Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-08

are several other parks. and thirty odd pub
| nc squares and triangular spaces. High
| Bridge Park contains twenty-four acres;
Morning Side Park contains forty-eight
acres and Riverside Park. overlooking the
| ella ssfc Hudson and bringing into view its
majestic palisades and artistic landscapes.
| contains LIS acres. Van CORTLAND Park
contains 1000 acres. besides the outlying
900 acres recently purchased.
| BATTERY Square. at the southern extremity
| OF the city, embraces two acres; Bowling
| braces one-hah acre; City Hall Square, one
half mile above the Battery, embraces eight
and half acres: Washington Square. eight
acres; Tompkins Square. ten and a half
| acres; Madison Square, six and a half acres:
Manhattan Square. twenty-four acres; Mt
Morris Square, twenty acres, and many
| other squares of smaller dimensions.
The total pleasure-ground parks and
| squares OF New York city exceed 5000
acres Add 20 this. Tia expanse OF water
upon her east west and south sides. and
what magnificent display Of lung-powsf
| envelopes this London OF America
| st. Louis.
| st. Louis has a system Of parks and
squares which does the city great credit
| The smaller squares. containing from two
acres to ten acres are located In the set
| tied parts of the city. The larger squares
or parks, ranging from twenty acres TO $50
| acres are distributed In the several sections
| OF the city, north, south, east and west,
| whilst Forest Park, containing $50 acres,
| is west of the center. Lindeil boulevard,
| 1874 feet wide and two miles long connects
| with the Forest Park boulevard $50 feet
| wide. and Jointly constitute a magnificent
driveway into the very heart OF the city.
| Tower Park, containing 276 acres and laid
on In old French style. is the most popular
| park of the city. 1t has eight miles of
driveway. Cost Of maintenance IL $1,000
"n-""v hpnd Of music plays every
Sunday during the summer season ana
thousands Of people attend.
I La EaNSIle OF a sif
as~- ~ ateart .aIS Cay. s-9JO,O IS
| expended annually in the maintenance OF
this park. band Of music plays every
| Thursday during the summer season, and
| the occasion is a gala day.
| Upon the eighteen smaller squares Of the
city 10000 Is annually expended. making
| $4,000 annually expended upon the parks
and squares of the city-exclusive OF the
| suburban parks. Total acreage in parks
and squares, 1900 acres.
| Chicago.
Chicago has a magnificent system Of pub
lie parks. embracing more than 1900 acres.
and giving handsome driveways and boule-
wards of ninety or more miles, with an
average breadth Of go feet.
These parks are wisely distributed to the
several sections OF the city. Lincoln Park
| OF go acres, il the northern portion; Hum
| bolt Park of la acres and Douglas Park Of
] la acres, in the western; Jackson Park OF
$50 acres and Washington Park of 81 acres.
in the southern; Central Park OF l71 acres
| and Lake Front Park. on the lake shore,
| are in the very heart of the business dis
trict. jackson Park and Washington Park
| are connected by magnificent plaisance.
Goo feet in width. The parks are connected
| by Gordon Of boulevards, making a con-
| tinuous straightforward drive Of sixty
| miles, the most extensive park system OF
the world, and these bOulevards. with the
| other driveways. measure ninety miles.
The beautiful lakes and lagoons of the
city cover l4O acres. which exceeds Boston,
| nd nfrflN nv ~
| acres.
Boston has a parking system OF 1850
acres. 800 acres OF which are as yet unde-
veloped. Her sixty odd squares and open
1 spaces embrace $50 acres, OF an average OF
four acres each. and extend into suburban
cities-ten in Roxbury. three In Dorchester.
four in Charleston. two IN West Roxbury.
| two in Brighton, three in South Boston and
eleven in the city proper The large park
| contains lUd acres. The marsh at the foot
of the Common, now known as the public
| garden. contains twenty-four acres. The
| Common contains forty-eight acres. The
| lakes and water expenses cover fifty-six
acres Annual cost of maintaining these
| pleasure grounds is $4,000. The estimated
| cost of purchase and construction 5000 ODO
The three larger parks are to be connected
with oriveways and constitute a boulevard
Buffalo.
Buffalo has a superb system of parks,
embracing $50 acres, and they are located in
the northern. western and eastern districts OF
the city. the southern district being on the
| lake and river. These parks are connected
by broad boulevards. constituting a hand
some driveway of some ten or more miles.
IL philadelphia
II William Penn. In founding Philadelphia.
set aside five squares as public grounds. ana
located them I'm different sections OF the
licity. Their modern names are Washing
ton. Franklin, Logan and Rittenhouse.
There are hfteen such squares In the city OF
Philadelphia
Schuylkill. containing 2. 40 acres, is one OF
the four largest parks in the world. and Of
fers the finest opportunities for rural re-
| creation.
brooklyn.
| The Prospect Park OF Brooklyn contains
$50 acres. seven miles of drives four miles
Of rides. twenty miles OF walks Its lake
covers fifty acres. Cost of the land was
100000. and 100000 more have been
expended in its construction. The increase
of the property in its vicinity since the be-
| ginning OF the enterprise has been estimated
| at S23.0oo.0o. One hundred Thousand dol
lars annually have been expended In its
maintenance.
Cincinnati and Other Cities.
Il Cincinnati has over 400 acres OF public
recreation grounds. OF which Eden Park
contains POI acres and Burnett Wood l6s
/ acres, with six miles OF driveway.
/ San Francisco has over 1000 acres In
| pleasure grounds. the Golden Gate Park
embracing the most OF II. with a boulevard
| ranging from 200 TO 400 feet wide and
istretching three miles along the ocean shore.
X Cleveland, the forest city OF Ohio. has her
llsquares and parks Of uncommon beauty.
Southside Park contains nine acres; Lake
View Park, ten acres; Wade Park. sixty
three acres: Gordon Park. 100 acres and
the public square. in the trade center OF the
city, ten acres. Two OF these parks, Wade
| and Gordon, are soon TO be connected by q
| driveway or boulevard
New Haven. the city OF elms, with Its
park of $50 acres. and Baltimore, the monu-
mental city, with its Druid Hin Park of 60
4 acres. together with other enterprising
cities. are GROWING their centers OF popu-
4 iation with these Injuries of agriculture
Ii will thus be seen that the progressive
cities OF this country are looking well TO the
| future health and recreation OF their inhabi-
| tants and are making strenuous and costly
: efforts to entice all classes from the un-
| wholesome surroundings of trade and traffic
! from the disease-breeding localities OF filth
and poverty and from the poison-laden
Atmosphere of tenement apartments. 10 open
4 spaces, refreshing squares and health-in-
spring parks and boulevards. Is Il any
wond ar. then. that the enterprising and eff