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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
CONNECTING LINK FOR METROPOLITAN PARKS 
Herbert J. Kellavvay, the Boston 
landscape architect, has prepared an in- 
teresting report accompanied by plans 
and photographs, for parks and park- 
ways to connect the northern and south- 
ern groups of the IMetropolitan Park 
S} stem, between W'atertown Square and 
West Roxbury Parkway. The proposed 
connection is shown in black on the map. 
A committee of citizens of Brookline 
and Newton, of which James D. Colt 
of Boston is chairman, is furthering 
the proposed connection which is now 
being considered by the new Metropol- 
itan Improvement Commission. The 
matter is purely a voluntary one on the 
part of the interested citizens and if the 
plan is adopted by the commission it 
would appear from the accompanying 
map that it would make a valuable con- 
necting link in the system. 
'I'here is at present no continuous 
driving connection from Watertown 
through the thickly populated part of 
Newton to the upper part of Brook- 
line, or any of the region west of Bos- 
ton leading to the great Metropolitan 
Park System whose main highways are 
radial from Boston. 
The district traversed by the pro- 
posed connection is from five to seven 
miles from the State House and is des- 
tined to be densely populated in the fu- 
ture. 
In the plan an effort has been made 
to secure lands free from buildings that 
will permit of easy grades and a di- 
rect and artistic driving connection. 
A detailed plan for the parkway in 
addition to the map shown here, de- 
scriptions of each section and many 
photographs illustrate the report. 
The distance traversed is nearly seven 
miles long and includes an area of 502 
acres, having an assessed valuation of 
$271,323. 
