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PARKS 



I matron year round, $3.85 per day. 

 90 laborers, two employed year round, eighty-eight 

 from 6 to 9 months. All paid $5.00 per day. 



1 horticulturist, $3,600 per year. 



2 florists employed year round, $5.50 to $6.00 per day. 

 I laborer employed year round, $5.00 per day. 



Repair Shop Employees 

 I chief mechanic, $8.80 per day. 

 I mechanic, $8.00 per day. 

 I blacksmith helper, $5.50 per day. 

 I utility man, $5.50 per day. 

 All these men are employed the year round. 



Population of city approximately 350,000. Area of 

 parks approximately 2,600 acres. 



Maintenance Employees 



I assistant superintendent in direct charge of main- 

 tenance, $3,800 a year. 



23 park custodians or caretakers receiving salaries 

 ranging from $1,020 to $1,800 a year. Seven of 

 these custodians are in service only about eight 

 months of the year. Four are provided with 

 dwellings free. 



I horticulturist and designer, $2,500 a year. 



I chief florist, $2,000. 



I assistant florist, $1,600. 



5 florists, $1,500 each. 



I nursery man, $2,400 a year. 

 I shop foreman, $1,872. 



6 other shop workers employed year round, $0.60 an 

 hour. 



i storekeeper, $1,800. 



i assistant storekeeper, $1,200. 



Recreation Maintenance Employees 



1 foreman, $1,800. 



2 custodians at community centers, one at$i,o8o and 

 one at $1,800 a year. 



2 matrons at community centers, $720 a year each. 

 13 janitors at school playgrounds, one at each ground 

 part time, $35 a month each. 



12 watchmen, ten receiving $60 a month and two, 

 $3.50 a day. Part time employees. 



75 laborers, approximately, employed the year round. 

 During summer labor force increased to approxi- 

 mately 250. The majority of these summer labor- 

 ers are used, however, on construction work rather 

 than maintenance. Foremen receive $0.50 an hour, 

 and laborers $0.45 an hour, 8 hours constituting a 

 day. Truck drivers and motive engineers receive 

 $0.60 an hour. Teams with driver receive $0.80 an 

 hour. 



13 watchmen employed during winter months receive 

 $3.50 a day. 



Population of city approximately 212,000. Area of 

 parks 1,350 acres, 75 per cent improved. 



Maintenance Employees 

 5 foremen, $6.00 a day. 

 14 park caretakers, $150 a month each. 

 50 laborers, average year round, 200 in summer, $0.50 



an hour. 



i chief florist, $160 a month. 

 4 gardener-laborers, $0.55 an hour. 



Tourist Camp Employees 

 i foreman, $25 a week and room. 

 i matron, $28 a week. 



Recreation Maintenance Employees 

 18 caretakers, $25 a week. 



Zoo 

 I animal keeper, $100 a month and house. 



Shop Employees 

 i foreman, $175 a month. 

 I electrician, $150 a month. 

 i painter, $44 a week. 



1 painter, $42 a week. 



2 carpenters, $44 a week each. 

 2 mechanics, $36 a week. 



Population of city approximately 190,000. Area of 

 parks approximately 4,000 acres, of which about 870 

 acres are improved and 3,130 acres are partially im- 

 proved. There are i,8n acres in water. 



Maintenance Employees 



i assistant superintendent having direct charge of 

 maintenance, $3,600. 



19 foremen, $1,140 to $1,800 a year. 



20 laborers employed year round. Approximately 30 

 additional laborers employed during the summer 

 months, $3.20 a day. 



i chief florist, $2,100 a year. 

 i gardener, $1,200 a year. 



1 superintendent of forestry, $1,800 a year. 



2 laborers, one at $3.20 a day and one at $4.00 a day. 



Population of city approximately 110,000. Area of 

 parks approximately 2,200 acres, of which 1,605 acres 

 are improved. There are twenty-five improved parks 

 and nine improved playgrounds. 



Superintendent has direct charge of maintenance. 

 2 foremen, $5.50 a day. 

 20 laborers, average year round, 60 in summer, $4.50 



a day. 



10 caretakers employed part time, $5.00 a day. 

 7 caretakers of playgrounds employed five months, 

 $4.50 a day. 



1 florist, $5.00 a dav. 



2 motor vehicle drivers year round, five in summer, 

 $5.00 a day. 



Carpenters and repair men employed as needed. 



