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sioners appointed by tlic- L;ii\rni(ir. '\'hu\ have super- 

 vision over (lartield. 1 hinilHildt, l)oui;!as and seven small 

 parks, about thirty miles of boulevards and seven pla\- 

 grounds, covering an area of 808 acres. The district 

 covers about 34 square miles of territory. The West 

 Park district lacks the power to obtain sufficient funds 

 to take care of the needs of ihe territory under its juris- 

 diction. 



Recently an additional bond issue of $1,000,000 was 

 issued for the development of new park areas. 



The Lincoln park district is governed by seven com- 

 missioners appointed by the governor. They have su- 

 pervision of Lincoln ])ark. twelve miles of boulevard, 

 five playgrounds and one bathing beach, covering a total 

 of about vi-H] acres. The district covers fourteen square 

 miles of territory. The Lincoln I'ark Commission has 

 been doing extensive work in reclaiming and filling in 

 submerged lake land, tlurilix adding about J3() acres of 

 park land. 



The Lincoln Park Commission has another $1 000,000 

 bond issue before the people, which will be used in car- 

 rying on their extension work. 



The Special Park Commission consists of fifteen mem- 

 bers, five aldermen appointed 1)\- the city council, and ten 

 citizens a])j)ointed by the mayor. 



Its jurisdiction extends o\er the entire city, having 

 small ])arks or playgrounds in nearly every park dis- 

 trict — thus overlaping all the other park systems. 



The commission has supervision over eighty-seven 

 small |)arks, tweiitv-foiir playgrounds, three bathing 

 beaches, a municipal nursery, and the City Forestry 

 Work. The total area of these small parks and play- 

 grounds is about 430 acres. ,\ large majority of these 

 playgrounds are located on school i)ro])ert\- immediatelv 

 adjacent to school buildings. The commission has taken 

 steps to establish about fifty new playgrounds upon 

 school property, for which purpose a $300,000 liond issue 

 was passed by the people. This commission is now build- 



ing a two hundred thousand dollar ($200,000) building 

 at the new Clarendon bathing beach, and is negotiating 

 for the purchase of ;in extensive bathing beach between 

 Seventy -fifth ;uid Seventy-ninth streets along the lake 

 shore. 



The ten additidn.d |)ark districts are all small. They 

 ha\e come into existence to satisfy the park needs of the 

 communities not alreadv within any of the larger ])ark 

 districts. 



In 189.3 the state legislature passed an act under which 

 these park districts might be established. Pjv this act 

 any one hundred voters resident within a proposed park 

 district can petition the county judges to order an elec- 

 tion for tile piujiose of deciding whether the district 

 described in the petition shall be organized into a park 

 district. 



b.ach of these di-vtricts is governed b\ h\e commission- 

 ers elected bv the peo])le. 



The Old Portage park district covers three and one- 

 half miles of territory and has one 4C-acre park under 

 its supervision. This park is only jiartiallv develojjed 

 and new bond issues must be voted to comjilete the work. 



The Xiirtbwest Park district covers about ten s(|uare 

 miles of territory. It has three parks under its super- 

 vision, Mozart of 4'/2 acres, Kosciuszko ]:ark of 9'4 

 acres, and Kelvyn park of ten acres. Mozart is im- 

 proved with a field house, Kosciuszko is lieing improved 

 with a field house, while Kelvyn park has not been de- 

 veloped as yet. The .Vorthwest Park district has issued 

 three hundred and fifty thou,sand dollars ($3.30,000) in 

 bon<ls. 



I Itc lr\iii" p;irk district covers about four square 

 miles of territory, has a ten-acre park known as Irving 

 ]5ark, which is well laid out with an excellent field house. 



The Ridge I'ark district covers about ten s'niare miles 

 of territory, and has one improved park of ten acres 

 with field house and outdoor swimming tank. 



The l\i\'er park district covers about six square miles 



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