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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
robust beautj'. The area of the flower 
garden is 5 acres and there are 4,000 
square j-ards of beds. About 30 acres of 
park meadow was graded and seeded. 
Part of the water service was put in, 
3,400 feet of pipes being laid to the 
ation of its own refectories, by the 
Board, is the most satisfactory way of 
supplying the needs of the public. 
Wm. Whyte Park was handed over 
to the Board for improvement in Sep- 
tember. The ground was broken up, well 
Board take a strong stand against any 
proposal of this kind. Older cities than 
Winnipeg are now paying dearly for 
land to create breathing spots, and it 
would be very impolitic to sacrifice for 
any purpose one foot of what will, in 
I^AWN AND PLANTING, ASSINIBOINE PARK, WINNIPEG. 
flower garden, lake and nursery. A 
number of tables and seats were built in 
the picnic grove. A house was built 
over the pump near the pavilion, and a 
drain put in to connect with the sewer. 
A lot of planting was accomplished, a 
total of 357 trees and 5,993 shrubs being 
used. Of these 3,400 were transplanted 
native shrubs. 
The intake pipe for pump was put in, 
and the motor and pump set in position 
m March. The contractor’s test, how- 
ever, failed to deliver water into the 
tank, and another pump was ordered, in- 
volving much delay and inconvenience. 
This pump worked satisfactorily, but the 
motor gave trouble during the entire 
summer. 
About one acre was added to the 
Nursery in Assiniboine Park and this 
was filled with young stock. 
Catering to the wants of the public, 
by providing refreshments and meals, 
was carried on in the Assiniboine Park 
pavilion under the management of the 
Board and gave general satisfaction. 
The fluctuating demands incidental to a 
suburban park, and the difficulty of ob- 
taining suitable waitresses, handicapped 
the management somewhat, but the sea- 
son’s experience proves that the oper- 
mured and roughly graded. About 
340 yards of soil was used in filling the 
hole in the southeast corner. A board 
fence was erected on the south side, 
and an iron fence on the north and west. 
The iron fence was built by contract. 
The Water Works Grounds (Logan 
Park) were turned over to the Board 
for improvement in September. Work 
was commenced at once and carried on 
until stopped by the frost. The park 
area was ploughed, given a heavy dres- 
sing of manure to eradicate the alkali, 
(which is very much in evidence) and 
back-set. ■ The lime, cinders and rubbish 
around the buildings was cleared up, the 
low spots filled, the huge mud heap 
around the reservoir leveled, and wher- 
ever possible the land was graded, ma- 
nured and top-dressed with good black 
soil. The whole of the grounds were’ 
fenced; this being done by contract. 
The rate payers voted down a by-law 
providing for an art museum in Central 
Park and on this point Superintendent 
Champion says in his report : 
“The proposal to erect an Art Gallery 
in Central Park raises the question of 
the advisability of allowing any of the 
urban parks to be built upon, and I 
would respectfully request that the 
the near future, be the lungs of a large 
city." 
Chairman H. C. Scovel of the Board 
recommends that a general system of 
boulevarding and tree planting should 
be undertaken in order that there may 
be proper connection among the parks. 
Most of the cities of America have 
adopted this policy and Winnipeg should 
not be behind them. Counting on River 
Park, which is open to the public, they 
have now a good block of land at each 
of the four corners of the city, namely; 
Assiniboine Park, River Park, Kildonan 
Park, and Brookside Cemetery. The 
last named property consists of one 
hundred and sixty acres but the greater 
part of this is not used for cemetery pur- 
poses. If there were a good scheme of 
driveways and boulevards such as is 
indicated, the city w'ould be much more 
attractive. There are many fine drive- 
ways in the southern part of the city 
and last fall a good beginning was made 
in the north. If Scotia street were 
graded through to Kildonan Park and 
the old river road restored, as far north 
as possible there would be a beautiful 
driveway through a great historic sec- 
tion of the province. Similar connec- 
tion could be made from the new park 
