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lias progressed rapidly during the 
past year. The excavation is now 
completed excepting the lagoon just 
north of bridge number one. Bridge 
number one is nearly completed. 
Bridge number two is being built by 
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 
Engineering' and soundings 4,8-t5.ij5 
Miscellaneous labor and sundry 
expense 2,205.32 
Oiling roads l.Hl-l.O-l 
Total $105,707.62 
The following changes of land and water 
areas have been brought about through 
dredging, viz.: 
Area of park 200 acres 
nent asset of consiilcrable value. The 
total cost of this improvement was 
Of the three field houses, one was 
built at North Commons at a cost 
of $1 (i.tTfi.UG; one at Jackson Scpiare 
at a cost of $13,582.S:>, and one at 
SHORE WALK AT LAKE OF THE ISLES PARK, MINNEAPOLIS. 
Railroad Company under an agree- 
ment that leaves the Cjuestion as to 
which party shall finally pay the cost 
to be determined by the courts; the 
work is being pushed rapidly and 
will probably be completed within 
the next three months. Bridge num- 
ber three, near the south shore of 
Lake of the Isles, is well under way 
and will probably be finished before 
July 1st of the present year. Bridge 
number four, near the west shore of 
Lake of the Isles, is also under con- 
struction, and it is expected that it 
will be completed early in the present 
summer. The designs for these 
bridges have previously been illus- 
trated in Park and Cemetery. 
Superintendent Theodore Wirth 
gives the following summary of the 
work done at the Lake of the Isles; 
Dredging operations $ 55.133.19 
Grading and seeding of lawns... 15,081.22 
Building of gravel walks 2.102.70 
Filling, grading and surfacing of 
roadways 13,166.12 
Park curbs and sidewalks 1,663.71 
Catch basins and drains 3,974.84 
Plantings 5,620.93 
Former water area 100 acres 
Present water area 120 acres 
Increase in water area 20 acres 
Former dry land area 33 acres 
Present dry land area SO acres 
Former swamp area 67 acres 
No more swamp. 
It is estimated that the work of grading, 
seeding, planting, etc., of the remaining 
incompleted part of the park will cost about 
$25,000.00 more, making the total expendi- 
ture for this park of 200 acres $131,000.00, 
or $655.00 per acre. 
The section of River Road East 
that was completed early last season 
is constructed of macadam with a 
“tarvia” wearing surface, and Presi- 
dent Decker, of the Park Board, says 
it is probably the best piece of road- 
way in the entire system of park- 
ways. The length of the section is 
about one mile and the width of the 
roadway — thirty feet; the cost was 
$15,931.47. 
The new administration plant and 
residence for the use of the superin- 
tendent at Lyndale Farmstead is a 
much needed addition to the equipment 
that will not only make for better serv- 
ice. but which will constitute a perma- 
Van Cleve Park at a cost of $6,022.02. 
Each of these buildings was planned 
to meet the needs of the locality where 
it is situated, and they are all of sub- 
stantial construction and fitted with 
modern hot water heating plants and 
good plumbing systems. They are 
designed for both summer and winter 
use. and, besides their ordinary use 
as park shelters and warming houses, 
they are intended to supply in some 
measure the demand for social center 
buildings. 
The section of Glenwood Park- 
way from Superior avenue to Sixth 
avenue north was constructed of good 
road material found near at hand. 
For a distance of 3,500 feet the road- 
way is 30 feet in width and for the 
remaining 2,600 feet, the width is 30 
feet. The total cost was $15,030.05. 
It is of interest to know that the ac- 
tual cost of the thirty-foot gravel 
roadway above described, including 
suli-grading and engineering, was at 
the rate of $11,924.88 per mile, and the 
cost of the thirty-six foot portion was 
