Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1910 — BUILDS LAKE FOR DAUGHTER [ARTICLE]

BUILDS LAKE FOR DAUGHTER

Massachusetts Millionaire Constructs $30,000 Pond So Girl May Skate at Will. Leominster, Ma?s. —That one little girl devoted to skating might have her heart's dearest wish, a real pond in her own yard, a Massachusetts millionaire, former Representative Harry L. Pierce, has Just started on his vast estate here what promises to be the largest artificial lake in Massachusetts. This toy lake when finished will be large enough to float a large section of the United States navy. Added to the incentive of his small daughter’s love of skating, the millionaire's decision to gratify her whim has been strengthened by his own boyhood love of building dams. The lake Is to be built by damming a brook. It is to cost $30,000 and will involve the labor of a large body of workmen. It will easily outrival anything of its kind in Massachusetts.