Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-01
IN
CITY PARK SYSTEM
Large Amount Of Construction
Work Done in Seventeen Parks
Belonging to Omaha.
MUCH WORK ON BoULEvARDs

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Greater omaha's park system now en-
braces seventeen parks Of total area OF
$50 acres. There are thirty-five miles OF
boulevards. Commissioner Hummel's de-
partment was allowed $4,000 for the park
fund during the year. An expenditure
OF 10000 was made out Of the road fund
for maintaining and improving boule-
wards and about half OF $4,000 park bond
fund was used for paving and curbing
streets adjacent to park property.
summary of the important improve
ments during the year Is given as fol-
lows: 12,605 surface feet of cement walks
in Bemis park; additional bath house
diving tower and pontoon at Carter lake
bathing beach; construction of 500 feet
of dixie and wall along west shore of
Carter lake; rip-rapping and grading Of
the Lake Shore drive on east side of
Carter lake, which work has not been
completed; reconstruction and cindering
drives in Spring Lake park and remodel
ing swimming pool in that park: con-
struction Of swimming pool, laying out
tennis courts. building base ball stand
and improving the ZOO in Riverview park;
addition of thousands of bulbs. plants
and flowers and laying new dancing
floor in pavilion at Henscom park; con-
struction Of eighteen-hole golf course and
Transforming cement tank for use as
swimming pool in Elmwood park; base
ball reviewing stand in Fontenelle park;
sprinkling system for golf course, con-
struction OF twelve-foot brick sewer and
paving and curblng of Kansas avenue,
EXCHANGED the value OF Miller park; curb
ing and guttering Florence boulevard.
Grand avenue to north city limits, half
of which expense was borne by the park
fund.
Much Work on BOulevards.
During the year 1s5 cars of cinders and
5000 gallons of oil were distributed over
the boulevard system and thirty-five band
concerts were held during the summer
Grading the approach to the Carter Park
boulevard. at Grand avenue and Flor
ence boulevard, is now being done.
Commissioner Hummel wishes to make
the following announcement regarding
boulevard work started during the year
and which he hopes to have completed
during 1915:
Survey has been completed of the new
Fontenele park to Miller park boulevard
beginning at Thirtieth street and Kan
sas avenue, thence northwesterly about
1900 feet to a point south of Curtis
avenue and approaching Thirty-third
street. thence south to Kansas avenue
and along Kansas avenue to Thirty
fourth street, thence north on Thirty
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Curtis avenue to point that Is
about $50 feet west of Thirty-sixth
street, thence southwesterly to the inter
section of Redman avenue and Thirty
ninth street, crossing the old F. f. &
NJ. V. right-of-way under their viaduct
and continuing westerly to Forty-third
street and along the east line of Forty
third street to Fowler avenue, thence
southwesterly to Ames avenue. approach
ing the entrance to Fontenelle park be-
tween Forty-third and Forty-nfth streets.
Total length 20 miles.
survey of New Connection.
Survey has also been completed OF the
Happy Hollow boulevard connection with
the Fontenelle boulevard, beginning at
Fontenelle boulevard just north OF Mill
tary and Forty-seventh street, thence
along the west line Of Forty-seventh
street to Himebaugh park thence south
westerly to a point on Forty-eighth street
between Franklin and Seward streets,
thence west just north OF Elk street to
point 800 feet east of FHfty-second
street. thence southwesterly to connection
with the Happy Hollaw boulevard at
F1fty-second and Western avenue. Total
length 1.3 miles. ,
Survey has also been about completed
of the new Southwest boulevard from
Thirty-sixth and Wooworth avenue to
Elmwood park. beginning at Thirty-sixth
and Woolworth avenue. thence west
through the county poor farm to Forty
second street, thence southwesteriy to
Lincoln avenue just east of Forty-flfth
street, thence south to MaFinda street,
thence southeasterly to Spring street at
Forty-fourth street. thence along Forty
fourth street to Grover street and south
west to the southeast corner of T. L. IS,
section 32-l5-l3. thence west to Fiftleth
street and northwest to about Fifty
fourth street and Grover street, and north
to Lincoln avenue and Slxtieth street
and along Sixtieth street north to Elm
wood park. Total length about five miles
Most of the ground for the right-of-way
OF this boulevard will be donated to the
city"