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a moderate sum for 

 trees would have made 

 i t Boston's loveliest 

 playground and one of 

 the most attractive 

 headlands in the great 

 Atlantic harbors. 



" Well," said m y 

 promoter, " Winthrop 

 had but 3000 people 

 then. How could they 

 have known that the 

 town would be want- 

 ing a park now? " 

 This ability to see only 

 the interest of one's 

 own neighborhood, a 

 back eddy of our local 

 self-government, will be 

 encountered in almost 

 any State that follows 

 Massachusetts' exam- 

 ple in this park move- 

 ment. It was met there 

 only through vigorous 

 action by the common- 

 wealth, and was a serious obstacle at first. Adams. The assent, by large majorities to 



The logical outcome of the country-park these propositions by the voters of these 

 movement has been the taking of three great counties, who were required to pay mainte- 

 mountain reservations by the State, 1800 nance charges, showed that the real country 

 acres on Mount Tom, near Springfield and wanted its parks, too. 



Holyoke ; 3000 on Wachusett, near Worces- Lumber and street-railway interests fought 

 ter, and 7000 on Greylock, near. North bitterly the taking of Mount Tom. " Only 



ECHO BRIDGE, HEMLOCK GORGE RESERVATION. 



THE CHARLES RIVER RESERVATION AT AUBURNDAI.E BRIDGE. 



(Canoeing is a popular sport on the Charles.) 



