Board of Park Commissioners 
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with cannas. The other features of the park were kept up in 
only a very ordinary manner. Nineteen shrubs and 3 trees 
were replaced, besides 1,500 bedding plants and 1,000 tulips 
being planted. 
The popularity of the playground was attested by a much- 
increased attendance over the previous year, while the baths 
were patronized to an increasing degree. Account was recorded 
for such baths that charge was made for towels and soap at the 
rate of two cents per bath, there being no record of the bathers 
who furnished their own soap and towels. The number of baths 
charged for was as follows : 
Men 18,192 
Women 900 
Total 19,092 
Vine and Hollister Park 
Too much praise can not be given to the maintenance, gen- 
eral character and beauty of this small triangle. From early 
spring to late fall this place was very attractive and in bright 
condition. The center of the park having settled, the fountain, 
paths and ground around were raised about eighteen inches, and 
six catch-basins and drain lines laid, which protected the 
resurfaced walks from washing and improved the whole general 
condition of the park. Twenty-six hundred summer bedding 
plants were used, and 4,300 tulips were planted in the fall. 
Wulsin Park 
The work in this park was taken over by the department, 
and the unfinished rough grading work put into shape. Large 
flower beds were laid out and planted in the sunken or central 
part, containing 5,600 geraniums, cannas, coleus and alternan- 
theras, and a large bed of palms. A water main was laid 
through the central portion, and about sixty trees planted. The 
work will be continued and completed as soon as possible. A 
new sidewalk was laid on Observatory avenue, formal seats 
