The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
PUBLIC MAY GET
CHANCE TO IMPROVE
MCCLELLAN SQUARE
People Who Desire 10 Contribute
Benches or Playground Material
day Put Their Names en- as
Donors.

According to CITY Manager A. H..
Hcbensircii, the deed to the city for
d Mcclellan Square 1.-THE block TO
be developed into a city rark1 has NOT
yet been received from the bank IN
Philadelphia, Pa, whore u has been
held In trust. However. II II expected
soon. The Improvement OF Mcclellan
Square probably will not begin until
March I, 1890, the city be-
lievcs. There are tenants In the
houses now occupying the property.
The rent they pay from the time the
city actually becomes owner Of ths
property. until March I. 1890. will go
into a fund for the Improvement ~
the park. The houses and other Inn
proNcments now on the property viii,
be sold and the money derived from
their sale also will go into the fund
for the Improvement OF the park,
City Manager a. u. HcbcnHtreit has
n tentative plan FOR the Improvement
OF Mcclellan Square that he will put
before the commissioners within a
few days. The plan In TO permit the
public TO max various offerings Of
improvements for the square aud
have the name OF the donor perpetu-
atcd In the records Of the city as hav-
Ing given that certain improvement.
For eNnmplei Say that John Doc
and Richard Roe are carpenters.
They are Interested In making Albu
qucrque a good place 10 live In, AMI
therefore enthusiastic In the develop
ment OF McClellan Square. But they
have no money to give for its i'm
proVement. suppose they say to etch
other. Let's build the benches TO-
the park" And suppose MIR. JinN
GazoOks were a lumberman and he'd
say; I'm not very flush with money
this year. hut IN furnish the lumber
for the park benches"
All right. Gazooks furnishes the
lumber M Doe and Roe make EN-.
Then the benches will bear an in
scription. something like this These
benches were made for Mcclellan
square by Carpenters John Doe and
Richard Roe. JinX Gazooks furnished
the lumber
Get the iden7
The city manager apparently un-
~dcrHtands the personal pride one taken
In u project when he has contributed
something toward ~. n his plan is
accepted. the entire improvements OF
the park viii be worked out along
this line. even to the planting OF the
trees. The park will he laid out by
a skilled lanscape artist. and his
name will 40 down In the city records
as one who has helped make u he1uti-
full spot In Albuquerque. He will
designate a spot for every tree that
will be planted In the park and prob
ably say what sort Of a tree will grow
there. Then II a citizen OF Albuquer-
que wants to plant tree number OF I
or II or any other number that
strikes his fancy he can make APP
plication for permission 20 DO 80. He
will then plant his tree, and may
have permission to name the tres.
lie may name tho tree after himself
or President Wilson or 7. r.. or who
ever he dinEbusted plenses.
And N the tree prospers. sometime.
forty or ffty years hence, Mr. Public
Spirited Citizen may read an item IN
the Evening Herald something like
this.
Willie Wrinkle. II years Did who
foil put Of Bingo links tree ycster-
day and broke his arm, is rapidly Inn
proving
Dr-Thc second grade Of the
Fourth ward school held a picnic IN
Mcclellan Square yesterday n
spread their lunch under the Hiram
johnson tree
n this plan for the placing Of the
improvements In Mcclellan squire
matcriaiizos, II will orer wonderful
opportunities for c'.,sone TO become
a patron Of what viii be-
one Of Alhuqucrquc's beauty spots.