Evening journal., 1912-01-11
MEETING OF
PARK BOARD
President William P. Bancroft
Mas Unanimously
Reelected
ANNUAL REPORTS
WERE RECEIVED

The Board of Park Commissioners
held their annual meeting yesterday
and unanimously reelected William p
Bancroft as president, Edgar i.
Haynes, appointed a member Of the
board during the past year, and Will
liam p. Bancroft a re-appointment,
presented their commissions, which
were accepted.
President Bancroft named the fol-
lowing committees for the ensuing
year:
Executive Samuel H.
Baynard, chairman; Joseph l.. Car
penter Jr, and Horace W. Cause.
Finance committee-Irenee dupont,
chairman; jerome b. Bell and Weller
f. Stover
Park extension committee Jerome
b. Bell, chairman; William G.. Men
dinhall and Joseph l.. Carpenter. Jr
Before President Bancroft an
nOunced the persOnel of the commit
tees, Mr.. Bell, who was chairman Of
the finance committee asked to be re-
lieved from the chairmanship of that
committee, as much OF his time was
taken up IN the work of the park ex-
tension committee
Superintendent Of Parks Mack pre-
sented his annual report, and also a
report on Fairgrounds, which follow:
Finances.
The funds available for use o. the
commission have been an unexpended
balance from last year of S4,16275,
the annual appropriation of $4,000,
the usual receipts from rentals,
swimming pools. etc. of S2,OSS.9 and
! S20,354.10 from the city for improve
ments
The expenditures have been, foc
maintenance. $19,266S7: for improve
ment, Sl4,669.O1, leaving balance
Of s12,669.93.
The Legislature authorized a bond
issue of $25O,O0O, for the purchase
and Improvement of park lands with
in the city. OF this $4,000 has been
issued, Of which $4,000 has been
turned over to the Park Commission
for improvements. and the remainder.
except a balance O. S1O,751.96. has
been expended by City Council in the
purchase Of park land.
Acquisition Of land.
In the last report. mention was
made of several tracts which had
been recommended to City Council
for purchase. OF these the following
have been secured:
/. The block bounded by Second
and Third streets and dupont and
Clayton streets, containing S.01 acres.
including Ruth street, Of which Is
acres was purchased from Cyrus
Chambers. Jr., for S9,146.62; 65 acres
from tho estate of Philip Plunkett. fo-
$500: 33 acres from Frederick Pyle,
for 81 $50; p acres from George G..
Baker, for S1,25O. and II acres from
George Lodge. for SLIPS.
2. The land along the south side
! OF Beech street. between Broome
] and Connell streets. to depth Of 100
J feet. and the bed of Beech street. be-
/ tween Broome and Connells streets
] containing 90 acres. of which ,13
, acres was purchased from John Ban
< croft. for $1,000: .6l acres from Will
liam p. Bancroft for S2,4S7.S6; .25
q acres from the Security Trust and
{ Safe Deposit Company for nominal
sum.
r 3. A strip 100 feet wide along the
I east side of Grant avenue from Thirt
o TO Fourth streets. for an extension o
e. the Grant avenue play lots, containing
r .43 acres. of which SO acres was pur
I. chased from J. Ernest Smith. fol
; 81, ,S69.79. and OF acres from William
n. Boyd for $1,000. A contribution
OF $1,000 toward the purchase o
| these lots. was received from William
p =. Bancroft.
No action has been taken on tn
. following tracts
. /. Portions Of the two blocks be
tween Second and Third streets
Adams and Jackson streets and pei
haps lot sixty-eight by eighty-on
. feet. at the southeasterly corner {
Third and Adams streets.
= 2. The land bounded by Thirt,
first. Harrison and Thirty-secon
2 streets and the Baltimore and Obi
railroad adjoining Thirtieth Stree
y Park.
r The successful operation Of play
i gorunda at the Delamore, KirkwoC
= and F:ne street grounds during l9l
~ led the commission to start simila
centres on ground owned by the w;
ter Department at Sixteenth and Wa
nut streets. and at Conrad and Jacl
son streets. on land owned by tt
Labor Lyceum Association.
iVOUTH COT