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The sum of $100.00 is asked also for the purchase of duplicate reference books for the especial use of pupils of the higher grades and the High School, this being in accordance with the request of the schools, which issue lists of books which the pupils are required to read.
Building
The upper floors of the Main Library are in bad condition and need to be re-finished. This will cost $100.00.
Fuel
Last year the Trustees were unable to buy coal in the spring for the winter and hence returned part of the appropriation. For the cur- rent year the full amount will be necessary.
The genealogical room which was opened early in the year has been used even more than the librarian anticipated.
Miss Adelaide Whittier, who has been a part time assistant at the delivery desk, left us the last of the year to take a position in the Wakefield library, and Mis's Evelyn Emery is taking a full time posi- tion at the desk.
Let me express the pleasure and satisfaction I have had in working for the library interests of the people of Melrose, in co-operation with your Board, which has never failed to give me friendly and sympathetic support, and the loyalty of the staff at all times.
Respectfully submitted,
ELSIE M. HATCH, Librarian.
STATISTICS
Main Library
Adult-29% non-fiction, 71% fiction 46,018
Juvenile-24% juveniles 14,532
Duplicate books 1,117
Total
61,667
Highlands Branch
Adult-121/2% non-fiction, 871/2% fiction.
17,881
Juvenile-32% juvenile 8,414
Total
26,295
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Wyoming Branch
Adult-26% non-fiction, 74% fiction 3,339
Juvenile-47 1-3% juvenile. 2,983
Total
6,322
East Side Branch
Adult-191/2% non-fiction, 801/2% fiction. 4,633
Juvenile-421/2% juvenile 3,369
Total
8,002
Ward 7 Branch
Adult-34% non-fiction, 66% fiction
2,248
Juvenile-42% juvenile 1,376
Total
3,624
Total 105,910
Number of volumes in library at beginning of year. 28,303
Number of volumes added by purchase.
1,536
Number of volumes added by gift.
88
Total
29,927
REPORT OF TREASURER OF SPECIAL FUNDS Melrose Public Library for Year Ending December 31, 1922 William Emerson Barrett Fund
1922
Jan. 1-by balance
$164.20
Jan. 1-by interest
7.57
Dec. 31-to balance
$171.77
$171.77
$171.77
$171.77
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund
1922
Jan. 1-by balance.
$762.06
Jan. 1-by interest
34.66
Dec. 31-to balance
$796.72
$796.72
$796.72
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William Bailey Fund
1922
Jan. 1-by balance.
$3,284.60
Jan. 1-by interest.
143.36
Jan. 1-to books purchased.
$349.26
Dec. 31-to balance
3,078.70
$3,427.96
$3,427.96
Catalogue Fund
1922
Jan. 1-by balance
$296.39
Jan. 1-by interest
9.10
Jan. 1-by deposits
689.07
Jan. 1-to expenditures for work and
merchandise
$735.62
Dec. 31-to balance
258.94
$994.56
$994.56
Duplicate Library Fund
1922
Jan. 1-by balance
$23.58
Jan. 1-by interest
.78
Jan. 1-by deposits
100.58
Jan. 1-to books purchased
$89.28
Dec. 31-to balance
35.66
$124.94
$124.94
FRANK W. CAMPBELL,
Treasurer.
Report of Law Department
January 15, 1923.
Hon. Paul H. Provandie, Mayor,
City Hall, Melrose 76, Mass.
Dear Sir :-
I beg leave to submit herewith annual report of the Law Depart- ment for the year 1922.
During the year the court has dismissed suits against the city by Charles S. Boyce and John Brooks, respectively. These cases grew out of the dynamite explosion several years ago and have been pending for a long time. A suit against the city by Lena E. Beane for per- sonal injuries has been settled and there is now pending in the Superior Court a petition by Frank C. Hayes for abatement of betterment assessment.
In July a Bill in Equity was brought against James R. Harvey in behalf of the Board of Health to enforce the order of that Board prohibiting the keeping of swine fed by garbage. This case was re- ferred to a Master who has heard evidence on several days, but further proceedings have been delayed until a view of the premises can be taken. This has been prevented by the excessive snowfall.
A petition has been filed in the Land Court for the registration of title to a lot of land on Eleventh Street adjoining the Winthrop School which was purchased by the city in 1921. The court is about to enter a final decree on this petition.
A few small claims for damages have been settled after investiga- tion, under authority of the Committee on Legal and Legislative Mat- ters. Opinions have been submitted from time to time to the various departments and the Board of Aldermen on the legal aspect of ques- tions before them.
A number of hearings have been held by the Public Utilities Com- mission on the question of reduced rates for gas and electricity and the abolition of the service charged. As directed by the Board of Aldermen, the writer has appeared at all these hearings, opposed the continuance of the meter charge and urged a reduction in the pres- ent rates.
The revision of the Ordinances has also been completed during the year and the same is now in the hands of the printer. This work has
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involved a careful comparison of present Ordinances with the law of the state as revised in the General Laws and a study of the changes necessitated thereby. It also required the redrafting of those Ordi- nances that have been amended from time to time since the last re- vision in 1910. The special committee of the Board of Aldermen and the City Solicitor have devoted much time to this work and it is hoped that the revision when printed will be of great value not only to city officials, but to the public generally. A chronological list of all acts of the legislature applicable to Melrose that have been accepted either by the Board of Aldermen or the voters has also been prepared and will be printed with the Ordinances.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. GILMORE, City Solicitor.
Report of Park Commissioners
To the Honorable, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Melrose.
Gentlemen :-
In compliance with the provisions of Section 9, Chapter 45 of the General Laws, we herewith submit our thirteenth annual report:
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES, 1922
Parks, General Administration-Salaries and wages:
Appropriation
$200.00
Expended Clerk's Salary 200.00
Parks, General Administration-Other Expenses:
Balance from 1921 $91.34
Appropriation 150.00
$241.34
Expended :
Melrose Free Press Supplies $14.25
Postage
5.69
Rubber Stamp
.90
Liability Insurance
30.05
50.89 $190.45
Parks, General Administration-Lighting Account:
Appropriation $332.00
Expended :
Lighting Bill $270.00
Transfer to Playgrounds
Salaries and Wages
62.00
$332.00
Parks and Gardens-Salaries and Wages:
Appropriation
$2,500.00
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Transfer from Main St. Development ...
250.00
Transfer from Parks and Gardens-
Other Expenses
100.00
Transfer from Receipts
50.00
$2,900.00
Expended
$2,885.05
Transfer to Hockey Rink
14.95
$2,900.00
Parks and Gardens-Improvements:
Appropriation
$250.00
Expended :
Transfer to Parks and Gardens, other
expenses
$250.00
Parks and Gardens-Other Expenses:
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer from Parks and Gardens,
Improvements
250.00
Transfer from Receipts
25.00
$775.00
Expended :
Benson Coal Co., supplies
$7.85
Prince Paint Co. 9.26
Woolworth Co. 1.20
C. W. H. Moulton, ladders
26.25
Deering Lumber Co., rent
132.00
Brock Brothers, plumbing 21.56
Hanley, trucking 66.00
J. Nicoll, slats for seats 5.50
Free Press, printing
10.25
B. & M. Railroad, 100 old ties
11.00
V. H. Kirmes, saw sharp. 1.00
Oral Richards, painting poles 61.00
Water Department 20.71
F. W. French, hardware 3.99
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Gibbons Contracting Co.
67.75
Casey Florist Co., plants
50.00
John F. Rand, engineering
91.00
Ostberg Mahar Co., painting
26.00
F. E. Coyle, hardware 20.06
Malden Electric Co. 2.10
Transfer to Parks and Gardens, salaries and wages
100.00
Transfer to Hockey Rink
28.17
Balance to E. & D.
12.35
$775.00
Parks and Gardens, Clearing Snow:
Balance from 1921
$233.07
Appropriation
300.00
$533.07
Expended :
Payrolls
$506.37
Churchill, horse hire
6.00
Transfer to Winter Sports
20.70
$533.07
.
Playgrounds, Salaries and Wages:
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transfer from various accts. Order 14257 263.20 $1,263.20
Expended :
Payrolls
$1,187.83
Transfer to Hockey Rink
75.37
$1,263.20
Playgrounds, Improvements :
Appropriation
$100.00
Expended :
Transfer to Playgrounds, other expenses
100.00
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Playgrounds, Other Expenses :
Balance from 1921 $38.46
Appropriation 400.00
Transfer from Playgrounds Imprs. 100.00
Transfer from Main Street 500.00
Transfer from Playgrounds Salaries 100.00
Transfer from Receipts
85.00 $1,223.46
Expended :
Hanley, teaming $17.25
Chester S. Patten, carpenter 91.87
J. J. Grey, grass seed 11.15
Prince Paint Co.
7.35
Malden Electric Co., lights
4.40
Eastman Express
4.60
L. Nickerson, repair flags
3.25
Wright & Ditson, apparatus
409.54
Rotondi, Stoneham, bases
7.50
Gibbons Contraction Co., loam
80.50
Brine Company, supplies 43.26
Stearns & Hills, first aid supplies 6.48
Melrose School Department, shot 3.00
New Jersey Wire Co., netting 25.30
Deering Lumber Co.
10.11
Milton Bradley Co.
10.36
W. E. Coffin, hardware
12.02
Brock Bros.
3.53
Goss Brothers
5.45
W. W. Souter, supplies
3.08
John Bennett
2.50
Clement & Co.
1.45
Woolworth Co.
1.00
American Express Co. .99
Boston & Maine, freight
1.70
C. J. Surbeck, expenses
61.34
C. L. Hoffman, labor swings 95.00
F. C. Scherrer, supplies 123.86
F. E. Coyle, hardware 18.32
Winchester Company, supplies
8.50
G. Rontido, labor 32.00
Water Department, water rates 69.43
Transfer to Hockey Rink 47.37 $1,223.46
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Messenger's Meadows, Salaries and Wages:
Appropriation 700.00
Transfer from Messenger's, other exp. .. 200.00
Transfer from Main St. Development .. 150.00 $1,050.00
Expended :
Pay rolls $1,042.33
Police
3.00
Transfer to Playgrounds, salaries and
4.67 $1,050.00
wages
Messenger's Meadows, Other Expenses:
Appropriation
$800.00
Transfer, Bathhouse
36.77
Transfer, Receipts
192.24 $1,029.01
Expended :
Wright & Ditson
$51.82
Blakeley & Co., clay
91.50
R. H. Curry, plumbing
4.84
L. Evers, keys 1.05
New Jersey Wire Co., netting
14.15
Standard Oil Co., gasoline
2.62
Tenney, for gravel
20.00
Free Press
1.40
Deering Lumber Co.
21.75
Hanley, teaming
21.00
James Nicoll
4.00
F. W. Smith, carpenter
3.45
Sinnott Brothers, labor
2.75
Gibbons Contracting Co. 237.50
Dakin and Grant
7.85
Benson Coal Co.
8.25
French Hardware Co.
9.24
Brock Brothers 81.48
Chester S. Patten, carpenter
138.89
Prince Paint Co
8.82
Eastman Express
1.90
Water Department
10.51
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M. Vetree, electric work 36.99
M. Jefts, stove
11.85
IV. E. Coffin 6.91
Melrose Garage 4.00
Burns Express
1.00
C. H. Everson 5.88
Transfer to Messenger's, S. & W.
200.00
Malden Electric Co.
.35
Transfer to Hockey Rink
17.26
$1,029.01
Bathhouses and Beaches, Salaries and Wages:
Appropriation $500.00
Expended :
Pay rolls
$299.50
Transfer to Bathhouse, Improvements .. 70.00
Transfer to Playgrounds, S. & W.
130.50 $500.00
Bathhouses and Beaches, Improvements:
Appropriation
$150.00
Transfer from Bathhouses, S. & W.
70.00
$220.00
Expended :
Kastine Co. $202.16
Boston & Maine, freight
4.48
American Express
1.94
Transfer to Playgrounds, S. & W.
11.42
$220.00
Bathhouses and Beaches, Other Expenses:
Appropriation
$300.00
Transfer from Main St. Development . . 500.00
$800.00
Expended :
Eastern Sales Co., rafters $72.00
Eastman Express
.40
Bliss Bros., Life Saving apparatus 15.00
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Raymond's 23.43
W. A. Keith, labor
23.35
G. T. Hoyt & Co., chairs
14.25
Brock Bros
24.41
C. J. Surbeck, supplies
3.14
Hanley, teaming
8.50
C. S. Patten, carpenter
471.24
Gibbons Contracting Co
45.00
Andrews' Market
.90
Prince Paint Co.
20.23
C. L. Hoffman, vault
9.00
Clement & Co. .38
Transfer to Playgrounds, S. & W.
50.00
Transfer to Hockey Rink
18.77
$800.00
Bleachers and Building:
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Expended :
Leavitt Mfg. Co., bleachers $878.54
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight 126.53
Melrose Free Press 6.00
Morrison Skinner Co., bathhouse 635.00
Barrett, for painting
117.16
Transfer to M. M., other expenses
36.77 $1,800.00
Tremont Street Fence:
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expended :
Melrose Free Press Ad.
3.75 $1,496.25
Hockey Rink :
Appropriation
$250.00
Transfer from various accounts amount- ing to
201.89 $451.89
Expended :
Pay rolls, De Cost
$92.00
Brock Bros.
2.98
DeCost
189.60
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F. E. Coyle, for hose 28.00
Wetmore-Savage Co., supplies 34.57
Deering Lumber Co., lumber 33.90
M. Vetree, labor 50.00
Transfer to Winter Sports
20.84
$451.89
Main St. Development and Main St. Embankment:
Balance from 1921 $1,030.00
Expended :
Philip Drinkwater. wall
100.00
$930.00
Winter Sports:
Appropriation, Order 13590
$1,000.00
Expended :
Pay rolls
$479.10
Malden Electric Co., lighting 52.09
Boston Woven Hose Co. 141.32
Deering Lumber Co.
73.64
Ames Plow Co.
18.67
Perrin Seaman Co.
17.40
F. W. Smith, carpenter work
45.00
L. Jas. Nicoll
92.22
M. Jas. Hanley
5.00
Eastman Express Co.
6.50
Hub Wire Cloth Co.
13.61
Melrose Free Press
5.75
Walworth Mfg. Co.
6.00
Boston Coupling Co.
8.10
Wright & Ditson
13.35
Horse hire
24.00
$1,001.75
Overdrawn $1.75, charged to 1923 account.
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1922
Much of our effort has been put to directing and supervising the greater use of our existing playgrounds.
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PLAYGROUNDS
Due to the tremendous impetus given play in the past few years, we thought that the time was ripe for greater development of our playgrounds. All must learn by experience, and we had discovered by past attempts that to have playground activity a fine play area and good equipment are not sufficient to assure success. There must be intelligent, active, painstaking and capable leadership. There must be system and defuite policy, looking not to this season alone but to the years to come.
With the securing by the School Committee of Mr. C. J. Surbeck as head of all school athletics, great strides forward have been made in the play life of the community. In the search for a man fitted to carry on the new scheme for our playgrounds, Director Surbeck seemed eminently fitted by virtue of large experience in playgrounds, college, schools, army, boys' and girls' camps, clubs, life-saving and all forms of athletic supervision to head our larger plans. His acquaintance with the young people of the city and the program carried out in the schools was simply transferred with required modification to the summer months.
Long before the season opened, the Park Commission and Mr. Sur- beck outlined plans for a larger work. Messenger's Meadows stood equipped with the larger permanent apparatus, needing only small equipment for games and a competent leader in charge. Lincoln Play- ground and Ell Pond, however, presented a different problem with little suitable equipment. The most serious problem was to secure a suit- able bathhouse at Ell Pond, and careful study gave as the solution a portable corrugated iron structure. This building, 12 ft. x 36 ft., with a board floor, erected quickly and at small expense, proved comfort- able, hygienic and in every respect satisfactory. The interior was par- titioned into eighteen compartments-4 ft. x 4 ft .- by means of beach cloth curtains hung from wires. This provided sixteen dressing rooms, each with chair and clothes hooks, a small office overlooking the beach, and a storeroom.
At the rear of the main building a roofless section 15 ft. x 18 ft. adjoined. Here a plank bench and clothes hooks extended entirely around the sides. A fee of five cents was charged for the use of the ' dressing rooms, not for the money value but in order to control the situation and give those desirous of privacy and additional comfort a chance for same. Valuables were checked and the management took full responsibility for snch. The loss of personal property was entirely negligible. A splendid raft with diving-board, diving-tower and slide was constructed and anchored a convenient distance from shore. This raft was discussed in a National magazine for its completeness of
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construction. Two shower-baths were installed near the bathhouse, proving a great source of pleasure and convenience and a new chemical toilet replaced the old, unsatisfactory condition. A capable lifeguard was responsible for the safety of bathers and by great caution and vigilance turned what might have been serious accidents into mere in- cidents. A matron had charge of the bathhouse during the girls' hours while an attendant was provided for the boys' afternoon and evening The division of time, 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. for girls and the afternoon and evening for boys seemed to work out with splendid success. Every effort was made to have not only a "swimming hole," but a place of instruction, and at the beginning of the season Commodore Wilburt E. i ongfellow, head of the life-saving department of the American ?~ } Cross gave a practical demonstration of life-saving, before a large crowd of people.
The following week, through the kindness and with the financial assistance of the local chapter of the Red Cross, Captain Jack Wallace of the Red Cross spent a week, giving full time, in the instruction of swimming and life-saving. With the intensive instruction and the practice during the remainder of the season, scores learned not only to take care of themselves in the water, but to help others in emer- gency. An aquatic meet was held at the end of the season, which gave the experts a chance to show their ability.
LINCOLN PLAYGROUNDS was a point of concern. Here was un- doubtedly one of the best locations in the city for a real thriving play- ground. Suitable apparatus was secured, the large swings at the Knoll were transferred, a slide, giant stride, see-saws, a set of cradles and a set of box swings for the little tots, sand box, a drinking fountain for the comfort of all and the various games which go to make a busy, active playground were installed.
The programs of both the Meadows and Lincoln Playgrounds were the same. All play was carefully supervised as was all the apparatus, thus preventing rowdyism and minimizing accidents. There was com- petition in all forms of athletics on each playground and between the grounds. A city playground championship was run off, for which the Home Sector presented a trophy to be won three years before becom- ing the permanent property of any playground. Both boys and girls were divided into Junior and Senior groups and events were: baseball, basketball, tetherball, volleyball, quoits, track meets, tennis tourna- ments and athletic badge tests. Winning each event scored a certain number of points for that playground. Out of a possible 69 points Lincoln won the championship with 37. In an inter-city baseball play- ground championship, a Melrose Senior team won from Reading. There was story-telling and card sewing for the little people. Folk dancing was carried on for the girls. Basketry was an immense success. At
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the Lincoln playground there were 107 in the class with over 200 baskets completed. Business and pleasure were combined here, as many of the children sold their baskets; a cost charge was made for the reed used. The display of these splendidly made baskets was most inter- esting at the end of the season, many of the prize winners being ex- hibited in Brock Brothers' windows.
"Mothers' Day" on each of the playgrounds, just previous to clos- ing, was the occasion for demonstration of athletics, presentation of prizes, exhibition of basketry, etc. Speeches were made by His Honor, Mayor Angier L. Goodwin; the Hon. Charles H. Adams, Chairman of the Park Commission; Robert A. Perkins and Dr. Arthur L. Grose of the Community Service. (Community Service did much to stimulate the local playground issue.)
All prizes given at these meets were for athletic championship and basketry and were the gifts of Chairman Robert A. Perkins.
The attendance at the three points was as follows:
Daily Average
Ell Pond, 584.11; Messenger's Meadows, 196.21; Lincoln, 240.18. Total, 1020.48.
Highest Day's Attendance
Ell Pond, 1575; Messenger's Meadows, 435; Lincoln 395. Total, 2,405.
Grand Total for Eight Weeks
Ell Pond, 28,037; Messenger's Meadows, 9,418; Lincoln, 11,528. Total, 49,823.
These figures show the appreciaiton of the young people for proper playgrounds. Practically all the Boston dailies carried pictures and news articles of the beach and playgrounds. The beach proved a big drawing card for all the nearby cities.
The personnel who did such splendid work under the direction of Mr. Surbeck were:
Ell Pond-Lifeguard, 'Victor Gabriel; bathhouse attendant for boys, Howard Cummings; matron for girls, Miss Hazel Syrette.
Messenger's Meadows-The Misses Grace and Dorothy Sherburne. Lincoln-Miss Evelyn Fuller.
To this list might be added a great many names of those who gave invaluable service.
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FALL SPORTS
Most of the play areas have been kept in condition for fall sports. Messenger's Meadows, on account of its larger area and superior equip- ment, has been largely used.
Unfortunately an accident occurred during the final football game of the season.
Strong portable bleachers had been used to increase the seating ca- pacity of this playground. They were secured from responsible manu- facturers and had been recommended for just such usage as bleachers ordinarily get during exciting competitive games. In spite of this and the utmost care in erecting them several sections did not stand the strain placed upon them and collapsed during the Thanksgiving Day football game. Forunately no one was apparently seriously injured, although there were numerous regrettable minor injuries.
ELL POND KNOLL
Post No. 90, American Legion, has planted and marked thirty-two (32) Memorial trees around this Knoll in memory of the Melrose boys who gave their all in the great World War. The trees will be carefully guarded and nurtured.
BOYLEN SQUARE
During the year an area at the junction of Green and Franklin streets has been improved and a suitable boulder and tablet placed there. under the auspices of the American Legion, Post No. 90, co- operating with the city government, in memory of William C. N. Boylen, the first of the Melrose boys to be killed in action.
WINTER SPORTS
Work has been started on the upkeep of a regular hockey rink north of Ell Pond and we have installed an additional rink on the ice at Ell Pond so that two rinks may be available during the skating season. Other areas will be flooded for skating on areas less dangerous than Ell Pond.
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL
During the past year Mr. Andrew F. Evers, one of the most active members of the Park Commission resigned, and Mr. R. J. Lord was ap- pointed and confirmed for the balance of Mr. Evers' term.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR 1923
With the success of the past season prominently in mind-par-
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ticularly in reference to the utilization of play areas under proper su- pervision-we hope to increase the scope of our efforts this year.
MELROSE COMMON PLAYGROUND
There is a great demand for the development of this area for properly supervised play. Its location is ideal in that it is close to the homes of a great many small children and it is away from any large volume of commercial traffic. New, substantial bleachers, also tennis courts and additional play apparatus are badly needed and will be installed if appropriations are available.
BOWDEN PARK
Through the generosity of Mr. F. P. Bowden an area near the Mel- rose Depot, which is partly bounded by West Emerson street, Vinton street and Cedar Park was offered to the city on September 16, 1920, under certain specified conditions, and this offer was later accepted and confirmed by the City Government.
One of the conditions of the deed of gift was that immediately after acceptance the Park Commissioners should have plans made for the development of this area in accordance with the deed of gift and that Mr. F. P. Bowden would pay for such plans. These plans were made under the supervision of this board and approved-and have been paid for by Mr. Bowden.
Another condition of the deed of gift was that the area must be developed in accordance with such approved plans on or before Jan- uary Ist, 1925. Mr. Bowden's gift was most generous and the time limit specified for development ample. However, up to the present time no appropriation for this development has been approved and the date is fast approaching when the time limit will expire. We, therefore, are again requesting an appropriation to carry out the approved plans which we have on file.
LINCOLN PLAYGROUND
Being adjacent to the Lincoln School gives this area one of its greatest advantages. Further grading and additional apparatus are urgently needed.
ELL POND PARK
Carefully laid out plans for the complete development of this area are still on hand, but costs have so greatly increased since original estimates were made and appropriations requested that little new con-
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