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Annual repoi'ts or extracts from theyn^ historical sketches^ 
descriptive circulars^ photographs of improvements or dis- 
tinctive features are requested for use in this department- 
A bill is before the Legislature of New York, providing 
for the parking of the west shore of the Hudson, at avail- 
able points between the Palisades which are already assured 
as a public reservation. There are many picturesque spots 
of scenic and historic interest, which are being ruined by 
quarrymen who are blasting out the rock for road material. 
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The Park Commissioners of Houston, Texas, have decided 
to do away with their zoological collection and replace it 
with a play-ground. The animals have been sold to the 
Electric Park, Little Rock, Ark. The play-ground will be 
equipped with a running track and all the necessary apparatus 
for a first class outdoor gymnasium. 
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The Seneca Park Committee of the Rochester, N. Y., park 
board is planning a series of outdoor entertainments for 
that park. There will be a May Day Festival, which will 
include the Maypole dance, music, speeches and other exer- 
cises, to be followed later in the season by a Pony Show. A 
Turnfest will be held in June, that will be partieipated in 
by a large number of Turners from Rochester and other 
cities. 
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Superintendent Warder, of Lincoln Park, Chicago, has 
been making special effort to rid the trees in the parks of 
cottony maple scale. The trees have been gone over thor- 
oughly, and about 35,000 of the scales were found, about 
94 per cent of which died after the spray. Several addi- 
tions have been made to the Zoo, and a border of shrub- 
bery is to be set out along the Clark St. side of the park, 
to shut off the view of the street. Work has begun on the 
new addition of 235 acres just north of the park. ^ 
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The Board of City Surveyors of Philadelphia is now con- 
sidering the ordinance which passed the City Council two 
months ago authorizing the construction of a parkway from 
Logan Square to Fairmount Park. An ordinance directing 
the construction of this Boulevard passed in October, 1905, 
but Mayor Weaver objected to the route owing to the large 
amount that would be involved in damages, and he had the 
bill recalled. Another bill which made a change in the route 
was substituted, and after considerable contention was finally 
passed. The sum of two million dollars is available for the 
proposed improvement. 
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Toronto has come into its park lands very easily, says the 
Toronto Globe. Few of them had to be bought, and the 
200,000 for Garrison Common and $78,000 for the properties 
west of the Exhibition Grounds have been the heaviest ex- 
penditures. There is remaining in the city’s fund for the 
purchase of parks about $90,000, and the city has the right 
this year to make a special assessment for the purpose which 
would yield about $165,000 if the full assessment permitted 
was made. The first property purchased under the legisla- 
tion which permits citizens to acquire an area of two acres 
or less as a local improvement is just being turned over 
to the city. * * * 
According to the revised valuation placed upon the city 
parks of Hartford, Conn., by the Park Board, the different 
tracts are valued as follows: Pope Park, $180,000; Bushnell 
Park, $1,000,000; Elizabeth Park, $225,000; Goodwin Park, 
$150,000; Barnard Park, $75,000; Buckingham Square, $15,000; 
Sigourney Square, $40,000; Lafayette Street Square, $15,000; 
Ancient Cemetery, $50,000; Village Street Square, $4,000; total 
$1,754,000. This revaluation of the lands was done in pre- 
paring the annual inventory of city property for the comp- 
troller as required by ordinance. 
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FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS. 
The 7th annual report of the Commissioners of Hopedale, 
Mass., shows an expenditure of $3,031, which has resulted 
in a number of improvements. New tennis courts were built 
for the playground, a system of pathways completed, and 
improvements made in the bathhouse. 
The thirteenth annual report of the park board of Denver, 
Colo., shows that Denver now owns and maintains 14 public 
parks, with a total area of 703 acres, including City park, 
320 acres ; Congress, 100 ; Curtis, 3 ; Chaffee, 3 ; Dunham, 
3; Fuller, 3; Highland, 9; Jefferson, 9; Lincoln, 16; Platte, 
5; Park Avenue, 10; Washington, T15; Montclair, 2; Ob- 
servatory, formerly University Park, 5 acres. The board re- 
ceived a total of $163,876.82 for the year and expended 
$160,543.22. ^ 
NEW PARKS AND IMPROVEMENTS- 
The Board of Estimate of Greater New York has recently 
voted $105,000 for the parks of the Boroughs of Brooklyn 
and Queens as follows : For re-soiling trees in Prospect 
Park, $50,000; for maintenance of new parks, pathways, and 
drives, $35,000; for care of trees in city streets throughout 
the boroughs, $20,000. 
The State Park at Minneopa Falls, near Mankato, Minn., 
provided for by the Legislature of that state, is to be opened 
this spring. It contains a waterfall 60 ft. high, and other 
wild and majestic scenery. 
The New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. has leased 
to the town of Bristol, Conn., for the sum of $1.00 per year, 
a plot of ground near the railroad station to be used for a 
park 
The State Land Board of Colorado has offered to present 
to the City of Denver a strip of land for a boulevard be- 
tween Colfax Ave. and City Park. 
A bill is to be introduced in Congress providing for a 
large addition to Rock Creek Park, Washington, D. C. The 
tract which is to cost about $422,000, embraces 100 acres, 
southwest of the Zoological Park, extending from Rock Creek 
westward along Massachusetts Ave. 
The City of Minneapolis is to park a ten acre tract about 
the Northeast Pumping Station in that city. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Garfield, and Mrs. N. A. Fletcher, 
have presented to Grand Rapids, Mich, a 25 acre tract valued 
at $30,000 for a public park. O. C. Simonds, of Chicago, has 
donated his services in designing and improving the tract. 
Blackwell’s Island, New York, is to be a public park, 
and the penal institutions are to be moved to other sites. 
The penitentiary is to be moved to Riker’s island where a 
new structure will be built for it, and the workhouse will 
be moved to Hart’s Island. 
