Park Department 
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€a$t=€tid Park 
East-End Park has been used as a baseball-fiekl during the sum- 
mer, and there was hardly a day but what there was a game 
played, and it has become a very popular ball-ground for that 
neighborhood. 
A number of stationary benches and six teeter-totters were 
placed in this park, which were thoroughly enjoyed by the 
children. 
As there is no sidewalk in front of this property, I would 
recommend that at the very earliest possible time a concrete walk 
be placed along the entire length of the property, as it would 
make it much more pleasant for the masses of people that walk 
to and fro from their work along Eastern Avenue. 
Hwtiet Hi^etme and Readftifl Koad Park 
As Burnet Avenue and Reading Road Triangle was a very un- 
sightly piece of property, and its location so prominent that it 
was conspicuous to thousands of people daily, it was deemed 
advisable to place it in park condition early in the summer. 
The property was graded, water-main§ supplied, sod laid, 
and cement walks constructed where necessary, and it has since 
become one of the prettiest little parks we have in the city. 
Uitic atid Bolllster Streets Park 
Vine and Hollister Streets Park being situated where thousands 
of people pass each day, we have made a floricultural display 
there one of the greatest features, planting some five thousand 
flowers, consisting of ageratum, alternanthera, echeveria, coleus, 
and canna. 
The entire park was fertilized and sown with a special grass- 
seed mixture, and the flowers and hedge were kept trimmed, so 
