12 REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 



It is believed that the Supervisors in preparing the budget 

 for the fiscal year 1913-1914 will give special attention to the 

 important truth that the increase of revenue for the mainte- 

 nance of the park system has not corresponded with the added 

 obligations placed on the Park Board, and neither has it cor- 

 responded with the increased allowance to the School, Fire 

 and Police Departments. If Golden Gate Park stood alone 

 for consideration the augmented assessment roll on the basis 

 of seven cents on the $100 would yield an ample sum for 

 park maintenance, but it must be taken into reckoning that 

 many new features, such as the Presidio Parkway, Lincoln 

 Park and public grounds throughout the city have been placed 

 under the control of the Park Commission since the adoption 

 of the new charter. For example, the Supervisors on May 23, 

 1912, placed in the keeping of the Park Commission the 

 parked portions of Dolores street between Twenty-first and 

 Twenty-second streets, Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth streets, 

 and between Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth streets. The tri- 

 angular piece of ground near Coso, Precita and Bernal avenues 

 has recently been placed under the control of the Park Com- 

 mission. 



During the past year Minneapolis has expended very 

 nearly one million dollars in connecting lakes, grading and 

 macadamizing roadways and adding to the park areas of the 

 city. The money is well invested and will be speedily returned 

 with interest in the form of taxes laid on adjacent property. 

 Boston and Cincinnati are spending vast sums of money to 

 buy new parks and to adorn existing pleasure grounds. New 

 York, Chicago, Rochester, Detroit and Buffalo are going 

 ahead in this direction in a manner that meets the approval 

 of enlightened citizenship. San Francisco in fact is not keep- 

 ing in line with other leading cities of the United States in 

 the matter of park features and park extension. It is true that 

 Golden Gate Park is a gem. In respect to natural location 

 scenic advantages, such as views of ocean, mountain and vale 



