Show SERVICE STATION TO BE CONVERTED INTO REST ROOM city becu secures C r FAlI edifice fice and will move it to city property on main street tabernacle grounds to bo be arced and beautified richfield will have a nifty up to date rest room as soon as plans sow now prepared developed dev elope the ladies farm bureau is primarily responsible for the rest room as that body pren presented ted to the city council a few weeks since a petition for or the establishment lish ment of a city rest station and offered to contribute towards its ita erection the council members conceded the desirability ot oc this necessary adjunct but they were loth to commit themselves to the proposition because of scarcity of funds the matter was discussed at last thursdays city council session and referred to the committee on public grounds since then a very definite step has been taken in n securing securing the edifice erected recently on the tabernacle grounds and used as a service station all the council members understood that this was tor for sale but the price asked 1200 seemed out of reach raach the committee having this matter in charge secured a very decided reduction from 1200 to for the station and clofed jhc thc apal with the owners the city now pr poses to move the building from its present site to in the elty city prop y just north of the tabernacle lot and to enlarge ad ejup ei taip it as a rait rc U room tor for eitt ill ens tourists ani an 1 victors tors frons from bearby towns taken in connection with the beautifying ot of the city and tabernacle property which the city and civic organizations contemplate this isa decided civic improvement the station will face the east and underground I 1 der ground lavatories will be added to the west the mens entrance will be to the north and the ladies entrance will be from inside the station according to the plan submitted for the parking and beautifying the tabernacle and city grounds by emil hansen landscape architect of 0 the A C the bandstand will v ill occupy the center of the lot surrounding it will be grass flowers and shrubbery with walks extending in each direction from the center part of the adjoining city property on the north will be included in this parking scheme and part of it will possibly be fitted with playground equipment bids have been solicited for a watering system for the lawns and shrubbery shrubbery the ground will be divided into three or four sections and pipes laid so that a section may be sprinkled at one time instead ot of dragging a hose from point to po point I 1 nt altogether the parking and beautifying plans the improved bandstand and the rest station form a civic improvement that will add much to the beauty and civic courtesy of richfield which will meet with the approval of the progressive citi citizenry |