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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
acre tract of ground that for j'cars 
had been known as Buzzards’ Roost, 
and which lies on the south side of 
Fall Creek, about five miles north- 
east of the city. While at the pres- 
ent time this park is not within easy 
access of the city, except for those 
who can drive, it has a tract of such 
fine natural forest, one of the finest 
At Riverside Park, the quarters for 
the deer and elk were moved to an- 
other section of the park. New pad- 
docks were located on a high bluff 
just east of the Meyers road. An 
addition was also built to the ath- 
letic shelter house. 
One of the noteworthy things in 
Riverside Park during the year was 
such satisfactory results that the road 
w-as in good condition throughout the 
entire year. The total cost of this 
oiling, however, amounted tO' only 
1.14 cents per square yard. 
The tree spraying equipment pur- 
chased by the Park Department has 
demonstrated its usefulness to a very 
marked degree. The work done has al- 
GROITND TO BE ACQUIRED FOR POGUES RUN PARKWAY, INDIANAPOLIS PARK SYSTEM. 
in the State, as to render it of the 
greatest value to the city. Under the 
conditions of the gift, the place is to 
be known as “Woollen's Garden of 
Birds and Botany.” The cabins upon 
it are to be maintained and preserved 
to the memory of parents of the 
donor, so that future generations may 
have some idea of how the pioneers 
lived in the State. The north cabin 
is to be the Woollen room and in it 
kept a visitors' register. It is to be 
maintained and used as a place for 
Nature study, including horticulture 
and floriculture for the use of the 
schools, Butler College and Indiana 
Academy of Science, the Nature Study 
Club of Indiana, and other educa- 
tional bodies. 
While a large part of the energies 
of the department for the year were 
directed toward the wmrking out of 
a system of administration under the 
new park law of 1909, the wmrk of 
maintenance and of internal improve- 
ment was not neglected. 
the beginning of a nursery for young 
stock in trees and shrubs. In all, 
about eight and one-half acres were 
planted with trees, shrubs and peren- 
nials, and at the end of the year the 
department had in this nursery about 
40,000 plants, all in healthy condi- 
tion, besides about 10,000 haixUvood 
cuttings and 6,000 soft wood rooted 
cuttings in storage. 
The work started during the year 
1908 of oiling Capitol avenue with 
residium oil was continued durin.g the 
year 1909, with very satisfactory re- 
sults. The roadway had. since its 
construction under the patent pro- 
cess known as “Westrumite,” devel- 
oped many l;ad holes, and especially 
at intersections, where the traffic on 
cross streets is heavy. The passing 
of winter found the road bed in very 
bad condition. This called for much 
repairing preceding the application of 
oil, so that the cost of repairs on this 
street alone during the year aggre- 
gated $1,529.51. The oil used gave 
ready demonstrated that it is possible 
to check the ravages of the San Jose 
scale. The work in the various parks 
during the last year was "done at a 
total expense of $969.00; $425.00 of 
this sum representing the cost of 
spraying solution and $544.00 the cost 
of labor, repairs to machinery, etc. 
It would seem that the experience 
of the Park Department with its own 
trees indicates that one of the urgent 
needs of the city is to have the same 
kind of work done on trees in street 
lawns. 
In order to familiarize the public 
with the scope and plans of the new 
law, a series of stereopticon talks 
were given by Landscape Architect 
George E. Kessler and Secretary 
Leroy E. Snyder, of the Board. 
The total expenditures for the year 
amounted to $137,048. Henry Jameson 
is President of the Park Board; 
George E. Kessler, landscape archi- 
tect, and Leroy E. Snyder, Secretary 
and Executive Officer. 
