PARK AND CEME-TERTT 
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PLAN OF ARMOUR SQUARE. CHICAGO. 
Typical of the smaller of the new parks 
by ]\[r. De Groot and form letters sent the instruc- 
tors are incorporated in the report. 
The South Park Basket-ball League is an outcome 
of the park gymnasia. There are now twenty teams, 
and each plays eighteen games during the season. 
Many photographs are reproduced in the report which 
show men, women, boys and girls availing themselves 
of the various privileges afforded them. Each gym- 
nasium is thoroughly equipped with apparatus. 
The maintenance of the South Parks, 2,228 acres 
in extent, cost a total sum of ^623, 114.48 for the fiscal 
year ending Nov. 30, 1905, of which $172,476.10 was 
for the new parks and squares. The heaviest item is 
$113,020, for policing. Lighting cost $42,863, sports 
$49,189, concerts, 
$20,500. Floral dis- 
play in parks on the 
South Side is main- 
tained at an annual 
figure of $17,115. 
The conveniences 
provided by the 
South Park commis- 
sioners include three 
golf courses, 108 
tennis courts, twen- 
ty-two baseball dia- 
monds, seventeen 
football fields, sev- 
enteen skating houses,' seventeen toboggan 
~S£CO/YJ} FLOOR PLRN. 
FLAX OF A TYPIC.AL FIELD 
HOUSE. 
A SWIMMING POOL SCENE ON ONE OF THE BOYS’ DAYS. 
