The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-20
Landscape Gardener Submits
Blue Prints of Sites; Gives
North Park in Detail;
Has Features.
PROPOSITION ONLY
IN TENTATIVE STATE
Ball Diamond, Auditorium, Elk
hibit Hall, Fairgrounds,
Driveways Included in
Sketches Made.

Yesterday afternoon the public util.
itics committee, O. H. bingham
chairman, of the Chamber Of Com
morcc met in the organization
rooms second floor Of the First Ma
tional bank building, ana inspected
The plans for a park system present
ed by Mr Adams, landscape gard
ener While no definite approval
was made of the proposition, the
committee members stated that they
were in favor OF some system OF
parks aud Fairgrounds aud iAdieat-
ed that the plans submitted contain
cd many Of the desired features.
Mr. Adams had prepared detailed
blue print of the park in the north
section of the city and also showed
rough sketch Of royamped Sha
moan Springs park. H. A. Cranwell,
city engineer had prepared d map Of
the city, showing the tentative loca
ton of eight parks, The two largest
being in the north part Of the city
and at Shanoan Springs with the six
others at convenient points over the
city 1t was made plain that these
plans were only proposed and that
any one Of them or all, might be
changed before the proposition ig
placed before the public
Detls North Park
detailed blue print Of North
park was submitted by Mr. Adams,
its boundaries being from Choctaw
avenue on the south to the Frisco
railroad on the north and from the
ally between Sixth and Seventh
streets on the east to Eleventh street
on the west
The main entrance, the plans
showed, would be between Seventh
and Eighth streets on Choctaw The
automobile and vehicle entrance
would be Seventh slrcot, which would
lead TO a driveway extending two
blocks north, then circlng the park
on the north ard running west to
Tenth street, then Guyug cast and
south and connecting with tho com
ploted loop at Seventh and Illinois.
Contains Many Features.
The proposed park contains many
features. 1t is designed to be used
as playground for children and
grown-ups, as a permanent site for
a fair grounds and as general rec
reation resort. The plans include an
auditorium S0x1O0, an exhibit hall
lO0x1lo, together With show pens for
all classes Of stock, as the fair fea-
turc.
In The north edge Of the park, is
designed baseball and football
court, with tennis courts and chill
dren's site, There are ample provi-
sions for car parkings, while dam
thrown across Line creek would eli
inmate back water and form a swim
ming pool more than block and
half long Drinking fountains, sunken
gardens, flower beds and all park
features arc includcd in tho plans.
Connect Parks by Drive
The tentative plan submitted by
Mr. Crsuwcll, showing proposed, but
not definite locations of the various
park sites also indicates that tho
entire system would be connected by.
a driveway, the paved streets Of the
city to be used largely in the sys-
tenn of drives.
The committee is scheduled to
meet this afternoon to formulate
some plans for getting the PROPOSE
tion before the public
Blue prints of the general system
of parks proposed. as well as the de-
tail OF the North park, will be
placed in the prominent windows of
the city in order that the public may
inspect the plans