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WEST CHICAGO PARK COM'MISSIONERS 151
LANDSCAPE DIVISION.
This Division has charge of the trees and plantation on all the
bo"tlevards, covering an area of 453.3 acres and a length of 29.5 miles,
and fourteen small parks, with a total area of 80.2 acres.
The maintenance consists of trimming and cutting out all dead
trees and shrubs, weeding the shrubbery beds, fertilizing the trees and
shrubs, watering all new and old plantation, spraying when necessary,
replacing dead trees and shrubs, preparing tree holes and shrubbery beds.
About 150 zinc name plates, giving the common name, the botanical
name, and the native country, were fastened to the trees in certain
sections of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas and Union Park.
During the season, 179 trees and 1,765 shrubs were planted in the
small parks, and 483 trees and 5,784 shrubs were planted on the boulevards.
BOULEVARDS.
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
has been maintained as usual. The new city bridge across the river was
opened to traffic on May 26, 1913, since which time traffic on Washington
boulevard has greatly increased.
JACKSON, ASHLAND, OAKLEY AND SACRAMENTO
BOULEVARDS
have all been maintained as usual.
HUMBOLDT BOULEVARD:
That portion of Humboldt boulevard commonly known as Logan
Square, north of Humboldt Park, was improved during the past
year, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the special assessment
ordinance therefor, passed by the Board of West Chicago Park
Commissioners on February 25, 1913.
The improvement consisted of concrete curb, cement walks, and asphalt
pavement on six inches of Portland cement concrete base. The
sidewalks in front of the business houses were removed and new cement
walks laid, twenty feet wide from the curb to the building line.
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