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and the mouth of the Licking, spanned as 
they are by the beautiful “Y” bridge, which 
is one of the famous structures of Ohio. 
It is a high promontory, more than one- 
half of which is level ground at the high- 
est point, jutting into the river 150 feet 
above the water. 
One of the interesting features of Put- 
nam Hill Park is the exposed stratified 
stone, which, beginning with the limestone 
below the water line of the river and ex- 
tending to the highest point, is a complete 
geological map of Ohio, and here can be 
studied by the geologist and the student 
the formations of the crust of the earth in 
this section of the state. The elements 
and the wash of the river at the base have 
kept these formations in plain view, and the 
beauty of the exposure of these develop- 
ments of the ages has been the delight of 
visitors. 
Mclntire Park, which contains about \ 2 l / 2 
acres of land, is a gift of the estate of 
the patron saint of Zanesville, John Mc- 
lntire, and is splendidly located in the 
midst of a large population and easily 
reached by public thoroughfares and street 
car service. 
The work of the past season under the 
plans and designs of Superintendent of 
Parks Hugh A. Imlay has demonstrated the 
beauty of Mclntire Park and the oppor- 
tunity offered for making that part of the 
city attractive. The year 1914 is expected 
to show what carefully executed and skill- 
fully made plans will accomplish in this 
park. 
A year ago the City Council by unani- 
mous vote set apart the land on the east 
stde of the river, known as old Water 
Works Hill, for park purposes. This tract 
contains about twelve acres. This also 
contains elevated land on which the first 
reservoirs of the Zanesville water works 
were located. With the exception of a few 
maple trees planted on the north slope of 
the hill nothing has been done to improve 
this property. Yet from its summit are 
seen the most superb views of the city to 
be had anywhere. The view extends west- 
ward up the valley of the Licking, north- 
ward far up the curves of the Muskingum 
River, and southward down the river for 
miles. A -wonderful spring of purest wa- 
ter for more than a hundred years has 
gushed from the base of Water Works 
Hill, which in the olden time supplied the 
drinking water for a large portion of the 
people of the old town living in that vicin- 
ity. The Park Commissioners have named 
:his old “Water Works Hill’' and cemetery 
“Pioneer Park.” 
Another beautiful piece of park ground 
is owned by the city and known as Fair 
Oaks Park, and was the gift, with several 
other small tracts in this section of the 
city, of the proprietors of Fair Oaks ad- 
dition. In this case the donors gave, not 
only the park site of about two and one- 
half acres, but graded it and planted the 
trees which are now growing so finely 
there. 
Jewett Park, one of the Fair Oak gifts, 
is a triangle of over an acre of land at the 
junction of Jewett drive and Woodlawn 
avenue, at the approach to Buckingham 
Terrace, is capable of good development, 
and plans to that end are being worked 
out. 
Zanesville also possesses a number of 
small pieces of land that come under the 
care of the Park Commissioners. There 
are a number of triangular tracts of land 
in Park Place, adjoining Central avenue 
and east of Linden avenue, near the Mon- 
roe street bridge, that were granted the 
city in the original plat of Park Place, 
which ought to be improved, but which 
cannot be successfully or economically done 
until the streets surrounding them are im- 
proved. 
President Spangler, of the Park Board, 
has urged the importance of beginning the 
acquirement of the valley of the Licking 
River, and suggests that the city own every 
foot of both banks of this stream from the 
“Y” bridge to Dillon Falls. No more pic- 
turesque and scenic location can be found 
in this section. Its shores should be opened 
up with splendid driveways or boulevard 11 , 
occasionally crossing the stream and lead- 
ing from the “Y” bridge to Dillon Falls, 
and Dillon Falls also should some day be 
made a part of a public park. 
Linder a recent law in Ohio, cities may 
take over county fair grounds to be main- 
tained and used as public parks, subject 
only to the use by the County Agricultural 
Society during the week of the annual fair. 
The directors of the Muskingum County 
Agricultural Society are willing to make 
such contract, and the Park Board expects 
to have entire control of the grounds for a 
public park and playground for the main- 
tenance of the tract. These fair grounds 
contain about forty-three acres of land, al- 
ready a beautiful park. 
The improvement of Mclntire Park is 
well under way. Over 275 trees, ranging 
in diameter from six to thirty-six inches, 
were removed to make the open spaces as 
designed. About one-half the total lawn 
area was graded, plowed, raked and seed- 
ed. The lake was drained, enlarged and 
the shore lines and island changed accord- 
ing to the new designs. The excavated 
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