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Show . 1 Showing Proposed Improvements at Riverside Park t . . 1 p. TJRrNG the past year Gcorgo D. Koyscr, commissioner of parks and public property, prop-erty, secured tho consent of tbo board of commissioners for Ubo purchase of ground for tho establishment of Tlivcrsido park, consisting consist-ing of twenty-one acres, located at Thirteenth West street and Lcadvillo and Clinton avenues ave-nues and inlorsootcd by tho Jordan river. During tho past fall a portion of this ground was plowed aud the preliminary work for tho establishment of a park was done by regular park employees, who were not engaged en-gaged on improvements at tbo other city parks. Tho .ground comprising this park cost tbo . city $S100 and' tbo plans for its improvement comprise an uUimalo expenditure of about $12,000. Tt is not expected that all of this work will be A M J f f ; 1 I' ll xv r---..?. I w rw K J Lm 1 . Vnre' S!,T;7 S P wv vjir. one JcaT bufc is cxpectod that vf k?s( h. n w. A '! about one-third will bo completed by - -fV ?" V next fall. 4 J iI? 'S6'' '"X Vi Tho "work under contemplation for ; Vi- VT a . tho coming year includes tho grading, ' ' ' 4 A , fei ' V sodding, parking and planting of trees. i (. S' v S CXPCCC uso tnak something will ! " s, ilflly I owar installation of ' Ih ii " " v- kjii bathing facilities. Later improvements - " I , ' ' ' Z Y' 1 ' ' "-rr ' " I . 1vju comprise the installation of a ,.( ) 1 " " - y playground, boathousc, shelter build- V - - - ..... ' ifis- dressing rooms., etc. Two orna- ' ?"" J; mental bridges will bo built across tho I . river, and it is expected later to or- ganize wator pageants such aa aTe carried car-ried out in some of tho eastern cities located on waterways. Tho superintendent of parks. Mr. N. Byhowor, in considering plans such as havo been successfully used by Dolroit, Mich., whoro annual water parades aro held at Bollo Isle, Detroit's city park. Tho installation of a. boathousc where canoes and rowboats of privato parties will bo cared for is also planned. Tho dredging of tho river and similar improvements im-provements aro among tbo plans contemplated con-templated for lviversido park. |