playground
purposes. This will be situated on
the easterly end, which Is near the
Central railroad tracks. A large
portion will be made into baseball
diamond and the remainder will be
devoted to general playground pur-
poses
City Surveyor Samuel ]. Mason Is
at work upon landscape plan to
properly beautify the westerly end of
the land to make it recreation spot
for adults. 1t will most likely be
converted into garden spot, WI 1
numerous winding paths and flower
beds, with benches of various kinds
installed for resting purposes.
Because Of the fact that practical
ly no consideration has been given
to prospective June budget figures
other than for those to enlarge and
maintain public schools, it has not
been decided how much money will
be appropriated for public park pur-
poses. It is the claim of a majority
of the aldermen that sufficiently
large sum will be provided for to
finance the establishment of parks
in the former Merritt tract, on a por-
tion of the aims house farm and
perhaps for the former water works
site In upper Smith street, although
the latter has practically been de-
cided upon as site for the proposed
municipal electric light plant.