The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23
|ILSA TO HAVE A
|"CONEY ISLAND"
Ier Announces Many
tnrovements Connect
i with Sunset Plunge
ESTABLISH MIDWAY
.tosDate Amusement Park
With Dance Pavilion
TO Be. Added

Iopey island, the acme of amnse-
marks and the mecca OF New
,srs in the summer season, will
4, Tulsa in miniature this sum-
! and every year hereafter, In
l,sng in size with age, according
h c. Alder, fire chief and pro-
,or OF Sunset Plunge, which last
Nor was one OF the most popu-
mlmming pools in the county.
|so, only will there be a pool this
Inner but a complete and up-to-
4 amusement park, Alder said
|rrday. in discussing his plans for
coming year. Workmen have
|, kxy at the plunge, which is
Itoy near Garden City, on the
nina interurban. during the last
/ weeks, and already the place
Ks spick and span.
Where All May Dance.
bne of the new features this year
4 be a modern dance pavilion. one
mo biggest in the southwest and
| NJ the most modern. The hail
IN is 10 feet by lis feet, and the
kce floor constructed of the best
Ii obtainable and with a cushion
l. is so feet by 80 feet. The or
|stra will be placed in shell" al
end OF the pavilion. This con-
Icilon makes the music plainly
in every part of the
he pavilion Is OF open-air con-
kction, entirely screened In and.
n waterproof drop curtains. A
kplete soda fountain Is to be in
|red and there will be numerous
Isr conveniences. VIII T. Davis,
|,aeer of the Palace Grand dance
Twill manage the pavilion.
|yi. said Saturday that the dances
hid be run in the same manner
ne had operated in Tulsa. THE
Ellon will he n refined place TO
bee. The crowds will be restrict
/ he said.
Opcn-Air Dining Room.
Another new feature is an OPEN
dining room, where old-fash-
I'D chicken dinners will be served,
isr said that the dinners would
really old fashioned, where the
|srs can eat all they want.
edditional ground has been leased
on this are to be installed a
ry.go-round. a ferris wheel and
whip" three of the most popula'
d. There will also be a midway
h l2 refined shows, according to
isr.
rhe dance pavilion will open Sat-
iay night, April 20. Special mu-
and other features will be on
program that night. according to
ks. The dining room will open
but May is, and the shows and
e. win open about n week later.
,ording to Alder. The date for
opening Of the pool is uncevtain.
be largely governed by the wealth.
but Alder said that he hoped to
N II about the middle of May.
Walls Painted White.
rhe concrete walls of the pool
We been palnted>a n dazzling white.
W diving boards have been IN
llled and other apparatus Is being
oomed for the opening. One OF
! big features Of the pool this year
an electric fountain at one end.
arly 400 gallons of fresh water
W from this fountain every min
! into the pool. At night the wa
plays over large electric lights
4 presents beautiful effect. Five
" wells have been drilled, assur-
an abundance of water.
phe bath-house has also been re-
|deled. All steel sanitary lockers
N been installed in place OF the
Yen ones in use last year. The
ff,lty has been almost tripled.
|ere are n few private dressing
lms in both the men and women's
(h-houses.
Success Last Year.
Encouraged by the success OF the
b last year" Alder said. II have
de many expensive improvements.
believe that II was money well
Fnt however. Tulsans need a
rk In which to amuse themselves
ring the summer. I think the
nset park will supply that need.
"a park is for the refined people
Tulsa and the. morals of the PARK
going 10 be~kept at the highest.
IN going to operate park where
pred business man can safely take
family and spend a few hours.
|ere will be absolutely no rough
81 or rnWdvism tolerated."