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Show City Park and Swimming Pool Plans Told By Mrs. Romney Many questions have arisen in the minds of the people since the idea of bonding for city park improvements im-provements has again been projected, pro-jected, say the sponsors of the movement. None deny the need of a free public playground, a place where both old and young may find relaxation and enjoyment, but the means of providing this utility is the seeming point of objection. Because of St. George's ideal climate, the type of park planned would serve almost year-round. Both La Veil Morris, now in charge of beautification of the State capitol grounds, and his predecessor, predeces-sor, Grant Bowen, who have gone over the proposed project, are greatly impressed with the possibilities pos-sibilities afforded, says Councilman Council-man Roxie Romney, and they have offered many helpful suggestions. sug-gestions. At present St. George city is in good standing financially, maturing matur-ing the past bond issues as they fall due, and with everything worked out for putting over the park proposition. Appropriations (Continued on page five) City Park Bonds (Continued from first page) are being made for government funds for handling such projects, and the city is in a position to make very valuable use of a portion por-tion of these funds. The question is, say officials, "do we want our share of the Federal funds available avail-able for such purposes, or do we prefer to go on helping to supply the funds without participating?" Such an expenditure as planned would supply a park with self-sustaining self-sustaining concessions. The water supply and other needs will be provided under this plan it is assured. as-sured. "Many people", says Mrs. Rom-ney Rom-ney "raise the question of the distance dis-tance of the park from the center of the community. This point has more favorable answers than actual objections when studied carefully, it is shown. Havin? places of entertainment centrally located has become more of a habit than a necessity. In most of the cities of any size, the public park may be miles from the center of town. The fact that the site planned for St. George park is somewhat isolated has distinct advantages. ad-vantages. Some suggestions are made: "The best value of a public park is getting people away from their daily surroundings. The distance from the farthest possible point of residence in the city is less than two miles. True.vthis would be a long walk for small children, but will still be more valuable for that very reason. It will serve as a "make work" possibility, since it suggests the idea of transportation transpor-tation project either for the city to provide as an added fund-producer for the park, or for individual indivi-dual business venture, or both. In Salt Lake City, or any city that may be named, a few of the people may live close to the park, but most of them must walk long distances or ride the bus or street car if they do not own automobiles. auto-mobiles. The tourist trade would also be a valuable consideration." The blueprints are now available avail-able and if they could be viewed by every citizen, and the proposed project thoroughly explained, most of the objections now in the minds of the people would readily be ironed out, is the opinion of those who have thoroughly canvassed the situation from every angle. "If your are for the park move-men, move-men, or against it," state the of- ficials, "discuss the proposition freely with others and all will be benefited in making the final decision de-cision by understanding the issue from all angles." However, it is also suggested, that if we pass up this opporunity to provide, at small cost, this much needed public pub-lic playground, a like proposition may never again be available, at least not in many years. |