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NEW PARKS AND IMPROVEMENTS 
method of treatment, and the cost for 
oil and for labor connected with its 
application, not including the work of 
regrading and resurfacing, costs ap- 
proximately three-quarters of a cent 
per square yard. 
Where it is found necessary to re- 
dress the road with stone, the best 
results have been obtained by using 
a three-inch macadam. The larger 
size of the stone gives it an anchor- 
age not easily displaced by passing 
vehicles or horses’ feet. The oil and 
screenings fill the interstices, giving 
a bond much more firm than that or- 
dinarily obtained by the use of water. 
The finest limestone screenings are 
used. With the use of oil, limestone 
screenings give better results than 
granite or gravel. The absorbent 
properties of the stone allow the oil 
to penetrate, giving a better bond 
than is the case with the harder 
stones. 
In. a series of experiments with the 
use of pure oils performed in succes- 
sion on one of the boulevards sub- 
jected to the greatest amount of au- 
tomobile traffic, the following to date 
has been found most successful: The 
road which was badly worn was 
spiked and scarified to the depth of 
four or five inches, and a mixture of 
75 of California with asphaltum and 
25 per cent Kansas fuel oil heated to 
200 degrees was applied to the 
amount of one-half gallon per square 
yard. Three inch macadam was then 
spread over the surface, bringing the 
road to the required grade. This was 
rolled thoroughly with a 15-ton roller 
until the oil began to show on the 
surface, after vihich a second applica- 
tion of the hot oils, also to the 
amount of one-half gallon per square 
yard, was applied. Limestone screen- 
ings were then spread over the sur- 
face, and the road was thoroughly 
rolled, screenings being spread wher- 
ever the oil came through. This 
method was continued until the sur- 
face presented a uniform light brown 
color, and no material adhered to the 
roller. Traffic was allowed to be re- 
sumed at once. Two days later, one 
application of 10 per cent emulsion 
was made. The road has had no 
subsequent treatment, and now pre- 
sents a uniform surface resembling a 
hard asphalt pavement in color and 
uniformity, but which is soft enough 
to allow a footing for horses’ hoofs, 
and to prevent automobiles from 
skidding. The noise resultant from 
hard pavements is entirely done away 
with. M. H. West, 
Asst. Supt. Lincoln Park. 
Park Commissioner Samuel Par- 
sons of the Borough of Manhattan, 
Greater New York, estimates that it 
will cost $2,676,750 to renovate Cen- 
tral Park, and recommends that the 
work be begun at once. The follow- 
ing work is recommended as neces- 
sary to the rehabilitation of the park: 
The purchase of 75,000 cubic feet of 
mould, 1,000,000 square feet of sod, 
and $75,000 worth of trees and shrub- 
bery; the completion of the water 
supply in the middle and western sec- 
tions of the Park; the removal of 
from nine to ten inches of existing 
gravel superstructure on the roads, 
and the substitution of a solid founda- 
tion of stone in graded sizes, finished 
with screenings; the laying of a new 
pavement of asphalt or cement on the 
unpaved walks in the north part of 
the Park; the cleaning of the lakes 
and ponds, laying of concrete flooring, 
the construction of new walls, and the 
installation of a water flushing sys- 
tem; renovation of the bridle-paths, 
repair of the entire sidewalk on Cen- 
tral Park West, laying of a new trunk 
sewer from the arsenal to connect 
with the city sewer, and a proper re- 
modeling of the entire drainage sys- 
tem of the Park. 
Charles Mulford Robinson, of Ro- 
chester, N. Y., has prepared an 
elaborate report on a park system for 
Dubuque, la., for the Commercial 
Club and the Woman’s Club, of that 
city, and made a study of Colorado 
Springs, Colo., as a basis for a report 
on the beautifying of that city. 
Citizens of Meridian, Miss., have do- 
nated 26 acres to that city for park 
purposes. 
The late Mrs. Eliza F. Hyde pro- 
vided in her will a bequest of $60,000 
for the establishment of a park in 
Stafford Springs, Conn., to be known 
as Hyde Park. 
Plans for a lagoon and lake for 
Swope Park, Kansas City> Mo., have 
been prepared by George E. Kessler, 
Park Engineer. 
A syndicate of bankers of Oakland, 
Cal., has bought a twelve acre tract 
which they are to convey to the city 
at cost for a public park. 
Max Meyers of Albany, N. Y., will 
present 20 acres of land in Clovers- 
ville, N. Y., to that town for a public 
park as a memorial to his father. 
The work of labeling the trees in 
the parks of Baltimore has begun un- 
der the direction of W. Ralph Jones. 
Every tree will bear the common 
name, botanical name, family, and 
geographical distribution. An eco- 
nomic garden will also be established 
in Druid Hill Park next spring under 
the direction of Dr. D. S. Johnson, 
Professor of Botany in John Hopkins 
University. 
Plans for the improvement of Mc- 
Intyre Park, Zanesville, O., have been 
prepared by Government Engineer 
Edmund Moeser, as part of a general 
plan for the entire park system. 
Extensive improvements are being 
completed in Wilcox Park, Westerly, 
R. L, on plans by Frank Hamilton, of 
New York. 
The Legislature of Michigan has 
authorized the transfer of Mackinac 
Island to the United States govern- 
ment as a great public park, and the 
transfer can be effected as soon as 
authorized by Congress. 
The commissioners of Fairmount 
Park, Philadelphia, estimate their ex- 
penditures for next year at $1,054,028 
of which the greater part is for ex- 
tensions to the park, already the larg- 
est city park in the country. 
Chief of Police Vollmer of Berke- 
ley, Cal., has received permission from 
the town authorities to convert a part 
of the Matthews tract into a public 
playground. 
Geo. E. Kessler, of Kansas City, 
Mo., who prepared the general plans 
for Denver’s park system, has de- 
signed a little “Isle of Safety’’ to be 
built at the head of 16th St. in that 
city. It will be a small triangular 
space bounded by a granite curbing, 
and having electric lights at each cor- 
ner. A stone seat and a drinking 
fountain will also be provided. 
William H. Freeman, secretary of 
the Indiana State Board of Forestry, 
is to lay out as a park 12 acres of the 
forest reservation near Henryville. 
Frank H. Nutter, landscape archi- 
tect and city park engineer of Min- 
neapolis, has recently completed plans 
for College Hill and Mayo parks in 
Rochester, Minn., and the High 
School grounds at Sioux Falls, S. D. 
At the latter town Mr. Nutter was 
invited to speak to the “Noon Day 
Club” and called attention to that 
city’s neglected opportunities for im- 
provement along the river banks. 
Agricultural Park, a 100-acre tract 
at Los Angeles, Cal., has been turned 
over to the city for a public park. 
Plans for its improvement have been 
prepared by Landscape Gardener 
Hyde Dwight. 
