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Department of Parks and Recreation Monthly Report, March 1893. See full description in Digital Collections

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5 The interior of the building is provided with the following rooms: Store and waiting room 36&1/2 x 16 Ladies entry-toilet or wash room 17 x 9&1/2 Ladies Toilet 10&1/2 x 17 Gentlemens Toilet and wash room 18 x 19

Janitors tool Store Room 29/2 x 6 The store is provided with 2 large plate windows and 3 entrances with oak counter andshelves and 2 friut stand outside. The 2 wash rooms are provided with 3 chairs for Boot Blacking: and 10 toilet chairs of ease All arranged for direct plumbing and sewer arrangements with flushing facilities: The building is to be heated by outside steam.

This estimation provides for suitable stone foundations and air chambers brick walls. The Stand floor and room cielings to be of iron beams and bridge brick flooring filling concreted and tiled. The walls to have marble finish. The wood work is consist of thouroughly seasoned white oak natural finish: Brass mountings and trimmings throughout.

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The roof to consist of wood trusses made to receive for the watershed galvanized corugated over parts and railings with cornice sheet trim mouldings On the upper surface, and a half inch smooth surface on at tread thereby seasoned beams upon the under side. For the ceiling of the stand. The stair railings and all the to be of iron.The cornices galvanized sheet trim moulding and dies . properly painted The exterior brick will extending from the stone water table (2 feet from the Pioneer Place tileing) up to the copping of the stand floor could be made to contain the state mineral collection, by inserting these into the face of the wall in the form of a belt 2 or 2&1/2 feet wide The same to be on a level line convenient for close examination or inspection each distince mineral being framed around by glazed bricks minerals too fragile to withstand outdoor exposure could be equaly well displayed within upon the walls of the waiting room. A firm sometime since wrote to thedepartment asking the refund of the rental of the waiting store room

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7 March 31st 1893

the work in the Parks had continued with the usual routine of maintenance and the proper preparation for the coming season for the flower beds borders and shrubbery The work in the nursery in parts 2 bays sown with 150 varieties of perrennials shrubs and annual decorative plants. A range of Hot beds are made and the planting out of nursery stock continuing the same needing added force Donations and exchanges of Plants and seeds are reported from the following parties

Mr.Louis Ziegler donated 26 packages seeds Mrs Newfelder 3 plants C A White esq. 8 packs california seeds self coleted Mr. Geo Elms 12 roses E O Schnajud 97 rare shrubs and vines

The Drafting department beside devoting 9 days on the Pioneer Place shrubbries devoted its time to the work in Kinnear Park topographical map. Plans. Further work in the plan is delayed while awaiting the decision of the Olympia Avenue regrade committee as the grade so determined said avenue will involve the adjoining boundry 7

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of Kinnear Park The department has a topographical map completed of DennyPark and desires to know whether It is the wish of the Honorable Commission to formulate a study of said ground. For its future improvement. Respectfully H Lehnager

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