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Superintendant Report for
February 1893
To the Honorable the board of
Park Commissioners
of Seattle
Gentlemen
The opeations of the Department dur-
ing the month of February were as follows
Kinnear Park The winter work was kept up
bothof repair and completioin of the walks for which
14 loads of gravel were used
Total amount of gravel was to date is 182 loads
equal to 137 yards
The team work alsodistributed the compost in
fertilization and spring preparation of the flower
and bedding beds. Also put forward other miscellaneous
hauling.
The heavy snows required removing from the
structures
the principal walk kept open
The topographical map is nealry done
work on the City Park has suspended on account
of the snow and consequent wet ground
The Nursery work of general maintenance prep-
aration of ground and planting out of nursery stock
continuedl
The working force would be increased this month
in order to reasonably finish needful Spring prepar-
ation