New Britain herald., 1917-07-06
DW NATION URGES CHILDREN TO PLAY
Y Two Of 213 Cities Without
 Park Facilities

vashington, D. C., July GA re- of Cities, 1916" about to be ed by Director Sam. l.. Rogers, he bureau of the census, depart t of commerce, and compiled un- the direction of Starke M. Gro-
 chief statistician for statistics tates and cities, presents some in sting data relating to parks, grounds, geological collections. inning pools and bathing beaches other recreation facilities in $ having more than O,OOO inhab- all but two of the 213 cities cov-
 by the report, certain areas Id by the municipalities are spe- lily set aside as public parks. aggregate number of these parks, sported for the fiscal year 1916. 3.S57, and their combined area lnted to 117,006 acres, or 183 re miles. By far the greatest OCT of parks. AT, was reported Washington, D. C., but the great ark area-7,713 acres, or about quare miles-is shown for New
 city. Other cities with large
 areas are Philadelphia. with
 acres; Los Angeles, with 4,127 <: Chicago with 3,S15 acres; Ter. with 3.71s acres; Washing D. G., with 3,067 acres; and eapolis, with 3,O3S acres. The
 number of parks reported by iington, D. C., is due to the ation by that city of triangles other small spaces for park pur- The numerous avenues of ington run diagonally as com-
 with the general street scheme, results in a large number of ,;les. These spaces are i'm d, having lawns, flowers, shrubs walks, and in many of them es are provided. Similar areas Ter cities are generally used for ng purposes. -4,
 largest single park owned by .ity is Fairmount Park, in Phil hia. which has an area of 3,526
 or 51s square miles; and the largest, park of 3,027 acres, ore thans4 1a square miles is re- l for Los Angeles.
 greatest area of parks and oth-
 blic grounds inside city limits oportion to population-1 acre oh IA inha shown for y, Mass. (Of the total park reported for this city. however.
 96 per cent, was administered maintained by the Metropolitan Commission of the state.) Oth- es reporting more than an acre ch 100 inhabitants are San
 Cal, with 26 inhabitants per of parks and recreational ds; La Crosse, Wis, with 43; il Bluffs, Iowa, with 45; Lynn, with 52; Sioux City, Iowa,
 GA; Harrisburg, Pa., with v; ord, Conn.,, with S4; Niagara N. Y, with ST; Washington, D. tn 97; and Covington, Ky, with , states of Massachusetts and D Island maintain metropolitan systems. That of Massachu- covers 3s cities and towns, in- ag Boston and Cambridge. Palisades interstate park eys- s administered jointly by New and New Jersey.
 logical parks were maintained of the 213 cities covered by the Their aggregate collections 'ised 8,125 mammals, 17,S51 and 829 reptiles; their build were valued at $5.649,6S2, and geological collections at $332,- The greatest number of mann 575, was reported by Wash |, D. c.
 .ities for Games for Athletics. but Is of the 213 cities of over inhabitants maintained play Ids (not including those open ito school children during the \ year), the total number of splaygrounds being 2,190 and leverage area being a trifie more s2 acres. The largest number, $ shown for New York, and the l largest, 160, for Philadelphia. total of 19 athletic fields (ex- e of those located in parks). an average area of a little less
 8 acres, were reported by 13 "A by Detroit, Mich., 3 by Sac ito, Cal, by Hoboken, N. J., each by the remaining 10 lilities for games and athletics rks playgrounds and athletic lwere maintained by 176 cities. I facilities included 3,36S tennis Y, 1884 baseball diamonds, 331 All gridirons, 68 golf courses and kD fields. highest salaried superintend- N recreation, who receives $5,0O0 annum. is employed by Phil hia. Chicago reports one such
 l at $3.900 and one at $2,340; nore. one at $500 and one at s, and New York, Boston, Pitts S, Newark, N. J., and Oakland, bne each at s3.000.
 inning pools and bathing beach,
 re provided by Ill cities, whose
 facilities in this respect, con-
 117 outdoor swimming pools,
 door pools, and 149 bath haches, at which the aggregate iance during the year was more
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