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Show Scenes in Liberty Park East Half of Now Bridge Acros3 Lake at Liberty Park. t COT'S BEAUTY SPOT TO BE OPENED TODAY Thousands Are Expected to Visit Liberty Park This Afternoon. Beautiful Liberty park will havo its formal opening this afternoon for the 10J2 season, when hundreds of citizens' and visitors will gather at the pnrk to hear tho first band coucert of the year. A band of twenty pieces under the leadership of Chavlcs Busch will pro-sent pro-sent a splendid programme of instrumental instru-mental and vocal music beginning at 3 o'clock aud the amusement concessions at t;h park will be in full operation. Those -who have visited Liberty park in previous years will bo struck with New Rustic Couccssion Stand at Liberty Park, Commissioner George D. Keyset- in the roi-cground. (ho extent of the improvements made since the first of the year. Crcorgc D. Kcvser. commissioner of parks and Diiblie property, and his superintendent, superintend-ent, Nicholas Byhower, have accom-: accom-: plishod wonders and tho area, already ; oiie of the most beautiful parks in the entire west, has been greatly improved over last year. Fourteen acros of now lawn, flower beds and walks have boon put in since January J, the day on which tho city commission took office. The driveways through the park have been graded arid will bo oiled, making tho roads entirely dustlcss. The lake, one of fcho park's chief attractions. at-tractions. h:is been enlarged by one-third one-third of its former size, and the water is clear and sparkling. Tho growth of moss which formerly detracted from the beauty 0f this littlo body of water has been cleared away and tho lake stocked ivitn fish. The gold fish ponds aro teeming with thousands of the bright-huod little fish. Two rustic bridges have been erected over the. southern end of the lake. One of the bridges is 200 feet long and tho other acveuty-five. They add greatly lo the appearance of the park. Rustic scats are placed along the railings of these bridges where hundreds can be seated at the saino time. .Reinforced concrete nicru support these bridges, which aro made of the timber of locust trees grown in the park. Two new couccssion stands have been erected and aro models of rustic architecture. Rustic arbors for the very small children, a new wadin pool suid enlarged dressing room facilities tor the boys' swimming pools arc ro-ce?m ro-ce?m aclditio,'s to the park's equipment. J hi'eo moro drinking fountains havo been installed including a bubbling fountain, which furnishes sulphur water wa-ter from a well 37.1 feet drep. This water has medicinal properties and many go there daily to drink and carry 'oinc lyes of the water. A faucet for the filling of jugs has been installed and tho public is welcome to as much oi this excellent water as can bo carried car-ried away. Trees, flowers and shrubbery has been set out in profusion, more than $1000 having been expended on nursery stock alone, whilo the green houses which have been enlarged at an expense of SlpOO aro yielding up their treasures in great mtnntities for planting in the flower beds. Workmen aro engaged in tho construction con-struction of houses for the birdH, squirrels, squir-rels, monkeys and other inmates of the zoo. which have been ordered by Com missioncr Iveysor and will soon be installed in-stalled as a feature of the park. Pleasure seekers and those fond of flowers, lawns and beautiful scenic effects ef-fects will take keen delight; in Liborty nark in its new garb and with its manifold man-ifold attractions. |