Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-03
PARK DEPARTMENT.
Sum of $50o0 Will Be Necessary to Meet Ordinary Expenses for the En- suino Year.

The board of park commissioners in their report state that the work done at Mohegan park with the money here tobefore provided is gradually bringing about the conditions aimed at in the beginning. The design has been and is to provide well constructed roads leading into the central region of the park, to make footpaths which will lead through various sections of it. The most conspicuous and perhaps the most important work done the past year was the formation and grading of a small ball field or children's play ground at the top of the hill back of the Rockwell street entrance, and it is hoped that before the end of the pres ent season it will be in condition for use.
 The second part of road No. 2, which leads from Boswell avenue, was com pleted under the direction of the park superintendent, which resulted in con siderable saving to the city. A foot path beginning near the Rockwell street entrance and running to the right through the ravine, across road No. 2, and on to the lake, was built by similar arrangement The work of the superintendent justified his building road No. 3, to run from junction of Nos. 1 and 2 westerly and northerly, to meet and practically become a part of the way which will be built from Washington street. Road No. 3, which opens up a beautiful section, has been constructed for several hundred feet. When the footpaths which have been planned are built, one of which is to run from the Southwesterly corner of the tract of land on Rockwell street recently added to the park northeriy to the lake, the beauties of the tract will be fully opened.
 The way from Washington street has been stalxed out and work upon it must be carried forward without inter ruption, as under the provisions of the deed donating the Reynolds land it e-% l., lrnfc 1zxr To The most difficult part of the work will be to carry the construction of a suit able roadway through the rocky forma- tion of the hillside and to establish satisfactory route over a very stub born grade. This part of the road can be completed by the coming fall and will dispose of what has been the most perplexing feature of the boards plan of park development. The Boswell avenue entrance has been widened and gradded and rows of trees have been planted there. Additional shrubbery has been placed back of the Rockwell the lake with workshop and a water service from the street main has been brought inside the Rockwell street en- trance and a hydrant set that proper care may be taken of the plants. It is suggested that visitors to the park should guard agains carelessness such as has caused several bad grass fires there in the past year, when some trees were badly dama ged.
 The sum of S5,o00 at least will be necessary to meet the ordinary ex- penses of the coming year. the super intendent's salary, sTch incidentals and common labor as at times will be re- quired, and to do the work proposed of constructing paths and roadways whose completion will represent the greatest gain yet secured in the adopted scheme of park development.
 There was appended the expenditures Of the commission for theSpast year, approved by the auditors.