PARKS 



EXAMPLES OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH SOME CITIES IN THE POPULATION GROUP, 



100,000- 250,000 INHABITANTS, HAVE RESORTED TO BOND ISSUES FOR PURCHASE 



AND IMPROVEMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS 



City 



Albany, N. Y. 

 Bridgeport, Conn. 

 Camden, N. J. 

 Dallas, Texas 

 Dayton, Ohio 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Lowell, Mass. 

 Nashville, Tenn. 

 New Haven, Conn. 

 Oakland, Calif. 

 Paterson, N. J. 



Providence, R. I. 

 San Antonio, Texas 

 Spokane, Wash. 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Toledo, Ohio 

 Trenton, N. J. 



Years Covered 

 1921-1925 

 1916-1920 

 1904-1925 

 1913-1925 

 1916-1925 



1922 



1909-1923 

 1909-1913 

 1889-1924 



1907 

 1888-1925 



1890-1923 

 1919-1926 

 1908-1912 

 1920-1925 

 1920-1924 

 1888-1916 



Issues 

 5 

 5 



H 

 5 

 6 

 i 



21 



2 

 IO 



I 



7 



i 



6 



2 



5 



12 

 26 



Purpose 



Parks 



Playgrounds 



Total 



$430,000.00 



895,000.00 



783,500.00 



1,625 ooo.oo 



165,500.00 



190,000.00 



251,800.00 



65,000.00 



2,037,000.00 



992,000.00 



379,000.00 



50,000.00 



2,329,758.76 



1,300,000.00 

 975,000.00 

 675,000.00 



1,756,000.00 

 429,210.00 



Omaha, Neb. Under the law Omaha has the right to issue annually bonds amounting to $100,000 

 for purchase and improvement of parks. In 1925 there was a special issue of $50,000 for land purchase. 

 Kansas City, Kan. From 1908 the city has had authority to issue $150,000 bonds annually, providing the 

 total amount outstanding did not exceed one per cent of total valuation of property. Providence, R. I. 

 In 1925 the total bonds outstanding was $1,574,960.66 of a total that had been issued since 1890 of 

 $2,329,758.76. 



EXAMPLES OF BOND ISSUES IN SOME CITIES WITH POPULATION RANGING FROM 



50,000- 100,000 



Issues 

 I 



City 



Chattanooga, Tenn. 

 Davenport, Iowa 

 East St. Louis, 111. 



Note. 



Years Covered 

 1912 



1925 

 1910-1926 



Purpose 

 Bonds Outstanding 



10 



District without vote of the people. 



El Paso, Texas 

 Erie, Penn. 

 Evansville, Ind. 

 Gary, Ind. 

 Lynn, Mass. 

 Mobile, Ala. 

 Oklahoma City, Okla. 

 Passaic, N. J. 

 Pawtucket, R. I. 

 Rockford, 111. 

 Saginaw, Mich. 

 San Diego, Calif. 

 Schenectady, N. Y. 

 Sioux City, Iowa 



1919-1924 

 1914-1915 



1922 



1913-1925 

 1889-1925 



1924 

 1909-1917 



1925 



1910-1912 

 1909-1911 

 1908-1909 

 1911-1923 

 1920-1926 

 1920 



St. Joseph, Mo. No bond issues have been issued, but city ;has right to levy a special tax for new acquisi- 

 tions. In 1921 a special tax was levied bringing in a revenue of approximately $950,000. About 630 acres 

 were purchased with this or part of it in 1925. 



4 



2 

 2 



3 

 ii 



i 



Troy, N. Y. 

 Tulsa, Okla. 

 Waterbury, Conn. 

 Wichita, Kan. 



1902-1925 

 1909-1926 

 1908-1921 

 1919-1925 



10 



6 



2 

 II 



Total 



$80,000.00 

 185,000.00 

 1,287,000.00 



Park Commission can issue bonds up to five per cent of the taxable property in the Park 



345,000.00 

 146,000.00 

 100,000.00 

 665,000.00 

 275,300.00 



21,000.00 

 1,150,000.00 



40,000.00 



92,000.00 

 200,000.00 



57,000.00 

 980,000.00 

 375,000.00 

 250,000.00 



645,000.00 

 465,000.00 

 400,000.00 

 801,991.48 



Note. State law allows city to issue bonds for park purposes to the amount of $150,000 yearly without 

 popular vote. 



