The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-31
COUNCIL ADOPTS
CITY PARK PLAN
OF IMPROVEMENT
Landscape Artists Sketch
Virtually "Makes Park
All Over"
BEAUTIFUL DRIVES AND
WALKS TO BE FEATURES
Convention Halt and Fair Build.
ings Projected for
Future.


scape improvement Of the Fairgrounds
Park last night was adopted by the
City Council when a pencil sketch of
the park as it ought to be was APP
proved and the deal was closed with
Muskopf and Irish, landscape archi-
tects of st. Louis, to prepare detailed
plans and specifications for the park
work.
Nj. Muskopf attended the meeting
of the council last night which was a
special session, and explained all the
features of his park plan. He had the
pencil sketch tackled to the wall in the
council chamber, and prior to the
meeting, the councilmen gathered
around and examined the map and ask
ed questions.
The map, when it is carried into exc
cution in all its details, will virtually
make over the entire park. Beautiful
driveways that wind| in long easy
curves around the race track, the
buildings, in and out of the groups of
trees, will form one of the most i'm
portant features of the Improvement
work.
Sidewalks also have been provided
that will make the interior of the park
more beautiful. Many alterations in
trees also have been made and clumps
of shrubs and trees have been added
in several localities. The lake has
been preserved, and in fact, enlarged.
Tennis courts as well as a baseball
diamond have been provided for the
center Of the race track.
One Of the first alterations that will
be made in carrying out the plans for
the park will be with respect to the
entrances to the park.
The main entrance now located on
West End boulevard will be moved
further north so that it will open di-
rectly west to within short distance
of the race track when it will loop to
the south and draw up a broad plaza
in front and Oh the west side of the
clubhouse which viii be henceforth
known as The Shelter.
The entrance on Broadway will be
cut out and in its place the real main
entrance to the park will be on the
corner of Broadway and West End
boulevard. Here a wide ornamental
gate will throw the park open to the
motorists as well as pedestrians, and
in the center of the driveway, there
will be a fountain of some sort.
The driveway at this portion of the
park will be exceedingly wide, and
down the center of the drive for a
distance of several feet, there will be
a small parking effect in which will
be placed two drinking fountains.
This drive will continue in north
westerly direction till it will divide,
one part of the drive leading to the
plaza in front of the Shelter and con-
Meeting with the other entrance from
Normal avenue. The remaining part
of the main drive will follow a west
erly course, cross the race track at the
southern end, pass along the northern
side of the large lake, cross bridge
that will be built separating the two
portions of the lake, and make an out
let from the park at the corner of The
Perryville road and Broadway.
Other sections of the roadway will
lead from the Shelter around where
the stock barns now are located and
out ut the extreme northwest corner
of the park. Another section of the
road connects the northwest corner and
the corner at the intersection of the
Perryville road and Broadway.
The sidewalks in a general way will
follow the course of the roadways and
will be built along long easy curving
lines that will follow the natural con-
tours of the ground and wind in and
oUt among the trees and shrubs.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures for future work in the park is in
the northeast corner where provision
will be made for the fairs. Here the
sites for three fair buildings have been
aid off surrounding what will be de-
Teloped into beautiful sunken gar
len. There viii be farm products
lall, 4 machinery hall, and at the head
# the garden. a convention hall, which
will be combined assembly room and
Exhibition building for the fair.
The initial roads in the park will be
'uilt probably of dirt and oil and spec
fications will be ready for the city
within a couple weeks.
The present fence along the Broad
ray side of the park will be replaced
nth a heavy wire fence, before the
air rext month. K