WEST ROXBURT PARK. 9 



Boston, Sept. (>, 1875. 



Messrs. T. Jefferson^ Coolidge, 

 William Gray, Jr., 

 Charles II. D Alton, 



Park Commissioners. 



Gentlemen: — In submitting my plan for one of the 

 pnhlic parks now proposed for the city of Boston, I 

 wish to call your attention to the fact that, althongh 

 there are twenty-seven different lots of land embraced 

 within the area, and nearly as many different owners, 

 scarcely any of them know that such a project is on 

 foot, my object being to avoid expectation or an incen- 

 tive that might lead to specnlation. 



I own within this area only 470,360 feet of land, but 

 I wish to present to your careful consideration a few 

 facts showing the advantages in the selection of these 

 lands, and the beauty of their location for one and pos- 

 sibly the largest of the several pai-ks now contemplated. 

 The ontline of these premises, as will be seen by the 

 plan, commences with a frontage on Seaver street, about 

 3.4 miles from the City Hall and running back to Morton 

 street about 4.5 miles, bringing the whole of the park 

 area within a short and convenient distance from the 

 city. Taking the lines of Walnut avenue and Scar- 

 borousfh streets on the west, and Blue Hill avenue and 

 Canterbury street on the east, you have in the whole 

 area 15,946,036 feet or 366.80 acres, together making a 

 well shaped area for a park. 



The particular advantages and attractions of this 

 locality will be seen and appreciated by your commis- 

 sion at a glance: the short distance from the city, 



