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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
DRIVEWAY IN COMO PARK. 
At Phalen Park the Arcade Street 
entrance drive was graded a distance 
of 2,320 feet; 3,663 yards of material 
were moved at an expense of $2,030.- 
93. Continuous settling of the sur- 
face of the Island made refilling nec- 
essarj'; 4,060 yards of earth were 
needed for a proper grade. The whole 
Island was seeded with grass seed, 
the walk relaid and the trees trans- 
planted at an expense of $1,. 532. 75. 
A small nursery for the purpose of 
raising shade trees was started in 
Phalen Park. 1,730 elm trees are now 
standing in nursery rows and will be 
ready to transplant within three 
years. 
The flock of sheep kept in this park 
is fast increasing — it now numbers 52. 
The Phalen Park shelter building, 
constructed under contract at a cost 
of $2,991.60, is 31 feet 6 inches by 71 
feet, tile roofed, with an insertion of 
5 by 33 feet of clear glass tile. The 
building has a small kitchen for the 
use of picnic parties, and is fitted up 
with tables and benches. Two small 
comfort buildings, one for men and 
one for women, were built in the vi- 
cinity to accommodate picnickers in 
the upper portion of the park. The 
construction of an iron bridge, 60 feet 
span, across the Gervais and Phalen 
creek was done under contract at an 
expense of $4,180.00. The concrete 
abutment wall, which was built by 
day labor, cost $586.23, including back 
filling. This bridge, like all Phalen 
bridges, is built 12 feet clear over 
water so as to allow motor boats to 
pass under. 
The sinking of three tubular wells 
for drinking water at different por- 
tions of the ground serves a long felt 
want. The wells average a depth of 
120 feet and supply sweet, cool water. 
The work was done under contract 
at a cost of $342.00. Twelve chil- 
dren’s swings were placed in the pic- 
nic grounds, to the great enjoi-ment 
of the children. 
The removal of the street car 
tracks from the limits of Indian 
Mounds park resulted in adding most 
conspicuously to its improvement. 
The broad spaces occupied by the 
tracks and “Y” in the park have been 
graded and converted into a broad 
expanded lawn space, adding to the 
area of the park where it was most 
needed to emphasize the unique 
forms of the historic Mounds, built 
by an ancient race. 
Aiming at uniformity in design and 
construction, the four bridges needed 
on Riverside Parkway will enhance 
the dignity of the landscape by span- 
ning the wooded ravines with light 
and airy structures of well-balanced 
proportion. Bridge No. 1 near the 
Town and Country Club spans a ra- 
vine 220 feet wide; the work was 
done under contract at an expense of 
$19,169.00; in addition, the electric 
wiring of the bridge lamps cost 
$225.22, and the bridge floor, made of 
crushed stone, gravel and tarvia at a 
cost of $110.64, was paid for out of 
the Department fund. 
Bridge No. 2, south of Summit 
Avenue, spanning a ravine 106 feet 
wide, was constructed unSer contract 
at a cost of $6,964.00, and for wing- 
walls $1,246.00 — a total cost of $8,- 
210 . 00 . 
The whole distance of Lexington 
Parkway from Summit Avenue to 
Como Park was treated with oil, 
which kept the roadway in good con- 
dition during the whole season. The 
treatment of the section of roadway 
between the Great Northern Ry. and 
MUSIC PAVILION OVERLOOKING THE LAKE. 
Como Pai'k, St. Paul. 
