PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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1,708 acres of which is land and 757.0 
acres water. 
The most important work was the 
extensive dredging and filling at the 
Lake of the Isles. 
Dredging operations conducted by 
the La Crosse Dredging Co. have 
been very successful. There were for 
a time three dredges in operation, one 
orange peel, one dipper and one hy- 
draulic dredge. The first two were 
used to - cast up the new shore line, 
while the latter did the filling behind 
the embankment. The orange peel 
dredge proved to be the best exca- 
vator of the material that had to be 
handled, which consisted of peat 
throughout, and as the casting up of 
the shore lines proceeded faster than 
the hydraulic dredge could follow, the 
dipper dredge was put out of commis- 
sion in August. The length of the 
newly made shore line is 7,900 feet, 
and the territory filled and graded be- 
tw'een the new' shore lines and the 
boulevard, averaging in width from 25 
to 200 feet, has an area of 16.3 acres. 
The improved grounds have been 
raised from 2 to 4 feet, the grade slop- 
ing towards the lake. All the material 
used for this large amount of filling 
was pumped out of the lake. The 
boulevard from Twenty-seventh street 
on, along the entire above described 
territory, to within 200 feet of Penn 
avenue, has been raised from 1 to 11 
feet. The amount of gravel and sand 
used for that fill was 35,000 cubic 
yards, 22,000 cubic yards of which 
came out of the lake, and 13,000 cubic 
yards from shore banks. The road- 
way has been graded to take care of 
not onl}^ its own surface W'ater . but 
also of the intersecting streets. 
The entire water area covered by 
the dredging operations has now a 
depth of not less than eight feet, but 
in many places where gravel was 
found, the hydraulic dredge excavated 
to a depth of 30 feet and more, this 
material being used for the raising of 
the boulevard and the sanding of the 
beach. The total cost of this work 
was $33,329. 
The new workshops and store- 
houses at Lyndale Farmstead which 
were under construction last year dur- 
ing the convention of the park super- 
intendents, have been completed at 
a cost of $27,358. The storehouse has 
three floors including a basement 44x 
48 feet, serving for the housing of the 
launch, band wagon, rollers, etc.; 
wagon and sprinkler sheds, wash 
stands and machinist’s storeroom are 
on the first floor which is 48x130 
feet. The second floor contains the 
boat room, 48x130 feet, with accom- 
modations for 300 rowboats. 
Separated from the storehouse by a 
25-foot driveway is the new workshop, 
connected with the storehouse by a 
bedroom for the foreman or watch- 
man. Over the carpenter and paint 
shop is a half-story storeroom. An 
overhead trolley runs from the boat- 
room to the carpenter and paint shop. 
IN MISSISSIPPI PARK, MINNEAPOLIS. 
concrete foot bridge between paint 
shop and boat room. This building 
is two and one-half stories high. The 
basement, which is on the same grade 
as the wagon sheds, or the first floor 
of the storehouse, contains the ma- 
chine and plumbing shops, and in a 
small lean-to the boiler and engine 
room. 
The first floor on grade with the 
second floor of the storehouse con- 
tains the carpenter and paint shop, 
and in a lean-to above the boiler and 
engine room is the office and small 
making the removal of the boats to 
and from the shops very easy. The 
boat racks are all of steel set into the 
concrete and brick work. The build- 
ings are of absolutely fireproof con- 
struction in every detail, are practical 
in arrangement and of neat appear- 
ance. The outside finish is rough cast 
concrete. The workshops are steam 
heated and well equipped with steam 
and gasoline engines and machinery. 
Roth buildings are electrically lighted. 
handsome shelter has been built 
in Powderhorn Lake Park. The 
