The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-04-07
LANDSCAPE ARTIST
HIRED FOR PARK
Expert Will Outline How Place
Will Look 5 Years in the
Future.

The first step toward developing the
Fairgrounds Park by a preconcerted
plan and set of specifications drafted
by expert landscape artists, last night
was taken by the city council when a
conditional contract for the park plans
was let to Henry C. Muskopf, of st.
Louis, park expert.
Mr.. Muskopf's firm, the Muskopf &
Irish Company, will proceed to survey
the park, chart all the trees, shrubs,
drives, lakes and buildings on the
land, and prepare plans for the park
as it should be in order to make it a
real place of beauty.
The survey will commence at once
Then the council will be given sketches
showing where everything will be
placed as the park is completed. The
plans and specifications will designate
what features it will be best to develop
first
If the council is not satisfied with
any of the plans that are submitted
for the park, the city may Withdraw
from the contract without cost to the
city, under the terms of the agree
ment filed by Mr.. MuskOpf.
On the approval of the park plans
by the council, Mr.. Muskopf will be
entitled to collect his charges for
doing the landscape work. The charge
for making the complete plans and
specifications for the improvement of
the park will be at the rate of $40 an
acre, or approximately $500 for the
entire Fairgrounds Park
Mr. Muskopf appeared before the
council in person last night and cx-
planned what his firm proposed to do
He and the Mayor made a trip to the
park yesterday afternoon and made
Z complete investigation of all the
features.
He first quoted rate of $3.50 an
acre and $40 an acre when the city
engineer makes the preliminary SUI
vey. Mayor Rage urged him to start
his work in Southeast Missouri ut the
Cape by doing all the planning at the
flat rate of SO an acre. He met the
Mayors request.
Nh Muskopf did not outline to the
council what his ideas about doing in
side the park will be, but he declared
that it was the business Of his con-
Germ to find out what each section Of
the park may best be used for, and
working the whole into Il harmonious
property that the city may be
proud of.
Mr. Muskopf is drafting the plans
for newly acquired SIS 900 42-acre
park at St Charles, Mo.
The council last night deferred the
election of the park keeper until the
next regular meeting, when after five
ballots none of the IS applicants for
the position had received a majority
OF ) votes of the council On the
fourth ballot Louis +. Brunke led with
three votes, and two of the ballots
Harry J. Hines got two votes.
The list of applicants for the posi-
ton is as follows: A. d. Parker, Val
entine Fischer Jr., J. c. Drury, J. w.
Davis, Fred Steinborn, Fred Murphy,
John w. Ross, John G. Putt (Jackson),
ira McCombs, J. Griffith, Geo. B. Sell
lerS, C. c. Bryeans (Morley), Reno
Herzinger, A J. Brown, Walter \.
Lacy, Leon Rose, Harry j. Hines. Joe
Gartner, T. VI. Lail. Joseph +. Koch,
Henry BrakebuSch, johnson LangSton,
Herman Klagcs, VIM. Hopkins, Louis
F. Brunke, A l.. WolperS, John Bran
non, VIM. Knapp, Robert VI. Reid,
j. NJ. Green, Ira Fec, Chris Sander,
Chas. A. Mcdonald, Ed Flcntge.
Frank Oliver, B. f. Prescott, Alonzo
Gibson.