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Annual Report 
A stone-crnsher was procured, and one thousand cubic yards 
of stone crushed and placed on the driveway above mentioned. 
This work was all done with regular park labor, thereby saving 
to this department several hundred dollars, as it cost but a 
fraction over fifty cents per cubic yard to place the stone on the 
driveway by this method, whereas it would have cost one dollar 
and fifty cents to place it there by direct purchase. 
The greenhouse on the south side of the reservoir, formerly 
used by the Waterworks Department, was abandoned by that 
department and turned over to the Park Department. The build- 
ings were then razed and removed to the present range of park 
greehouses, and rebuilt, adding thereby something like five 
thousand feet of glass to the present range. We utilized our 
park force and mechanics in building these houses, consequently 
the work was done without any extra expense. 
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It is plainly evident to the close observer that Eden Park has 
been greatly neglected in planting as regards both trees and 
shrubs, and an efifort will be made during the planting season 
this spring to plant two or three thousand trees and shrubs in 
this park. This feature of park maintenance brings vividly to 
the mind the urgent need of a municipal nursery, as we could 
then take the choice trees from a large assortment, instead of 
depending upon what a nurseryman sees fit to give you, which 
at the best is not a very good grade of tree, as the market in this 
locality does not justify the growing of any great amount of 
ornamental and forest-trees. 
The driveways in Eden Park will all have to be resurfaced 
with stone and screenings, which have been ordered, and work 
on same will be begun as soon as the weather will permit. 
The main approach to the park is too narrow, and I have had 
