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PARK AND CEMRTBRY 
STATUE OF "TEDYUSCUNCi," FAIRMOUNT PARK. PHILA- 
DELPHIA 
ParK Notes 
The illustrations on this page show a fine piece of stat- 
uary recently erected in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The 
statue of Tedyuscung is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. 
Henry, and is the work of .Sculptor J. Massey Rhind, of New 
York. It is made from Lenox marble, and is mounted on 
Indian Rock, well set off by a background of trees and heavy 
foliage. Tedyuscung was a chief of the Lenape tribe of In- 
dians, and it was at this spot, formerly known as Council 
Rock, that the last council of the tribe was held. An old 
wooden figure had marked the site since 1856. The Indian is 
shown crouching in full war panoply, attired in the huge war 
bonnet, and armed with bow and arrow and tomahawk. The 
statue is 15 feet high, and cost $6,500. 
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City Attorney Kluwin, of Oshkosh, Wis., has declared that 
the action of the city in leasing a part of North Park to the 
Oshkosh Yacht Club to erect a club house and sail lofts is 
illegal. He holds that no private parties can be given rights 
or privileges in the park not common to all, inasmuch as the 
Supreme Court of the state has held that park property cannot 
be diverted to purposes inconsistent with park uses. 
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Park commissioners of the boroughs of Queens and Man- 
hattan, New York City, have presented their estimates for 
the improvement of small parks to the Board of Estimate and 
Apportionment. Commissioner Young, of Brooklyn, asks for 
$150,000, in addition to $65,000 now under consideration for 
Sunset Park, in South Brooklyn. Commissioner Willcox 
wants $392,500 for the small parks of Manhattan and Rich- 
mond, to be divided among them as follows : Hamilton Fish 
Park, $43,000; Thomas Jefferson Park, $250,000; De Witt 
Clinton Park. $50,000; East River Park, $14,500; in addition 
to these items, $35,000 is desired for the construction of public 
comfort stations in Morningside and Central Parks. During 
the past seven years the city has spent $13,999,011.62 in pur- 
chasing land for small parks, and the present appropriations 
are for the improvement of the new tracts. 
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The first Board of Public Works at South Bend, Ind., re- 
cently dedicated Leeper Park, a 14-acre tract laid out by Mr. 
John G. Barker. The plans for the park include the north 
end boulevard system, and two islands in the St. Joseph river, 
which are joined to the mainland, by rustic bridges. One of 
the islands covers three acres of ground, and is heavily 
wooded ; the other is turfed and dotted with bushy willows. 
Next year the board contemplates enlarging the park, and 
installing a zoological collection. The following are some of 
the trees and shrubs that have been planted in the new park: 
Silver, Norway, ash-leaved, and Weir’s cut-leaved maple, 
Huntingdon and American elm, silver-leaved and American 
linden, white, cup, scarlet, and pin oaks, horse chestnut, tulip 
tree, plane, catalpa, Kentucky coffee tree, nettle tree, buck- 
eye, Carolina poplars, etc. 
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The following rules for the regulation of automobile riding 
are in force at Forest Park, Springfield, Mass. : 
Conductors of automobiles must be skilled in the manage- 
ment of such vehicles and must present a permit for inspec- 
tion whenever requested by a park officer or any other employe 
of the park. 
No automobile shall be run at a rate of speed faster than 
six miles per hour.’ 
When horses become frightened or restive at the approach 
of an automobile the conductor shall immediately bring it to 
a full stop. 
Conductors of automobiles must not sound the bell or gong 
except at the intersection of drives. 
In case of an accident caused by a horse becoming fright- 
piied at the approach of an automobile, the conductor shall 
immediately report the same to the superintendent of parks. 
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NEW PARKS. 
A movement is on foot at Rochester, Minn., for the estab- 
lishment of an island park. The Common Council is to pur- 
chase the land if the citizens will subscribe $2,000 for its im- 
provement. Half of this amount has already been raised. 
* * The mayor of Sioux Falls, S. D., has appointed a 
committee from the council to devise plans for the estab- 
lishing of a system of parks. * * The Racine Business 
Men’s Association, Racine, Wis., is working for the estab- 
lishment of a public park. The plan includes the parking of 
the river front, and the laying out of a system of driveways, 
boulevards and playgrounds. * * The town of Howell. 
Mich., has been presented with a number of village lots from 
the McPherson estate to be used as a public park. * * A 
boulevard connecting Athens with its seaport Piraeus is to be 
built at a cost of $60,000. The funds are to be furnished by 
Mrs. Syngros, a wealthy American. * * Mrs. J. J. Vickers 
has donated to the town of Fort William, Man., ten acres of 
land for a public park as a memorial to her husband. The 
site is a part of the Vickers estate and is near the center of 
the town. * * Mr. O. C. Simonds, of Chicago, is preparing 
plans for the improvement of Longview Park at Rock Island, 
111 . * * The people of Troy, Ohio, have voted to establish 
a public park. * * Mrs. M. E. 1 . Biddle and Mrs. Thomas 
Newbold, of Philadelphia, daughters of the late Dr. Wi A. 
Irvine, one of the earliest settlers of Warren County, Pa., 
have presented to the town of Warren, Pa., a large tract of 
land along the Allegheny river for a public park. 
