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The meeting of the board of park management was held in the council chambers
on May 12th. The usual routine of business was performed and payrolls to
the extent of $151.20 and invoices for supplies, $3.70 ordered paid.
This labour and supplies covered the work that was done in the park during
the last two weeks in clearing and underbrushing.
A communication received from George Berridge, with reference to the privilege
of operating ice cream and tobacco stands, and after discussing this matter,
it was decided to call for applications for the position as caretaker along
with which would go the right to operate a refreshment booth.
There was also a communication read from Mr. A.E. Warren, general manager
of the Canadian Northern Railway, with reference to permitting their architect,
Mr. Schoffield, to come down here to offer suggestions in connection with
certain contemplated buildings.
During last fall and winter some party or parties broke the bath houses
and refreshment booth, breaking all the door knobs and doing other damage
and the Chief of Police has been requested to investigate and take proceedings
against these parties.
It was also arranged that the two buildings at the south end of the Point
would be repaired and put in such shape as to serve as a temporary shelter
in case of storm, and it was arranged that the baseball and the athletic
field was to be skimmed and put in better shape for play.
The question as to what portion of the park could be used for camping purposes
came up and it was decided that camping should be restricted to that portion
of the park north of the Colonization Road and at a distance of at least
fifty feet from the top of the shore line, and no wooden structures were
to be permitted to be erected without permission from the park board.
It was deemed fitting that the parks be given official names and the park
at Pither's Point will hereafter be known as "Pither's Point Park",
while the park downtown in the court house square be known as "Central
Park".
It was felt that a great many of the trees that are now in Central Park
are of short lived variety and it would only be a matter of time until they
would be decayed, so Dr. Moore was commissioned to procure sufficient trees
to plant in Central Park, planting to be done in a systematic manner, following
a well defined scheme of development.
The board will hold its next meeting on May 26th.
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