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lower pection, which is composed of a much finer and more Bandy 

 materia], is in need of treatment similar to that of the other 

 portion of the road. The gravel found this side of Parkville is 

 superior for road purposes to the deposits beyond that point, and 

 while the cost of transportation will be greater, the better quality 

 of the gravel itself will compensate in durability for the inert as< <1 

 difference in C06t. 



Some parts of the lower section are very much broken up, 

 especially at the extreme end, where mure or less of the drifting 

 sand from the beach has blown over portions of the road and has 

 prevented anything but temporary betterment. 



The amount of money provided for the maintenance of the 

 Parkway, nearly six miles long, if applied strictly to mainten- 

 ance work even, is not enough to keep this important pleasure 

 drive in proper condition at all seasons of the year. We can 

 therefore spare very little money for resurfacing any consider- 

 able extent of the lower section. 



Owing to the limited sustenance contained in the soil spaces 

 originally provided for the trees, many of the trees have failed, 

 and several hundred will lie required to be replaced at the lower 

 section, where many of them have died, while others have been 

 destroyed by lawless people in the neighborhood. In order to 

 revitalize a number of trees whose weakly condition suggested 

 t\\e need of it, a supply of manure has been worked in over the 

 surface of the roots of such trees, with a view to their recupera- 

 tion. 



The very thrifty development of the maples between the 

 Park and Parkville will necessitate in another season a thorough 

 and systematic pruning. 



The large increase in the use of the Parkway as a pleasure 

 drive suggests the desirability of establishing some regulations 

 as to the use of the main roadway, by traffic wagons. The 

 heavy wagons loaded with farm produce, manure, coal and 

 building material of all kinds, subjects the road surface to need- 



