El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-19
Ell Paso Can Haze A Dandy Bathing Beach;
Other Inland Cities Less Fortunate Haze Them
Splendid Location Here for
a Beach, in Proposed Park
East of the High School.
Denver Spends Millions to
Make Pleasure Resorts
For It's People.

WOULDN'T it be fine II Ell Pasoans
w could motor or walk or ride the
street cars out to a fine, sandy fresh
water beach, don bathing suits IN the
cool Of the evening and dive and swim
and rest and cavortz
Just because FL Paso is an inland
city is no reason why this should not
be possible.
There are many spots IN and about
the cicy where bathing beaches are
possible and mayor Davis and the al
dermen are in a frame OF mind TO take
steps TO put FL Paso on the map as a
bathing center as well as a city OF
comm ercial Importance
Mayor Davis realizes that FL
Paso as city must have
some Of the pleasures that citizens
Of a large city demand. BE real
izes that these things cannot be
accomplished in a day, but that no
time is more propitious than the
present. that the longer wait
10 begin. the longer we must wait
10 realize our ambitiOns-and the
more it will cost to aquire the
land.
a site considered ideal IS the sunk
en- section Of la1d underneath the rim
east of the high school The purchase
Of this is being urged upon the city by
far seeing citizens and the mayor and
aldermen agree that II would be wise
The Possibilities Here
There are wonderful possibilities
for a great. rugged park, in that 10
cality, with a lake that would be
Godsend to the people Of the city in
the summer time at least
dam at the south end OF the
reservation to hold the water
would make possible n lake Of
large area, with rugged shores
that could be sanded and made rs
attractive as any beach in the
country The fact that there y
plenty Of good soil on hand would
make parking possible. 4 won
derfuI play ground and recreation
PARK could be established, with all
manner of amusement devices
Robert krakauer suggests that a
chute the chutes" at the upper end
would not be cut OF the range OF pos
sihiiities- A dancing pavilion on the
waters edge would be another pos
sibility. Boating on the lake fishing
and swimming would be the greatest
possibilities, swimming leading all
others.
A Big Need Of FL Paso.
It Is the city that affords its people
smusements that is city OF home
owners. a CITY beloved By its people.
in the sumner seeking the amuse-
ments that other cities afford Enough
money would be kept at home, If we
had the amusements here that people
crave, TO pay the cost in few years,
to say nothing Of the pleasure that
would be afforded people who cannot
get away and the attraction We could
offer to others TO come here and To-
cate.
No longer. are beach cities the only
ones where bathing is enjoyed Kan
sas City and St Louis. interior cities
have established bathing beaches. and
Denver, no more fortunately located
than FL Paso, has some wonderful
parks, lakes and bathing resorts for
Millions Of dollars have been spent
IN Denver for parks and lakes and
bathing beaches. yet the people would
not take ten times their cost and lose
them and they are each year voting
more bonds and paying for the extern
sion OF this work, started by the late
mayor Speer-
Just n Years Work
This year in preparation for its
Seer season Cand the temperature
never gets as high at Denver as in FL
Paso) Denver has spent large sums on
its beaches
The most notable Improvement was
made at Berkeley park BY the addition
OF two wings to the concrete bath
house A large veranda facing the lake
has also been enclosed with concrete
and steel lockers installed. Locker room
in the Berkeley bath house Will now
accommodate one thousand bathers,
while the locker capacity at Washing
ton park has been doubled. It was not
necessary TO increase the size Of the
latter bath house because all Of the
room had not been utilized. The i'm
provements at the Berkeley beach cost
in the neiehborhood Of $4,000.
Even with these Increases IL is dis
closed by the park board and the man.
ager OF improvements and parks that
the beaches are crowded SO steadily
has the popularity Of bathing beaches
increased since their opening that ev-
cry year has witnessed a further ex-
pansion-
Citizens to pay
The next step to accommodate the
crowds must necessarily come at Cy-
erland park. which the city has ac-
Quired- AS gravel is extracted from the
river bank a basin viii be created
which viii be lined with concrete and
converted into a mammoth pool The
Development OF Overland Is dependent
upon the property owners living with
N the South Denver park district. The
city bought the vest flfty-five acres