Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-10
LARGE FUND FOR
PARk IMPROVEMENT
NOW ANAILABI.E

In = reeeat article Tie Review
/ pointed cut the nccds af East aus
West side parks M Champaign. call.
ins attention IL The iaadeQuacy If
the reeeatienal facilities tn both
\ member Of the park hoand took
exception to the article IN letter 90
leeal paper in WHICH be explained
shal the hoafd had worked under djfgi.
Guides occasloned bV lack Of funds.
The a,titaae Of members 81 the
Twin City Federation ef Labor l.
not intended - criticism ut the
board nor ef any member OF that
body, Il was explained hY enc prom
ment member of the Federation. Whe
has been a leader IN .he improvement
Of fecreaNenal facilities in both
silles.
"East Side park is available only
Tor an afternoons rest II enc l.
willing to 81 ef lie un the sWari, II
Is practically Void OF the ordinary
park convenience he said.
1T Is not the lntcAtian Of members
Of the labor unions 10 urge the city
To travel faster than expedienee
Warrants IN constructing bathing
pools and otherwise euuipping the
parks with attractions. hut Ii Is Ger
tainlN imperative that SemuihInW I've
done Tor the children and saung pee
pie as we'll as the tired mothers of
the Federation of Labor. who have
limited opportunity for recreation
here, and WHO have not the means ta
20 elsewhere Ia obtain such recreas
tipn as the mind aud body demands
His statement expresses the sentl-
ment Of hundreds. perhaps thousands,
whose opportunities are restricted To
a few hours week In recreation.
and who have neither the means nor
the time TO 20 elsewhere fer a days
cutting.
To go To East or West Side pnrk
and find the few benches filled with
men who have not the eourtesy 60 be
ehlvalrous 10 woman and who IN.
sist ON monopoliKinR the benches a. an
every day occurrence. Additional
benehes should be provided. paftiCu.
lafly In East Side park.
II Is the understanding Of members
of the Federation that large sum
of money Is new available for use
by the park board. According To n
member Of the board improvements
have not been added because Of lack
of funds II this has been true IN the
past what reason can the board now
give for not appfoprlsting The funds
that are now available TO much needed
improvements
Recently band coneeft which was
prevented from taking place on the
scheduled Friday evening at West
Side park was transferred To East
Side park on the following Sunday,
Members Of the Associated Musicians
Band who gave the concert, We're
compelled TO borrow chairs at nearby
residences before the program could
start.
The bathing pool should be enlarged
TO four times ia present dimension
at least with depth graduating
E4lassA one 10 three feei, Citizens, who
frequently pass the pool declare that
no system Of cleansing or changing
the water In the present pool could
possibly result in keeping the water
clear. no matter hew faithfully the
caretaker might perform his duties,
Change the water each morning and
II will be. unfit for children To paddle
in by noon Half a dozen children
in and out of the pool will muddy the
water within an hours time. One
refined woman was heard TO remark
Il would mot have my little girl IN
that water for anything" This 10 one
of many similar expressions one
hears on passing through East Side
park.
There should be swings for children.
mans more benches for tired house
wives who want an afternoon reero-
alton from the heat, an enlarged pool
and band stand In East Side park.
A part OF the available fund could be
appropriated for sand piles and Dlqy
grounds for children.
II Is we'll known fact that the
park funds have been tied op for some
time through legal teehniealities, but
II II understood that $4,000 viii be
available for use Of the Champaign
park board within few days. ia.
dicious expenditure Of this fund
should be made in the interest Of
working classes who have little op-
pofiunlty for recreation outside of
Champaign. Apparently only two
months remain for outdoor recreation,
yet In that time much can be done TO
improve the present facilities. More
extended improvements may be de
ferreG until next year