Now Up To Railway Company

NOW UP TO RAILWAY COMPANY

Proposition for City Park Given to Council

GIFT OF MR. SCOTT

Referred to Park Committee With Instructions to Place Matter Before Railway Authorities

The park committee of the common council brought in a report at Monday night's meeting relative to the proposition of Evart H. Scott to give the city ground for a park site. The report is as follows:

To the Common Council of the City of Ann Arbor:

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Council:––Your Committee on Parks would respectfully report that a proposition has been made to your committee by Mr. Evart H. Scott, one of Ann Arbor's enterprising and liberal citizens, to donate to the city of Ann Arbor a beautifully wooded tract of land of six and one-half acres, lying adjacent to the city, for a public park. Your Committee would further report that they have visited the proposed park site and find it to be a gently rolling piece of ground, covered with a fine growth of thrifty second-growth oak and hickory trees, free from underbrush and other objectionable features. From one side of the grounds a beautiful view can be had of the landscape in the distance. Your Committee believes that a beautiful park such as this tract of land would make, so situated, would be a very valuable acquisition to the city, provided street car conveniences could be had for making it easy of access. Therefore, your Committee would recommend that the Park Committee be directed to confer with the street railway company, and ascertain if the company would extend its road to the proposed park, and report to the council at its next regular meeting.

HENRY W. DOUGLAS.

EMMETT COON,

Under the reference of the report as requested the park committee will at once place the proposition before the proper officials of the D., Y., A. A. & J. electric railway for their consideration. General Manager Merrill assured the Argus that as soon as the matter came before the company in specific form it would be taken up. Whether this beautiful piece of ground comes into the possession of the city for park purposes will, therefore, soon be up to the street railway people. It is to be hoped they will be able to see enough advantage to themselves in the project to persuade them to build their tracks to that point.