30 REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 



pelled to pay immense prices for lands that could have been 

 had at a reasonable figure twenty years prior to the acquisi- 

 tion. The lesson ought not to be lost to our people. A half 

 million in bonds at this time would secure acreage for boule- 

 vard and park extension on the south side where park reser- 

 vations are "few and far between," that may cost ten times 

 that amount in 1932. There never has been in the United 

 States a municipal mistake in reserving too much land or water 

 for public use, but there have been many lapses of judgment 

 in failing to reserve a sufficient quantity for the use of the 

 people. 



DATA OF RECENT WORK 



Following is a resume of some of the important work ac- 

 complished since the last report was made to the Board of 

 Supervisors : 



The driveway 9,000 feet long and 50 feet wide, leading 

 from the Main Drive to Lake street, has been macadamized, 

 leveled off and rolled. 



A new entrance to the Park was opened at Forty-first 

 avenue and H street. This entrance is 30 feet in width and 

 100 feet in length. 



After finishing the Presidio Parkway the grading gang 

 was employed on the park slopes facing Fulton street west 

 of Seventeenth avenue. 



A test was made on the well in Balboa Park by pumping 

 at the rate of 5,000 gallons per hour continuously for one 

 week. During that time the pump lowered the water in the 

 well only a few feet. 



Trees have been planted along the sides of the Presidio 

 Parkway between Fulton street and the Main Drive. 



The four old wells in Lincoln Park were tested to ascer- 

 tain the quantity of water which might be obtained. After 

 pumping a short time it was found that they were merely sur- 

 face wells. It was therefore found necessary to find some other 

 source of water for Lincoln Park. 



