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last season the finest open air swimming 
pool in Canada, and made good progress 
towards the completion of a twenty-acre 
athletic field, with its track, bowling greens, 
tennis courts, outdoor gymnasiums, and 
children’s playgrounds. 
Wherever space permits, tennis and other 
games are provided for in all the parks, 
and corners are set aside for playgrounds 
for the smaller children. 
Up-to-date electric lighting is being in- 
stalled as funds permit, drinking fountains 
and toilet facilities are provided wherever 
necessary, abundance of good music is 
given, and the problem of attracting peo- 
ple to the parks which seems to affect so 
many cities, is replaced here by the prob- 
lem of providing space for all who crowd 
to take advantage of the various phases of 
out of door rest and recreation. 
Many thousands of trees and shrubs have 
been planted recently, all supplied by the 
park’s nursery, the establishment and 
stocking of which was a very decided bet- 
terment, from both an economical and 
utilitarian point of view. 
The parkway spaces on all the streets of 
the city are controlled by the Parks De- 
partment, The lawn construction, tree 
planting and maintenance is all carried out 
by this department, and the cost assessed 
to the property owners on a frontage basis. 
There are approximately 130 miles of these 
parking strips, of an average width of 
fifteen feet, and planted with over 30,- 
000 trees, more than 5,000 of which were 
planted last year. 
Inkster Parkway is the commencement 
of a drive planned to encircle the city with 
a total length of twenty-four miles. Four 
and three-quarter miles have been partly 
improved and planted. An additional four 
miles has been recently donated for its 
continuance. The parkway is 120 feet wide 
with double driveway, and four rows of 
trees, with occasional shrubbery plantings. 
The Municipal Cemetery of 160 acres is 
controlled by this department, and has 
been placed on a self-sustaining basis, by 
careful management. Many improvements 
have been carried out in the grounds re- 
cently, including very extensive planting 
of trees and shrubs. 
The policy of the Parks Board is to pro- 
vide neighborhood parks,' within five min- 
ute’s walk of all residential districts, large 
suburban parks for sports and picnic 
crowds, to beautify all city streets, to allow 
no concessions, to do all work, if feasible, 
by park department workmen, and to make 
all its provisions for rest, amusement and 
recreation without charge of any kind. 
We have many progressive schemes in 
mind, and with true Western optimism, 
feel sure that if we keep our ideals high, 
and work hard, we will accomplish them 
in due time. G. Champion, 
Superintendent Public Parks Board. 
Winnipeg, Canada. 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Regarding the progress made, new at- 
tainments accomplished, and new ideas for 
future development of the parks of this 
city, I wish to state : 
First — That at the present time our park 
system is in good condition, the same hav- 
ing been maintained up to the highest 
standard during the past year — 1913. 
Second — In reference to the progress 
made in our city parks within the past 
year in the way of making them more 
popular and attractive to the general pub- 
lic, I will say that eight new, modern and 
up-to-date shelter houses, including com- 
fort stations, besides three new merry- 
go-rounds and one new golf shelter house, 
have been erected in our large parks and 
golf grounds. These new buildings were 
erected at a total cost of $113,836.12, and 
are considered a vast improvement along 
these lines. 
Third — In reference to future ideas, or 
new accomplishments in our parks, will 
state that we are now contemplating the 
construction of a large number of tennis 
courts ; also new ball grounds, and the 
reconstruction of our lakes, so they can 
be used for swimming purposes. 
Fourth — In addition to these improve- 
ments, sufficient money has been set aside 
There is in use in the West Park System 
of Chicago a very decorative type of 
concrete lamp standard that shows strik- 
CJONCEETE LAMP STANDARD IN CHI- 
CAGO WEST PARK SYSTEM. 
for the erection of a large and beautiful 
monument, in honor of Mary E. Schenley 
( donor of the park which now bears her 
name), which will be located at the front 
entrance of Schenley Park, and will cost 
$50,000. Geo. M. Burke, 
Superintendent, Bureau of Parks. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The principal work of the Park Depart- 
ment of Cedar Rapids, during the past 
two years, has been to provide more 
pleasure for the people than they had 
hitherto had. Playground apparatus has 
been provided in all the parks. One new 
playground has been developed and 
equipped. A bathing beach has been es- 
tablished and bathhouses with steel lockers 
have been erected. Wading ponds and ten- 
nis courts have been provided in the prin- 
cipal parks. Vacant lots have been se- 
cured from property owners for neighbor- 
hood baseball games. Buildings for pic- 
nic and refreshment privileges have been 
erected in three of the principal parks. 
In addition to this, the usual amount of 
landscape work and new road building has 
been carried on. Fred J. Lazell, 
Dept. Parks and Public Property. 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
ingly how the ordinarily commonplace 
lamp post or pole may be transformed into 
a real adornment to the landscape. 
The bases and shafts of these lamp 
standards are of monolithic concrete of 
a coarse stone-like texture. The vertical 
supports and in fact all of the top parts 
except the roof are of cast iron painted 
in imitation of verde antique bronze and 
the roofs with the paneled ceilings or 
soffits are of copper. 
The ornamental uprights of the tops, it 
will be noted, radiate from the center so 
that they present only a very thin edge, 
which can cast a shadow, and the use of 
the lights has shown that in fact these up- 
rights cast no shadow, as the diameter of 
the globe of the arc lamp used is so much 
greater than the thickness of the cast iron 
upright. 
The intention was that a vine would 
crawl on the rough surface of the con- 
crete and the wooden trellis, which is 
shown in the photograph, has been added 
for the vines without materially damaging 
the artistic effect of the standard. 
The additional beauty of this post when 
covered with vines may readily be 
imagined. 
The design for this interesting park util- 
ity was made by. architects Richard E. 
Schmidt, Garden & Martin, and the metal 
work was executed by the Winslow 
Brothers Co. 
DECORATIVE FORM OF PARK LAMP STANDARD. 
