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The plan for Milwaukee is less interesting than the proposals 

 for other cities, because the parkways are projected to follow the 

 line of the gridiron system of streets. One admirable feature is the 

 proposal to join two small water front parks with a large park by 

 securing other ground fronting on Lake Michigan, which will give a 

 continuous drive along the water front from a point near the Court 

 House, northwardly to the end of the built-up portions of the city. 



The plans for park systems for Portland, Ore., and Seattle, 

 Wash., show that the park movement is general throughout the 

 country. These plans were drawn up by the Olmsted Brothers, who 

 have also drawn a plan for a somewhat less interesting system for 

 Louisville, Ky. 



The movement has spread north of the United States, and the 

 Dominion of Canada recently appointed a commission to study the 

 beautification of the city of Ottawa. This city offers a most mag- 

 nificent opportunity for park construction. It is intersected by so 

 many waterways that its water front is perhaps more extensive than 

 that of any inland city in the world. The Ottawa River, the Rideau 

 River, the Gatineau River and Dow's Run are some of the water 

 courses in which that "City of the North" rejoices. Naturally the 

 recommendations urge the wisdom, nay, the necessity of taking 

 advantage of this tremendous opportunity. 



The cities have not a monopoly of the movement to secure park 

 systems. It has spread to suburban counties. In Essex County, 

 N. J., there were in 1894 twenty-six acres of park land. There are 

 now 3,500 acres, and three miles of parkways, the beginning of a 

 more extensive system. In this county, Newark and the Oranges 

 are situated. In the adjoining Hudson County, Jersey City is the 

 principal municipality. The Hudson County Park Commission, 

 recently appointed, has not yet issued its first annual report. It is 

 proposed to connect the system of that county with the Palisades 

 Interstate Park. The fourth annual report of the Interstate Com- 

 mission shows that on January I, 1904, six of the eleven miles of 

 shore frontage had been secured, thus preserving that much of this 

 stretch of remarkable scenery. 



These three commissions are really working out an outer park 

 system for Greater New York. They are all accessible from Wall 

 street as are the Bronx Parks. In the latter system are two notable 

 parkways; one, the Mosholu, connecting Van Cortlandt Park with 



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