The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-09
Chamber of Commerce, Park
Commission, City Council Gets
Together in Outlining
Fairgrounds.
BOULEVARD TO BE
CONNECTING LINK
Park and Playground Specialist
Here; Will Work Out Detail
With City Engineer;
Start Next Week
Win lho chicll18ha Chamber oi

With the Chicka8ha Chamber Of
Commerce, the improvement
commiateo Of that body the
city council and the park
commission working in harmony, out
lues for system of parks and play
grounds for this city are being made
! and it is expected that the rough
draft of the proposition win be II
shape to present in detail within tNo
weeks.
At meeting yesterday afternoon,
general meeting was held in the
rooms of tn Chamber Of Commerce.
Those pre- ert were Alger Milton, pres.
idont, j. w. Conner, secretary of the
organization, Y. w Damoll, acting az
president Of the council, o. l.. Bing.
Lam, representing the improvements
committee of the chamber, J. y. Car.
michael of tho park commission, II,
q Cranwell, city engineer, II, l..
Grgsby city attorney, and several
members Of the city council were
also present.
Meet Park Specialist,
The meeting was for the purpose
Of meeting Mr. Adams, park special.
ist, who has spent 20 years in the
business and who has planned and
supervised the construction of parks
in cities like San Antonio and Colo
RADIO Springs and who at this time is
supervising a park system for El Re.
no
Mr. Adams was here about SIX
weeks ago at which time he went
over the ground with j. w. Conner,
secretary of the Chamber Of Com
@erce. AT the meeting yesterday
he submitted rough sketches of
general park system for Chickasha,
data for which he had gathered while
On his previous trip here.
Has Natural Advantages.
In my 20 years experience have
never seen better natural advantages
than are afforded in Chckasha for
splendid system Of PARKS said Mr.,
adams
The plan as outlined and roughly
skeichcd by Mr. Adams, calls for
large park in the north part Of the
city, that affords space for a fair
ground, a baseball diamond, rest and
recreation division and a playground
for the children. This park. accord
ing to the plans, is to be connected
with others in the city by system
Of bouleyards, it being so arranged
tiat many of the streets Of the city.
already paved. may be used, thus re.
dpcing the street improvement to a
Linimum
Other Sites Suggested
The boulevard is to connect with
Seventeenth street along the eastern
border of tn o. c. w. campus and
1T the southeast corner of the cam
rns, a small park is to be located,
the plans outline. The old city park,
where the standpipo is located, is
another site, and there will be ati
lCaat three more located at convenient
points in order that the people in
every section Of town may have but a
aiotr distance to go to reach park
and playground One is to be locat
cd in the negro quarter Of the city.
Fairgrounds for the children arc
30 be features of all the parks the
pans indicaet as well as recreation
and rest features for the grownups
Prepare Detailed Plans.
It was decided at the meeting yes
torday that Mr. Adams with Il. A.
Cranwell, city engineer, will start
work Monday on the preparation OF
detailed plans of the system.
They will make surveys and de
tailed drawing Of the entire system
ia connection with a map OF the en-
the city, in order that the proposed
system may be seen at a glance and I
an idea gained of the addition this
system Will make to the citys beauty
and the comfort of the citizens. This
work is expected to be finished in
two weeks. 1