PARK AND CEMETERY 
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they might have been grass, and that they called for a system- 
atic planting of the best of all that could be grown. For 
such a tract of ground as that at Enid tlje cost of such trees 
and shrubs should not exceed $700 or $800. So it will be 
seen that there is no excuse for civic improvement societies 
remaining ignorant of representative plant life. Good orna- 
mental and instructive plantations may be made on the lines 
followed by Mr. White at the south for $2,000 or $3,000, and 
for slightly increased sums at the north, providing that farm 
lands be chosen or that the cost of land in towns be ex- 
cluded.” 
The recent session of the Indiana State Legislature passed 
what is known as the codification act, under which all towns 
and cities are governed by a common law. Under this act 
the city of Evansville will have some benefits heretofore en- 
joyed by such as had special acts granted them. All parks 
or parking on streets are placed under the exclusive control 
of a non-partisan board of park commissioners, who serve 
without pay. Under the provisions of this act the city mayor 
has appointed a board of park commissioners, with Wm. H. 
McCurdy as president, and systematic improvements are 
hoped for by employing competent men to formulate plans 
and to execute them. 
The city council of Wymore, Neb., has recently passed an 
ordinance establishing a system of parks, naming them and 
formulating rules for their government. One of the tracts 
has been named “McCandless Park,” in honor of A. D. Mc- 
Candless, a prominent lawyer of that city, in recognition of 
his efforts and his liberality in contributing to the park sys- 
tem. The other areas are Arbor State Park, Furnas Park, 
Riverside Park, Florseshoe Park, and two other unnamed 
tracts containing the high school grounds and the railway 
station. 
Director of Public Works Bigelow of Pittsburg is to ask 
the city council to provide for the purchase of a il-acre tract 
of land adjoining Schenley Park fronting on Forbes and Bou- 
quet streets, for about $1,000,000. It is proposed to tear down 
the present structure and provide a magnificent entrance to 
the park; to acquire about 50 additional acres for Highland 
Park and land for new entrances in important streets soon 
to reach that breathing spot. Ordinances to provide for an 
election on the question of increasing the indebtedness from 
$1,500,000 to $2,000,000 for these purposes are to be intro- 
NEW PARKS AND IMPROVEMENTS. 
Mayor Frederick Hayssen, of Antigo, Wis.. writes that 
that city has purchased eleven acres of natural forest land 
which is to be beautified as rapidly as funds will permit. 
They are also contemplating the purchase of a tract for a 
new cemetery. 
The superintendent of parks. Cedar Rapids, la., is following 
out a comprehensive plan of planting to extend over several 
years. Among the improvements planned is the parking of 
the center of First avenue for a distance of five or six blocks. 
A river front driveway to Ellis Park is also in contempla- 
tion. Mr. Samuel Barker, an expert park accountant in 
charge of the Des Moines Park office, recently opened a new 
system of accounts at Cedar Rapids. 
Park Commissioner William Krebs has been re-elected for 
a term of five years. 
Charles E. Perkins of Boston, former president of the 
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, a native of Cincin- 
nati, has presented to that city a tract of land five and a half 
acres in extent for a public park, as a memorial to his mother. 
The only restrictions on the gift are in the shape of three 
requests — first, that the public shall have access to the park 
at all hours; second, that there be a playground for children, 
and third, that no portion be made into a mere flower gar- 
den. The land is in the residence section and in the north- 
eastern section of the city. 
George W. Brackenridge has presented to the city of San 
Antonia, Tex., over thirty acres of land surrounding the 
reservoir to be used as a public park. In the deed of dona- 
tion Mr. Brackenridge suggested that the park be named 
after Ludwig Mahncke, the park commissioner and the build- 
er of the city’s park system. 
Mayor W. J. Van Patten of Burlington, Vt., has recently 
made many substantial improvements in Ethan Allen park, 
near that city, and opened the tract to the public. It in- 
cludes the famous Indian Rock and the Ethan Allen farm 
and other mountain scenery of great beauty and historic 
interest. A memorial tower to Ethan Allen is to be erected 
in the park by the Sons of the Revolution, and dedicated 
with ceremony August 16. 
Landscape Gardener Todd of Winnipeg, Mon., has sub- 
mitted to the park board plans for the new park to be de- 
veloped by that city. They provide for a water vista about 
600 feet in length which will greet the visitor as he enters, 
and across this another vista is provided which is narrower 
in character and will give a different effect. Provision will 
also be made for a summer refreshment pavilion, a conser- 
vatory, a bathing pool and a wading pool for children, while 
nineteen acres will be set aside for a playground. 
The commissioners of the Winnetka park district, Win- 
netka. Cook County, 111 ., have advertised the sale of $20,000 
in bonds for the purpose of acquiring and developing a park 
in that town. Mary Busscher is secretary of the board. 
Dr. Gates, of Kenyon, Minn., introduced a bill into the 
legislature of that state providing for the establishment of 
a state park in Blue Earth county. It is to be known as the 
Minnesota State park. The state is authorized to purchase 
or condemn the required land. 
The people of Racine, Wis., are planning to secure a public 
park of over eighty acres, and members of the Racine Wo- 
man’s club will raise a fund of $20,000 with which to pur- 
chase forty-five acres and the city will be asked to give 
twenty acres for park purposes. 
The Greylock Park Commissioners of Massachusetts are 
preparing to take by eminent domain 1,361 acres of land in 
the towns of Adams and New Ashford, for the Greylock 
park reservation. Of this stretch 745 acres are in Adams, 
and 616 acres in New Ashford. 
John F. Boyd of San Rafael, Cal., has offered to donate 
the ground surrounding his home to the city of San Rafael 
to be used as a public park. It comprises about twelve acres 
of highly cultivated garden and park, and is worth about 
$25,000. 
Landscape Architect Charles Platt of New York, has pre- 
pared plans for a new park for Manchester, Conn., which 
is now being developed and planted. 
Representative Tucker has introduced into the legislature 
of the state of Washington a bill transferring to the city of 
Seattle the shore line and waters of Green lake, on condition 
that the city expend $10,000 in improvements in the next five 
years. 
James Mahoney of Easthampton, Mass., has presented to 
that town four acres of land on the shore of Nashawannuck 
pond, to be used for a public park. The land forms a beauti- 
ful promontory on the shore, nearly opposite the public boat 
and bath house which the Nonotuck club erected about three 
years ago on land purchased by the town. 
