A report on improvements to Willard park, Battle Creek, Michigan . ra, N. Y. 38,106 100 7,334 Newton, Mass. 36,350 160 6,149 Springfield, 111. 36,211 207 10,107 BATTLE CREEK 30,000 28 2,500 Pueblo, Colo. 29,237 255 15,672 Council Bluffs, la 29,171 647 5,717 Meridan, Conn. 25,088 . 1029 Colorado Springs, Colo. 24,092 1458 Fortunately Willard Park can be enlarged at no great part of the adjoining land on the south is practically unfit for agri-cultural purposes and the rest is only ordinary farm land and is surelymore valuable for park purposes than it ever can be for agriculturalpurpo
A report on improvements to Willard park, Battle Creek, Michigan . ra, N. Y. 38,106 100 7,334 Newton, Mass. 36,350 160 6,149 Springfield, 111. 36,211 207 10,107 BATTLE CREEK 30,000 28 2,500 Pueblo, Colo. 29,237 255 15,672 Council Bluffs, la 29,171 647 5,717 Meridan, Conn. 25,088 . 1029 Colorado Springs, Colo. 24,092 1458 Fortunately Willard Park can be enlarged at no great part of the adjoining land on the south is practically unfit for agri-cultural purposes and the rest is only ordinary farm land and is surelymore valuable for park purposes than it ever can be for agriculturalpurposes. I cannot urge the acquirement of more land too stronglyand I believe that this land should be acquired before any money isspent upon a pavilion or other improvements. The new pavilion,boat houses, and the like, are all needed if Willard Park is to be en-joyed by the people as it should be. But once these are in place andthe people learn what a delightful place the park is, they will come tothe park in such numbers as to make more land an absolute ABOUNDING IN WATER LILIES. In order to explain as to just what lands should be acquired Irefer you to the two maps accompanying this report. In map numberone, the present area of Willard Park is shown by the shaded other portion of the map shows Breezy Point, acres, anda part of the Willard farm containing approximately 50 acres. Iwould recommend that this fifty acres be purchased and added to thepresent park area. The western portion of this part of the farm con-taining 26 acres is of no practical value for farm purposes and shouldbe acquired at a minimum of expense. The eastern tract of 24 acrescontains a cleared space where a ball ground and tennis courts wouldbe appropriate. The present marsh on the back or western portionof the tract should be made a part of Gougac Lake by the digging ofa canal across as shown in map number two. The water level in thismarsh, as ascertained by the City Engineer, is
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