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tendance on any one day was 5,343, 
June 26. 
Belle Isle is two miles long, has S l / 2 
miles of shore drive, 14^4 miles of 
roadway, 5 miles of gravel walks and 
a zoo containing fifteen acres. The 
bridge approach to it across the river 
is y 2 mile long. 
The purchase of two auto busses 
for conveying passengers across the 
bridge to Belle Isle has proven a 
very popular as well as wise depar- 
ture. These conveyances were start- 
ed on Feb. 17th last year and up to 
constructed on the American shore 
just west of the bathhouse. 
The fountains in Cass, Washington 
and Stanton parks were repaired and 
general improvements such as con- 
structing walks, planting, grading, 
etc., were carried on in Boston West, 
Grand Circus, Perrien, Washington, 
Cadillac, West, Crawford, Elton, 
Voigt, Medbury and Scripps parks. 
Playground apparatus was also pur- 
chased for Perrien park and a con- 
tract awarded for and work com- 
menced on a sea wall at Owen park. 
Chicago parkway — Chicago boulevard, 
east and west ... 5.00 
City Hall — Woodward ave., Fort and 
Michigan .55 
Clark — Dix, Scotten, Lafayette and 
Clark aves 31.60 
Clinton — St. Antoine, Mullett and 
Raynor sts 1.06 
Crawford — Fifth and West High sts. .74 
Elton — Fifth and Orchard sts .74 
Grand Circus — Woodward, Adams, 
Park and Witherell 5.56 
Harmonie — Randolph, Center and 
North sts .44 
LaSalle — LaSalle Boulevard 3.83 
Macomb — 17th, 18th and Rose sts... . .55 
Medbury — Medbury ave., John R. to 
Rivard st 3.44 
NEW SHELTER HOUSE IN A DETROIT PARK. 
June 30th, had carried 90,219 passen- 
gers, covering a distance of 11,624 
miles. Belle Isle Auto Co. carried 
382,783 passengers across the bridge 
and 19,555 around the park. The de- 
partment autos and phaetons carried 
278,815 across the bridge and 385 
around the park. 
During the year, city barns and 
storage yard were completed, two ad- 
ditional ranges of the greenhouses 
built in Belle Isle. A road roller was 
purchased and a cistern and pulso- 
meter were installed at the power 
plant. The Belle Isle barns and shops 
were completed and heating system 
extended. The bridge over Lily 
Pond on Belle Isle was rebuilt. A 
new water main across the river to 
Belle Isle was placed in position. An 
auto station was built just opposite 
the casino and a launch landing was 
A shelter costing $1,500 was also 
constructed at Voigt park. 
A monument erected to the mem- 
ory of Christopher Columbus by Ital- 
ian citizens of the city was unveiled 
on Washington boulevard. 
Following is a summary of the 
principal facts and statistics about the 
Detroit parks: 
Acres 
Adelaide Campau — Campau, Mullett 
and Clinton sts 1.19 
Atkinson — 34th, Wesson, Devereaux 
and McGraw 13.47 
Belle Isle — Island in the Detroit 
river 707.00 
Belle Isle Bridge Approach — Jeffer- 
son ave 1.02 
Boston parkway — Boston boulevard 
east and west 5.73 
Cadillac — Cadillac sq., Campus Mar- 
tius to Randolph .97 
Capitol — Griswold, State and Row- 
land sts .51 
Cass — Second ave., Ledyard and 
Bagg sts 4.96 
Opera House — Woodward and Monroe 
aves .17 
Owen — Jefferson ave. and river 6.99 
Palmer — Woodward ave 140.41 
Parker parkway — Parker ave. north 
of Jefferson ave .37 
Perrien — Chene, Grandy, Hancock and 
Warren aves 5.18 
Recreation — Brush, Brady to Alexan- 
drine ave 1.29 
Scripps Garden — Grand River, Trum- 
bull and Commonwealth 1.33 
Second avenue parkway — Second ave. 
bet. Colburn pi. and R. R 1.11 
Stanton — 17th, 18th and Porter sts. . .69 
Voigt — Edison, Longfellow and Second 
aves 6.79 
West — State and Park place .74 
Washington — Washington, Michigan 
to Park sts 2.86 
Grand boulevard 220.76 
Lafayette boulevard — Grand Boule- 
vard to Scotten 22.77 
Total 1,199.91 
Grand boulevard mileage 11.6 
Lafayette boulevard mileage 2.3 
LaSalle boulevard mileage .7 
Total boulevard mileage 14.7 
