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Annual Report 
was parked and made one of the most charming features in our 
park system. Three beds were planted in the fall with about 
1,800 tulips. 
The playground was well kept during the summer months. 
The apparatus was concentrated, permitting of larger open area 
for field games and other sports. 
The camera or moving picture frame, which is quite an open 
air feature in this park, was shifted to the opposite corner of 
the playground, thus giving a better opportunity to better display 
the pictures to the large number of people that patronize these 
shows every Sunday night during the summer. 
A large canvas-covered baby swing frame was erected, which 
proved a boon to the little mothers during the hot weather. 
Mt. Echo Park 
This park was well maintained. Two tennis courts were con- 
structed and maintained in good order, which was attested by 
their continued use. The popular demands would warrant the 
building of two or more at once. The ballground was in constant 
demand. Thirty-six permits were issued for scheduled games. 
In the rearrangement of this park space should be allotted for 
additional ballgrounds. 
One hundred and fourteen trees were planted, and approxi- 
mately one thousand small shrubs were collected, placed in nur- 
sery rows, and are being developed for general use. 
Pearl Street Playground 
The surface of these grounds was regraded, sanded and oiled. 
A new sand-box and basketball goals were added. Twelve syca- 
more trees were planted and protected by tree-boxes, all of 
which tend to make the place more useful, beautiful and 
attractive. 
Sinton Park 
The beauty of this crowded downtown park and playground 
was greatly enhanced by the filling with soil of two large con- 
crete sand-boxes, 06 feet long by 13 feet wide, and planting 
