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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
“ PARK NEWS. 
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under the trees the passerby can rest 
while his eye sweeps over a compre- 
hensive view of the Grand river val- 
ley. The land for the park was given 
to the city in 1859 by Dr. George K. 
Johnson and Dr. Francis H. Cuming. 
Lincoln Park is a neighbor of John 
Ball Park on East Bridge street, east 
of Valley avenue. It will in time be 
connected with John Ball Park by a 
boulevard or parkway. It contains 
fifteen acres of ground, is well wooded 
and the driveways are beautified by 
shrubbery planting. It is a pretty rest- 
ing place and a pleasant playground for 
the children. There is a bandstand for 
use when concerts are given. 
Antoine Campau Park was once the 
Antoine Campau homestead. The land 
passed by inheritance to Mr. Campau’s 
grandson, Martin A. Ryerson, who in 
1899 deeded it to the city for park pur- 
poses. The park has been improved 
with lawns, shrubbery, trees, flower 
beds, an artificial lake and other em- 
bellishments. Its distinguishing fea- 
ture is the variety and beauty of its 
shrubbery. It is a delightful resting 
place for the citizens of the south 
end. 
Foremost among recent park acquisi- 
tions is “The Playgrounds,” a twenty- 
five acre stretch of land at the corner 
of Madison and Burton avenues, just 
outside the city limits. It was pre- 
sented to the city by Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles W. Garfield and Mrs. N. A. 
Fletcher, together with a lodge to cost 
$6,000. The Playgrounds are now in 
the course of preparation. They will 
be devoted to sports and games, con- 
stituting a big play field for the city at 
large. 
At the north end of the city, at the 
site of the old settling basin on North 
Lafayette street, is a smaller plot of 
ground that is being likewise converted 
into an athletic field. It will have space 
for games of various kinds and be 
equipped with a pond for use as 
a swimming pool in summer and a 
skating pond in winter. 
Scattered throughout the city are a 
number of smaller parks, many of them 
at the intersection of streets. These 
are restful little bits of nature that 
add to the general beauty of the 
city. 
In 1894 Wencel Cukierski was em- 
ployed to take charge of the greenhouse 
in John Ball Park and in 1898 he was 
elected superintendent of parks, a po- 
sition which he has since held. Mr. 
Cukierski’s untiring energy in the work 
of park improvement and his develop- 
ment of planting schemes to beautify 
John Ball Park and the other parks of 
the city have won much praise for him 
The office of superintendent of 
parks of Indianapolis is now vacant, 
and the resignation of the assistant 
superintendent takes effect January 
1st. Until the appointment of succes- 
sors to these officials, the park work 
will be in charge of Blythe Q. Hend- 
ricks, clerk of the board, and Daniel 
E. Deupree, draftsman and office 
man. 
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City Controller Bechtner, of Mil- 
waukee, announces that all income of 
the park board for boat rent and res- 
taurant privileges and the like must 
be turned over to the general city 
fund and must not be kept as a part 
of the park funds and spent as such. 
City Attorney Kelly holds that “there 
appears to be no law authorizing the 
board of park commissioners to ex- 
pend any money other than that 
specifically provided by taxation.” 
Hence, the city attorney says, the re- 
ceipts from special privileges must be 
turned into the general city fund. 
The park board’s chief outside reve- 
nue is from the annual sale of restau- 
rant privileges, though the row boat 
rentals are considerable for a few 
months in the summer. 
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Trueman Lanham, superintendent of 
parking, Washington, D. C., in his 
annual report says that during the 
past fiscal year 2,574 new trees were 
planted in Washington and 1,111 
trees removed, and at the present 
time there are 92,706 trees on the 
streets of the city. These trees are 
spaced at an average of thirty feet 
apart, making a total of 518 miles of 
trees. The sum collected in the form 
of fines during the year, paid by per- 
sons damaging trees, amounted to 
$438, and the Superintendent figures 
that the amount of fines for the pres- 
ent year will amount to at least 
$1,000, and recommended that the 
Commissioners arrange it so that 
these fines can be placed to the credit 
of the Parking Commission appro- 
priation. 
PARK IMPROVEMENTS 
Geo. E. Kessler of Kansas City, 
Mo., has prepared plans for the de- 
velopment of Cheesman Park, Den- 
ver, Col., for which the Cheesman 
estate has donated $100,000. One of 
the principal features will be a hand- 
some pavilion to be surrounded by 
an elaborate Italian garden. 
The City Council of Pawtucket, R. 
I., has passed an ordinance provid- 
ing for the' purchase of a new park at 
Broadway and Cottage streets. 
Public contributions of $1,800 have 
been secured tow'ard a fund of $5,000 
being raised for the improvement of 
Riverside Park at Easton, Pa. 
John C. Olmsted and J. F. Dawson, 
of the firm of Olmsted Bros., Brook- 
line, Mass., recently visited Portland, 
Ore., and Seattle, Wash., in connec- 
tion with this firm’s work of prepar- 
ing plans for extensive park systems 
in those cities. 
The Queen Victoria Niagara Falls 
Park Commission has decided to pur- 
chase ten acres at Queenstown 
Heights as an addition to the Niagara 
Falls Park. 
S. G. Nelson, of Chicago, has pre- 
pared plans for the improvement of 
Sherman Place in DesMoines, la. 
Herbert J. Kellaway, of Boston, has 
been engaged to prepare comprehen- 
sive plans for the future development 
of the park system of Fitchburg, 
Mass. 
Orrigoni & Cavalluzzo have been 
awarded the contract to plant 2,000 
shade trees on eleven streets in the 
Bronx, Greater New York, under the 
supervision of Park Commissioner 
Joseph I. Berry. The work is esti- 
mated to cost $90,000. The contrac- 
tors have agreed to look after the 
trees for two years and replace all 
that die in that time. 
The council’s committee on Fair- 
mount Park, Philadelphia, has ap- 
proved the park commission’s esti- 
mate of $1,054,028 for the mainten- 
ance and improvement of Fairmount 
in 1908. 
The city council of Meridian, Miss., 
has decided to appropriate $12,000 to 
improve the fair grounds as a public 
park. 
The Public Park and Boulevard 
Association, of Fort Smith, Ark., has 
been organized to raise $1,000,000 for 
a park and boulevard system for the 
city. A boulevard 25 miles long, en- 
circling the city is one of the works 
planned. 
