Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-22
CHILDREN TO PLAY WHERE
OLD PRISON ONCE STOOD
Formal Opening of Seabrook Ath-
Ietic Field Takes Place To-
Morrow Afternoon.
WILL SERVE LARGE Co,lMuNrT,
Committee on Recreation and PLAY
Grounds Plans Survey of Rich.
m"nd to Co-Oriinatc Forces Work.
ing for Welfare OF Children.

fiIlhg ionE-fclt need Of adpuuatn
rccr"atlonal advantages for tb, ,hiI
ur"ii IN the middle section of the East
End and bringing to "A succcssruI ,,,l.
minaton the united .iorts Of III,
tuesday club of the railroad Young
Mems Christian Association and The
committee OH recreation and pluv-
grounds tn" city on tomorrow after
noon at o'clock will throw OMEN 3,
new playground on the location OF ,h..
"l" S"abrook Tobacco Warehouses ON
Grace street, between Seventeenth ANA
Eighteenth Streets
The occasion viii be a gala on. fnr
the children and their parents Mayor
AihsIi". Chairman John Hirschbcrc of
tue administrative Board. and Score
taiN :. !" Thomas. of the Railroad
l"nhs Mems Christian Association.
HAY" consented 10 deliver addresses
AMI the Boy Scouts viii give "A dem.
onStrhiion under the direction Of Robert
w Miles. il. director Of playgrouuds
To-day the Scouts will distribute among
The children Of that section 1000 pos
terS announcing the opening OF III.
playground.
The new recreation field which viii
supply playing ground 10 tn. children
between sixteenth ana Twenty third
ana Main ana Eroad streets and viii l..
placed in charge OF Nicira Ramos, was
equipped at a cost o. $500" the Admin
istratiN" Board paving half Of this
amount and the Tuesday Club IN.
other half. Ii is the only place OF IN"
Kind between ohimhorazo Park. in the
East. and clark Springs, III tn. IVES,
Will. RoMF ON SITE: or
Old WAREHOUSE: AND PRISON
Wh"r" tn" Eiddics will romp. there
stood in the old days the Scabrook
Tobacco Warehouse. During the War
Between the States. when the storm of
l,l.f Il
building WAS utilized in some WAY by
the conf"derat" government either as
a hospital or as detention house
Later. on it's requirement hy the ,nu-
nicipality. IL VAS rented by the city
to tobacco dealers who stored their
hoSsh"ads th.i" 1T was for som. time
used as Il temporary Jail Several
years ago tho building inspector de-
ciarcd it nmsaf" and the historic old
pile WAS. torn down. Since that time
the Commitl"" ON recreation and play
grounds has aHitat"d the question OF
"quippine Il city playground on III,
location.
For Iii" purpose of making g survey
OF backgrounds in Richmond and Of CO
originating thu forces working tor
r"crcat ional advantages to the children
tn" cOmluittc. is now sending ont ai,-
pcals for fund OF $500. to lac us",
IN securing tia" services Of T : settle
n"ld secretary % tn" American Play
ground ana Recreation Association. Mi
S"ttl" comes to Richmond al tn. end
-. III" month /" address the stat. Edu-
Catioual Association. II" has been pc
culiarly successful in this line of work
Fairgrounds had their beginning IN
Richmond ia 1905. when on" Was
,ahiishcd At Nineteenth and Main
streets Tire" years later. the city
took the matter in hand. There ar.
now min" in Richmond.
The committee ON recreation ami
Fairgrounds is composed uf tn. fol-
lowing: l.. Nick Judilins. chairman: W
NJ. Addison, i. -. George Bryan. 7. N
Darlington. j y. q. Chandler. Charles
Is Cooke, i. 9. Corl"y. W 7. pahu"y,
Frank W. Duke. W. -. Duke, Julien
II. Hin. secretary and treasurer: vii
liam Todd, w W. Gillette, Charles
Eiutzlcr. J. Scott Parrish. Or. Frank NJ
Rcadc. Henri ". Roun,rcc. T.. Ran
dolph Williams. 4. l. Peters.