Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-24 | Page 4 | Would Have City Buy Gulch Land for Park

WOUlD HAVE CITY BUY GULCH lAND fOR PARK A proposition to purchase about ten acres of gulch property on Parleys canyon creek Just southwest of oC tho j for park parI put purposes poses at a D. cost of about has been submitted to tho the members of or the city commission b by tho the commissioner of or parks paries and public property Tho Time property In question Is located back of or the coal yards ards in Sugar SugarHouse Sugarhouse House and up p the tho gulch through which Parleys cre creek k runs past the penitentiary People of or that district are being ur urged etl to petition tho city to purchase the time land and It into a n. park parle There Is some somo objection however er to spending the tho city's mono money for this l land kind landas kindas nd as a a. park paik when the same amount o of money moncy could bo be spent In Forest Dale so it ib Is claimed which has been taken Into the city and where the l springs and two or 0 three natural lakes which have been offered for sale salo to he ho city for a price of or less than aro are located When tho the offer was made tho the park pari department opposed d tho the purchase Officials now feel teel that more water Isa is isa isa a far greater realer necessity than gulch property property prop prop- ert erty for tor parks