PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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Superintendent of Playground and Sports, 
J. R. Richards. 
Mechanical and Electrical Division, Me- 
chanical and Electrical Engineer, W. I. 
Bell. 
Hegewisch ; the entering upon the improve- 
ment of Hardin Square and the surfacing 
of 4.05 miles of old park driveways with 
asphaltic concrete. 
About the middle of March, the first 
work of composting black earth, and of the 
cutting and shipping of sod on this farm at 
Chicago Ridge by the Maintenance and Re- 
pair Division. From the latter part of 
April to the 25th of June, 53 carloads, 
TABLE OF CONVENIENCES AND FACILITIES FOR RECREATION IN THE SOUTH PARKS 
For the year 1912 
Jackson 
Park j 
Washing- 
ton Park 
McKinley 
Park 
Gage Park 
I Midway 
Piaisanc© J 
: Garfield 
Boul. ! 
1 Western i 
Ave. Boul. 
Marquette 
Park 
Sherman 
Park ! 
a 
■s* 
Palmer 
Park 
Hamilton 
Park 
Bessemer 
Park 
| Calumet 
| Park 
Mark 
| White Sq„ 
Armour 
Square 
Cornell 
| Square 
Davis 
Square 
I Russell 
Square 
Hardin 
Square 
Fuller 
Park 
1 Grant 
1 Park 
No. 15 
Park 
No. 16 
Park 
1 No. 17 
| Park 
1 No. 18 
| Park 
Total 
2 
114 
2 
2 
1 
1 
4 
3 
1 
1 
3 
Golf Courses 
109 
9 
2 
1 
1 
1 
6 
3 
2 
1 
2 
10 
9 
2 
7 
4 
2 
1 
20 
2 
; 
8 
2 
1 
1 
8 
6 
2’ 
1 
8 
2 
1 
1 
5 
4 
1 
1 
4 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
‘ *i‘ 
2 
8 
6 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
342 
24 
20 
1 
3 
1,877 
15 
13 
2 
1 
13 
1 
2 
2 
13 
6 
55 
44 
1 
1 
1 
31 
11 
175 
169 
11 
1 1 
10 
12 
1 
1 
12 
12 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
. . . . 
1 
217 
2 
1 
1 
228 
2 
1 
No. of Boothe of Swimming Pool 
206 
I 
I 
209 
1 
1 
‘ ’ i 
i 
133 
1 
1 
100 
192 
1 
1 
90 
1 
1 
80 
1 
1 
125 
1 
1 
96 
1 
1 
. . . . 
196 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
:::: 
1 
1 
1 
. .. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
l 
l 
5 
c 5 
1 
I 
1 
i 
i 
i 
i 
i 
i 
i 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
2 
6 
6 
1 
i 
1 
1 
3 
2 
' 2 
2 
1 
2 
i 
i 
i 
i 
1 
2 
2 
2 
' 2 
1 
2 
2 
4 
3 
4 
2 
3 
2 
4 
2 
1 
1 
3 
2 
3 
2 
3 
3 
.... 
. . . . 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
12 
14 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
17 
15 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
7 
8 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
i 
i 
12 
13 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
12 
13 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
24 
24 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
8 
14 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
ii 
14 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
12 
17 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
16 
5 
1 
2 
T 
1 
1 
1 
1 
38 
28 
6 
4 
Shower fon omen . ■ . . . * 
1 
1 
.... 
Outside Gymnasium for Women. 
Children’s Inclosed Play Grounds 
1 
. . . . 
; ; ; ■ 
1 
i 
4 
i 
1 
14 
3 
1 
I 
2 
14 
5 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Police Division, Captain of Police, T. E. 
Richards. 
Landscape Gardening Division, Land- 
scape Gardener, Frederick Kanst. 
Purchasing Division, Purchasing Agent, 
J. L. Mittenbuhler. 
Refectory Division, Manager of Refec- 
tories, J. C. Cavanaugh. 
Carefully studied rules and regulations 
for the operation of the divisions are in 
force. 
In addition, to bring in constant daily 
communication with the General Superin- 
tendent and each other, meetings with all 
division heads present are held every month 
and oftener if thought desirable for the 
discussion of such questions of general 
character as may be brought forward. The 
organization has been in operation since 
the first of March, 1912. Co-operation be- 
tween the divisions is excellent. 
The most notable work of the year was 
the entering upon the construction of a 
five-foot concrete tunnel, about fifty feet 
under the surface of the ground from the 
city's water tunnel at Drexel avenue and 
73rd street and Cottage Grove avenue to 
the pumping station at the power house in 
Washington Park. The length of the tun- 
nel is 10,823 feet. 
Other works of construction were the 
improvement of twenty-acre parks at Grand 
Crossing, Dauphin Park, Irondale and 
month of the fiscal year, heavy and con- 
tinuous snow storms occurred, the snow 
being blown into drifts several feet deep. 
From 25 to 30 teams and a large force of 
men were kept busy for some time clean- 
ing the snow from the drives on Michigan 
avenue and Jackson street down-town, in 
addition to the Park teams employed in 
plowing the snow from the driveways and 
walks on the principal boulevards and in 
the larger Parks. 
During the slack season before the open- 
ing of the spring work the Maintenance 
Foremen were given vacations as fast as 
opportunity permitted. 
When the skating season was past the 
skating houses in various Parks and the 
curling house in Washington Park were 
taken down and stored until the following 
season and temporary plank walks were re- 
moved. Owing to the backward spring and 
wet ground the usual spring opening work 
was delayed, but as soon as the ground be- 
came sufficiently firm the lawns were 
cleaned and seeded or sodded wherever the 
grass had been worn out or killed by the 
frost during the previous winter. The sod 
used on the lawns was cut by the South 
Park employes cn a farm at Chicago Ridge, 
111., just south of Chicago, the owner of 
the farm receiving 2 l A cents per square 
yard for all sod cut. During the month 
of April the Engineering and Construction 
Division was relieved, by request, of the 
totaling 48,912 square yards of sod- were 
cut and shipped from this farm to the City 
and distributed among different Parks and 
Boulevards. 
Although the wet weather delayed the 
work on sodding, it had the advantage that 
the sod did not require the sprinkling that 
would have been necessary had the work 
been done later in the season. 
During the latter half of April, 12 cars 
of composted earth were shipped to Chi- 
cago from this farm, for use in leveling the 
lawns in Washington and Jackson Parks, 
and for the flower beds around the edge 
of the lily-pond in Washington Park. Later 
in the season one car was shipped to 
Palmer Park for leveling lawns. Beginning 
about July 5, and lasting till October 3’lst, 
work was done on composting black earth 
on the farm at Chicago Ridge for use in 
lawn or plantation work as needed. The 
earth, broken sod, etc., was mixed with 
about one-sixth as much rich manure and 
piled on a heap to allow the manure to rot 
thoroughly. On October 31st, 1912, the 
compost heap contained 18,000 cubic yards 
of material. 
When gravel walks became firm in the 
spring they were rolled, and park seats, 
repainted during the previous months, were 
set out among them. Defects in the drain- 
age system of walks or driveways, such as 
heaving on account of frost, broken pipes, 
etc., were repaired at this time. 
