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PARK AND CEMETER Y. 
roller until it was very solid. On this 
bottom course was spread a four- 
inch thickness of crusher broken lime- 
stone of one and one-fourth inches 
to two and one-half inches in, size. 
After rolling and rerolling until all 
unevenness was taken out, this course 
was then sealed with limestone dust 
and water the same as in any ma- 
cadam roadway construction. The 
roadway was then opened to travel 
until the surface was free from all 
moisture, at which time the third or 
wearing course was spread to a two- 
inch thickness with crusher broken 
limestone of the same size as used 
above. This course was rolled with a 
tandem roller, weighing only six tons, 
and then only enough to smooth out 
the surface and not to crush the stone. 
In this top layer or wearing surface 
was poured the asphaltic cement to 
the quantity of two gallons per square 
yard. The method for pouring this 
was very crude, but it finally did 
INTRODUCING 
One of the most interesting and 
useful works in popularizing the parks 
is the series of “Saturday Afternoon 
Walks” being conducted by the Pub- 
lic Recreation League of Boston. 
Believing that the main reason more 
people do not make greater use of the 
wonderful variety of parks in and 
about Boston is that not enough in- 
vitation is extended, the Committee 
on Use of Parks organized the invi- 
tation in co-operation with the park 
officials. 
A series of Saturday Afternoon 
Walks, being informal outings, have 
been successful from the start. Men 
and women have availed themselves 
of the opportunity offered through 
notices in the daily newspapers, 
through notices sent out by mail to 
a list secured from various sources, 
and, best of all, through the recom- 
mendations of individuals who had 
taken earlier walks. At least one walk 
has been conducted each Saturday, 
with a single exception, since the 
middle of March. 
The walks are for the public with- 
out membership, dues, or other for- 
mality. Anybody interested is wel- 
come. 
The committee expects the incen- 
tive so started will result in independ- 
ent walks and extended interest 
among other groups. Signs of this 
development are already in evidence. 
A schedule of walks as planned is sent 
out in advance and an illustrated post- 
card bearing a map of the district to 
be visited and appropriate descriptive 
the business. Two heating vats, hold- 
ing three hundred gallons each, were 
used and then the hot asphaltic ce- 
ment was drawn off in common 
sprinkling pots and poured by hand. 
The asphaltic cement was heated to 
350 degrees Fahrenheit and the wear- 
ing surface was thoroughly dry be- 
fore any pouring was done. Imme- 
diately following the pouring of the 
asphalt, limestone grit of one-fourth 
inch to three-fourths inches in size 
was cast over the surface and the 
six-ton roller followed while the heat 
was still in the asphaltic cement. This 
rolling was kept up until no creeping 
was noticeable under the action of the 
roller. The top of this wearing sur- 
face was swept clean of all dust, dirt 
or loose particles of macadam and 
then received the second application 
of asphaltic cement. Care was used 
to see that only enough asphaltic ce- 
ment was used to completely coat all 
matter is sent out immediately before 
the date of the walk. The back of the 
card mapping the Middlesex Falls 
walk is reproduced here. On the 
front of this card in the space next 
to the address was printed the follow- 
ing: 
MIDDLESEX FELLS— BEAR HILL- 
CHEESE ROCK. 
Cheese Rock. In February, 1632, Gover- 
nor Winthrop and a party tramped over 
Spot Pond ice and up steep Bear Hill which 
they so named “because when they came 
to eat somewhat they had only cheese (the 
governor’s man forgetting for haste, to put 
up some bread).” 
Views. Here is the finest Fells panorama 
of far country, hill and sea from the new 
concrete observatory. 
Bear Hill Path station (stop on signal), 
1-5 mile from top, is 25 minutes by trolley 
from Sullivan Square lower platform, cars 
leaving each 20 min., fare 10c, or trans. 
and 5c, 
the particles of stone and not to leave 
any excess. This was done by using 
a rubber lipped scraper, which was 
pulled over the surface as the as- 
phaltic cement was poured. On this 
application a thin layer of limestone 
screening or dust was cast and then 
rolled or ironed out with a six-ton 
roller. 
The cost of the above construction 
was $1.33 per square yard, which al- 
lowed the contractor a profit after 
discounting his tax bills. 
The first boulevard pavement con- 
structed in the above manner, has 
been down only seven months, but 
it has more than fulfilled all that was 
expected of it, both from a dust lay- 
ing standpoint and from an abrasion 
standpoint, for this boulevard has 
been opened to both business and 
pleasure vehicles, the preponderance 
of traffic being heavy business ve- 
hicles. 
Spot Pond station is 1 % miles from top, 
fare a trans. or 5c. 
Water. From a spring west of and near 
the summit and from Cedar Spring 1,000 
feet southwest of top, good water is al- 
ways obtainable. 
Public Comfort and emergency station at 
park offices, north of Spot Pond, % mile 
from top, open only from 11:30 a. m. to 
5 p. m. 
Picnic Suppiles. Obtainable May to Oc- 
tober, in a little shop at corner of South 
and Main Streets 1-2 mile from summit 
where cars pass out of Fells on north. 
Pubic Recreation League of Boston — 
Committee on Use of Parks, March, 1912, 
938 — No. 1. Copyright, 1912, by Warren H. 
Manning. 
Warren H. Manning, the Boston 
landscape architect, is chairman of the 
Committee on Use of Parks, and E. 
B. Mero, is secretary of the Public 
Recreation League. 
THE PEOPLE TO THE PARKS 
The Detail of the above sbadedarea i«, ou.thne.dorj the ri<jbt band map- 
BACK OP POST CARD ANNOUNCING BOSTON PARK WALKS. 
