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All the park governments should be 
merged with the city. 
Park revenues and 
benefits ought to be dis- 
tributed over the com- 
munity more equitably. 
Under present condi- 
tions the South Park 
Commissioners have 
more money than they 
know what to do with. 
They carry excessively 
balances in the banks and ex- 
pend funds wastefully on a 
large scale. The West Chicago 
Park Corqmissioners, who are 
wasteful in petty ways, really 
have not the funds with which 
to make adequate provision for 
the park and playground needs 
of the territory under their 
jurisdiction. 
It is estimated that unification 
of park activities under the city 
government would mean a 
money saving of $500,000 a year. 
This is about four times the 
amount of the appropriation for 
1910 of the Special Park Com- 
mission of the city, and over 
two-thirds as much as this body 
has spent during the entire ten- 
year period of its useful existence. The 
sum that might be saved each year 
by consolidation is approximately 
half as much as the annual tax levy 
of the Lincoln Park Board, and one- 
third that of the West Park Board. 
The South Park System. 
In many ways the administration 
of the South Park system is excel- 
lent. The standards of public service 
in the main are high. This board 
carries on directly a larger propor- 
tion of its activities than any other 
municipal government in the com- 
munity, and for the most part with 
satisfactory results. The enterprise 
manifested in the development and 
successful management of small park 
and playground facilities has elicited 
world-wide commendation. The im- 
provement of Michigan Avenue and 
the development of Grant Park are 
undertakings that have excited the 
pride of the entire city by their pros- 
pective magnificence. 
In certain respects, however, the 
South Park Board has been wasteful 
on a large scale. With more revenue 
than all the other park agencies of 
the city combined, it has embarked 
upon unwise projects that would 
hardly have been undertaken but for 
the abundance of funds at its dis- 
posal. 
During the five years ending April 
1, 1911, the South Park Board had 
on deposit in bank never less than 
$1,000,000. The monthly average of 
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