Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-23
CIVIC LEAGUE WILL .
H. IMPROVE PARK
Property Formerly Set Aside for I'm
provement and Park Purposes.
New officers Elected

After many months OF nntiring eff
fort by the retiring president Of the
Civic League and its members, the
property once conveyed to this organi.
cation by the city council for park
purposes will be imprOyed-beautiiled
and made a Joy to our citizenship and
pleasing to the eyes OF all tourists
who pass through the city instead Of
a wide place in the road which Is
q sand bed IN the summer and mud
hole IN the winter.
Mrs. G.. W. Emory, the retiring
president. desiring to see this one
thing accomplished before retiring as
president. called a meeting Of the
league. together with the mayor, w.
w. Harris. q few business men and
some members OF the Bryan CONNER.
cial Club at Carnegie Hall Friday AZ.
ternoon to finally discuss the matter
and proceed with the work II fornd
agreeable to all at this time.
Although working quietly, consid.
cradle sum has been secured for i'm
proyement purposes and together with
the renewed efforts Of the league much
more will be available for the purpose
Of carrying on this deserving work.
Concrete posts will be employed In
fencing in the park with probably a
curb Of the same character and trees
and grass planted throughout the plat
at this time which will be added to
from time to time and made beautiful
as fast as means will permit
Owing 20 the recent bereavement IN
the family Of the president. Mrs. NJ
w Sims presided at the meeting and
stated the objects and purposes Of the
meeting.
The matter Of proper possession OF
this property by the league for pcrk
purposes was discussed, which deveL
oped the fact that the CITY council at
a meeting on Nav &c. 1911, bv proper
ordinance. set aside this property for
said purposes and was also confirmed
by the present council at a meeting
on June u. 1914, as follows:
Motion made and carried that the
mayor appoint a committee to lay out
and survey the ground now owned by
the city bounded on the north by An
derson street and on the south by
Burleson street and on the east and
west hy streets 20 be defined hv the
committee-thi property was former.
" Regent street and lays east Of the
II. & T. c. Railroad passenger depot
This is the plot Of ground set aside
some time ago for the Civic Club to
make a park Of. The mayor appointed
Aldermen Haswell and Wick with
City Engineer Adams, as a committee
to lay ont and survey this park, and
Alderman Haswell asked the mayor
10 assist The committee"
With the above Information at hand,
n motion was made and unanimously
carried to proceed with the work pc
above outlined. which will he started
ct once in order to get the benefit OF
the season in growing trees, etc.
New officers were elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. J. s. Mooring, president;
Miss Malcolm Mclnnis, secretary;
Mrs. A. VI. Waldror, treasurer.
New members who were elected
and dues collected from are as fol.
lows Mrs. Holdman, Mrs. Morrison,
Mrs. A. W. Wilkerson, Miss Malcolm
McInnis, Judge w. G. Talaferro,
Judge J. T. Maloney, Mayor w. W.
Harris, J. Webb Howell, ]. S. Doane,
A. w. Wilkerson and NJ. Z. Wallace.
No further business, the meeting adj
journed subject to the call Of the presi'
dent.