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Annual Report 
Cincinnati's crown, comprising rolling fields, deeply wooded 
vales and hillsides, abundant in virgin forest, swiftly running 
creek following through the valley, paralleled by a cool forest- 
protected roadway, and finally the crowning summit of Linwood 
Heights, the panorama from which, on a clear day, is magnifi- 
cent, rivaling as it does the famous view from Lookout Moun- 
tain overlooking the Tennessee Valley. 
With so commendable an act as precedent, other generous 
citizens came forward. 
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Taft donated a tract of approximately 
nine acres in Camp Washington, in the very center of a most 
thickly settled community. The value to the community can be 
best judged when it is understood that it will accommodate at 
least four ball diamonds, a number of tennis courts, and a small 
children's playground. The slopes and terrace -surrounding, 
when parked, will form a natural amphitheatre surmounting the 
playfields. 
The same generous spirit to do good for your fellow men 
undoubtedly prompted Mrs. Eugenia H. Bragg in giving valuable 
property in the Bloody Run Valley, which will most materially 
assist the parkway scheme through this valley and prove to be 
one of the very best of the many schemes the Board will under- 
take. 
Mrs. Matilda H. Perin gave a most valuable lot for play- 
ground purposes in the thickly settled west end of the city — a 
boon to the neighborhood. 
Mr. Milton Sayler came forth with a 2.85-acre tract in 
Sayler Park, which, conjunctive with adjoining ground, will 
afiford a park of over one-third of a mile along the Ohio River. 
Seven lots in Crawfish Bottoms were received through the 
generosity of Wm. Worthington. 
Mr. Albert Mitchell gave an attractive triangle of ground at 
Rose Hill avenue, Reading road and Mitchell avenue. 
The Board has always advocated concerts, and in each suc- 
ceeding year request has been made for money to carry out 
this purpose. But, due to economical reasons forced upon the 
city, this much desired purpose has of necessity been curtailed. 
Were it not for the generosity of our public-spirited citizens the 
much-appreciated band concerts would not have been possible. 
