PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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ly equipped, situated within a very 
few squares of the business district, 
Miss Elenore K. Canny, Supervisor of 
Playgrounds, had a class of little 
girls dance and sing. From 500 to 
600 children come here daily. Excel- 
lent results are seen in the physical 
and moral conditions of the people in 
this district and the fifteen play- 
grounds planned for the system will 
demonstrate the wisdom of the invest- 
ment in this direction as it has in the 
general park and boulevard system of 
the city. 
James B. Shea read a paper on 
“Road Construction,” which he pref- 
aced with some complimentary re- 
marks regarding the excellence of the 
method of road making in the South 
Parks and Lincoln Park, Chicago. Mr. 
Shea’s paper told of the progress 
made in road building in Massachu- 
setts, where there are now one thou- 
sand miles of state highways and as 
many more in contemplation. The 
Massachusetts Highway Commission 
has expended $7,000,000. 
The ravages being made on trees 
by insect pests were informally dis- 
cussed. Mr. Merkl, of Bronx Park, 
New York, who was to have had a 
paper on the subject, was not present. 
After luncheon at the refectory in 
Swope Park, the closing session was 
held on the lawn under the trees 
where a variety of subjects were dis- 
cussed and appropriate resolutions 
adopted expressing the gratitude of 
the Association to Commissioners 
John W. Wagner and Henry D. Ash- 
ley and all others who had contribu- 
ted to the pleasure of the visitors dur- 
ing their long-to-be-remembered stay 
in Kansas City. Sid J. Hare, land- 
scape architect of the Kansas City, 
Kans., park system, was called upon 
and gave a brief description of the 
progress that was being made in park 
improvements in that city. 
The following is a list of new mem- 
oers admitted at the Kansas City meet- 
ing: 
Active — Alexander Fiske. Supt. of 
Parks, Racine, Wis. ; John F. Walsh, 
head gardener Bronx Park, Brooklyn, 
N. Y.; Richard Iwerson, Supt. of Parks, 
Saskatchewan; N. F. Keith, Supt. of 
Parks, Joplin, Mo.; Samuel Wood, 
Supt. of Parks, Cedar Rapids, la.; W. 
R. Teitze, Supt. of Parks, Dallas, Tex., 
V. Grant Forrer, Supt. of Parks, Har- 
risburg, Pa.; Frederick C. Steinhauser, 
Gen. Supt. of Parks, Denver, Col.; Lio- 
nel Evans, Supt. of Parks, Youngstown, 
Ohio; Adam Kohankie, Supt. Washing- 
ton Park, Denver, Col; Nicholas By- 
hower, Supt. of Parks, Salt Lake City, 
Utah ; C. C. Cox, Supt. of Parks, Wich- 
ita, Kan. ; Dan’l E. Bushnell, Chattanoo- 
q^enn.; Edward McCracken, Supt. 
and Engnr. Park District East St. 
Louis, 111. ; Fred Gabelman, Chief 
Draftsman, Kansas City, Mo.; A. C. 
Graham, Acting Supt. of Parks, Council 
Bluffs, la. ; A. H. Gillis, Supt. of Parks, 
Kansas City, Kan.; T. T. Barnes, Asst. 
Supt. of Parks, Harrisburg, Pa.; P. W. 
Thomas, Supt. of Parks, Memphis, 
Tenn. : Ralph P. Benedict, engineer of 
construction, Kansas City, Mo. ; Her- 
bert Greensmith, Supt. of Maintenance, 
Cincinnati, Ohio; M. C. Longenecker, 
Acting Supt., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Associate — L. P. Jenson, Busch Place, 
St. Louis, Mo. ; Roland Cottrell, Sec’y 
Park Board, Seattle, Wash. ; W. R. 
Linscott, Supt. Country Club District, 
Kansas City, Mo.; H. F. Major, Supt. 
University Grounds, Columbus, Mo. 
Special — Mr. Higgins, Commissioner 
of Parks, Borough of Bronx, New 
York City; Rome Miller, Pres. Park 
Commission, Omaha, Neb.; F. L. 
Olmsted, Jr., Brookline, Mass.; Sid 
J. Hare. Kansas City, Mo.; H. G. 
McGee, Park Commissioner, Coun- 
cil Bluffs, la.; Frank Peterson, Park 
Commissioner, Council Bluffs, la.; 
Ch. Guengerich, Pres. Park Board, 
Joplin, Mo. 
Honorary — Jackson Dawson, Supt. 
Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Mass. 
Messrs. John W. Wagner and Henry 
D. Ashley, members of the Board of 
Park Commissioners, were most hos- 
pitable in their entertainment, and the 
citizens responded very generously to 
the call for automobiles for the use of 
the visitors. The office staff of the 
Park Board, F. P. Gossard, secretary; 
E. J. Balsiger, accountant; Fred Gold- 
man, chief draftsman ; S. W. Benedict, 
assistant engineer, and Ralph R. Bene- 
dict, engineer of construction, were as- 
sisted by Messrs. A. and J. Van Brunt 
and Ben J. Lubschez in looking after 
the welfare of the visitors. Even the 
weather bureau did what it could to 
add warmth to the cordial treatment 
everywhere received ; the mercury reg- 
istered the highest August temperature 
in many years, 104 degrees, on the aft- 
ernoon of the 9th. 
The daily press was generous in its 
attention and published numerous in- 
terviews reciting the favorable com- 
ments heard on all sides regarding the 
Kansas City parks and boulevards. 
