Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-17
WILLIAM BANCROFT
AGAIN HEADS BOARD
Unanimously Reelected President
by Park Commission; Day of
Monthly Meeting Changed.

William T. Bancroft was unanimously re-
elected president OF the Board Of Park
! Commissioners 1T their meeting vester-
! day afternoon in the Public Building.
| j. l.. Carpenter. II II. Canty and s. ri
| Baynard were appointed To serve on the
executive committee J B. Bell. 7. r.
! Melvin, G. W Furgood and ! II Donlin
were elected as the finance committee.
Z. l.. Haynes, J. II Rell. Mrs. Charles
Cooper and r. NJ. Monaghan on the park
| extension committee. Each member
elected viii serve for term Of one year.
Tho board decided to change the
monthly meeting day from the serond
| Wednesday in the month to the second
Friday in the month; also to change tie
annual election dav from the second
Wednesday IN January 10 the second
Friday in January
The Washington Street Bridge Com
mission, III 4 communication 10 the Park
Board, asked permission Of the board for
the contractor ON the new Job to erect ten-
porary buildings on park ground 1T the
base al the bridge IN which 10 store tools
and contracting supplies Permission was
granted ON The condition that a. few trces
~ possible he cut doSn 70 make room
The report Of MISS Jennie NJ Weaver
was submitted and read by Edward r
Mack. superintendent In her report Miss
Weaver gave n full account OF the play
grounds of which she is superintendent,
The executive committee nf the board
stated N their monthly report that work
on the pavilion IN Chrisflana Park rad
been suspended IN account Of the variable
weather They also reported that work
on the sewer in North Brandvwine Park
L0l bsr ia
Part Of the annual report Of the siIperin-
tendent was ~ follows Balance, S.
412 10, transfer from the current appro-
priation by City Council for maintenance,
improvement and care, s36 24S, other
sources, S6,S7f OF; appropriation for year
ending june 30, 1920, $40. .258, Of which
$50, 900 has been received
Mr.. Eaynard IS paying for the sewer
which IS being constructed from Elliott
Run 10 Eighteenth street, a. Rodney
street Il will drain the roadway wtst ~
that point
The condition sf Van Buren, road was
cited as very bad and II was stated that
efforts should be made TO have perrna-
nent pavement laid from Wawasef avenue
on the south 70 Eighteenth street on the
north
The stone work for thc memorial 10
Admiral du Pont, in Rockford Park vas
st curly III the summer and the necessary
grading and soddng has been completed
lowering avenle plots haze teen planted
with tres.
During the winter tho OH coal pocket
ON the lot purchased from the Diamond
Ice and Coal %. IN Christiana Park. vas
sold and torn down Earth from building
operations las been used 10 bring the
park up 10 grade. The cinder fll IN the
path north of Third street has been com
pleted and fbat area has been dressed
with soil
Permission vas granted the United
Boat Club t0 place clubhouse and float
al the wharf at their own expense. OPP
position to this plan developed, and the
Gity Council male IN appropri alton for
a pavilion and 4 do4t The Christlana
River in front of the park wharf has been
dredged 10 q depth of tive ieet sax inches
below mean low water, anu the dredged
material placed on the wharf to be used
for top soil The lease on the land north
OF the approach - the River Front Bridge
has been renew ed for . period of ten Years
from December I, 1915. Shortly after the
renewal the land WIS purchased BY he
Wilmington Steamboat co. That com
paav offered 70 pay 70 the board s., o00
for the surrender Of the rights Of th, city
N this ground but the agreement hes net
heen approved by City Council
RoDNk9 sQrAKI
he old court house .yas yacat.d ii -
ten4ter y The du Poat Engineering Be-
paItment and the Ordnance Department
of the : ARM Contracts for the NJ
mayal of he building and the earth were
hen let TIE work has progressed SLOWLY,
bat i seems likely that il will be com
pleted bv March |
The reason for the slow demolition Of
he building was explained BY Mr.. Msck
He stated that the same man bad ron
tracts Tor the new buildings. one at Ninth
and Market streets and one on King street
between Ninth and feuth streets and
that he was removing the stone from the
old Court House directly 70 the scene OF
his other operations as needed
During the past year the Western Park
way ii the Union Park Gardens section
has been graded, paved and planted by the
Fleet Corporation. At the
north end the section between Delaware
avenue and Seventeenth street has been
graded at the expense Of the Woodlawu
Go. With these sections completed, nearly
50pc cent of the parkway will bc finished.
Thirteen Fairgrounds were open during
July and August with an attendance al
So, 105 The swimming pools were well
patronl1ed during 1919, as the increase
of i,0ll shows.