PARK AND CEMETERY. 
;:o 
roofing tile. It is, as a whole, of a 
permanent character, and of a type 
of architecture specially suited for 
park structures. It has a diameter of 
31 feet 5 inches, height from ground 
to roof of 15 feet 10 inches, and a 
total height to the summit of the 
roof of 24 feet. The cost of con- 
struction of this building by contract 
was $4,700. 
It is the intention of the Commis- 
sion, where possible, to construct all 
of its buildings of this permanent 
character, as they are one of the 
most attractive features of the park, 
and being of sufficient strength and 
durability to withstand the elements, 
they lend to the park an attractive 
and finished appearance. 
The Outlook pavilion differs some- 
what from the band-stand in being 
circular, with roof supported by col- 
umns. This pavilion is placed at the 
summit of Outlook Hill, at the north- 
erly part of the park, approached by 
a series of steps, affording an out- 
look over the entire park, and an ex- 
cellent view of the baseball and foot- 
ball fields, the cricket-crease, and the 
wading-pool. It has become most 
popular as a place of shelter, and is 
daily thronged by mothers and chil- 
dren. This structure is also of per- 
manent construction, with concrete 
foundations and floor, bluestone steps 
and platform, Indiana limestone col- 
umns, base, and capitals, and unglazed 
Spanish tile roof. The interior is fit- 
ted with a wooden seat, surrounding 
a pedestal on which stands a large 
vase, a reproduction of an ancient 
specimen in the Metropolitan Museum 
of Art. The cost of the construction 
of the pavilion by contract was $4,898. 
The construction of the entrances 
to West Side Park at the foot of 
Olean Avenue involved the construc- 
tion of about 310 feet of path, vary- 
ing in width from 8 to 14 feet, the 
greatest width being at the entrance. 
The sidewalks in the immediate vi- 
cinity were improved and provided 
with proper curbs, and simple brick 
entrance-posts on stone bases and 
with proper stone caps were pro- 
vided. 
After the appointment of Charles 
N. Lowrie as landscape architect to 
fill the vacancy caused by the death 
of Daniel W. Langton, the plan for 
the improvement of West Hudson 
Park submitted by Mr. Langton was 
taken up for reconsideration, and at 
the request of the Commission, the 
architect submitted a plan making 
several changes therein, notable 
among which was the location of the 
main driveway, placing it farther to 
the south, so as to provide increased 
areas for playground and athletic 
purposes, and the extension of the 
lake system to almost twice the area 
originally planned. The following is 
from Mr. Lowrie’s description of this 
general plan: 
son park tract are numerous; amongst them 
may be mentioned the fine rolling surfaces, 
the tract of high woodland at the westerly 
end, and the group of little ponds at the 
easterly, while throughout the intervening 
area the ground is fertile and well adapted 
to the creation of lawns and wooded groves. 
The woodland is open to the prevailing 
breezes, and well covered with young oaks 
and other hardwood. The hilltops furnish 
excellent vantage points for a great variety 
of interesting outlooks over the park. The 
ponds may be linked together into a lake 
with picturesque shore lines. The rolling 
valleys, with ridges intervening, provide sites 
for play areas of many kinds. 
“In a general way, the object sought in 
developing the design of West Hudson park 
has been the furnishing of a park of quiet. 
attractive landscape features, where grvat 
numbers of the surrounding population, as 
well as those from a distance who may find 
it possible to visit the park, may be pro- 
vided with rest and recreation of a kind 
likely to be best adapted to their needs. 
“The shape of the tract selected being 
long and narrow, the park requires reason- 
ably direct means of communication be- 
tween its different parts in the direction of 
its length. The driveway and the main 
pathway, which are designed to perform 
the same function as an axis in a formal 
scheme, are therefore located as the plan 
indicates. 
“Thoughout the whole park, while the 
practical question of use has been the first 
consideration, careful attention has been 
given to the consideration of beauty as well. 
The design provides a self-contained land- 
scape, secured by the placing of border plan- 
tations of trees and shrubs along all bound- 
aries. The interior scenery thus obtained 
is embellished with wooded groves on the 
hills and open grassy lawns in the valleys,’ 
which arrangement agrees with the Intended 
uses of these respective areas. 
North Hudson Park comprises 160.6 
acres and is a high rolling tract of 
land, well wooded in part, but large- 
“The natural advantages of the West Hud- 
APPROACH TO WEST SIDE PARK, BEFORE AND AFTER 
IMPROVEMENT; HUDSON COUNTY, N. J. PARK SYSTEM. 
