PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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Among the plans of the new city park 
commission in Fargo, N. D., in addition 
to the purchase of a number of large 
parks around the city and smaller ones 
in the business' and residential districts, 
is the establishment of a boulevard sys- 
tem. 
There is a project on foot to make a 
continuous park, which will be about a 
mile and a half in length and which 
will vary from 200 to 800 feet in width, 
along the river front in the vicinity of 
the government dam at Fernbank, O. 
The Park Commissioners of Brock- 
ton, Mass., have asked for an appro- 
priation of $20,000 for park purposes 
for this year. 
Mr. Charles Moore, secretary-treas- 
urer of the Security Trust Co., Detroit, 
and greatly interested in civic develop- 
ment, recently delivered a lecture in 
that city in which among other things 
he proposed the following for that city : 
An outer park system, with a large forest 
park. Widening and improving the great 
diagonals connecting the city with Mt. 
Clemens, Pontiac, Plymouth, Ann Arbor 
and Monroe. Acquiring the present 
river-side freight yards of the Grand 
Trunk and Michigan Central railroads 
and gradual development of a combined 
traffic and pleasure thoroughfare along 
the river. Grouping projected public 
buildings and clearing away obstructions 
about the county building. 
A resolution has been introduced into 
the Milwaukee, Wis., Common Council 
to turn over Juneau Park and 
six other parks and triangles to the 
jurisdiction of the board of park com- 
missioners. The object of this is to 
give the park commissioners jurisdiction 
over all the parks to insure uniform 
treatment. 
A bill authorizing a loan for the ac- 
quisition and preservation of the forests, 
picturesque valleys and streams about 
Baltimore, under a state commission, is 
being prepared by the Park Board to 
be presented to the next legislature. It 
is proposed to especially preserve the 
beautiful valley of the Patapsco, and also 
some of the forests and coves about 
Curtis Bay. 
An appropriation of $5, .500 for prizes 
and gratuities to be awarded at the so- 
ciety’s 1911 exhibitions was made by 
the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety at its inaugural meeting on Jan- 
uary 8, in addition to awarding the 
George Robert White gold medal for 
the greatest advancement of horticul- 
ture to Jackson T. Dawson of the 
Arnold Arboretum. 
Mr. W. D. Packard, a public-spirited 
citizen of Warren, O., wants to give the 
city 42 acres of land belonging to the 
Kinsman farm in Mahoning avenue for 
a public park. Mr. Packard also offers, 
besides this land he would purchase, 
$4,000 inside of two years for improve- 
ments. The natural scenery, ravines, 
and location make the property ideal 
for .park purposes. 
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia’s great 
pleasure ground, is valued at $50,000,000, 
according to a report made by the Park 
Commission to the City Comptroller. 
The park proper comprises .3,075.36 
acres. 
Senator Feaster has offered a bill in 
the Missouri senate Jefferson City, Mo., 
to appropriate $160,000 to buy Ha-Ha- 
Tonka Park, now owned by the R. M. 
Snyder estate, and make a state park 
of it. 
There is a movement on foot to event- 
ually establish one or more parks in 
Connecticut, to be owned and preserved 
by the state. As noted by Mr. J. Hor- 
ace McFarland, President of the Amer- 
ican Civic Association, in his address 
at Washington D. C.. a number of states 
in the union have already taken up this 
matter and several fine bits of natural 
scenery have been preserved for all time 
and for all the people. 
The park board of New Bedford, 
Mass., asks for an appropriation of 
$54,000 for current year’s expendi- 
tures. 
The Woman’s Improvement Club of 
Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Calif., on 
January 7, paid $1,000 on the purchase 
price of the City Park .site. This leaves 
only $200 to complete the transaction. 
Here is a pointer ! The Philadelphia 
“Times'” says : Much of the property 
to be acquired by the city for the park- 
way m.ay be obtained under a ground 
rent agreement, instead of the city pur- 
chasing the property outright. A plot 
on the southwest corner of Fifteenth 
and Arch streets is owned by the 
Foerderer estate, and so far the may- 
or and the attorneys have been unable 
to agree on a purchase price. The 
property is assessed at $600,000, and 
the parkway commission offered $660,- 
000, which the estate says is too 
low and refuses to accept, and the 
suggestion of a ground rent agree- 
ment was made to the Mayor by the 
counsel for the estate. 
Chattanooga, Tenn., is studying 
park amplification and development, 
and Mr. John W. Nolen, landscape 
architect of Cambridge, Mass., has 
prepared plans for this purpose. 
Almost in the heart of Oklahoma 
City, two fine pleasure grounds have 
come into the cit^s possession by the 
generosity of Edwin F. Sparrow and 
Andrew Goodholm. These two public- 
spirited citizens have donated land, 
which the park board is improving, and 
which will furnis'h space for recreation 
and amusement for the children who re- 
side in the vicinity of Goodholm park 
and Sparrow park. 
The Alabama State Horticultural So- 
ciety held a very successful annual meet- 
ing at Birmingham, Ala., on January 1!> 
and 20. which expressed far more than 
words can the civic awakening that is 
spreading its influence into Alabama. 
The exercise.s closed with an automobile 
trip to Corey. Spraying for the de- 
struction of insect enemies received 
much attention. Some valuable papers 
were read on subjects pertinent to 
horticulture and outdoor improvement,. 
among them one by G. H. Miller, the 
designer of Corey, on “The Public 
Value of the Ornamental Plantings at 
Corey." The .Society includes all 
branches of small farming, dairying,, 
poultry raising, fruit growing, floricul- 
ture, arboriculture, etc., and conse- 
quently covers a wide field of work. 
This meeting was well attended, en- 
thusiastic in character, and resulted 
in a large increase of membership 
which means still more general inter- 
est. We are indebted to Mr. P. F. 
Williams, secretary-treasurer. Auburn, 
Ala., for the particulars of the meet- 
ing. 
PARK IMPROVEMENTS 
F. M. Blaisdell, landscape architect. 
Fort Smith, .A.rk., has been authorized 
by the State Capitol Commission tO' 
draw plans for the beautifying of the 
grounds of the Arkansas State CapitoL 
The plans will show a park to include 
six blocks adjoining the capitol grounds, 
which are now covered by houses, but 
they will also show improvements upon 
the whole plat. 
The park board of Atlanta, Ga., have 
asked an appropriation of $10,000 for 
the improvement of Lakewood. 
, Sacramento, Calif., will expend $54,- 
000 toward the improvement of its parks 
in the near future. Of this amount $13,- 
000 has been provided for the up-keep 
of the plazas which have been beautified ; 
$15,000 will be used to improve Mc- 
Kinley Memorial Park; $20,000 to im- 
prove South Side Park, and $6,000 
for improvements of the park recently 
acquired on the Haggin grant. 
A monumental entrance is now un- 
der construction at Gage Park, To- 
peka, Kans. It consists of one large 
central arch spanning the 35 ft. drive- 
w'ay, and two smaller arches over the 
two 10 ft. walks, all dressed white 
Bedford stone. Donated by Mrs. 
Gage in memory of her husband, Mr. 
G. Gage. 
When present plans are carried out 
a lake for wading and skating purposes 
