Second report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Parks for the City of Boston, 1876.

  • Boston. Department of Parks.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Second report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Parks for the City of Boston, 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CITY OF BOSTON. City Document No. 42. SECOND REPORT OF THE BOARD OF COMMIS- SIONERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON, 1876. To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Boston:— The Commissioners appointed under the act entitled An Act for the laying out of Public Parks in or near the City of Boston,” have the honor to submit the following report, as supplementary to that of January 1, 1876. In pursuance of their ''power to locate within the limits of the city one or more public parks,” with the limitation, that no land shall be taken] or other thing involving an expenditure of money done, until an appropriation, suffi- cient to cover the estimated expense thereof, shall have been made by a vote of two-thirds of each branch of the City Council of said city,’’ the Commissioners have located sev- eral parks and prepared estimates of the expense thereof, as required by said Act. In selecting the hereinafter-described lands and recom- mending them as suitable for public parks and park-ways for the present and future needs of the city, the Commissioners have been guided by the following considerations : — 1st — Accessibility, for all classes of citizens by walking, driving, riding, or by means of horse or steam cars. 2d — Economy, or the selection, so far as practicable, of such lands as are not at present income-producing property, and would least disturb the natural growth of the city in its business and domestic life, and of those which would become relatively nearer the centre of population in future years. 3d — Adaptability, or the selection of lands possessing in the greatest degree the natural physical characteristics neces- sary for park purposes, and requiring the least expenditure for subsequent development. 4th — Sanitary advantages, or the selection of such lands as would probably become unhealthy, if neglected or built upon.