PARK AND 
CEMETERY. 
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PARK FOOT BRIDGES of 
RE-ENFORCED CONCRETE 
Foot Bridge, 40 foot span. Foot Bridge, 30 foot span. 
CONCRETE BRIDGES IN LAFAYETTE, IND., PARK. 
Among the many uses of re-enforced 
concrete in parks as set forth by Mr. 
West in this issue none is more com- 
mon than in bridges. Mr. West 
shows in his account of the work in 
Lincoln Park a large bridge and a 
viaduct, carrying drives, and we show 
herewith pictures of two smaller foot 
bridges of re-enforced concrete of 
graceful proportions and simple de- 
sign. 
These are two of three foot bridges 
of reinforced concrete built in Colum- 
bian Park, Lafayette, Indiana, in 1902. 
One of these bridges has a 40-ft. span 
with a clearance of four feet above 
the water, and a width of six feet 
clear between railings. A 30-ft. span 
with four feet clearance and six feet 
width is shown in the other picture. 
The bridges were designed to carry a 
load of .100 lbs. a square foot. The 
crown thickness of the arches is in 
each case 10 inches, which includes the 
cement walk over the bridge. The 
arches were reinforced with smooth 
steel rods under the Luten patents and 
were designed and erected by the Na- 
tional Bridge Company of Indianapo- 
lis. After six years of service the 
bridges are as good as new. The rail- 
ings of iron, cannot of course be ex- 
pected to endure indefinitely, but in 
ail other respects the bridges are per- 
manent improvements. Iron railings 
were used to harmonize with the light 
arches and save cost. 
NEW PARKS, IMPROVEMENTS and ADDITIONS 
In pursuance of the general plans 
of the City Parks Association of Phil- 
adelphia for a comprehensive park 
system, ordinances have been forward- 
ed to councils directing that five park- 
ways be placed upon the city plan, 
with the plaza of the South Broad 
street boulevard as the central point. 
The map shows in heavy lines the 
boulevards outlined, which will be 200 
feet wide. The commissioners of 
Fairmount Park have asked councils 
for an immediate additional appropri- 
ation of $25,000 for maintenance of 
the grounds and for $500,000 out of 
loans for permanent improvements. 
The current, maintenance appropria- 
tion is said to be exhausted. 
There is a plan under way at Salt 
Lake City, Utah, to create a park to be 
cne 6f the largest in the country in the 
hills back of the city. An exposition 
is also planned for 1912 which has as 
one of its proposed features the build- 
ing of a park anS an artificial beach on 
the Great Salt Lake. The city is con- 
sidering the advisability of changing to 
the Des Moines or commission plan of 
government. 
The Supreme Court of Massachu- 
setts has upheld the right of the Park 
commission of Boston to establish a 
rate of twelve miles an hour as the 
maximum for automobiles on Common- 
wealth avenue. A convicted automobil- 
ist brought the suit claiming that the 
commission had no authority to regu- 
late the speed of the machines since the 
passage of the general automobile law 
of the state in 1906. 
Park Superintendent Addison Bain, 
of Marion, O., has recommended the 
enlargement of the pavilion at Lincoln 
Park. 
Oakland, Cal., is considering the es- 
tablishment of a system of playgrounds 
and athletic fields. Walter B. Fawcett, 
secretary of the board of public works, 
is one of the leaders of the work. 
The park commission of Hamilton, 
O., is examining sites with a view to 
laying out a comprehensive system of 
parks. It is proposed to employ an ex- 
pert to make a general plan. J. J. 
Pater, S. D. Fitton, and Stanley Shaf- 
fer are the commissioners. 
PROPOSED BOULEVARD SYSTEM FOR 
PHILADELPHIA. 
The park board of Baltimore has 
bought two sites aggregating about 40 
acres as an addition to the park sys- 
tem. 
Traverse City, Mich., has purchased 
an additional tract of a half block for 
park purposes. 
Park Superintendent Blake, of Man- 
kato, Minn., reports that 1,300 feet of 
new walks have been laid and the river 
drive repaired. He recommends the 
erection of a workshop and storage 
house for plants. 
The city of Omaha has taken pos- 
session of Levi Carter Park, a new tract 
of 301 acres on the shores of Lake 
Nacoma. 
The Park Board of Buffalo will 
transform the quarry at the southeast 
end of Delaware Park into a sunken 
garden with terraces and a miniature 
lake. The quarry is about 300x700 feet. 
Concrete walks are to be laid in King 
Park, Jamaica, L. L, N. Y. 
. An offer of $2,500 has been made for 
the refreshment stand privilege at the 
Terrace in Central Park, New York. 
Last year the board sold the concession 
for $360. 
Plans are under way for a new city 
park at Vasalia, Cal. 
P. J. Berckmans Co., Augusta, Ga., 
have been employed to make the plans 
for the improvement of Stubbs Park, a 
twelve-acre tract at Dublin, Ga. 
