THIRD REPORT 
of the 
Commission on Beautifying the City. 
To the Honorable Mayor, Board of Control, Board of Aldermen, 
and Common Council of the City of Norfolk, Va. 
Gentlemen : — 
The Commission on Beautifying the City herewith submits 
its third report for the period commencing July Ist, 1913, and 
ending June 30th, 1915. 
As will be seen by figures submitted later in this report, 
there has been a steady advance in the work of the Commission, 
and some of the many projects that have been planned have 
been completed, others are in process of construction, and others 
—like the tree problem of the City—, will be a continual process 
for many years yet to come. However, as progress indicates a 
living organism, so the work that has been done through the 
instrumentality of the Commission, aided by other City Depart- 
ments, is indicative of the interest and activity of the Commis- 
sion in rendering more habitable and beautiful the City in which 
we live. 
In the last report mention was made of the base of the foun- 
tain having been set in the ornamentation at the head of The 
Hague, waiting the generosity of some citizen who might wish 
to donate to the city a bronze cascade fountain suitable to the 
location, and as an expression of regard to the city that had 
enabled him to accumulate a substantial competence for himself 
and family. It is a gratification to note that an offer has been 
made to the Commission looking to the donation of such fountain, 
though not by a single citizen of the city, but through one of its 
schools which has accumulated a fund to be used for such pur- 
pose. As soon as the association has completed its plans, it is 
expected that drawings will be made for such suitable fountain, 
and its installation, it is hoped, will be recorded in the next re- | 
port of the Commission. The ornamentation at the head of The 
Hague has proved a source of pleasure and benefit to very many 
citizens and to children particularly, who, during the trying 
weather of summer have found it a delightful resort fanned by 
the sea breezes which apparently never cease coming to The 
Hague. , 
