The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-04-02

Since the compromise was effected
between the city of Nashville and the
Nashville Railway & Light Company
in the fall of 1902, the latter corpo-
ration has paid into the city treas
ury for park uses a total Of $129,-
751.01, and on January l, 1909, there
was still due the Park Commission
$1,972.6S, making a total accumu-
lated under the compromise of $131,-
1859. These figures are taken from
the annual report of the Park Com
sion submitted by Secretary Bradley
Walker yesterday to the Mayor and
City Council. The document was i'm
mediately turned over to the Big
Three to be embodied in the annual
reports for 1908, a volume which will
b printed at very early date, as
this was the last of the reports Of
departments to come in.
The report is a very comprehen-
siye one, though it consists of ex-
tracts from a larger report which will
be printed by the Commission later
on. The park acreage of the city is
! 13O acres, consisting of 100 acres in
Centennial Park, and ten each in
Watkins, Richland and Clifton Parks.
Clifton Park, which is very near
Richland Park, is the only one which
has not been improved. The parks
are valued at $5O0,OOO and are unen.
/ numbered.
/ The Park Commission is still work.
ing upon the plan originally adopted
by that body, though little has been
! done to bring about its accomplish.
ment on account of lack of funds
The plan is to have one large
park in each section of the city. each
one to contain at least fifty acres
There are not to be less than four nor
more than five of these large parks
This is to form the system of large
parks, while there are to be numerous
small lots, plots and squares scat
tered all over the city for play
grounds for children.
Only $4,000 has been appropriated
to parks by the city directly, and that
was In 1905. The report tells Oh
what has been accomplished along
the line of Fairgrounds at Centennial
and watkins Parks, but adds tha,
Doth these parks are inaccessible tc
the great number of the children OF
the city. 1t is the intention of the
commission to establish a large mum
Der of these Fairgrounds.
During the summer last year es
peclal amusements were offered by
fireworks and music in the parks. anC
an encampment of the Brown rifles
IN Centennial Park Sixty Thousand
people were attracte d by these. The
bathhouse was utilized by 1923 peo
pie during the season. A new road
way was constructed in Centennia
Park and siXty-one carloads O
crushed stone and screenings wer,
used in this park. A five-ton roa,
roller was purchased. The interio
of the Parthenon was plastered AM
painted. The Cockrill spring wa
closed at the instance of the Cit,
Health Officer, and. city watere wa
run through a coil of pipes to suppl,
water at the springhouse A neV
spring has been discovered in tn
neighborhood of the lake, and
house is now being constructed.
: During the year the City Cemeteer
was added to the property under tn
care of the Commission, and thirty
= two carloads of stone were placed O
the roadways there. The followin
is the financial statement submitted
Statement to the Nashville Raj
way & Light Company:
December, 1902, to January,
% 1904, amount earned at 2
per cent ............S 1894