City of Seattle Records

Supt's Report August 1893 To the Honbl The Board of Parks Commission Gentlemen The following report is respectfully submitted concerning the work under I am charge Kinnear Park furnished the occasion for the plantings in Arbor Day the total trees & shrubs provided during the past month in this Park was 920 plants from the Nursery , besides the 24 presented by Mr Louis Ziegler and also 2 white Elms presented and planted by Mrs J H Green. making 948 plants in all. This park, in addition, continued its proper maintenance and work of the season. It is further reported that the lower portion of said park has continued to slide taking with it about 300 linneal feet of some of the lower walks. This slidding will continue, unless proper retaining structures are built upon the shore below, where the sea is eating away the slidding earth footings. The ground where this structure should be is not on city property, hence the remedy is not within the city's power, yet if nothing is done the damage will continue and extend. Denny Park. 7 am ordered this the superintendent investigate the condition of this park among which was the advisability of removing a quantity of stable manure as the same might be objectionable or offensive. The conditions found were as follows. There is one large heap of stall manure covered with earth, there is some more deposited among some dead trees, which is over a year old and which is so throughly composted that there is no more emanations possible from it - beside there are possibly ten loads of manure scattered about, which were evidently dumped there by some of the neighboring residents in order to get rid of it - instead of disposing of it at larger expense to themselves. This quantity is so small that emanation from it cannot last more than a month from the time of its