16 REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 



lars of money to its credit in bank for ten years. The monthly 

 average of deposits during the period of ten years was ap- 

 proximately $1,800,000. A volume entitled "The Park Gov- 

 ernments of Chicago," issued by the Chicago Bureau of Public 

 Efficiency, in December, 1911, gives the figure of bonded in- 

 debtedness of Chicago Parks as $10,550,666. In 1910 the sum 

 of five million dollars for parks was collected from the tax 

 payers. Lincoln Park, which corresponds in the line of beauty 

 and fame with Golden Gate Park, was maintained for the year 

 at an expense of $990,239. 



The Boston system of parks was devised by Frederick 

 Law Olmsted, and the plans are being carried out now 

 by James B. Shea, Superintendent of the Boston Parks. 

 In recent comment on work proposed, Mr. Shea said: "The 

 roads and driveways in our parks were paved for far different 

 conditions than those which obtain now. When our parks, 

 boulevards and roads were made the automobile was just be- 

 ginning to be popular. Now there are hundreds where a few 

 years ago there was none. Treatment with the best possible 

 bitumen macadam for the re-surfacing of all these roads is 

 something that must be done as soon as the money can be 

 provided. I have calculated that it will cost all of $500,000 to 

 complete this work properly and for lasting and practical 

 benefit." 



Conditions applying to Boston in relation to roads in the 

 park apply also to San Francisco. A large sum of money is 

 needed to build new boulevards and keep existing roadways 

 in good condition. 



The following is a summary of the amount of money ap- 

 propriated for Golden Gate Park from the time the first work 

 was done on the Panhandle up to and including the sum 

 allowed for the current fiscal year of 1912-13 : 



