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[Document 19 — 1945.]

ANNUAL REPORT

^PARK DEPARTMENT

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944

Boston, December 31, 1944.

Hon. Maurice J. Tobin,

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 1944.

Respectfully submitted,

William P. Long,

Chairman.

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City Document No. 19.

Expenditures for Maintenance, January 1 to December 31, 1944.

Parks,

Gardens — Squares.

Algonquin square

S16 25

Aquarium
Arborway

24,012 63
2,640 00

Arnold Arboretum '

1,169 06

Back Bay yard

58 41

Belmont square

681 00

Blackstone square

689 00

Boston Common Bandstand

1,198 39

Boston Common, Buddies Club .

400 00

Boston Common, Deer Park

596 99

Boston Common, Flagstaff Hill ...

29 98

Boston Common, grounds.

21,768 11

Boston Common, Park Street Station

830 68

Boston Common, West Street Station

120 66

Braddock park

45 25

Bromley park

322 16

Brookline overpass . . . .

5 25

Camp Meigs

144 50

Cedar square .

199 50

Centervale park . . " .

19 25

Central square

1,672 49

Chester park

267 50

Chestnut Hill park

3,565 83

City square

120 00

Columbia road . . .

3,030 75

Columbus Park Stadium ....

3,575 11

Columbus square

138 75

Commonwealth avenue, main

12,254 04

Concord square

168 00

Denton square

30 00

Dorchester park

2,335 30

Eaton square

168 00

Elm Hill park

23 75

Fens

17,701 18

Florida street

87 25

Fort Hill square

400 50

Francis G. Kane square ....

9 00

Franklin Park, Administration Building, shops

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etc

7,596 35

Franklin Park, carpenter shop .

16,241 39

Franklin Park, garage

14,412 74

Franklin Park, golf course . .

9,153 09

Franklin Park, greenhouse ....

32,259 83

3,973 41

Franklin Park, Overlook Buildings .

9 75

3,278 65

Carried fonoard . . . .

$187,419 73

Park Department.

Brought forward . .
Franklin Park, Refectory Building
Franklin Park, storehouse
Franklin Park, yard
Franklin square
Fred Olson square
George Wolf square
George Wright Golf Course
Hayes square
Heath square
Highland park
Horatio Harris park
Independence square .
Irving W. Adams park
Jamaica Pond Boat Landing
Jamaicaway .
John E. Donovan park
John Harvard Mall
Kittredge square .
Lawton Circle
Linwood square
Madison park

Marine park and Castle Island
Massachusetts avenue .
Maverick square .
Mount Bowdoin green .
Oak square
Oakview terrace
Olmsted park
Orchard park
. Park Drive, Administration Building
Paul Revere Mall .
Peabody square
Preble Street Traffic Circle
Prescott square
Public Garden
Putnam square
Recreation Division
Richardson square
Riverway
Ross Estate .
Rutland square
Soldiers' Monument Lot
Spaulding square .
St. Stephen's park
Strandway
Sullivan square
Thomas park .
Tremlett square

Carried forward

$187,419

73

2,804

73

20,465

39

18,655

83

679

00

2

75

102

75

17,748

74

531

61

19

00

315

00

808

50

245

00

858

00

681

44

4,358

35

574

50

807

50

1,413

40

492

00

10

25

836

00

3,137

09

560

68

669

00

127

00

92

50

49

75

248

48

217

00

741

37

29

50

10

25

29

70

888

00

12,303

22

918

00

33,606

97

304

00

8,203

49

392 48

355

53

43

00

40

00

52

10

12,172

88

78 81

891

00

16

75

S336,008 02

City Document No. 19.

Brought forward

$336,008 02

Turner square

51 00

Union park

286 00

Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway

50 00

Vincent Cutillo park .

616 50

Walnut park

104 75

Waltham square ....

10 25

Warren Statue ....

44 50

Washington park ....

1,106 00

Wellesley park ....

133 00

West Roxbury Parkway

347 00

William B. Corbett park

311 00

Winthrop square ....

435 16

Wolcott square ....

111 00

Worcester square ....

456 50

World War Memorial park .

3,674 76

Zoological Garden, animal range

1,968 00

Zoological Garden, antelope house

2,359 15

Zoological Garden, bear dens

3,244 46

Zoological Garden, bird house

10,649 77

Zoological Garden, camel house .

3 00

Zoological Garden, elephar^t house

5,335 43

Zoological Garden, elk range

27 50

Zoological Garden, general .

26,117 54

Zoological Garden, lion house

3,921 94

Zoological Garden, monkey house

132 02

$397,504 25

Playgrounds.

Almont Street Playground . . . . $3,090 15

American Legion Playground

10,647 17

Billings Field Playground .

3,892 15

Brookside Avenue Playground .

1,831 73

Carl H. Ahlsen Playground

656 09

Ceylon Street Playground .

594 31

Charlesbank Playground

2,580 65

Charter Street Playground .

6 00

Cherry Street Playground .

648 00

Christopher J. Gibson Playground

8,730 90

Christopher .J. Lee Playground .

3,435 72

Copp's Hill Terrace Playground

474 50

Fallon Field Playground

8,666 69

Foster Street Playground .

636 00

Francis Parkman Playground

1,644 34

Frankhn Field Playground .

12,329 93

Frederick D. Emmons Playground

951 17

George H. Walker Playground .

2,549 55

James L. Cronin Playground

2,064 24

Carried forward

),429 29

Paek Department.

Brought forward
James F. Healy Playground
James and Margaret Tobin Playground
Jefferson Playground .
John J. Connolly Playground
John A. Doherty Playground
John J. Doherty Playground
John F. Holland Playground
John W. Murphy Playground
John H. L. Noyes Playground .
John J. Ryan Playground .
J. M. and J. J. Sullivan Playground
John Winthrop Playground
Joseph Lee Playground
King Street Playground
L. Gertrude Howes Playground
Lester J. Rotch Playground
London Street Playground .
Mary Draper Playground .
Mary Hannon Playground .
Mary E. Hemenway Playground
Matthew J. Sweeney Playground
McConnell Park Playground
McKinney Playground
Mission Hill Playground
North End Prada Playground
Parker Hill Playground
Portsmouth Street Playground
Readville Playground .
Rev. Father Buckley Playground
Ripley Playground
Rogers Park Playground
Ronan Park Playground
Smith's Pond Playground .
Snow Hill Street Playground
Stanley A. Ringer Playground
Thomas J. Roberts Playground
Troy Street Playground
Tyler Street Playground
Webster Street Playground
Wesley G. Ross Playground
William Amerena Playground
William J. Barry Playground
William E. Carter Playground
William Eustis Playground
William E. Garvey Playground
William F. Smith Playground
Miscellaneous

.$65,429 29

2,208

01

976

50

3,996

68

2,402 68

345

32

1,873

43

855

78

2,474

41

2,822

64

3,995 43

25

09

643

91

8,596

45

99

00

416

50

1,267

23

78

11

2,052

59

182

00

2,397

31

24

90

1,858

71

3,212

81

2,401

22

1,432

77

1,365

66

44

00

723

07

13

79

12

50

4,432 04

1,999

53

2,635 89

1,398

25

2,954

73

1,805

77

743

00

180

00

7

72

615

87

1,102 73

97 01

1,946

18

4,201

64

3,300

54

3,246

69

780

00

$145,675 38

6

City Document No. 19.

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 Gymnasium
Roslindale Gymnasium
Tyler Street Gymnasium
Vine Street Gymnasium

Baths and Beaches.
Broadway Municipal Building . '

Charlesbank

Columbus Park Beach

Dewey Beach

Dover Street Bath House and Laundry
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,

Miscellaneous

General Expense.
Central Office — Administration
Stables ....
Street trees

Suppression of moths .
Miscellaneous
Pensions and annuities
Automobiles, tractors, wagons, etc.
Mount Hope Cemetery

Recapitulation.

Parks and gardens
Playgrounds .
Gymnasia
Baths and beaches
General expense

084 44
9,241 16

12,924 01
7,010 89

13,807 17
8,818 84

21,833 47

28,781 52
7,032 28
5,893 58

12,799 65

$150,227 01

$11,293 27
1,889 75

14,168 37
918 00

46,779 95
8,122 89

35,256 72

14,674 14
1,351 00
3,440 56
4,358 73

20,052 62
4,731 20

$167,037 20

$51,454 27

5,472 82

14,896 42

8,099 27

28,553 26

7,125 44

58,622 11

99 95

^74,323 54

^397,504 25
145,675 38
150,227 01
167,037 20
174,323 54

,034,767 38

Park Department.

Expenditures of Loan, Revenue, Special Appropriations and
Trust Funds, January 1, 1944, to December 31, 1944.

Reckeation.

Common and Parks in existence on January 12, 1887, Mair

tenance and Improvement of

Civilian Defense Act Victory Garden ....
Park and Playground, Improvements, etc., Non-Revenue
Mary P. C. Cummings Trust Fund, Income .
Contingent Fund, Temporary War Memorial
Playgrounds, Establishment and Extension of
Head House Pier, South Boston, Repairs, etc.
Civilian Defense Act Victory Garden No. 2 . . .
Contingent Fund, "Gay Nineties" Shows
Recreational Program, Development, Activities, etc.

Total

$208,503 63

10,264 44

3,370 37

2,117 25

8.263 77

342 82

341 25

17,556 84

2,389 03

8,324 79

$261,474 19

CASH RECEIPTS.
For Twelve Months Ending December 31, 1944.

Park Division.

Golf permits, Franklin Park course .
Golf permits, George Wright course .
Permits for openings, signs, etc.
Use of equipment, labor, etc.
Commission on receipts of public telephones
in Park Department buildings

Settlement of claims

Refunds

Towels, soap, etc., in playground houses .

Moth suppression

Rentals from concessions on parks and beaches
Mary P. C. Cummings Estate, income
Boston Common Tree Fund, income

$10,524 00

5,069 00

331 00

105 00

43 57

832 51

86 65

626 81

2,332 80

12,594 00

5,909 96

140 44

5,595 74

Bath Division.

Tow^els, soap, etc., in bath houses . . . $23,564 04

Miscellaneous 1 02

Commission on receipts of public telephones

in bath houses 5 95

23,571 01

Total $62,166 75

Above receipts were credited as follows:

General Revenue $56,116 35

Trust Funds, income 6,050 40

$62,166 75

City Document No. 19.

Feanklin Park Golf Course.
Opening Date — April 19. Closing Date — November 23.

Registered attendance, 18,497.
Estimated number of rounds played, 21,000.
Annual permiti issued, 386 at $15 each .
Daily permits issued, 4,044 at $1 each
Twilight permits issued, 885 at 50 cents each
Service men registered free, 1,595.

Total

J5,790 00

4,044 00

442 50

$10,276 50

George Wright Golf Course, Hyde Park.

Opening Date — April 22. Closing Date — December 10.

Registered attendance, 8,718.
Estimated number of rounds played, 13,146.
Annual permits issued, 118 at $25 each .
Daily permits issued, 747 at $2 each
Daily permits issued, 625 at $1 each
Service men registered free, 1,423.

Total

^2,950 00

1,494 00

625 00

$5,069 00

Skating Attendance for Season 1944.

Name of Playground.
Almont Street Playground .
Amerena Playground .
American Legion Playground
Billings Field Playground .
Brookside Avenue Playground .
Carter Playground
Chandler Pond Playground
Charlestown Playground
Columbus Park Playground
Cronin Playground
Doherty and Gibson Playgrounds
Dorchester Park Playground
Draper Playground
Eustis Playground
Fallon Field Playground
Franklin Field Playground
Garvey Playground
Hemenway Playground
Jamaica Pond

Carried forward

Attendance.

7,200
11,100

8,400
27,300

3,500
20,100
33,200
21,000
43,600
11,500
20,100
14,600

4,500
11,100
30,700
195,500
170,200
15,500
86,300

735,400

Park Department.

Name of Playground.

Attendance.

Brought forward

735,400

Jefferson Playground

32,750

Lee, Joseph, Playground (Back Bay)

32,000

Murphy Playground

20,300

McConnell Park Playground

45,000

McKinney Playground ....

16,000

Noyes Playground

16,000

Parkman Playground . . . . .

9,000

Pubhc Garden

82,500

Rogers Park Playground ....

18,500

Roberts, Thomas J., Playground

22,000

Rotch Playground

12,000

Ringer Playground

6,500

Smith's Pond Playground ....

32,000

Smith 's Playground (Brighton) .

12,000

Wood Avenue Playground

27,000

Total

1,118,950

General Attendance for Season, 1944.

Name of Playground.

Attendance.

Ahlsen Playground

58,000

Almont Street Playground ....

50,150

Amerena Playground

45,900

American Legion Playground

62,100

Billings Field Playground ....

145,600

Brookside Avenue Playground .

30,750

Carter Playground . . . .

188,100

Ceylon Street Playground ....

42,650

Charlesbank Playground ....

105,500

Charlestown Heights

18,350

Charlestown Playground ....

178,230

Cherry Street Playground ....

12,150

Chestnut Hill Playground .

177,400

Columbus Park Playground and Stadium

305,000

Connolly Playground

160,500

Cronin Playground

70,250

Dorchester Park Playground

108,810

Draper Playground

45,230

Doherty and Gibson Playgrounds

230,250

Eustis Playground

130,500

Emmons Playground

16,170

Fallon Field Playground ....

255,100

Franklin Field Playground ....

605,002

Garvey Playground

210,672

Healy Playground

245,104

Carried forward

3,497,468

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City Document No. 19.

Name of Playground.

Attendance.

Brought forward 3,497,468

Hemenway Playground ....

65,860

Holland Playground

45,499

Jefferson Playground

250,086

Lee, Christopher, Playground (South Boston)

140,694

Lee, Joseph, Playground (Back Bay)

225,004

Murphy Playground

110,500

McConnell Park Playground

155,042

McKinney Playground

90,100

Mead Street Playground

25,041

Mission Hill Playground

110,825

North End Park Playground

140,483

Noyes Playground

95,454

Parker Hill Playground

50,088

Parkman Playground .

45,887

Portsmouth Street Playground

45,100

Prince Street Playground .

35,086

Readville Playground .

75,671

Ringer Playground

80,846

Ripley Playground

20,100

Roberts Playground

150,300

Rogers Park Playground

160,619

Ronan Park Playground

190,096

Rotch Playground

95,850

Smith, Wilham E., Playground

180,217

Smith's Pond Playground .

115,325

Snow Hill Street Playground

55,867

Sweeney Playground

25,863

Tyler Street Playground

10,600

Walker Playground

185,325

West Third Street Playground

20,430

Winthrop, John, Playground

40,225

Wood Avenue Playground .

70,410

World War Memorial Park

75,000

Boston Common Playstead

300,000

Total

6,980,961

Park Department.

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Gymnasia, Class and Individual Attendance, 1944.

Gymnasium.

Indi-
viduals.

Men.

Boys.

Women

Girls.

Mothers.

Totals.

Cabot Street

Columbia Road

Curtis Hall

Hyde Park

John J. Williams Building

Lexington Street

North Bennet Street

Paris Street

Roslindale

Tyler Street

Vine Street

1,417
1,318
418
655
1,836
2,514

1,785

284

601

407

1,225

728

156

2,789

620

1,610

1,820

3,570

3,700
6,377
3,778
2,025
5,209
6,1.53
9,968
5,305
2,680
2,040
8,390

110
1,026
632
92
521
113
644
696
422
200
990

91
5,624
5,749
2,035
2,075
2,459
2,351
1,245
1,078
330
3,010

275

230

38

5,877

14,946

11,214

6,032

10,407

11,395

15,752

9,651

5,790

4,390

15,960

Totals.

9,943

13,810

55,625

5,446

26,047

543

111,414

Shower Baths, Attendance, 1944.

Bath House.

Men.

Boys. Women. Girls.

Totals.

Brighton

Broadway

Cabot Street

Columbia Road

Copley School

Curtis Hall

Dover Street

Hj-de Park

John J. Williams Building

Le.xington Street

North Bennet Street

Paris Street

Roslindale

Tyler Street

Vine Street

L Street

Totals

3,251

2,254

443

519

90,240

8,240

25,695

6,975

12,370

9,822

3,668

4,734

61,6.50

39,295

7,385

10,280

5,289

6,734

1,8.57

2,874

37,451

17,826

3,657

7,403

51,400

1,135

5,495

1,150

18,291

9,783

2,. 567

2,528

67,875

5,545

13,460

3,445

48,300

52,800

19,700

24,000

83,950

34,400

49,600

18,700

85,495

13,010

22,635

4,585

15,105

19,862

3,020

5,220

32,400

19,750

9,800

4,900

81,900

33,850

32,825

29,650

262,460

33,335

25,.501

50,961

957,427

307,641

227,308

177,924

6,467

131,150

30,594

118,610

16,754

66,337

59,180

33,169

90,325

144,800

186,650

125,725

43,207

66,850

178,225

372,2.57

1,670,300

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City Document No. 19.

Beaches and Swimming Pools, Attendance, 1944.

Men.

Boys.

Women .

Girls.

Totals.

Cabot Street Pool

1,930

1,784

267,850

36,110

8,341

9,645

30,620

200,758

3,988
9,446
318,425
156,340
37,740
43,690
35,142
33,335

498
1,120
178,575
94,750
15,670
17,270
34,900
25,501

2,766

5,146

315,050

201,775

41,195

47,545

35,080

50,961

9,182

Curtis Hall Pool

17,496

1 079 900

Head House Beach

North End Park Beach

488,975
102,946

118,150

World War Memorial Park

135,742

310,555

Totals

557,038

638,106

368,284

699,518

2,262,946

PARK DEPARTMENT STATISTICS TO
DECEMBER 31, 1944.

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PARK DEPARTMENT — CEMETERY DIVISION.

The following annual report is presented for the
Cemetery Division from January 1, 1944, to December
31, 1944.

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:

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City

Bennington Street, East Boston

Rainsford Island

Bunker Hill, Charlestown

Phipps Street, Charlestown

Copp's Hill, Hull street, City .

King's Chapel, Tremont street,

Granary, Tremont street, City

Central, Common, City ....

South End South, Washington street. City

Hawes, Emerson street, South Boston .

Union, East Fifth street, South Boston

Notih, Uphams Corner, Dorchester

Eliot, Eustis street, Roxbury .

South, Dorchester avenue, Dorchester .

Westerly, Centre street. West Roxbury

Walter Street, West Roxbury .

Evergreen, Commonwealth avenue, Brighton

Market Street, Brighton ....

Mount Hope, Walk Hill street, 125 acres

square feet

Fairview, Fairview avenue, Hyde Park, about 50 acres.

and

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43,560
48,202
76,740
89,015
19,344
82,063
60,693
64,670
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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 receiving tomb in Dorchester North; one receiving tomb
in Dorchester South; one receiving tomb in Evergreen Ceme-
tery, Brighton; one receiving tomb in Mount Hope Cemetery,
and one receiving tomb in Fairview Cemetery, Hyde Park.

Park Department. 25

Cemetery Division Receipts, January 1 to December 3!, 1944.

Cemeteries.

General
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Perpetual

Care
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Interest on

Perpetual

Care.

Mount Hope

Fairview

Evergreen

Dorchester North.
Bennington Street.
Dorchester South . .

Central

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Westerly

Copp's Hill

Phipps Street

King's Chapel

Bunker Hill

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12,578 40

9,861 95

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Total, General Fund, December 31, 1943 $2,268,018 89

Interest, General Fund, 1944 81,646 45

Revenue (General Receipts), 1944 78,173 92

Payments from Fund during 1944:

To Cemetery Maintenance and Improvement.

§2,427,839 26

60,000 00

Total, General Fund, December 31, 1944 $2,367,839 26

Total, Perpetual Care Funds, December 31, 1944 748,521 62

Total Cemetery Funds $3,116,360

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City Document No. 19.

Summary Statement of Cemetery Activities, January I to
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Cemetery Division, Expenditures for Maintenance, Year Ending
December 31, 1944.

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Mount Hope
Fairview
Evergreen .
Dorchester North
Bennington Street
South End South
Granary-
King's Chapel
Phipps Street
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Copp's Hill
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30,398 96

6,218 53

3,517 99

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269 76

269 75

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Park Department.

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Cemetery Division, Maintenance and Improvement, Year Ending
December 31, 1944.

Park .
Office .
Mount Hope
Fairview
Evergreen .
Dorchester North
Dorchester South
Bennington Street
Bunker Hill
Central
Copp's Hill
Ehot .
Granary
King's Chapel
Phipps Street
South End South
Westerly
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Union .

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33,312 98

6,684 51

6,909 13

1,990 28

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552 50

100 85

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552 50

635 00

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CITY OF BOSTON

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