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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
NEW PARKS, IMPROVEMEMTS and EXTENSIONS 
A fountain and band stand will be 
erected in Neutaconkanut park at Provir 
deuce, R. I., with a fund of $1,500. 
The township of Kalamazoo, Mich., 
has offered the city of Kalamazoo a ten 
acre park on the outskirts of the city. 
The committee on parks of the city 
council of San Antonio, Tex., has recom- 
mended the acquisition of a new park 
site. 
Engineer Leisen of the water board, 
of Wilmington, Del., has prepared plans 
for the improvement of Cold Spring 
park. 
The New York legislature has passed 
a bill making a state park of Fire Island, 
the New York City quarantine station. 
John H. Vail, of Islip, is president of 
the commission in charge of the park, 
and Elliot J. Smith, of Islip, secretary. 
The South Park Board, of Chicago, 
has purchased a site for a new park at 
Grand Crossing. 
Jens Jensen, superintendent of the 
West .Park' System of Chicago, has 
made plans for the development of a 
park system for Racine, Wis. 
Park Commissioner Wilson, of To- 
ronto, Canada, estimates that there will 
be about $80,000 for the purchase of 
park sites this year. 
A new entrance is being built for 
Laura Bradley Park, Peoria, 111., and a 
road constructed; at Glen Oak Park the 
elk pens are to be moved and this tract 
terraced. 
The Chamber of Commerce of Fort 
Morgan, Col., wants the city to pur- 
chase a 65-acre tract for a park. 
Mrs. Russell Sage has bought the 
grounds of the old driving park at Sag 
Harbor, L. I., for $10,000 and will con- 
vert it into a public park. 
A fund of $10,000 received from the 
gas company of Joliet, 111., is to be avail- 
able for the improvement of Higgin- 
botham Park on condition that $30,000 
be raised by popular subscription ; $20,- 
000 of this sum has already been sub- 
scribed. 
The park committee of the city coun- 
cil of Providence, R. I., has recom- 
mended the purchase of the Chapin es- 
tate for a park at a cost of $18,785. 
Nathan D. Bill has offered to the city 
of Springfield, Mass., a six-acre tract 
for a public playground. 
Sir Sanford Fleming has offered to 
present to the city of Halifax, N. S., an 
80-acre tract for a park on condition 
that the city erect oh it a commemorative 
tower 100 feet high to cost $20,000. 
The jury of view to assess damages 
for the great parkway in Philadelphia 
from city hall to F'airmount Park, has 
awarded damages of $745,000 to some 
102 property owners and tenants. 
Mrs. Charles Orr and Miss Base Par- 
sons, sisters, have donated a tract of 
land to Lowellville, O., for park pur- 
poses. It is a picturesque site in what 
is known as Pine Hollow. 
Park Superintendent Barclay, of 
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is making extensive, 
improvements in Riverside Park this sea- 
son, including the planting of 50,000 
trees, shrubs and plants. 
The city council's survey committee of 
Philadelphia, has approved an ordinance 
to place on the city park plan banks of 
Frankford and Tacony creeks in three 
wards, aggregating about 275 acres. 
A new park at Pratt City, Ala., is be- 
ing improved. 
It is proposed to irrigate a 275-acre 
tract owned by Salt Lake City') Utah, 
and lease it to farmers for several years, 
and then turn it into a public park. 
Mayor Brown, of Lincoln, Neb., has 
offered to place seats on the Capitol 
grounds in that city and improve it as 
a public park if the state will consent. 
Frank W. Atkins has offered to the 
city of Lynn, Mass., a 2Lj-acre tract for 
a public playground. 
A bond issue of $500,000 for beach 
front park purposes has been author- 
ized at Atlantic City, N. J. 
The Scranton Gas and Water Co.. 
Scranton, Pa., will donate and equip a 
public park for that city. 
Park Superintendent E. C. Balzer, of 
Spokane, Wash., will equip five acres 
of the new Audubon Park this summer. 
Mr. Balzer feeds the animals at the Zoo 
in Manito Park stale bread mixed with 
their meat, which he believes helps to 
keep them free from scur\w. 
W. L. Sawyer, superintendent of 
parks, Nashville, Tenn., is to place a 
number of squirrels in Capitol Park. 
The Massachusetts Legislature has 
passed a bill giving Brockton the right 
to issue $50,000 in bonds for park pur- 
poses. 
The site of the old High Street School 
in Pawtucket, R. I., will be converted in- 
to a public playground. 
The park commission of Bay City, 
Mich., will soon begin the work of trans- 
forming nine acres of the river front 
into a public park. The .work will in- 
volve the razing of two blocks of build- 
in.gs. 
Mayor Harper of Los Angeles, Cal, 
has asked the city council to appro- 
priate $10,000 per year for road build- 
ing and tree planting in Griffith Park. 
Griffith Park contains over 3,000 acres 
and is claimed to be the largest munic- 
ipal park in the. country. ! 
The Board of Public Works of Cadil- ^ 
lac, Mich., has been instructed to clean | 
up and improve the city park. j 
The Minneapolis park board has ac- ! 
quired a lot at Franklin avenue and 
Lake of the Isles for park purposes. 
Mrs. Russell Sage has donated to ! 
Central Park, New York, what is said ] 
to be the finest plantation of rhodo- | 
dendrons in the country, which have ' 
been planted for nearly a mile along 
the East Drive. The area covered was i 
resoiled, and the endeavor has been 
made to have the planting as “natu- ■ 
ral’ as possible. An irregular back- i; 
ground has been made of tall Rhodo- li 
dendron maximum from the Pocono 
Mountains, some 11,000 being placed. .[ 
These furnish not only a background ji 
but a shelter for the rarer hybrids 
which are planted in masses in the 
foreground or in bays formed by the 
larger plants. Some 6,000 of the hy- 
brids are planted'. Another recent ad- 
dition to the Central Park flora is that 
of a notable collection of thorns from 
the Arnold Arboretum, where Profes- 
sor C. S. Sargent has been studying ■ 
and hybridizing these attractive flow- ' 
ering shrubs and small trees. The col- 
lection comprises some 2,000 plants .| 
in numerous species and varieties. 
Five acres have been purchased for 
an addition for Leschi Park, Seattle, 
Wash. 
A movement is now in progress to r 
liave the state of Illinois purchase 
Starved Rock, near Ottawa, and n 
enough of the surrounding land to : 
form a large park under state con- 
trol. 
A new entrance is being built for 
Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, O., and , 
a new road will be built leading from ;i: 
it to complete the main system of 
drives. 
The Duluth Playground Association j : 
of Duluth, Mirin., will establish a 
playground in Lincoln Park. ;; 
The improvements of small parks J 
and the little plots at street intersec- ‘j 
tions throughout Philadelphia is be- , ' 
ing prosecuted by the Bureau of City 1 1 
Property. Bidders have been asked 1 1 
to submit prices for the improvement 
of seven of these small parks and the !l 
City Forester is working on the plans j 
of an additional six. • ; , 
