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PARKS 



Other Properties: The High School Alumni Associa- 

 tion owns 22 acres just outside of the chief residential 

 sections of the city; there is a country club controlling 

 150 acres. The city owns various other properties 

 totaling over 2,000 acres, chiefly water properties. 



BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI 



Population 1920, 10,937. Estimated population, 

 1925, 12,571. Total area of the city, 8,625 acres, or 13.4 

 square miles. 



Park Areas: There are five park areas, but the areas 

 of but three were reported. These three had 2 acres, 

 2 acres and 400 acres respectively, or a total of 404 

 acres. This is a ratio of about one acre to every 31 

 inhabitants. One of these properties (two acres) is 

 leased only, on a 2O-year lease. The large park located 

 within the city limits, has 1.5 miles of fine beach and 

 is equipped with a pier and pavilion over the water, 

 one tourist camp provided with running water and 

 toilets, one keeper's house. The park proper is covered 

 with a magnificent growth of oaks and pines. Central 

 Beach Park is equipped with a municipal pier 420 feet 

 long, with pavilion 30 by 60 feet, and boat landing; 

 one two-story clubhouse; picnic ground with 40 

 benches; one clay tennis court; three roque courts; and 

 there is a beach 255 feet in length. City Park is 

 equipped with band stand, children's playground appa- 

 ratus, drinking fountains, two horseshoe courts, one 

 clubhouse (40 by 75 feet) for tourists, and 45 benches. 



School Sites: There are seven school sites with a total 

 area of 20 acres. The smallest site is one acre and the 

 largest, a grade school, six acres. The high school has 

 five acres. The average area per school is approxi- 

 mately three acres. All the areas are equipped with 

 various pieces of apparatus and with games courts. 



Other Areas: There are numerous privately controlled 

 recreation areas and facilities either within or in. close 

 proximity to the city. 



BRIDGTON, NEW JERSEY 



Population, 1920, 14,323. Estimated population 

 J 9 2 5> I 4>387- Area within incorporated limits, 4,250 

 acres. 



Park Areas: There are four park areas with a total 

 acreage of 818 acres or one acre to approximately every 

 17 inhabitants. The areas of the properties are 8, 10, 

 125, and 675 acres respectively. The two last men- 

 tioned properties are practically one area. In these two 

 properties there are three lakes (25, 50, and 100 acres 

 respectively) and a water raceway one mile long and 

 with an average width of 20 feet. In these two prop- 

 erties there are: one band stand; two rustic wood shelter 

 houses 40 feet square; one public comfort station; two 

 tennis courts; 30 acres landscaped; one private canoe 

 concession house with storage for 315 canoes; one large 

 old dwelling; three picnic places provided with 20 tables 

 and 80 benches; swimming facilities; five miles of gravel 

 roadway; six miles of footpaths; five miles of bridle 



paths. The ten-acre properties are chiefly covered with 

 trees but has one baseball field with a small set of 

 bleachers. The eight-acre property has one ball field, 

 but is chiefly covered with a fine growth of trees. Plans 

 are under way for construction of a municipal golf 

 course, athletic field and children's playground in the 

 largest of the properties mentioned above. The John- 

 son Reeves Playground of two acres is a public play- 

 ground but owned and operated by the Bridgton Play- 

 ground Association. The property was a gift of a public 

 spirited citizen at a cost of $13,500 land and improve- 

 ments. 



School Areas: There are seven school sites with a 

 gross total of 17.05 acres and a free play space of ap- 

 proximately 14 acres. Of the gross acreage 12 acres are 

 in the senior high school ground which has a six-acre 

 athletic field. 



GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 



Population in 1920, 13,536. Estimated population, 

 1925, 21,290. Total area within incorporated limits, 

 16.83 square miles or 10,771.01 acres. 



Park Properties: The park properties comprise four 

 separate areas of .75 of an acre, 3 acres, 8 acres, and 

 800 acres, respectively, or a total of 811.75 acres all 

 within the city limits. This gives a ratio of park area 

 to population, based on 1925 estimate, of one acre to 

 approximately every 26 persons. 



School Sites: There are twelve grade schools with 

 sites as follows: 4.15, 4, 5, 4.5, 2.5, 4.3, 3.5, 4.2, 3.9,! 

 3.8, 3, 4.6 acres respectively. Such a layout of school 

 areas should provide very amply for the play needs of 

 the children. 



There are two high school sites of 7.5 and 20 acres 

 respectively. 



In 1925 plans were under way for the development 

 of six new school sites, five of which would provide an 

 average of three acres of free play space at each school 

 and one would have seven acres of free play space. 

 Three of the present sites were to have increases total- 

 ing 3.75 acres. 



Other Properties: This city is located within easy 

 reach of huge national forest reservations, and some 

 state and county recreation areas. 



GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 



Population, 1920, 19,861. Estimated population, 

 1925, 47,132. By reason of its extraordinary growth 

 Greensboro belongs within the group of cities follow- 

 ing, but because the 1920 census has been used as the 

 basis for all groupings and general calculations, has been 

 retained in the group it belonged in 1920. 



Park Areas: The park system of Greensboro com- 

 prised up to the middle of 1926 a total of 377 acres with 

 490 acres more in process of acquisition. The properties 

 actually possessed included the following areas: a 

 neighborhood park of 10 acres; a neighborhood park of 

 20 acres; colored park of 20 acres; stadium site of 17 



