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Annual Report 
ENGINEER'S REPORT 
To the Honorable Board of Park Commissioners: 
Under the direction of the Engineer, extensive improvements 
were made in all lines of construction. The building of new 
roads, resurfacing and oiling, kept active a large force, which 
accomplished good results. 
Improvements in a number of the older parks and playgrounds 
to better protect the surface and to offer a better condition for 
the play purposes necessitated the construction of retaining 
walls, sewers, with the attending manholes, drains, inlets and 
catch-basins, and resurfacing with tarvia binder the playground 
areas and numerous walks. 
Formal construction with permanent concrete seats, benches 
and other ornamental features, including steps, copings, etc., in 
addition to cement gutters and walks, warranted two large forces 
of concrete workers the best part of the summer. 
Without going into detail, the Engineer reports the following 
work accomplished under his direction. 
Lytle and Pearl Street — 
Playground and walks resurfaced 35,125 sq.ft. 
Burnet Woods — 
Walks. 
Eden Park, and Burnet Avenue and Reading Road — 
Brick wall (1910 and 1911) 
2,111.25 lin. ft. 
