Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 18 | West Siders to Select Name for New Beauty Spot Park Commissioner Inaugurating Popular Contest

West Siders to Select Name for New Beauty Spot jr ji d Park Commissioner Inaugurating Popular Contest IJROPOSED plan of City Commissioner Herman H. Green and S. B. Lambourue, park superintendent, for the new park on the Jordan river, for which Mr. Green wants a name from some west side resident. r l a y- c a o v n : -- -t-Ilia a ,: . . ' m : -.fe;- m- mti-m . m-mm t:-9 - ;m lay. ,.:;F: mMm w M&m:mimml 'a. : h-. - a t -:iMp.: mfylm fc M; pss :,:;;v,f:;:;,,; imM- mpMtm. m mmykw$ pA mAA.&A,::AAm :Svei $a .. S At SA A AA'AA :; ' Ay- : iv: &mmmm?m!Smm ImAAwmm am f yiAA.AAm &-Ffy.MMM mi fpi; i aii L,. :: ,S 1 Cs'sSSSS I.::-;:!:;:: !: fsi, -: wm.Ai'' A-rA: ;:s :?ft. A:::Xf;:AyAZ, a a : s lFVFrFF' ''H:;!;!;;:;!;:-: Preliminary Plans for Recreation Rec-reation Grounds Worked Out by Green. CITY COMMISSIONER HERMAN H. GniliN", head of the department of parks and public properly, is planning plan-ning a contest for naininp the new west side parU on the Jordan river. He is of the opinion that the name should be determined by the people of the west side. I le announces that any person living west of Main street is invited to submit a name for the park. The letter inclosing' inclos-ing' tho name proposed must give the residence address of the per to n submitting submit-ting the name and the residence address must be west of Main street. Selection of the most satisfactory name from among those submitted. Commissioner Commis-sioner ( ircen plans to have done by a commit tee front the west side. The name I thus selected will lie submitted by him J to the city commission for final approval. ; .lust when the contest will close the com-; com-; miss toner has not yet determined, but . anyone Is invited to submit a name as i soon as hf thinks of one. and sufficient ! notice of the closing of the contest will be I given to enable everyone to get his enn-! enn-! trihution into the commissioner's office ! in time. Already a preliminary pian for the work has been worked out by Commissioner Fireen and his assistants. The tract, which was recently purchased by the citv, lies between ICighth West street and the Jordan river, due west of Liberty park. It is sixteen acres In extent. The plan for the park contemplates devotion of about four acres next to the bank of the river lo playgrounds. Boating Boat-ing will be one of the possible amusements. amuse-ments. The front of the park is to be planted to trees, lawns and flowers, intersected in-tersected by paths, ail of which will lead to t lie bandstand. Two brick bungalows are now on tlie property. These are to be converted lo the needs of the park, rather than razed, si nee l hey are handsome in appearance. No provision for entrance of automobiles to the main part of the park is to be made, sufficient room for parking them to be provided next to the playgrounds, if the side streets prove inadequate. The aim is to make use of every possible bit of t he ground for (hose who do not own cars, but who can reach it on the street I cars, tiie South Klgiith West line run-' run-' r- direct iv In-front of tiie park, i Ki i ia II y . Sidney T ;. 1 41 n dxm rn e. e i y u -! perii-pendent of parks, plans Die beautifi-I beautifi-I ca t ion of the park after the fashion of a ' macieian, practically overnight. He is determined de-termined that it shall not be planted with trees that will rcj uirc a quarter of a ! century to grow, but with trees Fiat have I been growing tiiat long. The new trans-; trans-; planting device in use in e park de-; de-; part men t makes the planting of large i trees feasible, as proved by r.vperinien t. land Mr. I.ambourne says that trees for ; the new park are available.