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berries of the entire United States, for the 
year lOOfl, including the annual crop of 
fruit, is given in the census as less than 
48 million dollars. The stumpage value of 
our white pines is estimated to be from 
7 to 10 times this sum. In other words, 
for each 10 or 15 cents of gain from cur- 
rants and gooseberries, there is a pos- 
sibility of losing a dollar in white pine 
values now threatened by the blister dis- 
ease. 
An unusually attractive type of park 
shelter house of simple, serviceable archi- 
tecture is the one in Tower Grove Park, 
St. .Louis, designed by Architect E. C. 
Janssen. 
The site chosen is a few hundred feet 
west of the Shakespeare statue, directly 
beyond the playground, and centering upon 
the main axis of the park. This choice of 
location was dictated by several considera- 
tions — the need of having the building in 
close pro-ximity to the chief gathering 
places of recreation seekers, the necessity 
of providing a comfort station in the west- 
ern part of the park, and the suitability of 
the ground to the purpose. Situated al- 
most upon the plateau of the principal 
eminence, with the foundation nearly level 
with that of the statue, the building has 
just the degree of conspicuily demanded 
by its simple and dignified lines, while the 
frame of trees and shrubbery in which it 
rests prevents its intrusion too harshly up- 
on the landscape setting. 
This building embodies the best type of 
construction. The walls and architrave, 
as well as other parts demanding strength, 
are of reinforced concrete, and the outside 
finish of the walls is probably unique in 
Again, for ornamental purposes, the pine 
has greater financial value. To be sure 
there are valuable collections of currants 
and gooseberries in nurseries, parks and 
botanical gardens, but their value is not 
to be compared with that of millions of 
pine trees planted for ornamental effect in 
parks and on lawns throughout the pine 
belt. Some good friends of the birds have 
regretted losing the wild gooseberries and 
this city, consisting of crushed stone not 
exceeding one-half inch in size, bonded 
with cement and moulded against plane 
surfaces. Inside, within the colonnade, is 
a shelter room ample for the protection of 
many persons during rainstorms. At the 
north and south ends- are placed toilet 
rooms, finished in marble and equipped 
with fixtures of the most efficient type. The 
roof is low in pitch, with extending eaves, 
giving a most satisfactory skyline, and is 
covered with flat tiles, of green color, low 
in tone, merging softly into the surround- 
ings, whether seen from the easterly or the 
westerly direction. 
This structure covers a ground space of 
about eighty-three feet in length and thirty- 
eight in depth, not including the projecting 
portions. Immediately east of it, con- 
venient to the playgrounds, is the wading 
pool for children, which is constructed in 
the best manner at present possible, with 
asphalted base below the floor, and seams 
stopped with plastic cement. The inside 
dimensions are eighty-one by twenty-two 
feet, and the outside rim varies between 
six and seven feet at different points. Near 
the ends are placed four ornamental vases, 
of concrete. 
Water and sewer connections were made 
currants as food for birds, but such value 
cannot compare with the value of white 
pine as a cover for birds, or even the food 
value of its seed. The feeling of the aver- 
age property holder is well expressed in a 
recent letter to the Department, This 
writer, a lady, says: "Of course, I do not 
wish to lose my currant bushes unless I 
have to, as I find them very useful for 
jelly, but if they are injuring my trees or 
other people’s trees, they will have to go.’’ 
Shelter House 
to the southwest, a six-inch water main 
being laid for 770 feet, and an eight-inch 
sewer pipe for a distance of 8.3'd feet. At a 
convenient point near this water main, but 
at some distance from the building, a con- 
crete drinking fountain was installed, as a 
part of the general work under the con- 
tract. 
The total cost of the building and pool, 
with accessories, amounted to $18,916.90, 
the building alone costing about $16,004. 
The entire floors throughout the build- 
ing, as also the tool room, are laid with 
best quality of 4-inch thick granitoid com- 
posed of Portland cement and crushed 
granite. The top finish is of 5/6-inch thick 
Portland cement and granite screenings 
thoroughly troweled smooth and even with 
joints cut through. The ends of the cor- 
ridor are laid off in 12-inch blocks imitat- 
ing tiling, merely marked, not cut clear 
through. The main floor and center por- 
tion of corridor have a slight fall towards 
the steps either way, as also the ends of 
corridors. 
The re-enforcing iron work includes 
about seventy-five %-inch bolts with one 
end upset and the other end threaded, pro- 
vided with nut and 4-inch cast washers 
An Attractive Type of Park 
SHELTEIi HOUSE IN TOWER GROVE PARK, ST. LOUIS. 
