Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-07

cepted.
 Vote to lay the grade asked for at F. G. Rice's at 11S Asylum street was passed.
 Frederick c. Shea was appointed a supernumerary on the police court by ballot of the council Clerk J. A. Des- mond casting the ballot.
 1 The report of the street commissions I CT showed total expenditures in April of s4.s42.S0.
 Bills Approved.
 l The following department bills were approved and the meeting adjourned at 9.45 to meet again on Friday evening. May 17th:
 | Park department, $65O.26: water, l$4,02S.26; gas and electric, $35, ,S72.05; l finance, $6,16S.3S; police, $2.621.4S; street lighting, $27475; cemetery, l s4S1.42; public works, $6. HISS; fire department, $5,25425; finance, $5, 1 Park Board Asks $5,ooo.
 In making it's twelfth annual report, the board of park commissioners, of which Joseph T. Tanning is chair man, asked for an appropriation for $5.000 for next year.
 I The following was it's report for the past year:
 Of the work outlined a year ago, to be done in the year now closing, suffi- cient has been accomplished to jus tify the claim that no less progress has been made with the general scheme of park development than that made in any similar period of former effort. In the course of the year,
 principally by reason of marked in- creases in the cost of commodities and labor, obstacles arose to halt the pro-, gramme which had been formed and it was only by skillful planning that the money allotted to each particular
 purpose or work could be forced to give results substantially as at first
 estimated. The cost of everything ; increased steadily so that before the season was well started it could be
 seen that some financial prophecies were apt to miscarry; but faithful, thorough service by those employed in the park and the care and skill of } the superintendent brought accom- pEiShment and success while keeping
 the department within it's means. The price of labor in the park has become l high but labor there has never been /. chargeable with giving a poor return for what it has received. and it is felt that dependence can be placed fully upon it now in estimating the amount Of work to be done. and the cost of it. 5 for the coming year.
 The first work of the past year was
 to finish the Washington street path
 with it's overhead rustic bridge, which had been commenced in the previous year. Then followed the completion = of the band stand, this being the frs: permanent band stand in Norwich y completing the new arrangement o o the duck pond, and the bank wal e about it, a general improvement ol [. road number one. so called, running
 northerly from Platt avenue to the
 lake, scraping and giving general care il to the other roads and building a sub.
 stantial part of the roadway usually d referred to as the Taftville entrance I The shrubbery received seasonablt VI attention and all necessary repair! ; were made upon the various build :. ings. The swings and other play = ground equipment have been, and ar' T. under close inspection and thorougl " repair at all times in order that ac
 cidents from their use may be avoid
 ed and the swimming place at the iak and the small pond arranged fo q skating are always kept in such orde t. as will make them yield the greates
 possible enjoyment to the many wh 10 use them. The number of animal = kept on exhibition is, of course. linn n ited, but such species have been ac
 
 the children with the greatest favo s' and this feature gives to the parl m sufficient life to remove any impres a sion of sameness which may come af h ter a time from viewing inanimat g nature solely, however beautiful to may be.
 le While the matters referred to indi 70 cate perhaps the chief business of tn = board it must be stated that nothin
 I o1oN Ha or1- Io ]. satisfactory to the citizens generally
 and certainly nothing has been nor , pleasing to the board than the knowl i edge that every year sees a numbe ' of visitors in the park greater tha,
 that which sought it's attractions i
 the preceding year. There can be Il danger that there will be any varia ton from this rule if the same con
 ditions are maintained hereafter tha l now exist-the result of the genera 5 park development which has bee
 carried along from the beginning.
 would not be a difficult matter t ! spend on further attractions and i'm 4 provements at the park very larg 0 sums of money; but it cannot fail 0 be a source of public qualification tha
 so much has been provided alread
 for the communtty's enjoyment an n that, in attaining this end, a syster n has uniformly been applied fror which waste and extravaganza hay
 always been barred. Economy shoul f be the rule in the future as it ha - been consistently heretofore. It is eX :. pected that in a few days work wi U be resumed on the Taftville entranc
 and the grading will be advanced a
 far as resources will permit. Tn S length of this road, from Hunter
 avenue to the center of the park, 9 e173 feet. or about one and one -siXt
 miles. It had it's start at the easterl
 side of the lake in 1911 and has bee a continued since at favorable, thoug . somewhat irregular periods, unti . now there is awaiting completion tn
 remaining length of about 1850 fee q It will be the particular aim of tn n board to finish this main road befor 4 the end of the ensuing financial yea
 possibly before the season for outsid
 work ends in the coming fan.
 To pay the expenses of the gener; 5 care of the park, including repairs c
 grounds, roads, paths and varior A structures, keeping all tools and equiI
 ment in order providing for fire ir :, surance, special police duty, such GU ao tivation of the soil as is necessary oo obtain a portion of the food for u :" animals, also for the purchasing
 their grain and feed, and for esser
 tiaI materials, implements. tools ar
 all necessary labor, five thousar 6 dollars will be required. and the It
 quest is hereby made that that SUI
 be set in the estimates of, the city expenses which will be submitted '1 the next annual city meeting. ,e NEXT QUOTA FROM