The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
CITY PARK BOARD
SHOULD BE ASKED
TOSP0NS0R PLAN
Project Would Have More
Chance of Success Un-
der City Control
By n. A. BRIDGEwATER.

Lotto mark on the citv propertv
e 4a,,.,, 90. H. c1
west VI JoNH ol tHe DdHu
Springs paved road and inter-
urbnn are beinu hnard IN
every manu- DozenS OF letter5
supporting the project and
landing thp nen who MANNED
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VI To water Board Now.
The only drawback apparent 80
far is that the proposition hns not
been made definite enough. Does
the Tulsa Athlete associauon's COM
mission Of rs propose to take over
the property In its own name and
finance and supervise the establish
ment OF the athletic park? or Is II
the idca or the men back or the
park movement TO have the city
park board run the job and simply
give their cooperation,
the commission OF Is named BY
the Tulsa Athletic association at
It's organization meeting last week Is
scheduled To take up the matter
with the nonpartisan water board
Monday Afternoon IL seems TO the
writer that the proper course for
the water board would he TO turn
the 34-acre tract In question over
w ~, ~ pa %l'h tne
.,hio,t, - 'e "'"ue
1 ".. "a"
Ihe water BOARD already has
turned over oV acres III the vicinity
park purposes WOODED tract
that large having been cleared OF
uhueIorush ana put IN shape Tor
campers, iuhuteuS OF tourlst
parties nave taken advantage or
tnls opportunity ana greater num-
pers VIII appreciate II next sum-
mer
Work with the Park Board.
Tho logical thing to do then
would he Tor the athletic commits
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sam III my WIN ''e Piaht' IN,
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49,, uI"'IuH noNen.,' nhctheI tne
pa,N pTi uu%Id Mouiu consent 10 turn
,inS,,,,' i,S p"' Ptopeies oNet uleoaiui-
,",i' 49,, ~ nc 'iIe H.wy loi ,iicu otn
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The athletic commission is de-
sirous only to see established
public amateur athletic park. II
the park board can be induced 10
turn this property into such
plant and will itself take over the
job the whole thing will be greatly
simDliiicd. for then the city Will
he behind the project financially
as well as morally. II the pari
noard Is willing TO make an attn
Hic PARK OUT OF the sire nut mas
nol inc money TO turn the trick "
nuId eau on the ath,ctlc associa-
uoh Tor finnhclal assistance.
City Should Keep Control.
BY all means a munlcIpal athletic
park SHOULD be one in fact as well
as In name. The CITY should be the
one TO control This will assure that
the park for All time will hel free
10 all II the park should pass into
CONT u OF the athletic association
everything might be alright. Then
again IL might not. AS long as the
present commission OF Is remained
IN charge everything undoubtedly
Would be properly conducted, Tor
these IS men are of the best in the
city. But no one can tell what time
would bring in the way OF changes
IN the personnel of the athletic as
sociatlon's governing body.
II would be a very simple matter
Tor the park board to ask this COM
mission to generally oversee the
park and its management---but this
should be for n stated period. The
PARK board should always retain the
authority 70 take over the conduct
OF the park II this became neees
sary.
Tho athletic commission alreadv
fs going ahead with Mans for hnIld,
ing the mark r Fl Steffens mnn-
ager OF the sand snrinps Raii,yav
company and a member ~ the con,,
mission of 1S has arranged 70 have
engineers insnect Tho ste Monday
and prepare rough estinatas ~ tbe
amount OF money necessarv 70 M,
the ground in shane bald tba hsIt
mile cinder path. eto--
letIc cnn,raIest Plans vi tne "'n-