PARK AND CEMETERY. 
found that this is not sufficient to 
cover the cost at the present time, 
which ranges from $7.00 to $7.50 per 
tree. 
The total cash receipts of the Board 
for the year 1910 including balance 
brought forward, were $694.651.59, 
and the total disbursements were 
$649,970.23, leaving a balance of $44,- 
681.36 in all funds. 
Two notable works of art, to be re- 
produced in bronze, have been pre- 
sented to the city within the past 
year, and the bronze casts will be 
given appropriate places in the parks. 
One is a statue of the late Colonel 
John H. Stevens, pioneer resident 
and honored citizen, and will be 
placed in Stevens Place. The other, 
a statue of Hiawatha from a cast by 
the late Jacob Fjelde, was presented 
by the school children of Minnesota, 
and it will be given a place near the 
Falls of Minnehaha. 
The foot bridges and the toilet 
buildings in the glen below Minne- 
haha Falls have been repaired and 
two new bridges have been built. The 
second bridge below the falls has 
been- entirely rebuilt, while the rustic 
wooden bridge at the foot of the falls 
has been replaced by a reinforced con- 
crete structure faced with boulders. 
The boulders were secured from the 
park and vicinity; and the rugged, 
rustic effect of the bridge itself, to- 
gether with the rockeries supporting 
the banks of the approaches to it fit 
well into the other picturesque fea- 
tures of the gorge and glen. Appro- 
priate plantings of evergreens and 
native shrubs, vines and alpine plants, 
which will have to be replenished 
from time to time, have been estab- 
lished. A little dam has been built 
below the bridge forming a small 
pool, giving an additional motive and 
character to the structure and its sur- 
roundings. The low water in the 
creek was very favorable for this 
work and also offered an opportunity 
for the close inspection of the rock 
foundation under and above the falls. 
Concerning the Falls, Superintendent 
Wirth makes this interesting report : 
“The fear has often been expressed that 
■on account of the gradual disintegration and 
shelling off of the underlying strata of soft 
limestone, a part of the over-hanging ledge 
on the crest of the falls would break off and 
that such a break would disfigure them, 
and that eventually they would become a 
thing of the past. I have consulted with 
Doctor F. W. Sardeson of the University of 
Minnesota and I believe, with him. that 
■there is little danger of such an occurrence. 
That the falls will gradually recede is, of 
■course, conceded, but this process will follow 
the same natural lines of past ages, always 
leaving a natural irregular crest over which 
•the water will tumble to the depths below. 
rSoundings made in the creek bed above the 
falls as far as Minnehaha avenue indicate 
that the ledge of hard limestone is con- 
tinuous, and there is, therefore, no danger 
of its giving out for centuries to come. To 
build a protecting concrete or any other 
wall below the falls to prevent the disin- 
tegration of the soft limestone supporting 
the upper stratas would destroy the natural 
appearance of the falls itself. Furthermore, 
the ledge over which the water Hows will 
gradually recede and the proposed wall would 
r )()0 
vantage over the heavier oil used last 
year that it penetrates better and 
deeper, permits a more even and thin- 
ner application, and can Ije more 
economically handled, as it does not 
require heating in ordinary summer 
temperature. A new oil distributor 
was made at the park shops which 
SHORE PATH, LAKE CALHOUN, 
more and more assume the appearance of a 
dam, I am of the opinion that the sup- 
posed danger to the fails is so remote that 
it is needless to feel apprehensive concern- 
ing it." 
The oil used for this year’s opera- 
tion in boulevard oiling was the light- 
er oil. No. 4, furnished by the Stand- 
ard Oil Company at the rate of 3.6 
cents per gallon in car tank lots. This 
oil has proven quite satisfactory in 
its lasting qualities and it has the ad- 
MINNEAPOLIS PARK SYSTEM. 
makes it possible to control properly 
the flow of oil, both as to quantity 
and width of application. It consists 
of a 6-inch pipe with three rows of 
inch holes. Brass sleeves fitting 
closely over the pipe and divided into 
four 2-foot sections, can be shifted 
by levers closing or opening the holes 
at the will of the operator. This dis- 
tributor is easily removed and can be 
attached to any one of the sprinklers 
