14 
Annual Report 
Hunt Street Athletic Grounds 
Owing to the heavy grade on these grounds and the filled 
surface being composed principally of ashes, considerable washing 
is constantly occurring after every heavy rain. To obviate this, 
at the steepest part of the sloping bank and also behind the summit 
of the slope along its entire length, a grass or sod gutter at an 
average width of about nine feet was constructed, and 2,700 
yards of sod laid, to carry ofif the surface water into catch-basins, 
which were set at intervals of 125 feet, and drain tile conducted 
into the sewer. In all 1,380 feet of drainage pipe was thus laid 
to care for surface drainage on these grounds. 
Forty loads of soil were hauled from Garfield Park to surface 
the ground under the playground paraphernalia, a much needed 
and appreciated improvement ; in fact, the whole of these grounds 
ought to be surfaced with soil and sown with grass as soon as 
possible to prevent the continuous washing of a large amount 
of glass Lo the surface, and also to give a better appearance. 
Foundations for two 6,000-gallon tanks for road oil have been 
built, the tanks placed, and a heavy retaining wall built around 
and below them. 
An additional 1,<S25 lineal feet of water service, consisting 
of galvanized wrought iron pipes varying from }i inches to 2 
inches in diameter, together with nine hose-boxes for sprinkling 
purposes and two drinking fountains, were installed. 
Lytle Park 
In this park very little has been done during the past season, 
other than maintenance work, which included the replacing of 
some shrubs, the resodding of the frontage on the Fourth Street 
side and the embankment on Lawrence Street, in which nearly 
700 yards of sod were used, the usual annual summer bedding, 
and the planting of beds in the fall with spring flowering bulbs. 
The playground was oiled, and new drains put in. Levels were 
taken and a plat made, looking forward to the location of a com- 
fort station at this park. 
