Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1882 — Public Park. [ARTICLE]

Public Park.

The school trustees are arrange ing to build a new and handsome* building between Front and VanRensselaer streets, northerly of Susan street. To the north of and cornering with this lot, is a beautiful plot of ground- 300 by 307 feet which Gen. John C. Van Rens--selaer has offered through us, to* donate to the town of Rensselaer,, to be used as a public walkings park and pic-nic ground on certainconditions easy of compliance. The conditions are;; , Ist. That a street' be* graded! and improved from. Cullen to VanRensselaer street. This is needed to provide easy actress-to the school premises, and to beautify the uqr--roundings. 2nd. That the donated' ground l be at once fenced and planted ini trees. This would' be a necessity,, and would provide a> beautiful and. pleasant retreat for the denizensof the town. A public play-grbund is one of tha most graceful revisions that an incorporated town can make for the attraction of visitors and the enjoyment of its own residents. A subscription* should be started at once, and our town council urged by fx‘titiou to accept the proffer of the liberal miuded' donor and prepare to dedicate for public use “Van Rensselaer Lark”.. The time for the people to act is at hand and delay is failure- We await public action, as Mr., VanRensseloers’ agents.

THOMPSON & BRO.