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PARK AND CEMETERY 
uZ7 Park Notes 
NEW PARK RULES, 
The following rule was adopted by the park board of Bos- 
ton, Mass., during July: 
“Within five hundred feet of a parkway or boundary road 
of any park in charge of the Park Commissioners of the City 
of Boston no person shall erect on land abutting upon such 
parkway or road, or upon a public way connecting therewith, 
any fence more than six feet in height, or constructed other- 
wise than of stone, metal or ornamental work, or of palings 
separated by spaces not less than one inch in width. No per- 
son shall display upon any such land, or in or near to and 
visible from any such park or parkway, any sign, poster or 
advertisement, except such as relates only to the business 
conducted on the premises by any owner or occupant thereof ; 
and none such shall be so displayed on the outside of a build- 
ing, except signs, on stone, metal, wood, or glass, not exceed- 
ing fifteen inches in width, and these shall be displayed only 
on windows, one on each side of any entrance, and one on one 
other place ; provided, however, that signs, posters or adver- 
tisements, not exceeding in size three feet by four feet and 
relating only to the selling or letting of premises, may be dis- 
played as aforesaid on such premises ; and provided, further, 
that no sign, poster or advertisement shall be displayed as 
aforesaid on or above a roof or by painting on a building, 
wall, or fence. No person shall ill-use, or hitch any animal 
to, or allow any animal in his charge to injure any tree, seat, 
standpipe, fountain, or work of art on any such boundary road 
or public way; or, except as authorized in a written permit of 
said Park Commissioners, plant or trim any such tree." 
PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 
Bids have been received for the construction of a new 
shelter house in Madison Park, Peoria, 111 . The structure will 
be 36 feet square and will cost about $560. * * Bids have been 
advertised for the fencing, grading, rip-rapping and other- 
wise improving Dorchester Park, Colorado Springs, Col. * * 
A bond issue of $5,000 was recently voted for the improve- 
ment of the new 28-acre park at Washington, Pa. A pavilion, 
a broad driveway, and rustic bridges are among the improve- 
ments planned. * * A new shelter house and casino is to be 
constructed in Riverside Park, Indianapolis. It is to be of 
Spanish mission architecture, of stone or concrete with a tile 
roof. The ground dimensions will be 100 by 120 feet, and the 
estimated cost of the building about $25,000. * * The county 
commissioners of Renville county, Minn., have engaged F. M. 
Dolan, park contractor, of St. Paul, to make the landscape im- 
provements on the grounds of the new court house recently 
built at Olivia, Minn. * * A new pavilion was recently dedi- 
cated in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wis., with interesting exer- 
cises, including the unveiling of a bronze bust of the late Park 
Commissioner Christian Wahl, modeled by Gaetano Trenta- 
nove. 
NEW PARKS. 
Plans for the new McCulloch Park at Muncie, Ind., have 
been prepared by W. J. Paul, of Indianapolis, and the work of 
improvement is to proceed at once. * * A section of the old 
Exposition grounds has been purchased by the park board of 
Charleston, S. C., and is to be converted into a public park. 
Trees and shrubs have been planted, and a new pavilion is to 
be erected. * * Business men of Platte, S. D., have purchased 
a tract of land near town and are to improve it as a fair 
grounds and park. 
FROM THE PARK REPORTS. 
Park Commissioner Aull, of St. Louis, is making extensive 
plans for improving Forest Park in preparation for the 
World’s Fair. Work is to start at once on an equestrian track 
which will wind through the heavily wooded parts of the 
grounds, and end at the World’s Fair fence. After the Fair 
it is the intention of the Park Commissioner to extend the 
track into the far western section of the park, and thus give 
riders a stretch of many miles. A pavilion is to be built over 
a mineral spring known as Forest Park Spring, and a wading 
pool is planned for next summer. The hothouse facilities are 
to be doubled, so that all the parks of the city can be sup- 
plied, and a show conservatory is also planned. Contracts 
have been let for 2,000 feet of roadway, and several thousand 
feet of granitoid walks. Beside these walks are to be placed 
large ornamental vases filled with flowers and ornamental 
vines. The nursery is also to be restocked and especial at- 
tention given to planting trees. The board has issued a hand- 
some annual report, giving official statistics and some fine 
half-tone views, showing park scenes and progress in the con- 
struction of the World's Fair buildings. 
* * * 
The Park Commissioners of Springfield, Mass., issue a com- 
prehensive report for 1902, containing a number of features 
not found in the average park report. Five new small parks 
were added during the year, making a total of 39 parks in the 
system, as against 20 in 1893. The total appropriation for the 
year was $25,000, of which $21,986.45 was expended on For- 
est Park. The most notable improvement of the year was the 
extension of Court Square to the river front. This improve- 
ment was made by public contributions at a cost of over $100,- 
000. Two interesting views of Court Square are given, one 
showing the tract as it appeared in 1824 and the other in 1903. 
A complete list of the flora of Forest Park giving both com- 
mon and botanical names, a list of 203 species of wild birds 
in that park, and of the zoological collection, are valuable fea- 
tures of the report. 
* * * 
The fourteenth annual report of the Park Board of New 
Haven, Conn., for 1902, shows expenditures of $17,788.28, of 
which the chief items were as follows : East Rock Park, 
$6,402.33; Bay View Park, $1,599.05; Edgewood Park, $1,- 
653.63; West Rock, $1,211; Fort Hale Park, $1,074.12; Water- 
side Park, $1,042.19. The park system includes ten separate 
pleasure grounds with a combined area of over 900 acres. The 
report is illustrated with good half-tone views, and contains 
an appendix giving a detailed history and description of each 
of the parks. 
* * * 
The twelfth annual report of the Park Commissioners of 
Providence, R. I., for 1902, shows expenditures for the year 
of $46,429.88, including public parks, general, $8,159.41 and 
Roger Williams Park, for which a special appropriation is 
made, $38,270.47. In Roger Williams Park 50 tulip trees from 
Biltmore, N. C., were planted as a gift from Richard S. How- 
land. The trees were planted as an experiment, but thrived 
well, 45 of the 50 having leaved out and made considerable 
growth. 
* * * 
The report of the Bureau of Parks, of Albany, N. Y., for 
1902, gives a brief official statement of the work done, and 
an inventory of the property of the bureau. The appropria- 
tion for the year was $47,528, and the amount expended up to 
November 1 was $41,180.06. Among the planting done was a 
border in Washington Park requiring 45,000 tulip and hya- 
cinth bulbs. 
