The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . of which aroused considerable opposition; and the fencing of theCommon was resisted with persistency for several years. The railroadtracks were for a third of a century a menace to safety. It is onlywithin the last twenty years that the ground has taken on an appearancein character with its proper use as a public park. The inclosure nowcontains about seven acres. 35^ The Worcester of li On the 15th of March, 1S54, the city purchased the land now com-prised in and known as Elm park, about twenty-seven acres in extent,paying
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . of which aroused considerable opposition; and the fencing of theCommon was resisted with persistency for several years. The railroadtracks were for a third of a century a menace to safety. It is onlywithin the last twenty years that the ground has taken on an appearancein character with its proper use as a public park. The inclosure nowcontains about seven acres. 35^ The Worcester of li On the 15th of March, 1S54, the city purchased the land now com-prised in and known as Elm park, about twenty-seven acres in extent,paying therefor $11, Public sentiment in regard to this actionwas far from being unanimous, and strong efforts were made during thenext year to influence the City Council to rescind its vote and throwthe land back upon the grantors. This tract remained unimproved fortwenty years, and was used during that time as a place for circuses andother exhibitions, but had few of the features of a public pleasure-ground. The genius of the late Edward Winslow Lincoln, for many. EDWARD WINSLOW LINCOLN. years chairman of the Parks Commission, brought about a wonderfultransformation, and the park was, under his management, the mostattractive pleasure-ground in Worcester, and probabh^ unique in itsspecial features. Governor Levi Lincoln at his death in 1868 left alegacy of $1,000 for the improvement of this park. In 1884 Honorable Edward L. Davis and Mr. Horace H. Bigelowmade a free gift to the city of about 110 acres of land bordering onLake Quinsigamond, a tract admirably adapted from its location and?divensified surface for a public ground. The community thus of Lake park. Mr. Davis gave $5,000 to improve this park, The Worcester of li 353 and later erected at his own expense a stone tower of picturesque con-struction. Fourteen acres of land included in this tract had in 1862been offered to the city as a gift by the Honorable Isaac Davis, and wasdeclined. The acquisition of
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