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Park Commission 
Considerable work was done during- the latter part of the year 
toward grading along Woodside place, the quarry being practically 
stripped for the entire length of the park frontage. This will give 
an opportunity through the winter for quarrying and thereby grad- 
ing of a portion of the bank at this point. In this work, two pur- 
poses are accomplished, increasing this street to its proper width and 
constructing a good slope. 
BURNET AVENUE AND READING ROAD 
Much has been done at the triangle at Burnet avenue and Read- 
ing road toward placing this property in a finished condition. 
A contract for filling and grading", amounting to 15,804 cubic 
yards, was finished in October. The cutting off of the point under 
McMillan Street Bridge was accomplished with the aid of the Street 
Repair Department. A brick wall about 150 feet in length was 
built, separating the park from the adjoining property. About 
1,500 lineal feet of stone and cinder walks have been constructed. 
Nearly the entire grounds have been graded. 
In order to furnish drainage, it was necessary to lay about 500 
feet of drain pipe on this property. 
DEMPSEY PARK 
At Dempsey Park, considerable grading in the nature of land- 
scape work was done in connection with the planting. The portion 
abutting Warsaw avenue was graded and seeded, and also a part 
of the park along the eastern boundary. 
A drinking fountain was placed near the ball grounds. 
EAST END BALL GROUNDS 
The bank along Eastern avenue was graded for the entire length 
of this property, and from one to three rows of fixed v/ooden seats 
placed on the bank overlooking the ball grounds. 
EDEN PARK 
Considerable work, other than the ordinary maintenance, has 
been done in Eden Park. Of this the most important is the widen- 
ing of the roadway under the concrete bridge. This roadway has 
been increased from an available width of about 18 feet to one of 
45 feet and has been further improved by the construction of a 
sidewalk along the southerly side of the roadway, thus insuring 
safety to pedestrians. Another change in the main roadway was 
that made between the springhouse and the bandstand, the road here 
being raised, new gutters constructed, and the roadway widened 
for about 30 feet to something over 50 feet, making a uniform curve 
and adding both to the comfort and safety of traffic at what was 
formerly a very bad place in the road. Roadways amounting to 3,800 
square yards were resurfaced and oiled; 1,730 square yards resur- 
faced only; and 9,200 square yards oiled only. 
