THE PARK ENGINEERING DIVISION 621 



types of assistants as are deemed necessary. As a rule a regularly employed 

 engineer and assistants are not found in the municipal and county park 

 departments of the United States outside of the thirty or forty largest 

 cities and a few of the most highly developed county park systems, and not 

 all of these larger cities and counties maintain engineering divisions. 



4. By the city or county engineer, as the case may be. This is by far 

 the most common method of handling park engineering in municipalities 

 and counties. This is especially true in city manager and commission gov- 

 erned cities and in practically all villages and small cities where parks are 

 under the direct control of the city council. This method will in all prob- 

 ability continue to be the most common practice for the reason that since 

 the services of an engineer will be needed only periodically the park engi- 

 neering can be done more economically by utilizing the services of a municipal 

 or county engineer who is usually permanently employed. Practically every 

 county has a county engineer and the larger counties have highly developed 

 engineering departments. 



In a few instances in the larger cities and middle class cities one or 

 more engineers are detailed from the city engineer's office to handle the 

 park engineering work. Such details serve as permanent workers in the 

 park department so long as necessary. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION 



In those park departments maintaining a permanent engineering divi- 

 sion the personnel usually consists of a chief engineer, one or more assistant 

 engineers, instrument men, chainmen, rodmen, inspectors, foremen and 

 laborers. In the preliminary development of a large system a chief gardener 

 with assistants, a chief of police and patrolmen and other employees may be 

 included in the organization personnel. For an example of a departmental 

 organization that is primarily an engineering organization, see the organiza- 

 tion chart of the Westchester County Park Department, Chapter VIII, 

 page 525. The following are a few examples of the personnel organization 

 of engineering divisions in systems maintaining permanent divisions (Sta- 

 tistics as of 1925-1926): 



EXAMPLE i. POPULATION OF CITY APPROXIMATELY 450,000 

 PARK AREA APPROXIMATELY 4,800 ACRES 



Personnel Number Rate of Pay 



Chief engineer I $275 per month 



Draftsman 2 $154 to $170 per month 



Instrument men 2 $154 to $170 per month 



Rodmen I $4 to 5 per day 



Inspectors i $125 to #150 per month 



Laborers 46 5 per day 



Clerk I 170 per month 



