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Another reason for not improving it permanently is that 
when the water is above forty-five feet the gronnds are flooded. 
Stationary benches that were placed there during the past year 
were all washed away b)^ the high water during the early spring. 
Experience has proven that the most useful way in which 
the ground can be used is to continue it as a baseball field. 
There was placed along Eastern Avenue the entire length 
of the park a ten-foot artificial stone sidewalk, which makes 
it much more pleasant for the great number of people who 
walk to and from their work along Eastern Avenue daily, and 
provides a splendid permanent improvement in the Park De- 
partment, also. 
There has been no caretaker placed in charge of this park, 
as the boys have been willing to keep it in condition provided 
they are allowed to use it for playing baseball, football, and 
other athletic games, all of which this department has assisted 
in establishing. 
Burying-Ground at Hyde Park 
This property came into the possession of the city through an- 
nexation, and this department has endeavored to keep the 
grass mowed and the weeds cleared away during the summer 
months, which is all that can be done here until definite action 
is taken in regard to dedicating it to park purposes. 
I would recommend that an additional strip of property 
adjoining the cemetery and extending to Stettinius Avenue be 
purchased, that there may be sufficient acreage to make a 
park of some size, as that part of the city is building up rapid- 
ly, and the site will be a useful one for a park. 
Burnet Avenue and Reading Road Park 
This piece of property is so prominently located that the at- 
tention of thousands of people are called to its embellished 
condition. 
The fact of this property being of such small dimensions 
that it is of little use to the neighborhood prompts me to 
recommend that if the property adjacent could be acquired for 
