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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
School Grounds ; 
Playgrounds and Athletic Fields; 
Neighborhood Parks; 
Large Outlying Reservations ; 
The Inner and Outer Parkway System. 
Each of these divisions is treated sep- 
arately and in detail in the report and 
specific plans suggested for the develop- 
ment of every park area in the city. 
The total length of the New London 
Outer Parkway System, as shown on the 
general plan, would be eight miles or more, 
and the width of the parkway itself should 
average at least 150 feet. In some loca- 
tions it could easily exceed that width. 
Restrictions as to building should be passed 
by the City Council. 
Taken together, the small open spaces, 
playgrounds, parks and parkway systems 
comprise a fairly complete provision of pub- 
lic grounds for the needs of the city of 
New London today and a reasonable antic- 
ipation of the requirements of the imme- 
diate future, so far as they can now be 
foreseen. The Inner Parkway System 
would have a length of about six miles 
and an average width of at least 80 feet. 
In some places it could be 104 feet wide. 
One of the most interesting details of 
the New London plan is the development 
of Shaw Cove. The conditions now ob- 
taining in the vicinity of Shaw Cove make 
it very desirable to turn its low shores and 
mud flats into a neighborhood park and 
recreation center. The taking should in- 
clude the entire shore line and also suit- 
able entrances from near-by streets. As a 
suggestion for the development of this area, 
it is proposed that south of Hamilton 
street shall be the children’s -playground. 
The cove should be filled in, leaving a wad- 
ing pool in the center only, with boys’ and 
girls’ apparatus, enclosed space with sand- 
courts, etc., for small children, and a ball- 
field for boys. In the larger section north 
of Hamilton street the cove should be re- 
duced in size and regraded, so that no 
flats will be exposed. The tidal wash and 
water from the small brook should then 
keep the basin clean. Small boats will have 
access to this pool from the outer cove, and 
may be given anchorage, as at present. Ul- 
timately, it should prove desirable to estab- 
lish a public landing and moorings with a 
boathouse on the bank. Shrubs and trees 
should be used, partly hiding the surround- 
ing dwellings and furnishing shade on the 
knoll on the west side with its pleasant 
views over the park. More active recrea- 
tion should be provided for by a ball-field, 
play-field for girls, and tennis courts. It 
may be feasible to keep out the tide in 
winter for skating. No roads are proposed 
for the park. 
DRAPER’S TEN COMMANDMENTS on TREE PLANTING 
(From Pennsylvania Arbor Day Manual.) 
1. Do not allow roots to be exposed to 
the sun, drying winds or frost. 
2. Prune with a clean, sharp knife any 
broken or injured roots. 
3. Have the holes large enough to ad- 
mit all the roots without cramping. 
4. Plant in fine loam, enriched with 
thoroughly decomposed manure. 
5. Do not allow any green unfermented 
manure to come in contact with the roots. 
6. Spread out the roots. in their natural 
position, and work fine loam among them, 
making it firm and compact. 
7. Do not plant deep. Let the upper 
roots be set about an inch lower than be- 
fore. 
8. Remove all broken branches, and cut 
back at least one-half of the previous year’s 
growth of wood. 
9. If the season lacks unusual rainfall, 
wanter thoroughly twice a week. 
10. After-culture. Keep soil in good de- 
gree of fertility. Mulching the trees in au- 
tumi with manure is beneficial. 
PLANNING AND EQUIPPING A PLAYPARK 
Sumner Field in Minneapolis is a tract 
of land three acres in extent, located in 
the center of a heavily populated district. 
This land, which is to be converted into a 
playground, is at the present time low and 
wet, and has been used for some time as a 
dumping field for all kinds of refuse. 
It is proposed to fill in the whole area 
to a sufficient height above the adjacent 
sewers and to provide good drainage and 
to grade the field as shown on the attached 
plan. 
The grounds are to be divided into three 
parts, one part, 200 feet wide by 300 feet 
long, to be used for outdoor sports, and 
two parts, each about 125 feet square, to be 
used for outdoor gymnasiums. 
The shelter building (22x44 feet) is to 
be located on the axis of the main entrance, 
so as to be equally accessible from all 
three divisions. This building is to be a 
one-story building of concrete and tile, with 
a full basement, the ground floor to be 
used as a shelter in the summer and as a 
warming house for skaters in the winter. 
The basement is to contain the furnace 
hot water heaters, toilets, shower baths and 
dressing rooms. 
That part of the field to be used for out- 
door sports will be approximately one foot 
lower than the other parts of the field, so 
as to provide for a skating rink during the 
winter. The field will also have provi- 
sions for playground, baseball, tennis and 
volley ball during the spring and summer, 
and a football field for the late fall, and all 
bases and goal and net posts, although en- 
closed in concrete, will be built so as to be 
easily removed when necessary. 
Directly in front of the building will 
be placed sand boxes, a giant stride and a 
merry-go-round, for the use of the smaller 
children. 
To the west of the field house will be the 
men’s outdoor gymnasium, provided with 
high and low swings and teeters, parallel 
bars, one horse and one buck, and one 
large gymnasium outfit. This outfit is 
equipped with rings, bars, inclined and ver- 
tical poles, ladders, and a large metal- 
lined slide. 
To the east of the field house will be 
located the outdoor gymnasium for women 
and children. This will be 1 provided with a 
Medart frame of rings and ropes and one 
of ladders and bars, high and low springs 
and teeters, one giant stride, one tether 
ball court and one small slide. 
As the finished grades will be from five 
to ten feet lower than the adjacent house 
and street grades, the outside banks will 
be graded on a two to one slope and heav- 
ily planted so as to make the entrances to 
the park well defined. 
The plan also calls for planting of trees 
for shade around the gymnasium and build- 
ing. 
The estimated cost of equipping this play- 
ground is as follows: 
3,200 cubic yards grading, at 30c. .$ 960.00 
1,100 cubic yards loam surfacing, 
at $1 1,100.00 
1,000 cubic yards clay surfacing, 
at 80c 800.00 
300 cubic yards gravel surfacing, 
at $1 ..' 300.00 
2,600 square yards seeding and 
fertilizing, at 5c 130.00 
1 catch basin, at $30 30.00 
190 feet sewer, 8-inch, at 60c 114.00 
320 square yards gravel walks, at 
25c 80.00 
450 feet steps, at 60c 270.00 
270 square yards stone walk, lineal 
feet curb and gutter, at 80c.... 200.00 
49 trees, at $7 343.00 
1,860 square yards shrub plantings 500.00 
Playground apparatus 2,700.00 
Shelter and comfort house 7,000.00 
Well for drinking water 350.00 
600 square yards sodding, at 25c. 150.00 
Engineering and contingencies... 257.00 
Total $1^50000 
