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PARK NEWS. 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION 
With appropriate exercises there was 
lately dedicated at Centre street, Mil- 
ton, Mass., a simple, well proportioned 
fountain in memory of Henry Sturgis 
Russell, a distinguished citizen of the 
town. It is of pink Tennessee marble 
with pink Milford granite base. The 
architects were Derby, Robinson and 
Shepard, Boston. The stone was fur- 
nished by N. J. Sullivan, and the in- 
stallation was by Walter A. Wentworth 
Company. 
It is a handsome piece of granite and 
marble work throughout and a massive 
graceful piece of architecture. 
As may be seen in the picture shown 
on the cover of this issue, the fountain 
is built to accommodate people, horses 
and dogs, and convenient drinking 
places for all three classes are provided. 
It is 11-6 wide and 7-0 high. 
FROM THE PARK REPORTS 
The financial report of the commis- 
sioners of Lincoln Park, Chicago, shows 
some big figures. The total receipts in 
the general fund for park maintenance 
and sundry improvements, for 1909, 
amounted to $507,672.38. The expenses 
were : For park maintenance, $240,- 
980.86 ; for repairs and renovating of 
buildings and bridges, $27,582.08 ; main- 
tenance of boulevards, $10,811.90; and 
for sundry improvements, $215,851.13. 
The park extension fund was on Decem- 
ber 31, 1908, $1,155,797.72; the expenses 
to December 31, 1908, were $836,868.21 ; 
and for 1909, $166,815.18; these left an 
available balance, December 31, 1909, of 
$152,114.33. The North Chicago small 
parks construction fund, December 31, 
1908, was $521,082.69 ; expenditures 
were, to December 31, 1908, $434,834.76, 
and for 1909, $32,914.30, leaving an avail- 
able balance of $53,333.63. The mainte- 
nance of the North Chicago small parks 
cost in 1909, $24,568.03, leaving an avail- 
able balance of $1,806.48. Of the Lake 
View small parks fund there was avail- 
able on December 31, 1909, $213,999.40, 
the expenditure from this fund in 1909 
having amounted to $36,000,60. 
The report of the Board of Metropol- 
itan Park Commissioners, Boston, for 
1909, covers a large field of park im- 
provement work. The commission has 
under its care 9,392.69 acres of reserva- 
tions, 10,258.28 acres of parkways, and 
31.687 miles of parkways, located in 13 
cities and 39 towns. Its largest reser- 
vations are: Blue Hills, 4,906.43 acres; 
Middlesex Falls, 1,898.09 acres; Nepon- 
set River, 922.05 acres; Charles River, 
635.72 acres; and Stony Brook, 463.72 
acres. The entire work of the engineer- 
ing department, including work under 
construction, was $222,545.38. The most 
important work prosecuted during the 
year was the completion of the Charles 
River Drive along the river front of the 
United States Arsenal at Watertown. 
The report gives considerable detail of 
the work under way and the finances 
connected with its prosecution, the de- 
tails as to cost not being the least of 
value in the report. It is furnished with 
maps and excellent illustrations. 
PARK IMPROVEMENTS 
Marmie Park and its surroundings at 
the tip end of the beautiful peninsula of 
South Boston, Mass., is to be further 
improved and beautified. It is quite 
probable that an aquarium will be estab- 
lished in some part of the park. It is 
quite a frequented place by the poorer 
citizens and it is proposed to provide 
them with facilities for comfort and 
pleasure as are enjoyed elsewhere, but 
buildings and other construction must, 
of course, be subordinated to the beau- 
tiful views which are the strong feat- 
ures of the park. 
The women of Hodgenville, Ky., 
known as the Ladies’ Lincoln League, 
have some $2,000 now in hand, and will 
at once begin the improvements on the 
grounds surrounding the Lincoln mon- 
ument. 
Contracts have been let for the build- 
ing of a public comfort station and 
other improvements on Elysian Square 
Park, Hoboken, N. J. 
The trustees of Crown Hill Ceme- 
tery, Indianapolis, Ind., have donated 
strips of ground of the cemetery prop- 
erty to the city for the purpose of as- 
sisting in the creation of proposed bou- 
levard. The stipulation is that the 
ground shall be improved as a boule- 
vard within three years. 
John Ball Park, Grand Rapids, Mich., 
has been undergoing considerable chang- 
es. More land has been added to its 
area, and two lagoons are under 'con- 
struction, which will afford some boat- 
ing facilities. Many improvements have 
been completed since last year including 
considerable rearrangem.ent of the plant- 
ing details. 
At Lake View Park, Pensacola, Fla., 
a bath house and pavilion to cost about 
$1,800 is under construction. 
May Park, Augusta, Ga., once a beau- 
tiful spot, but which has long been left 
to take care of itself, is to be rejuve- 
nated and restored to its former condi- 
tions of beauty and usefulness. 
Arleta Park, Kansas City, Mo., is to 
be enlarged. 
Mrs. Mary J. Emery, Cincinnati, 0., 
has bought a tract of one and a half 
acres of heavily wooded land facing 
Evanswood place, in Clifton, a suburb 
of that city. It is to be preserved for- 
ever as a breeding place for wild birds. 
In its unprotected condition it is now 
frequented by a large number of varie- 
ties. The city declined to take the op- 
portunity, and Mrs. Emery did. It will 
be known as the Mary J. Emery Bird 
Preserve, and a close mesh fence will 
surround it. Prof. H. M. Benedict will 
be the custodian, and later Mrs. Emery 
will provide maintenance. 
Brocton, Mass., has received a legacy 
of $5,000 from Mary E. Perkins for the 
acquirement of 'a new park and care. 
A new park at the foot of Hudson' 
street, Brooklyn, N. Y., is proposed. 
The Commercial Club of Lincoln, 
Neb., is prompting the city to buy Peck’s 
Grove, a tract of land situated north- 
west of 33d and Vine streets, and make 
a park of it. 
Darlington, S. C., a naturally beauti- 
ful place, has recently purchased a fine 
residence property between the park 
now being improved and the graded 
school. It is the intention of the town 
authorities to convert the residence into 
a high school and divide the grounds, 
ten acres, between the two schools. The 
town now owns 18 acres of beautiful 
grounds devoted entirely to school and 
park purposes, and some of the trees 
on the grounds are matchless. This 
looks like progress. 
The Pennsylvania railroad officials 
have donated an attractive piece of land, 
south of Derry, Pa., to the Y. M. C. A. 
of that place, in recognition of the influ- 
ence for good exerted by the associa- 
tion. 
The new park commission at Welland, 
Ont., has organized, and has accepted 
the plan and tender of Brown Bros, for 
. planting the park site along the canal, 
upon which about $1,200 will be spent 
this year. 
The Osawatomie battleground, Osa- 
watomie, Kas., known as the “John 
Brown Battlefield,” will be dedicated in 
August next, ex-President Roosevelt 
taking part in the ceremonies. The 
tract of twenty-two and a half acres 
was presented by the G. A. R. 
