Show PC ED FOB city cita and Reci cation grounds including a bis big pool will kc be E near big the lie new w city administration is shiely stai ting in the licht direction and the members seem determined to liane hae their administration stand out as one of progress and prosperity richfield will have a recreation park and municipal swimming pool ere the hot days of summer drives tile the people to mountain lake and sti eam such was nas the decision of the city council last thursday after a careful investigation of the i pio liecbt eject a as presented fostered a and nd fathered by ba the patents parents classes of the richfield wards these classes are I 1 interested ilter ested in proper playgrounds and recreation facilities for the children and also the grownups of richfield and when the datterl matter was presented to the city council two weeks ago a committee was named to investigate the project a and nd this committee reported favora favorably b 13 on oil the establishment of a recreation on park and a municipal swimming n g pool this is the of a movement started a year ago when a few socially inclined people gathered at a house party in the second ward and the matter of a local swimming pool was discussed the swimming pool had been proposed several years ago by the parent teachers association when 0 H pet continued on page four swimming pool continued from page one orson was nas principal pilli cipal of the grade schools school and one arbor lay day men boys boa and teams team were employed for a few houis horns up near tho the city spring in clearing off brush and gutting getting an excavation ca started the movement died down at that time tor for lack of funds last lass gvinter the proposition was revived and dr gledhill and parley magleby lag leby beree named informally to attempt the establishment ot of a swimming pool on the file site formerly selected considerable work was done a couple of dressing rooms were vera erected and a few other improvements prove ments attempted here again lack of funds prevented an adequate EV pool being established and again tin project languished early this year the men who tried to accomplish something in tile the yay way of a community swimming pool begin began the agitation of its realization through the parents clas clashes es and the matter was f finally presented to the city officials and nd these men were made to see the nd advantages vantages of a re meation center for richfield the city owns tive five acres of ground in III the vicinity of the big spring which furnished fuini shed the culinary water to the city the council had determined on oil wining tinning this plot into a recreation ground and to have it planted P canted with trees hard and soft v word ord and this work would have been commenced as soon as the weather we ather permitted the of adding to these proposed improvements by the construction st of 0 a swimming pool was taken to kindly by the city officials and at last Thur thursdays days meeting the matter was definitely determined by the appropriation of 2000 to construct a pool and dressing rooms the committee unified named to investigate was chris christensen adolph nielson and H J hansen these men favorably on the project and supervision of the work was placed in the hands of H J hansen the plan at present is to construct a pool with concrete floor and sides 50 by feet with varying deptris from one to seven feet the pool will be divided into two sec sections eions the tir thirty feet will be for the little ones with an extreme depth of three feet A wall will separate this from the deeper pool along the north side dressing rooms will vill be constructed of concrete and brick and these will be equipped with a water system for cleaning them and tor for supplying shower baths under the agreement with the committees the parents classes will furnish the sand gravel and labor in ill the construction of tile the pool and dressing rooms and the city will furnish cement and other material to the extent of 2 the grounds surrounding the pool will be levelled bevelled level led and planted to trees and a desirable and pleasing recreation park will be established at a place far enough from the center of toxin to lure the people for outdoor recreation an appeal will be made to the agricultural college for an expert to come here and plan the grounds with a view to artistic arrangements and the park will be made an object of beauty as well as utility the city council and parents class leaders are enthusiastic and the citizens will be called upon to assist by labor contributions to make this the most desirable recreation grounds in this section the city dads are surely going in the right direction and the people will back them to the limit in this desirable project |