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PARK AND CEMRTERTr 
Annual repoi'ts o?‘ extracts from thony historical sketches, 
descriptive circxilarSy photographs of hnprovements or dis- 
iinctive features are requested for use in this department- 
The contract for furnishing trees and shrubs to the De- 
partment of Parks, New York, was recently awarded to 
Frederick W. Kelsey, 150 Broadway, New York. Four bids 
were received, of which Mr. Kelsey’s was the most favorable. 
The contract is for a general assortment of trees, conifers and 
hardy shrubs, to be delivered during the planting season of 
1905. 
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Volney Rogers, park commissioner of Youngstown, O., has 
purchased 12.48 acres of additional land for Mill Creek Park, 
making the total area of this park 481.14 acres. The tract 
consists of wooded land and open meadow, has a street front- 
age of -a quarter of a mile on one side, and a water frontage 
of a longer distance on the other. The purchase price is 
$10,000. 
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The recent report of President E. J. Parker, of the Parks 
and Boulevard Association of Quincy, 111 ., records the planting 
of 63,981 trees and shrubs in the parks and other city property. 
They were distributed among the different parks as follows : 
Indian Mounds, 25,664, including 45 varieties ; South Park, 
28,829, of 50 varieties; Riverview, 1,383, of 48 varieties; Prim- 
rose Park, 3,763, in 40 varieties ; Madison Park, 297. 
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Lincoln Park, Chicago, is to be enlarged by the filling in of 
245 acres of submerged water front along the lake shore at 
a cost of $1,000,000. A breakwater will be built half a mile 
into the lake and two miles long and the land lying between 
the new breakwater and the present shore line will be filled 
in with sand and clay. In the old section of the park the 
lagoon separates the main park from the outer driveway and 
the water front. In the new extension the park will be car- 
ried down to the w'ater line. O. C. Simonds, of Chicago, will 
have charge of the landscape improvement of the new tract. 
Plans have also been made by the West Park Board of Chicago 
contemplating the expenditure of $1,500,000 for improvements 
in the immediate future. 
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The Board of Estimate of Greater New York has set aside 
$3,000,000 for the laying out of small parks and $1,000,000 for 
new playgrounds. To begin these improvements at once, the 
board has authorized the acquisition of property for these 
parks: Chelsea Park, Manhattan, estimated cost, $1,250,000; 
Highland Park extension, Brooklyn, estimated cost, $750,000; 
Fort Joseph Rodman Drake Park, The Bronx, estimated cost, 
$25,000; Park at Barclay, Hoyt and Ditmas avenues. Queens, 
estimated cost, $400,000; to acquire title of property at Cro- 
tona avenue and Southern Boulevard, The Bronx, for park 
purposes, at a cost of $100,000. In addition to the Highland 
Park extension, Brooklyn will also soon get the Owls’ Head 
Park. The new Chelsea Park will cover the block between 
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets and Ninth and 
Tenth avenues. This is now occupied by tenement houses, 
which will be razed. 
Plans for many of the park improvements for Cleveland, 
Ohio, provided for in the authorized bond issue of $375,000 
have already been prepared under the direction of Chief 
Engineer of Parks Stinchcomb. Work in several parks will 
be begun about June i, when the first funds will be avail- 
able. A speedway, a new athletic field, shelter houses in four 
parks and a public comfort station are included in the plans 
which call for the expenditure of the following amounts in 
the different parks: Gordon Park, $56,000; Wade Park, 
$5,000; Brookside Park, $92,000; Edgewater Park and park- 
way, $73,400; Garfield Park, $30,500; Washington Park, $36,- 
000; Rockefeller Park, $22,600; Lake View Park, $1,000; 
Cedar Glen, $2,000. 
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A bill has been introduced into the Legislature of Penn- 
sylvania for the enlargement of Capitol Park in Harrisburg, 
which is expected to meet with no opposition. The capitol 
is set in a small park, so shaped that on the east and west 
the building is close to the streets. On the west side there 
is more chance to see the building, as it is set back a few 
hundred feet and is approached by a broad flight of steps. 
This affords an impressive view at close range. A block 
away the view is seriously circumscribed, and only a part of 
the building can be seen. Extension of this side would be 
exceedingly expensive, as the best part of Harrisburg, the 
leading churches, the finest residences and many institutions, 
possessing ornamental buildings, are located there. On the 
east side it is proposed to take in some 20 city blocks for 
extension of the park. The capitol on this side rises almost 
from the houseline to the height of 200 feet or so, and can 
not be seen to any advantage. The blocks which are crossed 
by four streets running each way and some alleys are among 
the poorest in Harrisburg, and can be acquired at a compara- 
tively small expense. 
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FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS. 
The annual report of the Board of Park Commissioners of 
Wilmington, Del., records a very successful effort in laying 
the foundation for a “zoo” in North Brandywine Park. A 
number of animals have been presented to the park, and oth- 
ers have been offered, but the Board was unable to accept 
them owing to a lack of funds for their maintenance. The 
expenditures for the year amounted to $18,918.96 and the 
receipts were $33,569.17, including an extra appropriation se- 
cured by a bond issue of $10,000. A contract was let for the 
construction of a swimming pool at Delaware Park at a cost 
of $6,095, Slid negotiations are in progress for the purchase 
of acres as an addition to Kirkwood Park. The park 
system of Wilmington now embraces 277.16 acres, including 
the following, exclusive of the small parks : North Brandy- 
wine, 100.6 acres; South Brandywine, 73.22 acres; Kentmere 
Parkway and Rockford Grove, 14.83 ; and Rockford Park, 
71.37. The report is illustrated with half-tones of high qual- 
ity showing some beautiful views in the parks. 
The twelfth annual report of the Park Commission of 
Cambridge, Mass., says that the effect of the cold weather 
has in some respects been quite disastrous to plant life, and 
a good many varieties of trees, shrubs, vines, etc., that have 
been considered hardy in that climate have forfeited that 
classification, and will have to be more or less discarded 
from use in plantings intended for permanent effect. Plans 
and specifications have been made for a sanitary building for 
Rindge Field and Nursery, and its erection and the improve- 
ment of the field are planned for this year. There were 282 
trees planted during the year, 109 removed, and 1,274 trimmed. 
