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1 American Association of Park Superintendents 1 
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
EMIL T. MISCHE, President, Portland, Ore. R. W. COTTERILL, Sec.-Treas., Seattle, Washington. 
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ASSOCIATION NOTES. 
Win. s. Egerton, of Albany, X. Y., after fifty-one years of 
active service in park work, has retired from the profession 
voluntarily, and in so doing has tendered his resignation as a 
member of the association. 
Mr. Egerton served four years at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, 
then thirty-nine years with the Albany park department, fol- 
lowed by eight years as a practicing landscape architect, a 
record of landscape service equaled by but few men in this 
country. He has been a member of the association for the past 
fifteen years, and was its president in 1004. 
Jn his letter of resignation Mr. Egerton states: 
"In severing my membership with the association I wish to 
emphasize that I have enjoyed the organization very much, and 
nothing has marred the pleasure of so long a membership. I 
shall always look back with great pleasure to many personal 
friends and friendships formed, and wish to extend my regards 
to them all, and to every member of the association." 
The retirement of Mr. Egerton from the profession is a dis- 
tinct loss, which will be keenly regretted by all concerned. 
James E. Fitzpatrick, who was appointed as superintendent 
of parks of Terre Haute, Tnd., on January 1, 1016, has the dis- 
tinction of being the first applicant for membership in the asso- 
ciation this year, being endorsed by Secretary Wood Posey, who 
has been a member for several years. 
Mr. Fitzpatrick has been connected with the Terre Haute park 
work in various capacities for several years, and is planning to 
attend the New (Irlean convention. 
Win. It. Hancock, who was formerly superintendent at Fergus 
Falls, Minn., has transferred to Bozeman, Mont., where he is 
commissioner of parks and cemeteries. Mr. Hancock is a junior 
member of the association. 
At the request of the joint committee on nomenclature con- 
stituted by the American Association of Nurserymen and the 
Ornamental Growers' Association, President Mische has ap- 
pointed as a committee from our association to cooperate with 
the general committee, the following: 
Hermann Merkel. of New York : Theodore Wirth. of Minneap- 
olis, and John Dunbar, of Rochester. 
David Campbell, superintendent at Syracuse, lias followed in 
the footsteps of Superintendent Manning of Baltimore, and 
taken unto himself a wife, having been married on April 29 to 
Miss Clara M. White. 
A fitting tribute was recently paid to Chas. M. Loring. the 
"father of the Minneapolis park system." by the citizens of 
Minneapolis in the way of a "Loring Day," when appropriate 
ceremonies were participated in by the public generally, and par- 
ticularly by the public schools. 
A feature of the day was the planting of trees by the school 
children of the city, the trees. "Loring Elms," being furnished 
by the park department. The press of Minneapolis published 
special illustrated supplements reviewing Mr. Loring's connection 
with park, work in that city, and it is the plan to make an 
annual affair of the proposition. 
PRESIDENT'S REVIEW OF PARK REPORTS. 
Harrisburg, Pa. 
Continued efforts to acquire all of the river frontage from Iron 
alley to McClcay street for park purposes have resulted in suc- 
cess and ill so doing Harrisburg has furnished an example which 
may well be emulated h\ smaller cities throughout the country. 
It would be desirable to include a plan of property discussed in 
any annual report if the work is to be presented with the same 
clearness to the minds of readers as it is to those who are eon- 
ducting operations. 
Harrisburg is one of the many cities which have adopted the 
commission form of government, and by virtue of the change 
abolished the old park commission for a commissioner of parks 
and public property. 
In the change of charter the city created a city planning com 
mission with Mr. Warren H. Manning as advisor. This insures 
dose -operation with the work of the park department, indeed 
one of tin' avowed intentions of the new commission is to devote 
time to the completion of the parkway system. 
Winnipeg, Canada. 
The 191.5 report just out is replete with a record of activity and 
advance. In recent years this city has had a tremendous growth 
in population and park development has kept pace therewith. 
Over fifty miles of street parkings are maintained and planted 
with trees, almost two miles having been added during the past 
year. Construction of these parkings (presumably tree planting, 
water supply and turf established I was done at a cost of 14. li 
cents per square yard as against 1">.2 cents for previous years. 
( hiiirman Saudison, of the Parks Board, is making an urgent plea 
to have a dam constructed to have impounded the waters of the 
As-inihoine River. He discusses new buildings for the zoological 
exhibit, suggests a lighting system when the city again begins 
to develop rapidly and of fences he preemptorily states — remove 
them altogether. In declaring his fellow citizens are as amenable 
to being taught to protect their own property as people of any 
other city, he voices a hope rather than a fact. Public park 
properties must be protected not only from despoliation by pro- 
miscuous trampling of vegetation, but to insure security to 
women and children against the virions, debased and seheming 
criminals. Kerning and lighting are two of the best allies of 
thorough policing and are too often delayed in installation. 
Fortunately it is a rare exception to have a conspicuous park 
official give expression to such views and of those with Mr, Sandi- 
son's long experience, we believe he has the distinction of being 
the first. Furthermore, it is fortunate for Winnipeg that this 
is a prominent exception to the judgment the Board's chairman 
has brought to bear in conducting park affairs during a long pe- 
riod of park progress. 
In the detailed report of Superintendent Champions, note is 
made that the swimming pool at Sargent Field is in use. We 
should like to have learned more of the details of its operation, 
such as the number of persons served, season's length, number 
of attendants required, charges made and cost of operation, it 
being one of the best outdoor swimming pools in Canada. Some 
of the difficulty in park work in the interior prairie and northern 
latitude, is brought forcibly to mind by reading that all shrub 
beds must needs be deeply trenched. The new conservatory at 
Assiniboine Park has been completed and meets with public ap- 
proval. A municipal nursery is again urged upon the Board and 
with the activity in street planting it is marvelous that it has 
not long since been established. Oddly enough, the source of the 
trees has been the surrounding woods from which stock was col- 
lected. An excellent feature of the report is the detailed state- 
ment of disbursements, showing the amount and purpose of each 
