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debris that may accumulate in the street, and would also pro- 
hibit vehicles from getting into the park. 
There has been a demand made from time to time by 
residents to allow the children to occupy one square, but the 
fact that it is a residential street prompts me to decline the 
request at this time, though I feel that the suggestion is a good 
one, as a playground is greatly needed in this vicinity. 
McKinley Place 
At all hours of the day and evening there can be seen con- 
gregated at this playground hundreds of children playing, 
as well as mothers with babies enjoying the pleasant shade and 
green grass of this little breathing-space — the only feature of 
that kind in this district of the city. 
The use to which this park is put, and the great good re- 
sulting therefrom to both old and young, points out clearly 
the necessity and advisability of establishing other playgrounds 
of this character throughout the densely-populated sections of 
die city. 
During the past summer an automatic drinking fountain 
was furnished here, which adds greatly to the comfort of 
those who find so much pleasure in visiting this place. It has 
proven a great convenience to the children of the neighbor- 
hood, who formerly had to go to their homes in the hot weath- 
er for drinking water. 
In constructing this fountain there was several hundred 
feet of brass pipe coil placed in the ground in a concrete box, 
and through the generous spirit of Mr. Daniel Bauer, the 
councilman, ice was supplied during the summer months, which 
made it possible for the children to have ice water during the 
hot weather, for which kindness the Park Department feels 
greatly indebted to Mr. Bauer. 
There were provided a number of benches and an addition- 
al sand box at this park, all of which added to the comfort and 
pleasure of people in the neighborhood. The children were 
also allowed to use the basin at this park as a wading-pool, 
and in winter it served for skating purposes. The wading- 
pool features of playgrounds g'ives the children more enjoy- 
