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PAKK DEPARTMENT
SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Year Ending December 31, 1934
Printed for the department
1935
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[Document 19 — 1935.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PARK DEPARTMENT
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934.
Boston, December 31, 1934.
Hon. Frederick W. Mansfield,
Mayor of Boston.
Dear Sir, — In accordance with section 15 of chapter
185, Acts of 1875, the Park Commission herewith sub-
mits its annual report for the year 1934.
Respectfully submitted,
William P. Long,
Chairman.
City Document No. 19.
Expenditures for Maintenance, January 1 to December 31, 1934.
Parks and Gardens,
Abraham Lincoln square
Algonquin square .
Alvah Kittredge park
Andrew Henry square
Aquarium
Arborway
Arnold Arboretum
Avenue Louis Pasteur
Belmont square
Berners square
Blackstone square
Boston Common Bandstand
Boston Common, Deer Park
Boston Common, Flagstaff Hill
Boston Common Grounds .
Boston Common Kiosk
Boston Common, Park Street Station
Boston Common, West Street Station
Braddock park
Brighton square
Bromley park
Camp Meigs .
Cedar square .
Centervale park
Central square
Chestnut Hill park
City Hall grounds
City square
Cleveland circle
Columbia road
Columbus square
Commonwealth avenue, extension
Commonwealth avenue, main
Concord square
Copley square
Copp's Hill terrace
Cornehus T. Mahoney square
Dorchester park .
Drohan square . . .
Eaton square ....
Edward M. Cunningham square
Edward Everett square
Elm Hill park
Essex square ....
$25 73
30 41
32 92
23 48
26,512 90
5,317 32
2,905 93
20 10
609 88
27 52
1,067 38
900 17
1,893 01
955 36
15,365 07
265 00
3,102 10
2,312 58
29 77
222 41
78 74
50 78
43 95
75 82
418 26
962 44
25 00
191 90
225 00
6,059 58
20 38
9,840 13
7,001 47
410 34
201 15
1,717 15
31 95
3,051 52
22 75
316 50
188 66
20 50
85 12
185 90
Carried forward
,844 03
Park Department.
Brought forward
Fens
Fern square
Florida street
Fort Hill square
Francis G. Hanlon square
Francis G. Kane square
Franklin Park, Administration Building, shops
etc
Franklin Park, Carpenter shop
Franklin Park, Ellieott Cottage
Franklin Park, Golf course .
Franklin Park, Greenhouse .
Franklin Park, Grounds
Franklin Park, Overlook Buildin
Franklin Park, Paint shop
Franklin Park, Refectory Buildin
Franklin Park, Rock Garden
Franklin Park, Rose Garden
Frankhn Park, Schoolmaster's Hill
Franklin Park, Storehouse .
Franklin Park, Toboggan slides
Franklin square
Fred C. W. Olsen square
General Heath square .
Gordon E. Denton square .
George Wright Golf Course
Greenwood square
Gustav Emmet square .
Hayes square ....
Herbert J. Wolf square
Highland park ...
Horace C. Wood worth square
Horatio Harris park
Independence square
Irving W. Adams park
Jackson square
John E. Donovan park
Lieut. Parker B. Jones square
Lincoln square
Linwood park
Longwood park
Madison park
Marine Park and Castle Island
Massachusetts avenue
Maverick square .
Mount Bowdoin green
Oak square
Carried forward
$92,844 03
16,242
60
256
79
38
02
200
32
82
89
20
02
24,829
76
8,470
36
35
20
13,218
45
31,886
93
31,541
48
832
80
4,468
07
2,668
66
1,883
96
3,037 85
476
34
25,099
95
1,171
81
1,044 87
30
51
30
51
55
62
9,015
54
30
47
30
43
225 36
20
08
22
50
30
47
1,127
97
2,178
47
132
68
158
66
328
00
31
15
415
70
21
56
20
70
1,045
08
7,030
90
535 38
471
14
316
50
739
07
$284,395 61
City Document No. 19.
Brought forward
$284,395 61
Oakview terrace
20 39
Olmsted park
11,221 90
Orchard park .
324 17
Peabody square
30 99
Prescott square
471 14
Public Garden
16,684 74
Putnam square
471 14
Richardson square
134 51
Riverway
10,570 13
Rutland square
112 21
Savin Hill park
570 04
Seaver street .
21 03
Soldiers' Monument lot
20 09
Spaulding square .
20 60
Statler park .
20 00
St. Stephen square
35 43
Strandway
5,787 34
Sullivan square
211 40
Thomas park .
1,528 59
Tremlett square
30 58
Turner square
26 07
Union park
114 02
Victory road, public ground
1,761 07
Vincent Cutillo park
1,862 12
Walnut park .
66 45
Waltham square .
44 37
Warren square
20 07
Washington park .
938 25
Webster square
25 83
Wellesley park
66 00
West Roxbury Parkway
3,470 42
William B. Corbett park
147 36
Williams square
45 63
Winthrop square .
665 90
Wolcott square
27 42
Worcester square .
138 46
World War Memorial park
8,539 77
Zoological Garden, animal range
4,603 50
Zoological Garden, antelope house
504 01
Zoological Garden, bear dens
2,262 22
Zoological Garden, bird house
14,243 43
Zoological Garden, elephant house
3,466 29
Zoological Garden, general .
26,108 38
Zoological Garden, lion house
2,769 07
Zoological Garden, monkey house
3,023 84
Zoological Garden, service station
316 09
$407,938 07
Park Department.
Playgrounds,
Almont Street Playground .
American Legion Playground
Arthur F. McLean Playground .
Billings Field Playground .
Brookside Avenue Playground .
Ceylon Street Playground .
Charlesbank Playground
Charlestown Playground
Charlestown Heights Playground
Cherry Street Playground .
Christopher J. Gibson Playground
Christopher J. Lee Playground .
Columbus Park Playground
Factory Hill Playground
Fallon Field Playground
Foster Street Playground
Francis Parkman Playground
Franklin Field Playground .
Frederick D. Emmons Playground
George H. Walker Playground .
James L. Cronin Playground
James F. Healy Playground
Jefferson Playground .
John J. Connolly Playground
John A. Doherty Playground
John F. Holland Playground
John W. Murphy Playground
John H. L. Noyes Playground .
J. M. and J. J. Sullivan Playground
John Winthrop Playground
L. Gertrude Howes Playground .
Lester J. Rotch Playground
Mary Draper Playground .
Mary E. Hemenway Playground
Martin M. Lomasney Playground
Matthew J. Sweeney Playground
McConnell Park Playground
McKinney Playground
Mission Hill Playground
Paris Street Playground
Parker Hill Playground
Paul Gore Street Playground
Portsmouth Street Playground
Prince Street Playground
Readville Playground .
P,173
490
251
3,053
1,426
560
59
28
09
92
56
84
26
42
39
98
4,864 40
3,532 58
2,790 68
927 56
3,289 05
4,350 48
5,737 31
81
2,257
115
2,174
10,936 46
2,283 16
2,582 48
2,841 34
2,534 93
2,378 63
3,251 10
369 30
2,339 79
2,406 08
2,237 11
1,214 32
2,557 52
1,082 52
2,119 18
970 00
2,859 88
2,732 06
764 21
4,553
857
2,750
91
176
80
1,852
80
1,292
90
22
92
26
69
75
38
75
79
Carried forward
,274 12
6
City Document No. 19,
Brought forward
Rev. Father Buckley Playground
Ripley Playground
Rogers Park Playground
Ronan Park Playground
Smith's Pond Playground .
Stanley A. Ringer Playground
Thomas J. Roberts Playground
Tyler Street Playground
Webster Avenue Playground
West Third Street Playground
William Amerena Playground
WilHam J. Barry Playground
William E, Carter Playground
William Eustis Playground .
William H. Garvey Playground
Wilham F. Smith Playground
Gymnasia,
Cabot Street Gymnasium .
Columbia Road Gymnasium
Curtis Hall Gymnasium
Hyde Park Gymnasium
John J. Williams Gymnasium
Lexington Street Gymnasium
North Bennet Street Gymnasium
Paris Street G3nmnasium
Roslindale Gymnasium
Tyler Street Gymnasium
Vine Street Gymnasium
Property, Broadway and C Street
Baths and Beaches.
Broadway Municipal Building .
Columbus Park Beach ....
Dover Street Bath House and Laundry
Dewey Beach
Freeport Street Beach ....
Head House, Marine Park .
L Street Bath House and Beach
North End Park Beach and Bath
Savin Hill Beach
Tenean Beach
World War Memorial Park Beach
Repair Room, Sewing Room and Stock Room,
Repair Yard, East Boston
,274 12
153 77
1,149 35
3,263 44
3,933 26
2,121 39
2,495 20
2,692 41
533
404
1,397
2,145
2,494 06
2,784 81
4,087 72
2,880 02
2,113 80
76
14
82
77
$132,924 84
$26,516 75
8,509 99
12,702 66
6,652 94
10,209 99
7,307 18
20,355 35
16,833 74
5,855 38
7,821 52
8,832 94
94 95
$131,693 39
$13,397 20
15,398 58
56,600 15
4,571 94
3,530 23
6,894 56
36,123 17
14,502 08
3,438 53
3,266 11
3,601 99
16,028 18
3,355 17
$180,707 89
Park Department.
Boston Airport, East Boston
7
),304 27
Celebrations and Entertainments
$1,299 88
General Expense.
Central Office — Administration . ' .
$60,015 19
Stables
18,421 09
Street trees
10,953 90
Suppression of moths
12,889 88
Miscellaneous
5,118 59
Pensions and annuities . .
5,663 74
Automobiles, tractors, wagons, etc. .
47,579 69
Emergency Relief projects ....
157,417 05
$318,059 13
Recapitulation.
Parks and gardens
$407,938 07
Playgrounds
132,924 84
Gymnasia .......
131,693 39
Baths and beaches
180,707 89
Boston Airport, East Boston
25,304 27
Celebrations and entertainments
1,299 88
General expense
318,059 13
$1,197,927 47
Expenditures of Loan, Revenue and Special Appropriations from
January 1, 1934, to December 31, 1934.
Airport, Improvements
Almont Street Playground, Field House, Improvement of
Grounds, etc.
American Legion Playgroimd, East Boston, Improve-
ments
Animals, Birds, etc
Barry Playground, Improvements, etc ....
Castle Island and Marine Park, Improvements, etc. .
Common and Parks in existence on January 12, 1887,
Maintenance and Improvement of .
Francis Parkman Playground, Improvements, etc.
Franklin Park , Improvements
Highland Park, Improvements, etc
James F. Healy Playground, Improvements
John J. Connolly Playground, Improvements, etc.
John H. L. Noyes Playground, Improvements .
McConnell Park Playground, Improvements, etc.
Park, Vicinity of Nashua and Leverett Streets .
Playground, Junction of Winthrop, Fairland and More-
land Streets, Land and Construction
Playground, Parker Hill, Improvements, etc.
Playground, Vicinity of Dunbar Avenue
Carried forward
$54,393
13
90
00
50
00
1,098
20
265
00
1,367 73
216,786
04
160
06
10,448
95
965
25
24
75
478
17
123
75
502
63
8,813
67
264 33
218
04
22,455
08
$318,504 78
8
City Document No. 19.
Brought forward
Readville Playground, Improvements, etc. .
Reconstructing and Repairing Parkways and Roadways
by Contract
Rogers Park, Improvements, etc
Tenean Beach, Purchase and Improvements of Beach
Land
West Roxbury Parkway, Chapter 420, Acts of 1930 .
WilHam Amerena Playground, Improvements
William H. Garvey Playground, Improvements .
$318,504 78
690 00
425 00
925 00
1,752 02
28,219 15
497 43
580 38
$351,593 76
CASH RECEIPTS.
For Twelve Months Ending December 31, 1934.
Park Division.
From golf permits and use of lockers at Franklin
Park Golf Links $19,179 00
From permits for openings, occupations, etc. . 328 32
Labor and use of equipment on cross coimtry
course 90 00
Commission on telephones 44 08
Settlement on claims 364 05
Vending machine concessions .... 1 44
Use of towels, soap, etc., in playground houses, 2,067 08
Moth suppression 5,379 00
Rentals, concessions 24,398 02
Refunds . 80 93
Trust Funds, income 6,666 97
Sinking Funds 6,615 26
$65,214 15
Bath Division.
Use of towels, soap, etc. ..... $37,302 69
Refreshment concession 25 00
Commission on telephones 77 05
37,404 74
Total . $102,618 89
Above receipts were credited as follows:
General revenue, city income .... $89,255 73
Department appropriations .... 13,363 16
$102,618 89
Attendance at Playgrounds, Season of 1934.
Almont Street Playground 69,750
Billings Field Playground ...... 296,455
Brookside Avenue Playground 27,450
Ceylon Street Playground 29,640
Charlesbank Playground 16,265
Charlestown Playground ...... 240,130
Charlestown Heights Playground .... 77,165
Cherry Street Playground 51,650
Christopher J. Lee Playground 276,566
Carried forward 1,085,071
Park Department.
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Brought forward
Columbus Park Playground
Columbus Park Stadium
Dorchester Park .
Fallon Field Playground
Fens Stadium
Francis Parkman Playground
Franklin Field Playground .
Frederick D. Emmons Playground
George H. Walker Playground
James L. Cronin Playground
James F. Healy Playground
Jefferson Playground .
John J. Connolly Playground
John A. Doherty Playground
John F. Holland Playground
John W. Murphy Playground
John H. L. Noyes Playground
J. M. and J. J. SulHvan Playground
John Winthrop Playground
Lester J. Rotch Playground
Mary Draper Playground .
Mary Hemenway Playground
Matthew J. Sweeney Playground
McConnell Park Playground
McKinney Playground
Mission Hill Playground
Portsmouth Street Playground
Peadville Playground .
Ripley Playground
Rogers Park Playground
Ronan Park Playground
Savin Hill Park .
Smith Pond Playground
Stanley A. Ringer Playground
Thomas J. Roberts Playground
Tyler Street Playground
West Third Street Playground
World War Memorial Park
William Amerena Playground
William J. Barry Playground
William E. Carter Playground
William Eustis Playground .
William H. Garvey Playground
William F. Smith Playground
$1,085,071
274,123
144,330
23,400
320,650
125,800
24,750
823,450
16,230
75,890
79,675
293,365
289,134
465,750
420,230
42,645
122,754
27,340
49,650
86,957
145,265
56,745
75,632
26,688
221,340
18,243
386,799
143,581
91,301
22,005
126,750
242,470
65,240
81,590
134,650
151,443
25,550
25,508
165,674
89,750
110,640
438,755
221,771
297,651
334,663
8,490,898
10
City Document No. 19.
Franklin Park Toboggan Slide — 1934.
Twenty days' and nights' coasting; attendance 38,650,
Report on Municipal Golf Links at Franklin Park, Season of 1934.
Opening Date — April 18, 1934-- Closing Date — December 8,
1934.
Registered attendance, 49,805.
Estimated number of rounds played, 53,000.
Annual permits issued, 1,313 at $10 each . . $13,130 00
Daily permits issued, 4,221 at $1 each . . . 4,221 00
Daily permits issued after 5 p. m., 782 at 50
cents each 391 00
Lockers, 475 at $3 each 1,425 00
Professional's concession 12 00
$19,179 00
Gymnasia, Class and Individual Attendance, 1934.
Place.
Indi-
viduals.
Men.
School
Boys.
Working
Boys.
Women.
Girls.
Mothers.
Total.
Cabot Street Gymnasium
Columbia Road Gymnasium ....
Curtis Hall Gymnasium
Hyde Park Gymnasium
J. J. Williams Building Gymna-
988
6,385
895
1,568
630
5,450
4,795
574
907
1,438
8,166
1,478
3,250
5,178
3,695
1,105
5,817
3,945
1,411
2,645
2,660
8,538
5,318
3,065
5,575
6,800
1,055
4,615
6,540
7,406
9,492
1
1,044 610
1,917
7,800
3,918
2,674
4,150
4,435
225
3,770
5,340
2,220
6,295
8,657
4,202
743
1,055
1,650
800
260
2,430
2,425
767
4,030
9,131
3,049
1,431
2,874
1,207
112
3,174
1,645
1,715
2,745
2,782
1,114
47,004
16,515
13,043
578
1,167
20,635
Lexington Street Gymnasium . . .
North Bennet Street Gymnasium,
Paris Street Gymnasium
23,554
2,757
24,601
20,469
Tyler Street Gymnasium
14,426
25,207
Totals
22,192
38,128
61,064
19,406
27,693
42,744
5,641
216,868
Park Department.
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Shower Baths, Attendance, 1934.
Place.
Men.
Boys.
Women.
Girls.
Total.
81,440
26,858
50,555
39,404
130,802
18,870
158,200
51,295
94,605
160,038
27,480
56,674
71,205
397,172
22,735
14,261
26,681
26,510
20,178
11,723
15,190
45,156
30,110
15,940
12,440
18,364
14,512
150,028
34,930
6,923
4,717
12,671
25,727
4,230
63,740
13,343
49,370
68,895
4,063
7,080
16,505
57,176
16,015
8,965
4,734
11,504
14,931
5,410
7,415
20,846
23,810
11,735
4,025
6,223
16,275
87,066
155,120
57,007
Columbia Road Bath House
Curtis Hall Bath House
Dover Street Bath House
Hyde Park Bath House
86,687
90,089
191,638
40,233
J. J. Williams Building Bath House,
Lexington Street Bath House
North Bennet Street Bath House. . .
Paris Street Bath House
244,545
130,640
197,895
256,608
48,008
Tyler Street Bath House
88,341
118,497
L Street Bath House
691,442
Totals
1,364,598
423,828
369,370
238,954
2,396,750
Beaches and Swimming Pools, Attendance, 1934.
Place.
Men.
Boys.
Women.
Girls.
Total.
Cabot Street Pool
1,428
4,272
306,335
23,000
11,809
275,025
82,875
81,164
16,375
196,650
389,285
3,343
14,013
142,030
58,450
26,980
162,225
92,425
248,725
37,165
103,400
150,028
1,673
5,863
274,076
24,125
16,354
263,000
54,055
83,335
17,830
45,665
57,176
5,025
8,139
133,976
61,800
32,590
149,000
64,950
181,481
31,115
110,610
87,066
11,469
Curtis Hall Pool
32,287
Columbus Park Beach
Dewey Beach
Freeport Street Beach
856,417
167,375
87,733
849,250
North End Park Beach
Savin Hill Beach
294,305
594,705
Tenean Beach
102,485
World War Memorial Park
Beach
L Street Beach
456,325
683,555
Totals
1,388,218
1,038,784
843,152
865,752
4,135,906
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PARK DEPARTMENT — CEMETERY DIVISION.
The following annual report is presented for the
Cemetery Division from January 1, 1934, to December
31, 1934:
Department Cemeteries.
The burying grounds, cemeteries and tombs which
are owned by and in charge of the City of Boston are
as follows, with a total area of about 7,040,708 square
feet:
Square Feet.
157,500
43,560
48,202
76,740
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142,587
34,830
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Bennington Street, East Boston
Rainsford Island
Bunker Hill, Charlestown ....
Phipps Street, Charlestown ....
Copp's Hill, Hull street, City Proper
King's Chapel, Tremont street, City Proper
Granary, Tremont street, City Proper .
Central, Common, City Proper
South End South, Washington street, City Proper
Hawes, Emerson street. South Boston .
North, Upham's Corner, Dorchester
Eliot, Eustis street, Roxbury ....
South, Dorchester avenue, Dorchester .
Westerly, Centre street. West Roxbury .
Walter Street, West Roxbury ....
Mt. Hope, Walk Hill street, 125 acres and 14,330 square feet.
Fairview Cemetery, Fairview avenue, Hyde Park, about fifty
acres.
Evergreen, Commonwealth avenue, Brighton, 604,520 square
feet.
Market Street, Brighton, 18,072 square feet.
City Tombs.
Twenty-five in the South Ground; six in Phipps Street
Ground, Charlestown; one tomb for infants in South Ground;
one tomb for infants and one for adults in Copp's Hill Ground;
one for adults and one for infants in the Granary Ground; one
for infants in King's Chapel Ground; one for infants in the
Central Ground; two receiving tombs in East Boston; one
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Dorchester South; one receiving tomb in Evergreen Cemetery,
Brighton; one receiving tomb in Mt. Hope Cemetery and one
receiving tomb in Fairview Cemetery, Hyde Park.
Park Department.
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Interest, General Fund, 1934 ....
General Receipts, 1934
Total, Perpetual Care Fund, December 31, 1933 .
Perpetual Care Receipts, 1934
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59,640 55
55,624 40
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18,593 25
$1,592,072 55
557,592 77
Total Cemetery Fund $2,149,665 32
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City Document No. 19.
Cemetery Division Expenditures for Maintenance, Year Ending
December 31, 1934.
Office .
$5,295 91
Park Department
2,645 04
Mount Hope
63,181 57
Fairview
6,353 96
Evergreen — Market
Street
6,871 78
Dorchester North
3,035 21
Dorchester South
1,366 60
Bennington Street
1,489 13
Bunker Hill
1,052 10
Central
3 44
Copp's Hill
1,493 63
Ehot .
858 81
Granary
1,348 29
Hawes .
87 75
King's Chapel .
1,473 87
Phipps Street
813 98
South End South
779 83
Union .
'.
60 75
Westerly
9 18
$98,220 83
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