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xA^nnual Report 
formed in a very workmanlike manner under the able fore- 
manship of Mr. Louis MoUer. 
The workshop, wagon-sheds and stable, as well as the 
greenhouses, were all painted in appropriate colors. Some 
two hundred benches were supplied, most of which were 
placed near the band-stand. 
The music for the concerts at Eden Park, under the 
Schmidlapp Eden-Park Sunday Concert Fund, was furnished 
by John C. Weber's Grand Orchestra and Military Band, and 
the programs rendered were of the very highest class. There 
were thousands of attentive, music-loving people drawn to the 
park by these concerts each Sunday during the entire season. 
No doubt the music was the means of bringing to this 
beautiful park numbers of people who would never otherwise 
have an incentive to visit there, being unaware of any at- 
traction other than the music. 
It is estimated by persons who frecjuent Eden Park from 
time to time that the largest crowd ever assembled in this 
park for any special occasion was drawn there to hear the 
vocal concert given under the direction of Prof. Oscar Ehr- 
gott, who furnished a chorus of two hundred voices free of 
charge to this department, rendering the chorus, ''Heavens 
are Telling," from ''The Creation ;" the "Hallelujah" chorus 
from "The Messiah," by Haendel : and "Unfold, Ye Portals," 
from "The Redemption," by Gounod. It is hoped, since this 
concert was so much appreciated, as attested by the enthusi- 
asm shown by the large, music-loving audience, that there 
could be some provision made whereby se\'eral vocal concerts 
could be given each year in the Park Department, preferably 
at Eden Park or Burnet Woods. Thus far the funds have not 
been found to carry out this thought, and the hope of further 
vocal concerts without funds is somewhat remote, because of 
the fact that quite a sum of money is needed for the orchestra- 
tion, as well as for the scores used by the chorus. It 
is estimated that to give one of these concerts would cost at 
least $200.00. The department is greatly indebted to Pro- 
fessor Ehrgott, as it was due to him that such a concert was 
possible, and to his untiring efforts that it was a success. 
