Arizona republican., 1921-06-02
REPORT ON PLAN FUR DEVELOPING
 OF PAPAG0 PARK

The following report of the pub lie affairs committee of the cham Der of commerce concerning the pro- posed development of Papago Park. has been submitted to H. A. Diehl, chairman of that committed;
 Your committee, appointed to in- vestigate the proposed improvements of a certain section of Papago Park for picnic and recreation purposes, beg leave to report that on May, 13, the entire committee, consisting of w. l.. Pinney. Mrs. Henry Baswitz. w. c. Hornberger and Herbert l.. the proposed sites. Howard S. Reed was invited to go with us, as he had charge of the valley reclamation service at the time the power canal was put in, and James Goodwin, of Tempe, by appointment, was also with us.
 Your committee went over the ground thoroughly. and looked at the different sites that had been sug- gested, and decided that the sloping i hill lying just to the east of the pen
 stock affords the best location for the planting Of trees and the making
 of what would be an ideal picnic and recreation grounds The beautiful
 stream of water running down from the power canal. affording wading
 and bathing pools for children, and
 not sufficiently deep to be danger
 ous is, in the minds of your commit
 tee, of so much value that any other location at this time could hardly l be considered.
 t Mr. Goodwin stated that he had
 had bills passed in the legislature
 which would provide for the levy ana
 collection of sufficient taxes to make any improvements that your commit
 tee would deem necessary. and also for the expense of caretaker to ir
 rigate the trees and keep the ground,
 in perfect condition The water fo
 the irrigation of trees would be talk
 en out of the canal st the hiehes
 point possible, just north of the ce
 ment work of the fpen- stock. ant
 could be taken by pipes or oper
 hill- It has been suggested that pip
 for sub irrigation could be obtaine,
 from the city water works of F'hoe
 nix and Tempe. using pipe which ha' ] been discarded in these water sys , tems.
 As to the amount of money re auired for this improvement. the sit
 uation is such that any desire
 amount can be spent. The co,untr ic liCIC dliu lUc WdltI WILL Dt- IQT
 nished free for the enterprise by tn
 Reclamation service for a tract no
 exceeding 20 acres.
 Mir. Goodwin states that the Ian
 desired is within the limits of Pap ago Park, and the procedure woul be to have the authorities at Wash , ington restore the 20 acres tlesire
 to entray (after the tract desire had been surveyed by the reclama , tion engineers), and accompanyin this Aith an application to file o the - acres for the town of Temp l and the City of Phoenix for picni
 or recreation purposes.
 Your committee also investigate [ a. site lying just west of the pen ) stock. also another site lying south } west. south and southwest of Hole } in the Rock" and also looked ovs s the situation at the viaduct. At tf . last named place the. only improve 1 nent that could be sugRestci wou
 be row of trees along the roadws 1 leading down to the Tempe -Phoen : highway. There was a question O the minds of your committee wheti i CT the planting of trees along tn . highway would not detract from Il I natural beauty of the roadwa
 While the other points have ,indoub
 ed merit. the little stream runnil 4 tHFousn the pot or ground Wh1cn :, recommend. has an added advantai n which we could not overlook. al
 which conld not be obtained at u R other points without a waste v water. We are informed that th ,o small stream oO water is used f ,o irrigation purposes. and is perma " ent
 ,o From our conversation with \ ,o Hayden of the Water Users assoc ,o ation. We are convinced that they W 10 heartily endorse this project. Your committee also had figur s1 from J. K. Wheat, nurseryman, w w.v eucalyptus trees and fan palms. T If time for planting the former is ps = for this year. The fan palms co, oo be put out this month. Mir. Whs 50 said that the eucalyptus trees WI . worth fifty cents a piece. and wo, sl grow six feet the first year and fir,
 ten to twelve feet the second ye g. and would take four to five years k make good shade. That he had ds this time an ver-stock of fan palr K which were about twelve feet hi cir and one foot in diameter, and wol
 sell them for $2.0O each, the regu
 price being s to $6 each. At | 's- price the trees would be delivered tes the ground in quantities. but t ,e- would not include planting
 St. Your committee having comple aul the work for which it was appoint !. respectfully submits the above ron,