PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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PLAN FOR A RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUND IN INDIANAPOLIS. 
rooms were ot great service to the skaters, 
and the Logan Park skating rink was more 
popular than ever. A new arrangement 
for the playground has been worked out 
and is shown in our plan. 
The following estimates of the equip- 
ment needed and the cost of equipment for 
three new playgrounds to be established in 
Minneapolis, has been carefully prepared 
by Superintendent Wirth and his assistants 
and will be suggestive to those who are 
studying playground problems. These es- 
timates are for summer equipment only : 
Sumner Field — 
3 sets of swings. 
3 teeters. 
1 giant stride. 
1 horse. 
1 set parallel bars. 
1 set traveling rings. 
2 gymnastic outfits. 
2 sand boxes. 
Stewart Field — 
3 sets of swings. 
3 teeters. 
1 giant stride. 
1 set traveling rings. 
2 sand boxes. 
1 wading pool. 
2 gymnastic outfits. 
1 horse. 
Prospect Field— 
(5 sets swings. 
5 sets teeters. 
1 giant stride. 
I horse. 
1 set parallel bars. 
2 gymnastic outfits. 
I set traveling rings. 
I jump pit. 
I shot put ring. 
Estimate $2,490.00. 
1 wading pool. 
2 basket ball outfits. 
2 volley ball outfits. 
1 jump pit. 
1 shot put ring. 
1 backstop. 
2 football goals. 
Estimate $2,790.00. 
1 set parallel bars. 
2 basket ball outfits. 
2 volley ball outfits. 
1 jump pit. 
1 shot put ring. 
1 backstop. 
2 football goals. 
2 tennis backstops. 
-Estimate $3,430.00. 
2 volley ball outfits. 
2 basket ball outfits. 
2 sand boxes. 
1 wading pool. 
1 small slide. 
1 backstop. 
2 football goals. 
2 tennis backstops. 
Sheridan Field — Estimate $150.00. 
1 backstop. 2 football goals. 
Total estimates, $8,860.00. 
The Indianapolis Park Board calls at- 
tention in its annual report to the fortu- 
nate and unusual location of local play- 
grounds all along the stream bank park- 
ways. More, perhaps, than in most com- 
munities, this improvement in Indianapolis 
brings the playgrounds within reach of 
practically the entire population and jus- 
tifies the whole improvement on this 
ground alone. 
The plan for Merritt Playground, one of 
the typical river bank playgrounds of In- 
dianapolis is shown here. The plat shows 
approximately the general features which 
are to be employed in the construction. 
The plans show that only a shelter house 
will be built with baths and locker-rooms 
which will be for playground purposes and 
also for bathers who may care to use the 
river which is only about twenty yards 
west. The ordinary type of small appa- 
ratus for the younger children will be 
installed later. 
ASKED AND ANSWERED 
An exchange of experience on practical matters by our readers You 
are invited to contribute questions and answers to this department 
Laying Out New Cemetery. 
Editor Asked and Answered : Can you 
give me an idea as to the number of lots 
that could be sold from a twenty acre 
tract which I have under consideration for 
a cemetery and at about what price per 
lot ? I have an option on a good location 
which can be bought for $250 per acre. My 
object in taking this matter up is to make 
some money and would like some general 
information before going into the project. 
— J. W. E„ Pa. 
Editor Park and Cemetery : For our 
benefit in platting our new cemetery will 
you kindly wire by night letter at our ex- 
pense the per cent, of the different size 
lots you would recommend us to plat. — ■ 
Land Co. 
It would not be possible for any one to 
give you definite advise of any value about 
the laying out of your cemetery without 
making a thorough study of conditions on 
the ground. The first thing you should 
do is to engage a landscape architect who 
specializes in cemetery work to make a 
report for you on the possibilities of your 
land. You would be very unwise indeed to 
try to develop any kind of a tract for cem- 
etery purposes without such examination. 
In this issue of Park and Cemetery will 
be found the advertisements of several 
firms who could render this service in a 
satisfactory manner. 
We however, give herewith some gen- 
eral suggestions from practical cemetery 
men that may be of some assistance to 
you : 
“It is impossible to give any definite state- 
ment as to the percentage of lots to single 
graves. There are so many local condi- 
tions which govern. In cemeteries where 
the lots are priced low the percentage of 
single graves is necessarily less, because 
of the fact that many people will pur- 
chase low-priced lots who are unable to 
buy high-priced lots, and hence take the 
single grave instead. The better way is 
to open up a single grave district to cover 
