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PARK NOTES — Continued. 
The last general assembly of the state of Ohio passed an 
act giving boards of park commissioners in all cities of the 
state general care and supervision of all trees and shrubbery 
planted on the streets. The authority given to the boards is 
far-reaching, and includes the power to pass rules and regu- 
lations for the preservation of street trees, and to prevent 
their removal or mutilation. 
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There is a movement on foot to establish a new national 
park in New England, including parts of Maine, New Hamp- 
shire and Vermont. The White Mountain region of New 
Hampshire, the forests of Maine along the Canadian frontier, 
and the mountainous territory of Vermont, with its swiftly- 
flowing rivers, are included in the proposed territory. Defin- 
ite legislative steps have not been taken. 
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The exhibit of the parks of the state of Connecticut, which 
was shown in the Horticultural Building at the Pan-American 
Exposition, is now on view in the Board of Trade at Hart- 
ford, Conn. It consists of a series of photographs and maps 
descriptive of the parks of the cities and towns of the state, 
including complete ground maps and plots of the parks of 
Hartford, which were laid out by John C. Olmsted. 
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The Interstate Park Commission of Wisconsin is engaged 
in condemning land for the interstate park to be established 
in the Dalles of the St. Croix river by the states of Minne- 
sota and Wisconsin. There will be 600 acres of land con- 
demned on the Wisconsin side, and the Minnesota territory, 
comprising 250 acres, has already been condemned and is now 
ready for the work of improvement, which will soon begin. 
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The County Park Commission, of Essex County, N. J., is 
making an estimate of the amount of money necessary to 
complete the extensive plans for parks and reservations in 
that county, which were begun several years ago, and it is 
thought that the legislature will be asked to authorize an ad- 
ditional bond issue of between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. The 
original issue in 1895 was for $2,500,000, and in 1897 $1,500,000 
was added to carry on the work. A large part of the appro- 
priation to be asked for will be for the development of park- 
ways and boulevards to connect the different parks. 
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Plans are now in course of preparation for improvements 
in Nay Aug Park, Scranton, Pa., to embrace the construction 
of Aquatic Gardens, a lake, and observatories, shelter-houses, 
and waiting rooms, besides considerable work in grading and 
planting. Work has been completed on the construction of a 
drainage system for the music grounds, bringing the adjacent 
areas to grade and lawn, and planting for shade and orna- 
mental purposes. By the passage of the so-called “Ripper Bill” 
the former Board of Park Commissioners was legislated from 
office and their duties placed in the hands of a “Director of 
Public Works.” 
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The Fort Stevens Lincoln National Park Association. 
Washington, D. C., is taking steps toward establishing a 
national military park on the site of Fort Stevens near 
Brightwood, the only battlefield in the District of Columbia. 
A bill providing that this territory, embracing five acres, 
should be condemned for park purposes was introduced into 
congress at the last session. It is also proposed to construct 
a boulevard along the line occupied by the Confederate forces. 
Fort Stevens was where General Early met the Union forces 
under General McCook, and was only prevented from enter- 
ing the city of Washington by a stratagem which deceived 
him as to the numbers of the impoverished Union forces. 
President Lincoln was a spectator of the engagement, whioli 
lasted for twelve hours. 
NEW PARKS, 
The Park Commissioners of New Bedford, Mass., have 
voted to purchase land on the west side of Clark’s Point for 
park purposes for the sum of $28,000, recently appropriated 
by the city council. * * The Board of Parks Management, 
Ottawa, Can., will purchase 5 J 4 acres of land at the corner 
of Somerset and Preston streets for a small park, at a cost 
of $11,000. * * The work of laying out the park to be 
established at Waycross, Ga., in honor of the late Henry B. 
Plant, of the Plant System, has begun. The work of improve- 
ment is under the direction of the Plant Co., and will include 
a large fountain. * * The joint special committee on parks, 
of the city council, Worcester, Mass., will recommend to the 
council the purchase of land for park purposes at a total cost 
of $112,000. All sections of the city are to be benefited by 
the purchases. * * The American Woolen Co. has present- 
ed the city of Fitchburg, Mass., with a triangular plot of 
ground for a public park. * * A park promotion associa- 
tion has been formed at Sioux City, la., for the purpose of 
establishing small parks throughout the city. The plan is to 
purchase land with a fund provided jointly by the city and 
adjacent property holders. * * A deed has been filed at 
Fort Worth, Tex., conveying from E. Powell to the Confed- 
erate Park Association, 386 acres of land for annual encamp- 
ment purposes. The price was $2,460.35. * * The city 
council of Roanoke, Va., has voted to purchase the Gish farm 
for $10,000, to be used as a public park, and to be paid for out 
of a bond issue of $25,000, which the legislature is expected 
to allow. * * The Board of Public Improvements, New 
York City, has approved a plan for the purchase of land in 
the fourth ward for a small park. The site is bounded by 
Jay, Tillary and Bridge streets, and is valued at $218,000. * 
The city council of Kansas City, Mo., has passed a resolution 
accepting forty-six acres of land for park purposes as a gift 
from the Scarritt estate, on condition that the city spend 
$50,000 in improvements and street grading. * * A sub- 
committee of the common council of Philadelphia is exam- 
ining a wooded tract of twenty-two acres of land near Fifth 
street and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, with a view 
to purchasing it for a new park. The land is valued at 
$200,000, and the estimated cost of parking it is about the 
same amount. * * The town of Cohassett, Mass., has voted 
$6,000 for the purchase of a recreation park of about three 
acres. * * The estate of the late Charles W. Coit will pre- 
sent to the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., twelve acres of land 
for park purposes in accordance with plans of the de- 
ceased. * * The town of Moorehead, la., has voted to pur- 
chase two blocks of land in Moorehead’s Addition for a city 
park. The work of improvement has already begun. * * 
The committee on parks of the city council. New York City, 
will report favorably on an ordinance providing for the pur- 
chase of an historic site on Washington Heights for a public 
park and museum of Revolutionary relics. The property con- 
tains the old Morris Mansion, once Washington’s headquar- 
ters, and is valued at $300,000. The American Scenic and 
Historic Preservation Society and other patriotic bodies, are 
behind the plan. * * The Anaconda Copper Mining Co. has 
presented to the city of Anaconda, Mont., land for a public 
park. * * Mrs. F. F. Thompson has offered ten acres of 
land to the town of Canandaigua, N. Y., for a park on condi- 
tion that the town close a small street across her property. 
* * In the condemnation proceedings to acquire land for 
Round Top Park, Syracuse, N. Y., the commissioners have 
made an award of $16,000 for the tract. The amount raised 
by the bond issue for that purpose was $25,000. 
