18 
Annual Report 
Two thousand four hundred square yards of stone and cinder 
walks were constructed. Three thousand three hundred square 
yards of playground surface was covered with cinders and treated 
with tarvia. Three hundred and eighty lineal feet of stepping 
stones were laid near the lake, and about two-thirds of this work 
remains yet to be done. There were 7,347.3 square feet of cement 
walk and 1,024.7 lineal feet of steps and coping built. A wading- 
pool G0x45 feet was constructed. Two thousand and fifty-one lineal 
feet of cast iron pipe and 3,263 lineal feet of galvanized wrought 
iron pipe, making a total of 5,314 lineal feet of pipe, varying 
from 1 inch to 3 inches in diameter, was laid for water service. 
Seven valves, 5 drinking fountains, and 27 hose-boxes were 
installed. Nine hundred and ninety lineal feet of vitrified pipe 
and 420 lineal feet of farm tile were laid for drains, and 20 
inlets to care for surface drainage were built. 
A flame arc lighting system on 50-foot poles was installed, 
and all the work in connection therewith done by the Union Gas 
and Electric Company. The location of poles, however, was 
made by this department. The entire system is that of under- 
ground conduits. These should last for many years, and are so 
located that should it be deemed desirable to change the present 
system of lighting, the same could be done without great addi- 
tional expense. 
For drainage and water service, this park is well equipped. 
To prevent serious washing of the steep hillsides by rain, it was 
necessary to have a large number of inlets and a considerable 
quantity of drain pipe. The hose-boxes are so located that, to 
reach every portion of the ground, will require one hundred feet 
of hose. 
Money spent for much of this work makes but little showing 
above ground, but will prove a saving of maintenance expense in 
the care of this park. Good drainage and good water service are 
as essential to park properties as any other part of the work, 
and Inwood is better supplied with both than any of our other 
parks. 
Considerable grading was done during the year, mostly of a 
landscape nature, necessitating much reshaping of the grounds in 
some places to accommodate the walks. 
