Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park

Author : Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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ISBN 13 : 9781331910671
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book Thirty-Second Annual Report written by Legislative Assembly of Ontario and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty-Second Annual Report: Of the Commissioners for the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Parks, 1917 May it Please Your Honour: The Commissioners for the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park System submit herewith for the information of the Legislature, as required by Statute, the Thirty-Second Annual Report, covering the administration of the system of parks and boulevards along the Niagara frontier for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1917. General. Since the commencement of the great war in August, 1914, the development and improvement of the Parks and proposed Boulevards to connect up the various areas into one composite system has remained in abeyance, and practically no expenditure has been incurred on capital account, which could be avoided without sacrificing expenditures already made. This policy has been carried out with increasing rigor during the seasons 1915, 1916, and the year just past, 1917, and, apart from the large amount of time and thought required in connection with the Power Company developments and operations, the efforts of the Park organization have been devoted to the maintenance of those areas and lengths of roadway that have heretofore been constructed and are so much used by the public for recreation and pleasure. From the beginning of the war it was deemed but right that moneys which could he conveniently saved for any emergency which might arise should not be expended upon the creation of a greater system of Parks when so much had already been accomplished in the great Niagara Park development. Much, however, still remains to bring the system into the front rank of Parks demanded by present-day practice, and the reserving of a considerable amount of work for a subsequent period as conditions warrant, was thought to be a patriotic plan, that would serve to provide occupation for men who would be released in large numbers after the conflict is over and peace restored. Even had it been desirable to produce larger results during 1917, the conditions of both the labor market and transportation would have intervened to prevent any large outlay, while the cost of operations have risen to such an abnormal figure that only the most essential work is justified. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.