Wants A Park

Chelsea Would Like One To Replace Burnt Buildings.

The suggestion is made that the corner lot north of the Chelsea house, on which the old building stood that was burned Thursday night be purchased, together with the Flagler lot, and turned into a park in which the soldiers' monument, now in Oak Grove cemetery, might be placed. The plan proposed is to take a sufficient portion of the east end of the Flagler lot and give it to the proprietors of the Chelsea house in exchange for the front part of the lot on which their barn now stands. A long oblong strip of ground would thus be obtained which could be leveled and sodded down and a nice park made of it. The whole outlay, it is estimated, would be about $1,200, of which amount one gentleman offers to subscribe $2. It would be a nice thing if such a result could be accomplished. The appearance of the village to persons passing through it on the railway would be so much improved, added to which it would be a refreshing sight for those going to and from the depot after looking so long at the old eyesore that has disfigured the street for so many years. It looks like a good idea and should be pushed along. --Chelsea Herald.