State Parks of Wisconsin 



holdings, including Monument Mountain in Berkshire County, an 

 admirable tract at Woods Hole, a hill on Cape Ann which com- 

 mands a superb prospect, and several spots of peculiar beauty like the 

 so-called "gates" of the Charles River and the Virginia Wood in 

 Middlesex Fells. 



These three modes have been used in Massachusetts for some 

 years and all three have proved to be good. The public parks se- 

 cured by the Metropolitan Park Commission have great variety, in- 

 cluding sea-breezes, thousands of acres of forest, ponds or lakes, or- 

 namented parkways, and both banks of the Charles for many miles. 



Your problem in Wisconsin is of course a very different one, and 

 yet the principles on which Massachusetts has proceeded undoubt- 

 edly apply to Wisconsin. The results will be similar in Wisconsin. 

 Chief among them are the preservation of forests, and therefore of 

 continuous water supplies ; the protection of spots of peculiar beauty, 

 and of places which possess interesting historical associations; and 

 the permanent provision of means of wholesome public enjoyment. 



The sooner these results are secured by the state of Wisconsin, the 

 better for all concemed. 



Very truly yours, 



Charles W. Eliot. 



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