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COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS.

JAN. 18ST TO JUNE 17TH, 1882.

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JAMES S. T. STRANAHAN,
Christian T. Christensen, Alfred S. Barnes,
William Marshall, Stephen V. White,
Abraham B. Baylis, Raphael C. Stearns,

Darwin R. James, The Mayor, Ex Officio.

OFEFICHRS.

PRESIDENT,

JAMES 5S. T. STRANAHAN.

SHORE TARY,

FRANCIS G. QUEVEDO.

CHIEF ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT,

JOHN Y. CULYER.

COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS.

OMEN REN Go:

WILLIAM B. KENDALL.

D. H. Houghtaling, John Gibb,
George H. Fisher, _ J. Rogers Maxwell,
Charles Garlichs, George W. Chauncey,

The Mayor, Ex Officio.

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PRESIDENT,

WILLIAM B. KENDALL.

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GHORGEH W. CHAUNCKY.

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ANDREW A. SMITH.

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Brooklyn Park Commissioners.

January 1, 18853.

To the Honorable the Mayor and Common Council of the City of
Brooklyn :

In compliance with the statute, the Brooklyn Park Com-
missioners respectfully present their annual report.

The present Board entered upon their duties on June 17, 1882.
The books of the Commission were found to be in an incom-
plete state, and a resolution was passed, July 7th, respectfully
requesting the Comptroller to detail from the Board of Audit
or other force at his command, competent expert clerical force
to examine and balance the accounts and to report the result
of such examination to this Board.

In accordance with this resolution an examination was made,
the result of which is shown in the accompanying report of the
Comptroller.

New books were opened, dating with the organization of the
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present Board, and the system adopted therein has received
the approval of the Comptroller.

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The statements appended, exhibit in detail the receipts and
disbursements for the year.

It will be seen by these statements, that the entire appro-
priations for the year have been expended.

The balance of the appropriations which we received were
found by us entirely inadequate for the work necessary to be
done.

For the details of the work done during the year, we refer
you to the accompanying report of the Chief Engineer and
Superintendent.

EAST SIDE LANDS.

There were sold by public auction, November 17, 1881, two
hundred and eighty-six lots. Of this number, seventy-six have
not been taken, and the Corporation Counsel has been in-
structed to commence proceedings to compel purchasers to
take title.

There remain unsold seven hundred and twenty-eight lots.

OCEAN PARKWAY IMPROVEMENT.

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 247 of the Laws of
1882, the Commissioners made a report, under the direction of
the Corporation Counsel, of the total cost of this improvement,
including interest at the rate of six per centum, together with a
statement showing the amount due upon each parcel of land
respectively, under and in pursuance of the provisions of said
law, which report was sent to the Board of Supervisors and
the County Treasurer on the 21st day of July, 1882.

That the total cost of said improvement amounts to .............. $365,634 29
Interest on same to May 31, 1882.......... oie SAAS A: SA ee hee 187,216 66

$552,850 95

CITY HALL PARK.
Since the open space surrounding the City Hall has been
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paved it has entirely lost its character as a park,and the chief
duty devolving on the Commission in this connection is that of
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keeping it free from snow in winter; as this frequently necessi-
tates withdrawing a portion of our force from more important
work, we suggest that the care of this park be transferred to
the Department of City Works, which has charge of all the
public buildings in the vicinity.

BEDFORD AVENUE.

This avenue was, by special legislation in 1878, placed under
the care of this Department.

In 1881 the amount which could be expended upon it for
cleaning and repairs was limited by Act of the Legislature to
five thousand dollars per annum.

The importance of the avenue as a thoroughfare, and its
present defective condition, coupled with the limited means
provided by law for its maintenance, compel us, after careful
consideration, to recommend its transfer to the Department of
City Works. To this Department, which has the care of nearly
all the other streets of the city, as well as the water and sewer-
age systems underlying the same, the care and control of this
avenue seems to us naturally to belong; and, in making such
transfer, adequate provision should be made for its immediate
repair.

CONSTITUTION OF PARK COMMISSION.

In our judgment, the time has now arrived when a change
should be made in the constitution of the Commission.

The great work of constructing and developing our present
system of parks naturally suggested that all sections of the city
should be represented in the Commission.

This work, now substantially completed, has justly merited
and received the approval of all classes, and there seems to us
no longer a necessity for so large a Commission.

To maintain our parks as now constituted will be the chief
labor of the future, and to this end constant care and direct
supervision are imperatively demanded.

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The duties should devolve upon one Commissioner, whose
entire time and thought should be devoted to the work, and
who should be directly responsible to the Mayor of the city.

Such manugement and responsibility, aside from bemg in
direct harmony with the present Charter, would, we are confi-
dent, meet the approval of all who have given our parks and
their government any attention.

We would therefore recommend such legislation ‘as may be
necessary to accomplish this result.

Respectfully,

WM. B. KENDALL,
President.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
Comptroller’s Office, City Hall.
Brookiyn, December 13, 1882.

To the Honorable the Board of Brooklyn Park Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN :

In compliance with the resolution passed by your honorable
body, July 7, last, and submitted to me July 8:

“That the Comptroller be respectfully requested to detail
from the service of the Board of Audit, or other force at his
command, without expense to this Department, competent
expert clerical force to examine and balance the books and
report the result of such examination to this Board,” I imme-
diately, after receipt of your request, directed Mr. Wm. A.
Brown, the Chief Accountant of the Board of Audit, with the
help of Mr. Theodore A. Drake, to examine the accounts of
your Department up to the date of the commencement of your
adminstration of its affairs. You will perceive, from the an-
nexed report of Mr. Brown, the result of his labor, also the
reason of the apparent delay in its execution.

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The examination has been from the books and bank accounts
at the disposal of the experts, and I considered it necessary,
under the circumstances, before announcing its result, and to
avoid all possible mistake, to engage Mr. A. B. Martin, the expert
accountant (employed by me in the examination of the accounts
of the Board of Education), to revise the modus of the experts
of the Board of Audit and their work. Mr. Martin, after ex-
amination, agrees ‘with me as to the efficiency and correctness
of the work in question, but thinks as I do, that to get at an
indisputable result, an examination of the vouchers as well as
of the books would be proper, and I respectfully recommend
that such should be had, also that the books of the Park
Department should be written up and properly balanced to the
date of your administration, and then continued in the form I
have heretofore advised, and which is now in vogue.

Considering that the former Board of Park Commissioners
(as In the case of the Board of Education), cannot be held
responsible for mistakes, negligence and even dishonesty of
their trusted employes, otherwise than for their own careless-
ness in trusting in and supervising such employees, and in the
hope that some valid explanation might still be had to account
for the deficiency, I considered it proper to apprise Mr. J. S.
T. Stranahan, the former President of your Board, who has
eiven his whole energy and care to the Park Department since
the inception of Prospect Park, and during a term of twenty-two
years without any remuneration, of the distressing fact of the dis-
covered deficiency in his Secretary's accounts. (I beg leave to
attach copies of my corespondence with Mr. Stranahan.) The
result of this communication was as I had expected, and is in
keeping with his acknowledged public spirit and nice definition
of his responsibility, that after a glance over the amounts and
ficures compiled by the experts, Mr. Stranahan handed me,
as Comptroller, his personal check for $10,604.42, the whole
amount of the deficiency. I have deposited this amount with
the City Treasurer upon the following receipt :

“Received, Brooklyn, December 12, 1882, from Ludwig Sem-
ler, Comptroller, ten thousand, six hundred and four dollars and

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forty-two cents for balance found on examination of the Park
Commissioners’ accounts due the city, this amount having been
paid by Mr. J. 8. T. Stranahan, subject to any corrections that
may be found in the further examination of the accounts of the
late Park Commissioners, to credit of Maintenance of Public
Parks. $10,604.42.
“| Signed. | A. D. WHEELOCK,
“ Deputy Treasurer.”

I think that it is proper that we should remember, in weigh-
ing the burden of these deficiencies, that they are distributed
over transactions extending through twenty-two years and
amounting to over eight millions of dollars.

Very respectfully,
LUDWIG SEMLER,
Comptroller.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
Comptroller’s Office, City Hall,
Brookiyn, December 12, 1882.
J. S. T. Srrananan, Esq.,

Ha-President, Brooklyn Park Commissioners :
Dear SIR:

Having been requested by the present Board of Park Com-
missioners to cause an examination of the account of that
Commission up to the 17th day of June last, the date of your
retirement from the Commission, whose President you have
been up to that time, I have had the account in question
examined and find from the report of accountant Wm. A. Brown,
to whom the examination was intrusted, that there is a defi-
ciency in the account to the credit of the city to the amount of
$10,604.42.

IT consider it proper that I should notify you of this fact
before I close my examination and officially report thereon.

Yours, very respectfully,
| Signed. | LUDWIG SEMLER, |.
Comptroller.

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Brooxiyn, December 12, 1882.
Hon. Lupwie Semier, Comptroller :
Dear Sir:

Your favor of this date informing me that Mr. William A.
Brown, the accountant appointed by you to examine the ac-
count of the Park Commission while under my presidency, had
reported an apparent deficiency, has been received.

Acting upon the principle by which I have been guided
during twenty-two years of gratuitous service to the city, I
hand to you my check to cover such deficiency, so that the
books and accounts of the Park Commission can be correctly
balanced as of the date of the expiration of my term of office.

On writing up the books, such amounts as it is now known
should be returned to me, and also such other sums hereafter
found that should properly be returned to me, I would thank
you to remit. .
Very truly yours, &ce.,

J. S. T. STRANAHAN.

Hon. Lupwic SEMLER,
Comptroller and Chairman of the Board of Audit:
Sir :

Herewith I present you with a preliminary report of the
results of my examination of the books and accounts of the De-
partment of Parks, from January, 1865, to June 17, 1882, the
time at which the new Commissioners took charge.

At the commencement of my labors I found that the actual
balance in the National City Bank to the credit of the Park
Commissioners was $29,596.52.

As the Commissioners were desirous of using this money, and
there being three sources of revenue from which it might have
been drawn, it became necessary to know how much was appli-
cable to the credit of each, and haying so ascertained, found as
follows :

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To proceeds of ‘salesiof enst/side Jamds!.1..... 2... oeel- sc eae $25,229 49
To npark TevenwUe «3. |: 32e vas sade Oe Oe mise cee wee: Cet Ue ave 534 06
To. county appropriations ...% Js ienens cesses) can ct dds ee +e oe 3,832 97

An examination of the first account haying been made, the
exact amount applicable thereto was determined. Cash book
items in June, 1882, furnished the second amount. The balance,
or third item, necessarily belonged to county appropriations,
subject, however, to a further. examination for the outstanding
checks, to be deducted therefrom.

Having arrived at this conclusion I at once notified the Park
Commissioners that they might be enabled to place the amounts
to their proper credits, and thereupon proceeded with the
examination of the financial affairs in connection with the Park
Commissioners in order to ascertain the proper amount which
should be to the credit of the Commission on the 17th of June,

1882.

The careless manner in which the accounts of the office have
been kept necessitated a recourse in all instances to the books
of original entry, such as cash books, check and bank books
and books of the Comptroller and County Treasurer, the absence
of numerous entries in the proper books making this method
absolutely necessary, and as being the only source from which
I could derive any information.

Considering the period of time covered by the examination—
nearly eighteen years—and as it has been supplementary to,
and interfered with my other duties, I have been pressed for
time in the prosecution of this work, and am compelled to, and
herewith present, the results of a preliminary examination in
tabular form, of which the following is a resumé.

Total receipts from January, 1865, to June 17, 1882............. $8,439,975 83

Total payments u és BSW 168 PIs gis Ngati eRe 8,402,212 44
Balance .cy. s/se ae acento este eC Lome ha Vee $37,763 39

Lo}y zh aveyouriaky] orp allay hobav-VilyigeleisP ae, Cone neanocSaoasens $29,596 52

Less outstanding checks........ Blatt ee ere 2,437 55 $27,158 97
Unaccounted for............ eae othe error ee $10,604 42

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Occurring as follows:

Receipts over deposits in 1866 .................-. 30
LORD CCH ee OD elo ome tiiee mon yeep aise ys $237 84
dein, Wey Wepconesoe ae AS et epee 1,021 11
INOW ESOS ISM (een cco eeccts Mahas a eles 1,075 65
Sepbe lors (9 es o se sess seeks 1,711 56
Weer (Gh US80e fee seh os 2,172 46
INGKiG: Pets acto Weeks emia ee mene ae 3,645 88
Uming, Ig, eta see = boca 462 42
$10,927 22
Wepositsioverreceipts im! WST8is 4.5... s-c2eal eee: 322 80 $10,604 42

As an explanation of the irregularities apparent in the above
classification, it may be said that the balances thus shown are
in consonance with the bank balance nearest to the Ist of
January in each year.

In regard to the outstanding checks on June 17, 1882,
above mentioned, the following is a list thereof:

VAGREINGTE ING = GENES iss escuchar Sa a Ee eee ol eet eee $54 80
LISTE aR es ERR ede gee ade 131 25
ANDO OMG NK ees eeepaeetenan tar deere rete tet hs SSN lae eatene. Baie 150 00
AN GO a nee ae rm ean ee een ges Che : 199 50
GL AGIG) IGS cee OR Os ae be RAE De PC Te te ea he ONE 150 00
A GG3ia ates ea tA Sean ee a uns AN g Pees Oe a. 150 00
Gk (TOLD sce 8 EM SDN imi ci Tet Ue pa 2 a hprear ag aN SN 60 00
AOD) 2 oh 3 oo aie AR ee ae Ela eran a i 150 00
db AUS en Bic. FOE OEE oe ees a ae Oe le 60. 00
Ge TAU COU eae Paice he Se ES RRO Ee TAR Pena eres ot ener ea 300 00
ALU Serpent Nee tet aee Set ens one yee eS eR ped 157 50
AN USS) 3b a Cee eo ee eee ae cae pee ter re ae 250 00
CL AZADI NN SR ah NE et ec Es i a eee Pes Ses 399 50
NTO MERIC RTS arc aoe rR ee ae ee See eoe es ne 225 00

ANY 8 a SP NAG CLEC Lh EE a ee a Se Te ae $2,487 55

Of the above checks I may state that No. 4,610, for $199.50,
was issued in error and not used. No. 4,765, for $399.50, was

also issued in error, the party having been paid said amount
out of the Trust fund.

There appears to be an indebtedness of the Commissioners to
the National City Bank of $48,600, balance on a note and
interest, occasioned by disbursements made by the Park Com-

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missioners in anticipation of the issue of Bonds by the Comp-
troller, under authority of the Legislature, to grade Ninth
avenue and Fifteenth street, and make improvements on Wash-
ington avenue; the amount expended on these improvements,
together with interest, would about make that amount.

Although the tabular statement specially shows the receipts
from east side lands, the disbursements therefor are included
thereon with the other disbursements; a detailed statement,
however, has been made, of which the following is a recapitu-
lation :

Receipts, 10 per cent. of sales. .i..8 a. ss. sections sie ee eee $22,520 00

cf 30 re oe sievals Scans eleseh Stone ke sia «Uareee eee e 94,325 (0

36 am Pal) oe SS ke 2 as ens wes eis eae eo alee Or 31,675 00

DISBURSEMENTS. $148, 520 00
AAV BOUISIM OS craic eras cee alavocs Oak asi oe yee a mintels miseeseterorenetereyee $1,329 99
LAGS Ride Smoratar ao BOA doom ane Se ObGin 931 00
Searches 2.8 fires ae incu sie setts cues sual meee 25 00
Collectomof Dax esy cise coxrna Pane Secels aalee ee oenines 1,609 05
Repistrar Of-ATNears nein) ceteroteteiocee acacia eecrmre rs 12,230 40
COMMIssIOMEr OL MS lMikIns Hho ene ee eens 55,745 O1

National) Cityr Bank) tock) betas oh cain sang once aickoke ree 51,420 06 123,290 51

Balance’on hand June 17s L882... oe) 2 eine ee cee eee $25,229 49

There appears to be a regular set of books for these east side
lands in which no entries have been made, and I found it neces-
sary to collate the above information from a petty a and
memorandum books.

In regard to the faulty condition in which the accounts of the
Commissioners were kept, and the manner in which the general
business of the office was apparently conducted, I desire to
state, that since January 1, 1879, some receipts and disburse-
ments have not been entered, neither has the ledger been posted
for some years, that the check books since 1866 do not show the
entries of any deposits, neither do they show any balance in
consonance with those of the bank books.

In consequence of the present condition of the books, the
Park Commissioners are unable to determine the balances due
to the several accounts, nor can they do so until they are
properly written up, and I would recommend that it be done as
soon as possible.

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In my judgement a more thorough investigation of everything
connected with the Commission since its inception should be
had, such a one as, under the circumstances, I have not had the
opportunity of accomplishing.

In the meantime the present Commissioners have had new
books opened from the date of the transfer, June 17, 1882,
which I may justly say are being admirably kept.

In conclusion, permit me to acknowledge the every facility
afforded me in the office of the Commissioners, and extreme
courtesy extended to my associate, Mr. Theo. A. Drake and
myself by the President and members thereof, as well the
attachés of the office. a
Respectfully,

WILLIAM A. BROWN,
Brooxtyn, Dec. 13, 1882. Accountant Board of Audit.

Brookiyn, Dec. 138, 1882.
Hon. Lupwic SEmMiLER, Comptroller :
Dear Sir:

Agreeably with your desire that I should examine as to. the
facts in connection with the preliminary report of an examina-
tion of the affairs of the Park Commission rendered to you by
Mr. Wm. A. Brown, accountant of the Board of Audit, I find
that after a careful and thorough investigation of the details of
the subject matter embraced therein, aided very materially by
the manner in which the papers furnished by Mr. Brown had
been prepared, [ am constrained to admit the correctness of
the findings in every particular as therein set forth, and, that
being cognizant of the contents of a more comprehensive re-
‘port to you this day on the same subject, I desire to say that,
together with its correctness as to the facts therein stated, I
am heartily in accord with it in the suggestions as to the neces-
sity of a more thorough investigation.

Yours respectfully,

ANDREW B. MARTIN, »
Accountant and Auditor.

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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT.

Brookiyyn, January 1, 1883.
To the Brooklyn Park Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN :

The operations of the Commission during the year 1882 have
been chiefly restricted to the work of maintenance.

By reason of the besetting disavantages which our limited
appropriation have entailed upon us, the general results corre-
spond to those of former seasons. For several years past there
has been no sufficient specific appropriation to offset the nat-
ural and anticipated decay and deterioration of many essential
features of construction, such as buildings, roads, walks, plan-
tations, enclosing fences, &e.

The use of the park by the public in 1882 was greater, as
were also the means of enjoyment, than during any other
period of its existence.

To anticipate and fulfil the consequent requirements of a
community that had been encouraged and educated to draw to
the fullest extent upon the resources of the Commission, it has
been necessary for us to expend no inconsiderable amount of
money, which, while enhancing the comfort and pleasure of
visitors, in nowise contributed toward that class of work from
which any substantial permanent effect could be derived.

There can be no doubt that the money thus expended was
wisely used, as the resulting benefits accrued directly to a great
number of our citizens to whom the park affords almost the
only means of out-door recreation available to them.

The choice of policy, in these instances enforced upon us by
necessity, has undoubtedly subjected the Commission to criti-
cism as to its methods of administration. The casual observer,
however intelligent, can form but a vague idea of the great
number of uses to which, under proper regulations, the parks,

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&c., are devoted, nor can they fully realize the infinite details
in connection with the daily routine and current use of the
park, which tend to draw upon and dissipate the labor of the
comparatively small force at our command.

The winter months were remarkable for no extended periods
of severe cold. All the necessary preparations for skating and
winter sports had been made, involving an expenditure for con-
siderable preparatory work which could not be avoided, but,
owing to the absence of any protracted prevalence of an ice
producing temperature, we had only three days’ skating during
the season. |

Numerous snow storms, however, with the anticipation of
skating which the season continuously encouraged, kept us
quite busy, while the frequent thawing made it necessary to do
a great deal of work upon the drives, the surfaces of which it
was frequently necessary to put in order. Later, with the
advance of spring, the work of renovation commenced and ex-
tended generally over the whole work.

In Prospect Park and the smaller city parks, pruning and
cleaning of plantations and the repairing of the roads and walks
and buildings were done. Extensive repairs were made to the
turfed areas in all the parks. The vigorous growth of the grass
required constant care and attention in order to maintain it in
proper condition in its relation to general park effect as well as
for the various uses to which it was put by the public for rec-
reative purposes.

It may be desirable at this time to recount brehe the condi-
tion of some of the important features of park construction to
which specific reference in more or less detail has been made
in former reports. Our roads, in plan of construction, were a
modification of those much more expensively built upon the
Central Park in New York, and, while avoiding the more costly
features which characterize the preparation and foundation
work of those of the Central Park, there was secured all the
essential features necessary to a substantial and durable road-
bed, while the superstructure over a considerable extent of our

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drives in no wise differed from that of the Central Park. The
surfaces of the Central Park roads and, in part, those of
Prospect Park, were made of North River gravel, a superior
material for roadways intended for pleasure driving, and the
most desirable gravel for this purpose to be had. During the
latter years of construction, however, our necessities led us to
substitute for the more expensive North River gravel a much
less serviceable material found within the park. This material,
owing to its composition in large part of sand and clay is, for
road surfacing, in every respect inferior to some other gravels
of which that from the North River is one of the best types.
The surfaces made of park gravel are more easily broken up
by the shoes of horses, and are worn away more rapidly by the
attrition of the wheels of vehicles. It is more easily affected
by moisture and frost, and in summer more readily turns into
dust, to which a constant application of water by sprinkling is
necessary in order to maintain it in a proper condition for use.
As will be inferred, the surfaces of those drives covered by this
latter material have worn away more rapidly and have entailed
more labor in their care than the other. In both cases, how-
ever, the present unsatisfactory condition of our roads is due
principally to the fact that there has been no considerable
renewal of the surface material during the past fifteen years,
and that this deterioration has resulted from the loss by wear,
and the effect of the elements upon the original surface mate-
rial, which forms the essential feature of a properly constructed
drive; these surfaces have worn away in some _ instances
to a depth of three to eight inches. During many years, for
the want of means to supply a needed liberal renovation, the
treatment has been necessarily superficial, ephemeral and un-
satisfactory. To restore these roads to a condition correspond-
ing to that of their original construction will require for the
repairs of more or less of five miles of road, as will be inferred,
the use of considerable labor and material. Our bridle roads
are constructed of park gravel; horseback riding has very
much increased in Brooklyn, and more labor will be needed to
be expended upon the rides in order to maintain them in a

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suitable condition for the use of equestrians. A very considerable
portion of our walk surfaces is covered with bituminous concrete,
most of which was put down many years ago, at a time when
much of the knowledge and experience in this new class of in-
dustry was tentative and empirical. Notwithstanding this,
many of these walks have proved serviceable and economical,
as the work was well done and at very moderate cost.

Owing to lack of experience and a want of exact information
as to the combination and use of the materials of which these
pavements were composed, many of these surfaces have worn
away, or prematurely disintegrated.

On many portions of the park their renewal at moderate
expense would result advantageously, especially upon those
walks where frequent variations in grade subject the surfaces
to the wash of water and other effects of the elements. Upon
such of the walks as are surfaced with gravel new material will

be required.
PLANTATIONS.

A large quantity of material, in great variety, which was
planted in the earlier years of the work, has outgrown the use
which it was designed to serve, having been planted for nursery
or protective purposes for more valuable material, and for
enforcing effects to which its rapid growth and characteristic
development readily conduced. This material, in the main, was
composed of the coarse varieties of shrubbery purchased in
large quantities at very moderate prices. It is intended to
cut out much of this material, which in many places forms a
now undesirabie contingent to the permanent planting and in
order to suppress its unintentional domination and the intrusion
of incongruous growths upon lines of site and views necessary
to afford to the visitor the effects of landscape which it is in
part the object of arrangements of park planting to secure.

During the past season, some of this work in its primary
stages has been done in order to guard against the destruction
of more valuable material, and during the coming season it will
claim our attention to a larger extent than it has been possible

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to give before. Naturally, much of this material is no longer
serviceable, while many other plants still good, may be trans-
ferred to unfinished portions of the park. Jn the latter case, the
surface to be planted will require soiling and manure. The
periods favorable for this class of work are Spring and Autumn.
The ordinary seasons are brief at best, and in order to accomp-
lish definite and, to any degree, extended results, it is desirable
to be able to concentrate a considerable force of men upon the
work. It is, however, a class of work that can neither be
cheaply or hastily done, and we have labored and must still
labor under embarassments which our limited means and neces-
sities in other directions enforce upon us. The trees planted
upon the outside walks of the park, have frequently been
subjected to wanton abuse by unknown parties; in some in-
stances resulting in the absolute destruction of a number of
choice trees. It is impossible to give these out-lying interests
the supervision necessary to guard against such attacks ; in view
of the limited Police force under our control I would suggest
that the attention of the Police Department of the city be
called to the subject by the Commission, and the co-operation
of the force on duty upon the borders of the park be secured.

The turf of the park, as has been noted, has required each
spring a restoration in part by re-sodding ; much of this work
was done in the early spring, and with the exception of areas
of the park upon which the grass was permitted to mature for
hay, the meadows were frequently cut and a compact turf main-
tained as an element of beauty in the general design, and in
order to afford every facility to the large number of our citizens,
both young and old, who sought recreation in field games
‘throughout the fine weather of the yeavr.

The lakes and water courses of the park have been main-
tained in as satisfactory condition as possible. During the
prevailing warm weather in summer the penetrating effect of
the rays of the sun in the comparatively shallow water of the
park lake developed the growth of a vegetable fungus hereto-
fore described in my report, which, being detached by the

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agitation of the water, floats upon the surface, and being blown
into the inlets and bays of the lake often present an unsightly
and disagreeable feature to the eye of the visitor.

Professor Silliman, after an examination of a body of water
similarly affected in a reservoir in Massachusetts, reports that
this fungus is common eyen to the purest water, under certain
conditions of temperature and depth, and unless it is subjected
to decomposition in large quantities, exerts no serious influence
upon the healthfulness of a neighborhood, and is often a source
of purification in the water itself.

Many people visit the park at night, when the atmospheric
precipitation of moisture in the vicinity of the lake tends to
abnormally cool the surrounding air. Failure to adapt one’s
clothing to this change of temperature in the park or else-
where, as in summer resorts contiguous to water, subjects a
person to influences from which ailments ambiguously attrib-
uted to malarial conditions often arise. The whole park con-
stitutes one of the most thoroughly drained: areas in this
vicinity. Our keepers and laborers, boatmen and others, who
have been employed upon and about the park waters for years,
have been subjected to no special illness attributable to this
cause. The water supply to the lake is derived from surface
water from storms, and melting of snow over a given area sur-
.rounding the lake, and an intermittent supply from the well.
At rare intervals only has the level of the water in the lake
reached the height originally established for the summer or
maximum point, and there being no constant supply to the
lake, such as would come from a living stream, there is no
occasion for an overflow, the purpose of which would be simply
to waste the surplus inflow above a certain level.

No material quantity of impure water finds its way into the
lake, and during most portions of the year it is pure enough to
use for potable purposes. One considerable source of purifica-
tion alone is the extensive evaporation which occurs during the
warmer seasons of the year. This evaporation on warm days
in summer amounts to nearly 500,000 gallons.

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The lake contains myriads of gold fish, a large number of
fresh water lake bass and perch, the latter being varieties of fish
which frequent and thrive in pure water.

WATER SUPPLY.

Our water system has been in effective operation during the
year. Repairs to the boiler and pumping machinery were made
early in Spring, in order to meet with the least possible inter-
ruption, the more important demands of summer upon the
service. We have continued to supply water to Coney Island
and along the line of the Ocean Parkway for our own use and
that of hotels. A water service erected three years ago at
Sheepshead Bay, by Mr. Benjamin F. Stephens, of this city, for
the supply of water at Coney Island went into more effective
operation this past summer, and has practically relieved the
Brooklyn Park Commissioners of the responsibility of supply-
ing water to Coney Island in any large quantity, except for its
own purposes. It is a satisfaction to know that up to that time
the great advantages which a reliable and ample supply of
pure water afforded to the many thousands of people who
have visited the island during the last six or eight years, was
due to the foresight of the Park Commissioners. Our own re-
quirements at this time are sufficient to lead us to welcome the
enterprise which has relieved us of more or less further
responsibility in this matter. A considerable outlay will be
shortly required to be made in repairs to the well structure
itself. A new boiler and some addition to the service will also
be needed. The well and service has been in constant use since
1868, and has been most valuable as an adjunct to the Park
maintenance.

For a number of years the west woods which border upon the
long meadow on the west drive has been devoted to a use little
known to other parks in the country. These woods have come
to be a popular resort for Sunday school picnics and other social
gatherings during the Spring, Summer and Fall months. In the
past year, 129 Sunday schools and church congregations availed

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themselves of the privileges, and on, some days accommoda-
tions at one time were provided for as many as eight parties,
numbering from 100 to 1,500 children and adults. For all
of these, special dates were assigned, besides several hundred
formal gatherings were similarly accommodated during the
“season.

Throughout all the fine weather of the year it was customary,
daily, thus to make’arrangements for the convenience of those
who sought these special privileges. Excursions from New York
City, New Jersey, and the outlying county towns by similar
organizations and charitable institutions, were quite common.
Fortunately our domain was large enough to enable us to grant
these privileges without inconvenience, and for which cordial
expressions of appreciation were returned.

It is very generally understood, I think, that the policy of the
Commissioners has been uniformly to extend a broad invitation to
all classes of our citizens to make use of the parks in such manner
as might be-most in consonance with their tastes and desires,
within the necessary limits which a due regard for the proper
eare of the parks would prescribe. The picnicking accommoda-
tions alone, the advantages of which have been shared in by
every class of the community, has tended more than any other
single feature of our resources to popularize the park, while the
liberal provisions which have been made for those who seek
recreation in appropriate field games, such as archery, lawn
tennis, croquet, &e., have been the means of developing a very
extended interest in out-door recreation, the enjoyments of which
can be secured with such little outlay of money on the part of the
participants. The facilities for boating on the park waters are
exceptional, and, besides the pleasure which has been derived by
the casual visitors from this source, the lake has been a frequent
resort for many ladies and gentlemen who have preterred the
enjoyable exercise which rowing affords, and for the practice
of which such convenient facilities are to be found on the

park.

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In the winter season the frozen surface of the lake extends an
invitation which is eagerly accepted by young and old, for enjoy-
ment in the exhilarating exercise which good skating affords.
The lower lake is extensively used for field sports appropriate to

the ice, and for ice boat sailing, curling, &e. .

The park has been for years a favorite resort for students and
artists, to whom special privileges are accorded in the pursuit
of studies and the practice of their profession. Facilities of this
nature have been sought for, and readily granted to the principal
art schools and educational institutions of both cities, while a
large number of special permits have been issued to students of
botany, engineering, &e., &e.

The several lessees have fairly responded to the requirements
of the terins of their lease-hold. very building on the park
has a specific public use, and this use is guaranteed to the public
independent of the privileges which the lessee pays for. ‘The
buildings are heated and lighted at the expense of the Commis-
sioners, and are at all times open during reasonable hours for the
accommodation of visitors. The facilities thus afforded therein
are common to all, together with the respectful service of our
employés, without cost or fee of any kind.

The park carriages and other provisions for the use of visitors
have been operated during the year with a view to meet the
demands of the public in their several directions.

The several leases, including the purveyorship of the dairy
cottage, the pedestrian Concourse shelter, and the picnic wood
house, the boating privilege, skating house, the carriage and
pony service and the carousel, &¢., expire in the Spring, at
which time it may be desirable to devise some change in their
terms by which an increased revenue to the park and additional
facilities to the public may be secured. ‘The floating structure
known as the Rotary Yacht, for which privilege was granted
several years since to Mr. D. R. Smith to place upon the
waters of the upper pool, is a disfigurement to an otherwise

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attractive feature of the landscape of the neighborhood. It is
not entirely safe for children, many of whom resort to it without
the knowledge of their parents. It is a primitive affair, and was
placed there as an experiment, and I recommend that its future
use be discontinued and that the structure be removed.

A special appropriation of $10,000 was made available this
year by an Act of the Legislature of 1851 for construction pur-
poses. This amount has been expended in the erection of a
substantial brick building to be used as a stable on the park. . It
is located within the wooded area between the West Drive and
Ninth avenue, on a line of Seventh street, extended. ‘This par-
ticular neighborhood has been in use for many years as.a con-
venient headquarters for the working force of the park, and as a
storage yard for machinery and material necessary for the prose-
cution of the work. The structure is built of brick, two stories
in height, with slate roof, and will contain accommodations for
twenty horses, together with the necessary provision for the
storage of hay, &e. The site, while affording all desirable con-
veniences for park purposes, is almost entirely sequestered. At
the nearest point it is 300 feet from the easterly line of Ninth
avenue, and will be distant at least 400 feet from any building line
possible. Care has been taken to make the appliances for
drainage, &e., as complete as possible, for which purpose a con-
nection with the city sewer and an ample water supply will
afford sutlicient security.

The buildings on the Fifteenth street border of the park, at
present used in part for offices, stables and keepers’ station, are
unserviceable and generally unfit for further occupation by man
or beast. Their early removal will obliterate an unsightly and
intrusive feature of the neighborhood.

An appropriation of a similar amount for construction purposes
is provided for the coming year. No better use probably could
be found for it than to replace the buildings now used for offices
by a convenient structure elsewhere. The site would naturally
be in the vicinity of the stable newly erected and near the line of

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Ninth avenue, a location most desirable in view of its convenience
of access and other advantages it would afford to the public and
the park.

The untinished condition of the southwesterly portion of the
park, extending from the Third street entrance along Ninth
avenue and Fifteenth street, has frequently been made the subject
ot criticism. The rapid development of portions of the Kighth
and Twenty-second Wards contiguous to the park has been such
as to suggest the propriety of further park improvements in this
neighborhood.

The suspension of the work of construction ten years ago left
this area generally in an unfinished condition. Portions of its
surface were hastily and cheaply brought to a temporary finish,
but its walks, which are but partly outlined, remain to be
constructed. The turfed areas were meagerly supplied with
soil and manure and will require to be liberally treated in this
respect.

The opening of the entrance at the junction of Ninth avenue
and I*ifteenth street, if determined upon by the Commissioners,
will necessitate the grading, curbing and paving of the circle
200 feet in diameter at this point. ‘lo give to this entrance,
when opened to the public, the usua! police supervision, will
require the services of three keepers.

In connection with the surface improvements extending along
Vifteenth street to a point adjacent to the area now occupied by
the oftice buildings, there is contemplated the construction of a
foot bridge across the drive, between the foot entrance at
Kleventh avenue and Fifteenth street and the Quaker Cemetery,
to connect the system of walks from Ninth avenue with those of
the lower terrace of Lookout Hill, and passing around the lake
district.

The planting of this whole neighborhood is generally incom- -
plete, and will require extensive additions of deciduous and

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evergreen trees in order to conform to the intended design.
The expense incidental to carrying out the work above outlined
would not be less than $50,000.

The Litchfield mansion and grounds are occupied by Mr. E.
©. Litchfield and family on a lease, whose limitation is subject to
the control of the Commission. The consideration is an annual
payment of $2,500; while so occupied the Commissioners have
been put to but little expense in the care of the building, and it
is in a very satisfactory condition. In view of our present
inability for want of means to carry on any work of improve-
ment in this immediate neighborhood, no practical suggestion of
use to which to apply the Litchfield mansion has occurred to the
Commissioners, which would, under existing circumstances,
warrant them in ignoring the advantages which are now derived
from the arrangement under which the building is temporarily

occupied.

If, ultimately, as has been proposed, it were dedicated and
opened as a museum of art, or a repository of relics and records
of local or general historical importance, the interest of the
public in such an enterprise could soon be tested. A consider-
able expenditure of money would probably be found to be neces-
sary, however, in order to adapt the building for use as a museum
or art repository.

The headquarters for the administration of the work over all
the parks, the parkways, &c., is, for convenience, established at
Prospect Park, and with the means and facilities for operating
the force, and the convenient storing such of the ordinary work-
ing machinery as is necessary, has enabled us to distribute the
labor with greater advantage and economy.

What is known as our permanent force, independent of the
keepers, is a small one when considered in connection with the
varied and extended field over which it is operated ; it numbers
from 125 to 130 men, and consists =f a general foreman, two
foremen, three carpenters, one machinist, two mechanical

28 REPORT OF THE :

engineers, one painter, six gardeners and 110 laborers of all
grades. ‘The largest number was employed in July, and comprised
a force of 159 men. At this period the force had been temporarily
increased in order to dispose of much extra work which the mid-
summer seasons made necessary. ‘This temporary force was
discharged on the following month, when its numbers were
reduced to seventy-six men. In October, and for the remainder
of the year, the working force numbered less than sixty men.

The term of service of most of the men in our employ cover
periods extending from five to sixteen years, and many of these
were skilled in park work before they came here. Their long
training has made of most of them desirable skilled workmen,
whose experience and trustworthiness are a sufficient offset to
the waning vigor and activity which characterized their labor in
earlier years.

The present organization of the Keeper Force consists of one
head keeper, two assistant head keepers or sergeants and two
acting sergeants, forty-one keepers, three station officers and
attendants. During the months of May, June, July, August and
September, the full force was employed, during the remaining
months of the year, the average monthly force employed was
thirty-two men. This force was distributed in night and day
service upon Prospect Park, Fort Greene, City Park, Carroll
Park, Tompkins Park, and for a part of the year upon the Con-
course at Coney Island. While the service differs in many
particulars from that of the ordinary police work of the city, the
duties are no less onerous or necessary, nor are the men less
serviceable and intelligent than are those employed by the city.
On the other hand, the ordinary daily routine of work covers a
longer period of duty than that of the city police, while the
compensation of a park keeper net him annually less than seventy
per cent. of that of the city police.

With exception of eight appointments made within a year to
fill the then existing vacancies, it will be found that the average
term of service of the force will probably exceed ten years.

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The use of the parks by the great body of visitors was marked
by the observance of good order and an intelligent appreciation
of the purposes for which these public pleasure grounds were
designed, the occasion being rare when active intervention of
police authority was necessary. The homogeneous character of
our people and the frequency with which they availed themselves
of the facilities for recreation which the parks afforded, rendered
unnecessary the imposition of stringent rules and tended to
develop an observance of comity which contributed largely to
the means at our disposal for adding to their comfort and
pleasure as visitors. The few occasional violations of this orderly
state of things, amounting in some instances to specific infringe-
ments upon the rules, may be mentioned in the order of
their importance. The first, are the violations of the ordinance
as to fast driving; these are not frequent, but they occur at a
time of day when the roads are in greatest use and when acci-
dents are mostly to be apprehended, and the persistence with
which a tew reckless and thoughtless persons abuse the privileges
of the road and endanger the pleasure and safety of the greater
number who observe the rules in this particular, render it often-
times desirable to resort to summary means of restraint. The
disposition to disregard the cautions of the keeper on foot, due
largely to the immunity which a fast horse affords to the driver,
suggests the desirability of the equipment for occasional use on
the roads, of one or two mounted keepers in order to check a
practice so dangerous to others.

It is the habit of many women and young people to drive alone
in the park, a means of recreation much to be commended, and
for which the park affords many advantages.

On the parkway, the principal road is sufficiently commodious
to permit of more freedom in the movement of horses and
vehicles, and it has been the policy of the Commission to relax,
within reasonable bounds, the restrictions upon fast driving.
The driving, however, as is well known, is considerable, and
accidents from one cause or another frequently occur. The use

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of a mounted keeper on certain days of the week would prove
very serviceable; [ think, also, he could be made available in
regulating the extensive business traffic on the Ocean Parkway,
and heavy vehicles employed in the conveyance of farm produce,
lumber, manure, building material, &c., could be with propriety
restricted to the traffic road on either side, which roads were
constructed for the purpose. This restriction might be limited
to the afternoon, from one o'clock P. M., and it would operate
greatly to the comfort of those who use the road for pleasure
driving, for which the Central roadway was principally designed.

Another abuse of privilege less noticeable, but perhaps no less
important, is the occasional destruction of plants and shrubs
upon the park. The purloining of plants and the disfigure-
ment of shrubs is frequent enough to entail otherwise unneces-
sary responsibility upon keepers. Oftentimes rare and valuable
plants are heedlessly broken and destroyed in the desire to
possess a blossom or ccllection of leaves.

The park is a resort for many varieties of our native song
birds in their season. The number of persons, mostly boys, who
are heedless enough to disturb these, are not many, but make it
necessary, nevertheless, for the exercise of vigilance during the
Summer and Fall to prevent injury to the birds and destruction
of their nests.

Other persons with morbid or very much misplaced tender
sensibilities, make use of the park to dispose of surplus cats, and
cats for whom a waning affection suggests this mode of compro-
mise as to their disposition, subjecting, as a consequence, our
birds, rabbits, squirrels, &c., to the danger resulting from the
awakened instinctive predatory habit of the cat. During the year
many cats are killed in the park. During the past season a fox
was let loose in the park and destroyed several valuable water
fowl before he was killed.

On the smaller parks intoxicated and otherwise disorderly
persons often seck the convenience which the semi-retirement

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of public places seems to afford them for reflection and recovery
from the effects of their bad habits. Arrests of this nature are
frequent, and interfere unnecessarily with the legitimate duties of
the keeper. It would seem that persons in this condition should
not be permitted to reach the parks through the city streets with-
out having attracted the attention and care of the city police, nor
are these cases always satisfactorily disposed of by the city
Justices. In some instances the same individual has been arrested
four or five times in as many months; their frequent reappear-
ances being due to too short terms of confinement.

Generally, however, the relations of the keeper to the public
involve little or no conflict. The absence of disorder and the
readiness manifested on the part of the public to confurm to the
rules enable him to render a varied and appreciated service in
assigning grounds for picnics and arranging tor the use cf swings,
tables, seats and water, and for the use of fields for croquet,
tennis, &e. The extent and variety of these uses render the
park keeper a desirable intermediary. Many special services to
the public on the park, indicate the value of experience and
training which the keeper acquires. The duties connected with
the annual Sunday school parade is an instance of this kind.
The last children’s parade occurred May 25, 1882. Seating
accommodation was specially provided for 13,000 children,
together with the platform, the reviewing stand, &c., for officers,
visitors, invited guests, &c. The meadow, together with portions
of the woods specially assigned for picnic making purposes, after
the ceremony, were enclosed with ropes and stakes, ornamented
with flags and bunting. Special privileges were accorded to
visitors in carriages and on foot everywhere, and it is estimated
that no less than 30,000 persons visited the park. No trouble or
accident occurred. The expenses thus incurred amounted to
several hundred dollars.

Our concert season commenced with Saturday, June 17, and
ended September 30, 1882. The total cost’was $2,560. The
music was furnished by the Twenty-third Regiment Band,

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under the direction of Mr. Felix I. Eben, leader. The musie in
all its details was entirely satisfactory, and the concerts themselves
attracted as large gatherings as upon any previous year.

SMALL PARKS.

The work upon the small parks of the city comprises the re-
pairing and cleaning of walks and approaches, shelters and
buildings, pruning shrubbery, cleaning plantations, cutting of
the grass and cleaning of snow from the interior and boundary
walks. These sidewalks, while under the control of the Park
Commissioners, are nevertheless entirely devoted to the public
use, and their care, in addition to the duty imposed upon us of
cleaning snow from the plaza and approaches of the City Hall,
form no inconsiderable yearly expenditure for work entirely
foreign to legitimate maintenance work of the parks, and for
which the limited appropriations at our disposal are hardly
applicable.

As a matter of justice, the sum of $2,500 should be provided
additionally for this purpose. Having necessary machinery, this
work can be efficiently done by us, but for want of means it has
always been done at the sacrifice of more legitimate interests,
and has frequently interfered, as it did last winter, with the
operations necessary to put the lake in condition for skating,

During the past season a work of some importance which
had long been delayed was accomplished at Fort Greene. The
plantations which were crowded, overgrown and disfigured, were,
by extensive pruning and thinning out, very much improved in
appearance, and a promising development of substantial material
secured for the future. This work will be completed in the
Spring, and will add very much to the appearance of the park
and the comfort and convenience .of visitors. This park is a
popular resort in the summer season, and the number of vis-
itors entails the necessity of a larger keeper force than it has
been heretofore convenient to provide.

A temporary increase in the keeper force in the Summer
months resulted in increasing good order. The large use to

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which these neighborhood parks are put during the fine
weather of the year, and the attention in the way of cleaning,
&¢e., that they require, makes it evident that a larger sum of
money should be specifically provided to be expended upon
_ them than has been available since their construction.

A considerable area of walk surface needs renewal, the
boundary line between the hospital, jail and park should be
permanently established, and the adjoining surfaces, which have
been disfigured during the construction of the jail and the re-
moval of the morgue, should be put in order. In view of the
permanent establishment of the jail and morgue contiguous to
the north-westerly boundary of the park, I would suggest the
consideration on the part of the Commissioners, of the propriety
of closing up the present Canton street entrance of the park.
For this purpose, including the remodelling of the plan in that
immediate neighborhood, and the resurfacing of walks especially
needing repair, soiling and sodding the slopes of the Battery
face, together with needed protection of the stone work to the
foundation of the Martyrs’ Monument, there would be required
about $7,500. The small building, which was paid for by special
appropriation in 1881, was opened in the Spring, and afforded
accommodations for the use of visitors which had loug been
needed.

Carroll and Tompkins Parks have been maintained in a satis-
factory condition throughout the season, and have been under
the constant supervision of a small detail of the keeper force.
Tompkins Park is favorably located and adapted to the wants
of the thrifty and growing population of its neighborhood. It
is a favorite resort for children, and the turfed areas are freely
used for croquet and other appropriate field games. City Park
is practically a thoroughfare ; the best use of it being made by
the pupils of a contiguous public school, who resort to it as a
play ground during the periods of school recess.

The improvement and growing use of Fort Greene demon-
strates the fact that City Park could, without at all curtailing
the means of recreation for residents of this vicinity, be appro-

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priated, as has been suggested by this Commission, to some
more practical and desirable public use.

The storm of September, which was the occasion of much
damage on Prospect Park, broke the large sewer which passes
diagonally through City Park, carrying away a portion of the
surface within the park and the railing. This work was
partially repaired by the Board of City Works, but will require
further work on their part and some additional expenditure on
ours to restore the railing, surface filling and turf, in the Spring.

A small gore at the junction of Throop avenue and Gwinett
street was some years since improved by the Commissioners
under a special appropriation made by the Common Council.
The area was enclosed by a substantial iron fence and the side-
walks repaired. The area was insignificant in view of the ex-
penditure, but no provision was made for its further mainten-
ance. ‘The Commission has repaired to some extent the damage
done by lawless persons, whose interference with the work
should have been prevented by the City Police in that neigh-
borhood. The Commission have also incurred some expendi-
tures upon the triangular enclosure at the junction of Cumber-
land street and Fulton and Greene avenues, for which no
provision had been made.

OCEAN PARKWAY.

The work of the season upon the Ocean Parkway corresponds
to that of previous years. In the early Spring months, a
number of trees that had died were replaced by new stock, and
a supply of manure was applied to them, together with others
whose weakly condition suggested the necessity. Owing to the
character of the material in which the trees are planted, particu-
larly in the lower section, the soil spaces originally provided
have not been sufficient to afford the amount of nourishment to
the trees necessary to their vigorous and satisfactory develop-
ment. It was intended that the application of fertilizing
material should be renewed in the Spring. For like reasons,
the planting at the Concourse has not been satisfactory, but no

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experiments can be successfully tried under conditions to which
vegitation is subjected at the island, without more sufficient
means than has been available for this purpose. The frequent
saturation by the salt water of the underlying sand, without
some special provision for protecting roots of the trees, will
prevent successful and uniform growth of shade trees at the
island.

Our experience, however, has not been without its counterpart
in France and England, where experiments in sea coast plant-
ing have not resulted very satisfactorily. It is evident that the
roots of the trees must, as a primary condition, be protected
against the effect of salt water, and that only certain kinds of
trees will grow under the most favorable circumstances, in view
of the artificial conditional surroundings. Probably, finally it
may be found necessary to introduce supplementary plantations
of coarser and more rapidly growing material as wind breaks and
nurseries in order to secure to the plants intended for perma-
nent development a growth beyond the age at which the sea
alr, winds and blowing sands seem to be so injurious to
them. °

The ordinary work of repairing and cleaning the roadways has
been continuous throughout the year, a force of workmen,
skilled in the management of roads, being specially assigned to
this duty. Like the park roads, the superstructure has been
worn away, and a surface material ground so finely by the
action of the wheels and the feet of horses, as to make it diffi-
cult to keep the road in form for any length of time. In dry
weather the surface is very dusty and entails a large expendi-
ture for sprinkling, while the mud which results from the
slightest application of water is no less objectionable and
anoying to riders. The gravel of which the road-bed is com-
posed is intermixed with light friable clay and fine sand, is
difficult to bind and readily wears out. This important
thoroughfare, which has not been resurfaced since its construc-
tion seven years ago, requires, in order to restore it to good
condition, an application of several inches of material. To

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properly repair it would cost about $10,000; this would be a
moderate outlay for the accomplishment of so desirable a result.

The Concourse, which is one of the most desirable portions
of the Coney Island beach, absolutely free to the public, con-
tains a single but useful improvement in the bituminous con-
crete embankment which constitutes the promenade drive and
walk within the area. This is the most extensively used
thoroughfare on the island, and affords convenient access to
the improved portions of the island. The roadway since its
construction in 1876 has been subjected throughout the Summer
and Fall months to constant use by all sorts of vehicles; this
surface, for want of means, has never received any but the most
superficial repairs during all this time ; $5,000, the sum avail-
able for that purpose during 1883, will be barely sufficient to
maintain the roadway in a usable condition for the season,
and unless it is intended to abandon its use, its repair by a
renewal of the surface with the present material, or some other
form of construction, will require an expenditure of $25,000 or
$30,000 as previously estimated. This improvement was built
and is maintained practically at the eexpense of the citizens
of Brooklyn, while the town of Gravesend, which derives much
of its importance and a large share of profit from this and
other improvements projected by the Park Commissioners, have,
by means of special laws, been able up to the present time to
collect licenses, from the revenue of which, the Commissioners
derive no benefit, and which the town itself would not be able
to control were it not for the Concourse, the construction and
maintenance of which affords such facilities to the business
enterprises and pleasure traffic of the island.

Our shelters are resorts for picnic parties and other visitors
throughout the season, the beach, upon the proper use of which
no restriction exists, being the principal attraction. Pure water,
which is carried to the island from our well at the park, is a
most valuable adjunct to the enjoyment and refreshment of
thousands of people who avail themselves of the privileges
thus afforded at public expense.

BROOKLYN PARK GOMMISSIONERS. 37

To the large number of dwellers in the city, whose means of
recreation limit them to a few visits to the island, the erection
of a platform furnished with seats and tables and with an awn-
ing for protection against the sun would be a desirable ad-
ditional accommodation upon our property. To this might be
attached, under suitable regulations, a temporary structure for
the purveying of cheap and wholesome food and fruit. The
present danger is that the greatest usefulness to be derived
from an ocean resort of this character will be lost sight of, and
many of the advantages which the masses might have derived
from it be practically destroyed.

EASTERN PARKWAY.

The construction of the Eastern Parkway differs materially
from that of the Ocean Parkway. In place of ordinary gravel,
the body of the superstructure is of broken stone, surfaced
with stone dust and North River gravel. This surface has
worn away to considerable extent, and the wear has already
encroaclied upon the foundation of broken stone.

Our appropriations for this work have at no time been more
than sufficient to maintain it from year to year by very super-
ficial treatment, but the time has come when material repairs
should be made to this important roadway in order to preserve
it from more serious damage.

A supply of broken stone and good gravel will be needed for
this purpose. The portion of the Parkway from the Plaza to
Bedford avenue being more considerably used, has been kept
in fair condition by repair and sprinkling during the year, more
particularly to accommodate the very large number of our
citizens from the East, who reach the park from Bedford
avenue, by way of this portion of the Parkway. Upon the remain-
ing section, all necessary work has been done from time to time.

The system of temporary drainage at the terminus and
junction with the city line, was quite recently almost entirely
renewed at considerable expense, and a number of trees were
planted to replace those which had died, or had been destroyed
by malicious persons.

oc

38 REPORT OF THE

Property on the line has been frequently wantonly destroyed,
such as trees, tree boxes, &c., and cattle, goats and swine are
permitted to run at large without apparent effort to restrain
them.

The co-operation of the city police and the enforcement of
the city ordinances would abate much of the nuisance and
annoyance attributable to these sources.

PARADE GROUND.

The parade ground has on a number of occasions been
appropriated during the year to the uses of the military. In
the intervals and throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall
mouths, its peculiar adaptation for field sports has made it one
of the most popular resorts in the country.

The regulations have been such as to encourage its use for
the purpose of healthful and appropriate recreations, every
facility being afforded within our means to that end.

-

More than one effort has been made to secure an appropria-
tion with which to erect a building to be used by the various
organizations of our younger citizens for dressing rooms, «&c.;
a sum not exceeding $4,000 would be sufficient. The policy
of appropriating public money for such use has been a subject
of debate, but inasmuch as it would tend to develop and
encourage a love for out-door recreation in its most unobjec-
tionable form among eur own youth, it would seem to be entirely
consistent to make some such provision for their accom-
modation.

The expense of maintenance of these grounds is consider-
able, the turf is required to be kept in order throughout the
season, and police supervision, &c.,is also necessary. ‘The
buildings and fences are at present in need of repairs, for
which the appropriation for 1883 will not be adequate.

BEDFORD AVENUE.

Out of the appropriations available under the law for the
repairs and cleaning of Bedford avenue, there was expended in

BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS. 39

July, 1882, the sum of three thousand five hundred and sixteen
dollars and seventy cents, under contract with the Abhott
Pavement Company of this city, for resurfacing portions of the
bituminous concrete superstructure, which forms the principal
part of its roadway. This work, to the extent of twenty-seven
thousand five hundred and twenty-two (27,522) square feet was
principally done between Rodney street and Myrtle avenue.
The repairs were substantially made and this particular work,
at the close of the year, was in a satisfactory condition. Had
there been additional means at our disposal to the extent of
$6,000 or $8,000, it would have been possible to put the whole
roadway generally, in a temporarily satisfactory condition, but
there were no resources known to the Commission or the law
by which such an amount of work could be done. In the
meantime, the deteriorated pavement has by wear and disin-
tegration broken up at many points, and for want of sufficient
protection and renewal, has reached a very unsatisfactory
state, while at some points, its condition as a public thorough-
fare, is discreditable to the city. In view of these facts and of
the comparative insignificance of the work done in relation to
the extended needs of the avenue, the Commission realized at
the outset that it would not be possible to remedy, for the
remainder of the year, the serious discomfort to which the
public in the use of the roadway must subject themselves.
No method of repair measurably corresponding to the require-
ments of the work to be done could possibly be devised within
the limit of $5,000 which the law has provided.

The cleaning of an avenue of this leneth and importance in a
proper manner throughout the year would cost that amount of
money alone. If the present form of superstructure is to be
continued, the work should be done with the best material, and
the contractor should be required to maintain the surfaces in
good order for a specific term of years; the repairs to be done
with proper machinery at any season of the year, if required.
Since the transfer of the care of Bedford avenue to the Commis-
sioners, the appropriations have been at no time adequate to
do the work required to be done, nor has the allowance for

40 REPORT OF THE

cleaning been sufficient. The criticisms to which they and
other officers of this city have been subjected, have been with-
out careful consideration, and are unjust.

As a thoroughfare for business, traffic and pleasure riding, it
is one of three of the most importance in the city, and by
reason of the character and value of the property along its
whole line, and its relation, geographically, to a large section of
the city, there is every justification for the most liberal
provision for its improvement and maintenance.

The avenue is in every essential feature a part of the street
system of the city, for the care of which certain department
machinery was especially devised by law, and under the cireum-
stances its early transfer to the Department of City Works by
such process of law as may be necessary, would be eminently
proper.

Respectfully submitted,

JNO. Y. CULYER,
Chief Engineer and Superintendent.

EE ee

Tabular Statement of the Brooklyn Park Commissioners’ Accounts, from January 1, 1865, to June 17, 1882. 140a.

— - = _ =. SS eee

| t |
ReEcEIPTS. | Deposits, ) Curcrs Drawn. Crrcks Pain.
From January, 1865 to January, 1866....... Oe Aer aS AGE $33,285 62 $25,700 00 $17,565 93
“4 “ WHO BOY US BOG. cus vice < dew ee aces 310,222 81 307,191 78 192,367 52 $207 835 53
£s es UOMUBD WAG UBOOS ce cscs sees ve eek 1,185,955 48 1,186,240 54 982,800 72 982,033 79
“ o Breit 7a) ) ee 941,265 62 941,266 29 | 1,180,186 83 1,171,791 61
as December 14, 1869... .......,. : 835,365 12 835,365 12 | 908,744 88 919,027 35
“s “ Weeember We UenO s. cece cass. 627,298 51 627,373 51 483,577 28 483,634 22
“ “6 oamuary 121872). ..... :.< .. wae $26,522 61 821,900 23 | 980,627 36 975,932 39
os as MUTOH is MLD Meta cele’. ste 2 save vce ere-are $59,459 61 860,560 21 858,729 17 $57,892 00
3 2 December 11, CFG, byl i ee 561,754 33 566,270 23 550,802 00 547,031 84
“6 ns Mareh 1, 1875... oor Eothereec 459,599 10 458,080 23 473,201 61 | 477,326 OL
“ at December 28, 1875........... ns 418,132 96 417,895 12 } 420,785 74 423,744 70
“ “ Janmery lS) US... :--s. 2s ose. es 526,573 52 525,552 41 | 525,955 57 525,048 58
“3 NOVeEMber Oy Leits. oficcce sees 2 177,286 11 171,980 11 | | 163,020 80 166,609 60
an Sd hee he Hae 2 SOTA ER EET 114,463 97 114,786 77 113,435 05 . 113,376 32
“ ie MBPUCIUDONMO SO eri. crc. see vere 47,351 77 391 6 f
From Comptroller, for pay-rolls (not entered on cash book). 69,508 78 t AAG, 1S BS | | Bry OB BD 117,313 17
MO MISGEENDETIN, THB... ....tanninisinicat Maree bein len te.e aes, «. 10 379 98
From Comptroller, for pay-rolls (not entered on cash book), 110,304 89 123,912 41 130,662 21 129,174 71
“County Treasurer (not entered on cash book)........ 6,000 00 1
To November 28, 1881 ...._.. MAPOe ds AC nDe Bevo rie (aste 7,182 96 |
From Comptroller, for pay-rolls (not entered on cash book). 91,927 69 | , 7 $ ‘
“ County Treasurer (not entered on cash book)........ 4,000 00 t 131,759 77 eae 97,157 18
© Bastiside lands; Gaal book. 0.0.05 cscs s ccc seccseees 32.295 00 J
To June 17, Lae seen Vonewier tate te i ercrosd shes Bbaa sete 5,285 67]
From Comptroller, for pay-rolls (not entered on cash book), 56,200 50 } te x LEO OF
‘““ County Treasnrer (not entered on cash book)........ 4,595 05 r 182,200 70 pana s 186,658: 86
6 Want SiGe AaNds; CAs BOOK. 6c. a creche sone nseven 116,581 90 | —_ —- — ———-——
—_—- —_—— ——_ ——__—_Enrvor in check 349.......... .$0 10} $8,386,024 85 $8,383,587 90
$8,438,799 56 $8,413,184 42 |Difference not found.......... 50 60 | Outstanding checks ............... 2,437 55
$8,386,025 45 LN
Deposits over receipts that (in 1868 ............. $0 67 Petty cash) in 1865 .. ... . $6,923 59 Petty cash ) in 1865,.... .. $6,923 59 _ $8,386,025 45 _
were not entered in the - in 1870.............. 75 00 not ‘de-;in 1866......... 3,333 28 pay- (ae 1866... .. 3,333 28 SS
cash book, WINLB TEN, «score san 1,100 60 posited. ) in 1867......... 74 42 ments. } in 1867... ... 74 42
—--- 1,176 27 —__— 10,331 29 sass 10,331 29
Discount on note, in 1874.......... Ay 1,625 35 |Discount on note in 1874....... .... 1,625 35
Draft from Comptroller in 1877, not de-
ORION’... Scans a cmon etter reure 4,230 35 |Draft from Comptroller in 1877..... 4,230 35
$8,429,371 41
MDB GLOOM, |: 5) <,. v aaieiera leper aisha crate eee 10,604 42 |
$8,439,975 83 $8,439,975 83 $8,402,212 44
UO Or:
Wistaliammonntoretecalpten. siis weak. ccse oy vo csc cceceeecccecs $8,439,975 83 | Mavelbemo yn b/Of OCB ES cynic) csi~c)- a> micas? tale aim aeteleelel eats arse orm yells ele atten seals .| $8,489,975 83
Checks drawn and petty cash paid.......................... ..| 8,402,212 44 | Motaliamonntiof cheeks: patd)....... 5... pole cedscene ct cence $8,383,587 90 |
LOS ENDO TIS ae ite Srct c 7 Aes er ee ——— $37,763 39 | Roteltemount.of petty cashpaidi« 0.25 ...00n0s eoe-eacmidiie anh 10,331 29 |
Discount on note of 1874, paid Maida.” MGR Rye teoale tera etayiake cis 1,625 35
| Dratt from Oomptroller'in WSi7, Paid!......... 0 aajenee ane cee e ee 4,230 35
| Oe 8,399,774 89
Siginlemiount of apasitsye... <5 5.6... ees cccceesssccscceccrccs $8,413,184 44% i} 2 er
Total amount of checks drawn................-0000000000 ll, 8,386,025 45 i| $40,200 94
er 7,158 97 | Balance on deposit in National City Bank June 17, 1882.........| ...-.-..eeeeeee 29,596 52
Deficiency......... I ae en ere ee | Deficiency... er 8. es en ee toate + $10,604 42
}

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REPORT

OF THE

Revenue derived from the Public Parks of the City of Brooklyn.

Balance brought forward from December 31, 1881

Beats

Carnes licenses
Carousel, royalty on

Old material sold...

er ery

Rotary.yacht, royalty on

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Imipoumded\ cattle Weert) acu sate lste este ae eB Eanes

Glass broken

Paid into the City Treasury. .
Balance to January 1, 1883

JaNuary 1, 1883.

8,402 40

8,975 1
8,482 44
493 3

$8,975 81

BROOKLYN PARK

COMMISSIONERS.

AT

SraTEMENT of Accounts certified to Auditor during the year 1882.

DATE.

Name.

Jan .

“Feb.

Lo
(Se)

a
POoOIWIIVAIP Re wwwrpwp rp

.|John Y. Culyer eee
2\.|Kdward R. Shipman ...........
.|Francis Walker

: J lel. “Beal

Hosford & Songs.
.|Prospect Park & “Coney Island
pram sp Ontatlone ema ae

_|Salamander Grate Bar Company. Guabemarsi 4 cesta

‘Botanic Garden....
jl. Brandeis & Son

'|Wm. Porter’s Sons i)

IC. W. Keenan
- |Prederick Loeser & Co..
_|Brooklyn Gaslight Company...

Bieter wmarrell aos ee aml esis cee 8
; EEN roll MPI SY cre Gabe, Sua Send ays Bes

.|Botanic Garden
.|Beers & Resseguie

|

For

Railroad Company.

ce

ce

_|Metropolitan Gaslight Company,
f Brooldyn Gaslight Pas

ee6 ce

John Y. Culyer....
Smith & Gates

ce

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2) eel sie} la) si iall=) (eis luis lee fel ie
nico Ofo, Foo Oooo oe ood

Heusyet ON gee Miata Balen netics spetne
Henry Werner

se eee ee ee ee ee ee we

- |Lumber

Laborers, &e
oe
ee

Feed

Photographing
Supplies .....
Wagon supplhes
Stationery

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Lead pipe, &e
Valve, &e
re wicks

Lamp chimneys
Gas...

ce

Contracts =o:
Employés and clerks
Laborers

ce

Hardware

{ron pipe, &e

.|Incidental expenses....
OSCR Aca oe enies aeons

Plants
Lumber.

Lumber

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Supplies and repairs...

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Employés and clerks...

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AMOUNT.

48 REPORT OF THE

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.

Dare. _ NAME. For AMOUNT.
Feb. 23./Edward R. Shipmantyssasacesat- Oats. «s o05/-)- + (se ereeenaee $140 00
Oe Et ade Were e. SCOR CODY Glovated a acne 66 as eee ne an 227 20
2a Ao Wi. Shadbolt CODE. a Ree Repairing, de. 22 ease 55 00
235 |\Wie. Dayton a SON ey eis. oe Hardware, &ceoin eee 164 45
23 .|Edward R. Shipman............ Oats: .&¢:.5 #2sen eee 173 20
Qos iWe El. Murtha a sODmaes seen. Coal 22% 07 cee eee 89 25
23 f6S) > opie athe swan 6 vs ate s\n ake Re 250 08
23./Sims & Cook....... Pye hacer ies Contract: :.. i aesske eee 655 85
March 1: |Prancis) Waller j2c-es2 Noss Coal....\..:5 503 eee 165 00
ie Pay 27 (0) Ul Dae eee tk dnp Se . . (Laborers; &@2)eeeeeeee 5,290 34
ES et CP er auc orcs con oc amen PE i Vn 142 31
Wt Cs Page eg So eS Se irae rth A [eee 368 91
2.|Metropolitan Gaslight Company.|Gas .................... 48 30
Du G:- Coming au ttre es ate Hardware. =}... .ceesennns 42 20
2.|/Henry R. Worthington aS ocho Machinery supplies .... 11 01
ONE Om Comin ae a deaaucieystenie bese: Hardware... 22 ses Sater 211 87
Qe Win. “Porters SONS) jets ss) - Lamp supplies.......... 140 35
2. 6 eeiaean agen!) ) 0 i i ne 1 25
2. Lae CaO Rt nc fC 1 ape Sane: 25 50
bd | PAK OAM OCovi Te Memes cea co nile ace Hardware....... he ese ‘ 84 67
2.|Brooklyn Gaslight Company..../Gas............ ek: Se ae ats
2. Up vies [ie* “saps i eee 27 24
2.|Metropolitan Gaslight Company.| ‘‘- .............s0es06 ’ 47 60
BIOOW. Keenatin «ace ce cere tn Supplies ..... 4c css een Gao uaes
Bulogtord: &: Sons <..<2scieehees oe Stationery: . < i...a2 semen 62 25
2) Pranks). eCole see acca sca sere Keepers’ supplies. ..... 5 25
2.|John M. Bulwinkle............. Stationery. 2 ts. eee 12 29
7 |John Morton &Sons..........:-. Brick, cement, &e.....- 36 75
Sa|Johni Yo Culyerncrr poeesenie cei: Incidental expenses ..... 48 87°
16, \Hostord)é Song 1-0). 40.25 2. Stationery 2.«.2 .mueeeeee 13 90
16 BL a ee ea eee: “« 4 eo 52 40
DO Sergntonie Core ecru e. Soap:......... nce eee 13 00
20.|/Whitlock, Slover & Co.. ....... Rope... ..:..2.-)-eeeee 5 25
20. CE a Gin eRee ok. Canvas! sic .0 66 nee 1 68
20, $y eS Tie CE BALL Bunting, &c....... autos 33 85
20. C7 ay, ee en ees Canvas..t.. 2. 75) ae 3 36
20. AR rae We) Eri a Marlin:.....ctuke eee 8 22
GS) Way toll si ce eae hee eo Employés and elerks ... . 708 00
31.|Automatic Gas nae and Light
Comipany +)... conte Globes... 5.4050 eee 44 00
Acoail V3 al MaveTOll : «|. con avec eam eae Laborers, &¢....: 2%. veee| 6,212 31
iit 0 OES ing Ee fara ht sa, a CPR ear ee MMS oo - 109 65
J eee ee Serres AS Ca ae MeN ae 6 Gag aoe 555 46
Dil gas Ce a ere Woscils ORE Rata eases ‘(926.6 oe 23 66
8: Joh W- Gulyer', Sau werkt, ... {Incidental expenses. 58 40
8.{Edward R. Shipman’........... Oats... 050.45. oe 245 50
8. Fak Peak ein ee vee Ot. a bene ee 242 60
8. (Peter Fatrell.i.t..-. 2.000: Cobtratt,; 2.4.5. yaa 75 00
8.|Kings County Gaslight Company Gas bouche 384 09
14,|Metropolitan Gaslight Company.| ‘© ..-- 0 wee eee ee eee 4498
AGS ley ell. ick apne Lica ee maclogss and clerks 7U8 00
29.|Department of City Works......|Water rates. ............ 66 00

at

Tia eet an ie

BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS.

49

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.

Date. Nawe. For
rae ee eee |e
May 1-./Pay-roll........ a ee a |LaLorers, ie) Fo et es
(ic ES saat ee ee eee ew eee 28 foe
Lg See ee ee <P pesel tees
Lis] | § See eee ae Ree Solel geen od | cet ee ee
2 eee Ao wyer ee ote a Toes ioe < {incidental expenses... __
S:|Fred. De Mena. ......_...-..... (Coal SF eee oe eee
8. Me Pecos ae ee SE Fe Sterns See haere aoe
beter Warreltt- 33. sess. Contract, cleaning Bed-
| ford avenue ........
ieinenry Werner. --.22: 21/)...<:- Knmberf2o- ceases
ie: 2 Pe eee ee : eR ore eae
i3y _ SS ay eee eee Se Nek ae yee ers )
es fe Se he: Be) ete re Sl SE ge a ees ee. }
oi eho VL BETTS 2 Drawing materials _. _..|
a Wm. Bergen, meniscassse ee 2 =: Coal ck ee wane |
EE 8 We eee oye SS on coe at ie S2an 8
13.|Chas. Pratt (al es Be Rec ae Napiitha Be fae ree |
13. te Np ke eee Se SSS | ee ssc Seeeeeree |
43. SMC ee ohne ek eee = [Secs Ges ae
13. SP a ee ee ee hein ccea. Wistar ety are aa
13. Cs. Se eee eee BES) Wis Sects SS 5 eee)

13.|Union Steam Printing Esiablish-

ment....-. | ----_ .--.-- ‘gee: cea Wee eee

sent Hint See ie eee Se eS Seine er
13.|Union Steam Printing Establish
PEM GA ne areas 2S Ses Sete ote are Ho Ss soscteeosaos

= Bloor & Tuckhorn. Bae ee See .|Reglazine windows...

are W. Shadbolt ICEPS EU he ae ee [Repairs <4" Sse cesces
3 ‘Metropolitan Gaslight Company. Gas ~ $32 Soe SAS
Be | ES eS CC See) (Le ee ere
20.|Pay-roll - 5S eee ienploys and clerks...
22), DEER te |Horseshoeing eo te
Pere ee PR oe Soo. choco ces eke |Harness repairs......-
5 |E. Henin 2 Se oo os SS. 5 - \Reed> Se: 2 -<S55-<2 sce
23 |Seranton 20 ae eee Supplies SE eee ioe
23 | SE erent ep: EE ee De Sot he
a Metropolitan Gaslight Company. | Gas qe ot See ao es :

Ra C7) ONE. 2S no le San ses [Hardware ............
oe iy eee | ey ee eee es ae
ac | Watson & Pakiimvers. 22) te. a) 2. lhumber>: 25-2 ~~. es

| Wm. Porter's STs, ee WUPPHeS. so ..cc cco
se iChas. E. Teale & Co __......_.. |Keepers’ clothing .....
24.|Wm. B. Dayton & Son..... .... Nappies = oe ss
24_|W.H. Murtha & Son... eee (COal es 2k oe eae oo sec ee ee
94 |Wm. Porter's Sons ._..._...._.. Sip MES: soe as Uae FS
253)Petver 6. Bracken . 2... 222.2... |Horseshoeing ...........
25 a Fe wa ee ae é AEN PWaater tances
95 f Sea ee a a ee F: Bey a Se ee
25. coe) UG a cee sa eee $e) Pe seeoeres
25. SOME | Act woe cy ems Se PA sires

50 REPORT OF THE

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.

Date. Name. For AMOUNT.
May 20.|Peter B. Bracken........ --. |Horseshoein 2). eee $23 15
25. “ si eeReRe othe 6 ieee 12 75
25)2||WHi. BETID SiSODS 2h. /.t:0. « sakes | LS) Sugg ole eee 51 30
31./C. W. Keenan ..... lve eerd se ll SUP DIES wee eae «coe 53 29
31. 3 SMe nae On ff 8 ke Re ie Sone 207 12
31.|Frederick Loeser & Co........- us ng 5.0" 9 56
31. Sh to AMAT Wood on a ae ss Lol. aioe eee 5 40
ole |Baleha sericea. Con eateries Keepers’ supplies. .. .. 74 00
Junemso|(Piuy-rollese ns semen eivests erie .|Caborers, &i (eek cee 8,386 89
Be cae A pyahy - :2, Wee nae ney: liaborers). sae a ot 247 48
3. SOE ene Lee RDN ees seed oat or te : ----| 1,004 13
Eo [las PNT CA Seetesle ace Sales Sea men fe te Ns ee ae 19°12
GalviohmpyerCultvierisn sree eee Incidental expenses ..... 68 45
One tense nell ey arse ree irene crsraver Cleaning Bedford avenue 75 00
95|Seranton) & Co 225 2 Su oe [Supplies a0 eee 17 25
OSE elmSate ealds PEL GHLG Ee eet) sce lree boxes and sign posts 482 50
16.|Hdward R. Shipman .......... Feed; 2&4. .: 3s eee 154 89
16. hi) Sa Memo DaSciomb. Sor RCE cited oh cic, crs 197 25
NG. |Peter B. Bracken... so..s2ce- Supplies: 5.2...2 eee “F295
16. SE Rha pS owatek Gis By ase Ct | CLs eaten 10 85
16. oe ee cree? Genk, pay: it 1. sea eee 19 75
16. BED) ee Heo ane h sisoe Horseshoeing .........- 50 07
16. OR Rar, on ete MES ye 1G 0-5 52 60
16. SMe fe ects oes aa Sm YRS to, ft adel aerate 46¢13
IGy, Lakes as whale oho Asoo Aba e METH s Orsec 1 3h eee 220 50
16. |)N. Y. Imperial Paint Company. .|Paint......... i Aa 80 00
16 Be us eal SE Sh dea 32 00
IGE EP RUC GCrowithol Ss Sec coos don aoe Eland wares. <.<:c2e ese _ 483 22
16.|Wm. Bergen, Agent ....... avo: (Goalline. S-ementae ria pic 141 75
16.|Henry RK. Worthington........ Sipplies esac i pie eee 30 02
UGA HELOSTOEATSs SODm ewes eter Statiomeny sn eeeeret 70 05
16, Oe Pani otinonir> aexercno Hae PS rs. swivis o 1 - 8 00
16. ietminn | deb eye Ane tes Se te te ee ee 68 50
16./Brooklyn Gaslight Company....|Gas..............-. Og 24 36
16. u teu) 88) wendeen Oa 26 28
HO ee eA VICO Oc (2 aia etete aces Salary for June, 1882.... 214 00
Pall et: 2140) | ERR acta ae oe bon an Employés and clerks ... 087 33
23.|/Samuel W. Cornell .. ....... Hardware. ttisher 5 66
23.)'Whitlock, Slover & Go..-..,..... Sup pliestiy.0k Geen 30 00
Bo a PST er Gl CTS es Olle eye ei eeentet eres Tron pipe.2. yee eee 3 49
DB AWE siakerns.2st-ha aha Man eee (Supplies. he. ae iateaghe 11 00
23.|Whitlock, Slover & Co......... (Canvas: 2s. eree itech 18 63
23. RE 1 hd carnage ceo Supplies: ihe = e-leeaveee 6 20
23. \Sdranton 6400s ga enh a us sist (ins Oe 37 50
29). LOSTOLG 05 SOLS" 4 ae ely cr ses. Stationery yy. .oesec eee 45 75
23" )\Beers,& Messeruse........ ...... \miber. poe seen 143 18
2A Pan ©, Ong 20% cele seantg es Hardware, ./2:2s5c. eee 131 99
SOC SW. Meehan. 225.255 aed aees Supplies..... iperGrgs : 115 72
30, ae Saar epee sore he CARS a ays eee 116 88
July . 1 .|\Hosterd A aeons e.. 64+. os inde oe Stationery... <. os. seme 56 45

L Eliby | Gece da deeate cies Aree OO has eee

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1&8

BROOKLYN

PARK COMMISSIONERS.

Date. N,ME For
j

atin Payoroll, 222796202 cee. css |haborers . soos sae ce ose |
j ce | «cc |
tose oe See e tee he essa Sesto geen, aia
Boe OARS ie eens eae ae se weet ence eee eel]
Reber Henderson... -2.-......|Planta,.i--.......2.06. |
a Hranksd! Coles 24 9.25 sees... Keepers’ supplies .......

-|l- Brandeis % Son..-. ...:.- SUpplies mys sees Hae

_ John Y. Culver
, Peter Farrell... .

.|William Bergen.... ...
-|Edward R. Shipman ........
ce

./A. W. Shadbolt & Son

Buckley & Merritt............

.|Brooklyn Gaslight Company.... |

| “sc

se

..|Lumber ..

Incidental expenses. ..._|
Cleaning, Xc., Bedford ay.|

Oats, &e..

ste eee

Repai airing wagons. .

: Beers & Resseguie........-- |Eumbers. 152.6. Sse.
15.|Whitlock, Slover & Co........ Bra nition ger eee ae |
15. cc oe ae Mea eel g | CanvasWuices. ee eee el
15 ed ee UG) Dee eae a aa
15.|Metropolitan Gaslight Company.|Gas ... ......... ......
15.|W.H. Murtha&Son.. ...... Cosilive eee jaca. sae
ies Kamion és Murray, 0.2 32.532 55s MERGES y M)An cette Irae aes Sel
18.;Henry Werner..... eee _._|Repairine chairs --2.-- .- |
18. SO Te eat ee Ea S| Oaksstakes 2 eke See
Woe Chas Prati Con. 2s: 2565 Raph Sere Sere chal Se
19 pe, eS A Se | yee ee 5 id bi 4c |
19. 260, =) anse cone | eb Me ees ha Wacesr ad ee
20.\J. P. Cranford..... aes hesartacines: Bedford av.
Aa Welixlebiben: he 22. Gece us ss 3 Musie, five concerts .....
20. |The Brooklyn Gaslight Company Gas

.John Y. Culyer
.|Pay-roll .

.John M. Bulwinkle
S| (Wane Spear.) 22 2
Mipss Ceevbi Gre ine hee

.|J. T. Norton

Chas. Pratt ONCOL i228 3:

ae

7) CV OO RO
ces tom mee tse

pA aie .|Moving building
Se Naphtha Boh acter eee Sie

oe |

JREIMnbiNe: 2 ges ook oa =

ed

‘Balance of June salary.
Employés and clerks ..

Stationery een :
Balance of June salary . ||

“é

‘Services in 1 making Ocean}
Parkwayreport .. :
Printing Annual Reports.

Harness ...

$8,516

236
819

51

2_Continued.

| AMOUNT.

05
76
67

==
(9

52 REPORT OF

THE

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.

DatE Name. For
July 31.|Brooklyn Daily Fagle........... Binding books..........
31. See aii” | waksate essereton Printing. 24 -= =e
31. SP MIA arricis 1 wake aisles eee
Sle Coe Wee Geman heir ey ees Supplies: = aeeeeeee
Ole | OSTOTON ss 5 O08 serie ee err . (Stationery ...: .. "ayaieeteene
Ae) 7 ie Payer oll ci cpeceercyeiaveroiszourte WARES Oise Iuaborers; &¢sa.--\-) eee
2. Boe Pv. 5 | ov art ates iN Sloe one 660) © | aiedersteleneteieets
2. BOP Pade dewiamtss Leckie tee EAE AL curs Gs >
2. ‘Soe CM Geis) cars APA athe Meee eee “ aha! teas
A SE AWIKOS 45 oe circa mee Pee Plumbing materials....
9.|Parsons & Sons Company ...-.. Treés:....)..55. see ore wid:
LOE Sohne Yad Ouly ere. sree eee Incidental expenses.....
LOR JohniCs Colbronareseee. =e eae Services:as clerla-=pemeen
12.) M.S. & B.C. Brown 2.252. - _..|Putting on lock and keys.
14./Union Steam Printing Es’t ..... Printing»... eee
PSN We te PAGEL. cere ia tyy ta tac etanele Changing combination of
Sale. -,.\.c ace eee
15.|Watson & Pettinger ........... Lumber. ...022 eee
UGE Harris Stilwell) sj.402-5 eee Manure: .,..3 sence
18) ||tu, yBrandeisds Some. seis ee Supplies. sce seers
AOE leminy sNVeT TCT as emit tee ‘6 ee
coPvall et 3 (0) nec Aen nies cae arc Employés and clerks ....
24, John Robertson: & Co... .-....-..|luabor, ac eee
29) Melixe lM ben ieee. pele ee eeee Music—5 concerts .....
DOM Wine bergen Arenta cece Coal... cacnseianeeeeee
Z9F|iPeters barrell nanan ieee Cleaning Bedford avenue
Pa era Win 0) ORR eae eons as Gee aioe Ladders .:;..32. 540s
29.|Wm. B. Dayton & Son.........- Hard ware!) aso eee
29./Chas. E. Teale & Co.... ....|Keepers’ uniforms.......
29. We GE: So Meera sp ates ‘ igs wie one
PASTA OBEN YN COeYehntr oles oe eee. peel We Paints: siiceeseee i eee
2g sl Ele MARU ROBE acco e. Nee anee ee ecto. Plumbing work........
20))|\Haward. Ro Shipmants.... 2. -)4..| Heed.) aiChee setae
29. eile bee es : MA MTIAP Epos >
Aa Pew OL Copii § mcbeasernsodaoc Hardiwarelce 4s
29. ME Aeneas “Neca
A” ASaNeS cont landless strlen cies Glass Hemispheres .....
29 eed Peete oor ae Griffin figure for fountain
29.) Whitlock, Slover & Co......... Oiled:coats:. -2s- eee
29. Ce Cee ae American ensigns.......
30.|/Stephen Stevenson ....... case |SO8Ds.: .cfecide ce ce eee
Sep, 1.iChas. Pratt & Co... 5.. 2... 2... ||Naphtha-ce cece eee
1’ Bayenolle-e ee. sa Gee eee Thaborers; dsCae melee
Ih. oie | PR Srcpayereeet anargtetenele Ginters rete £6 oN eterna
ike oe ge ee tas tt Riceiaapde ere eae fC ca Sunoshere aie
De} dom s) Mle sma repre e erelerete Balance due on contract
repairing Bedford ay..
4.|N. Y. Stone Contracting Co..... Watering troughs .......
6.|Metropolitan Gas Light Co...... Gas wok csc Ke eee
6 |Frederick Loeser & Co...... {ss SUP Plies) =... ater
| NEED DU SDB 2 avec. a/b ni tat ie Agricultural implements
fe Se A caaaathat ts ne tye ae cs

BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS.

53

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.

|
Date. em) NaMeE. For
Sepia? -\dohn ¥. Culyer --0 225.2... 5<6.. Incidental expenses. ...
Re rank di Coles ass .5 0.2 sga5 So) (Gloves for keepers ....
12.|Wm. Bergen, Agent ............ | Gosh 9.2: Fie Naga
12.)|Henry R. Worthington ie See |Repairs to boilers .....
12 |Boston Machine Cote aie SUppliese =. setae
22) Sa Datlledouzessaccc ‘22h er2 553 2 IROSES¥n- 2555 3 Meee
12_|National Meter Co.............- aborsess eso Mae ee
12. Le Tt a Na Poo Sy \Glass for meter... ....
12.| ss Be a ae ee |Repairs, RCS Vache
Sal SSE FS eee lane see to| ee rigs ie Sete ete
HOeINEesangler=- So. 62< Ssc5 on ~..| Rubber aprons . see
12 eee IMcter' Woz es25-. i ERC PALES) aySt Spee ee
12.|Richard Dudgeon.............. Repairing jacks, Sic
12 |Michael Lyman Spe boceen aoe |Harness ...... vaascade
13.|John Dailledouze .............. Blan tsinecsttcteeeu roe
13.|Boston Machine Co. Supplies ase se-—-
fos helixiCampbelloe. ast 222-3. .2 Salons Run beerr
13.|Whitlock, Slover & Co.......... Bunting: Sh oseeee
13.| Peter B. Bracken Bete ta em o> a Horseshoeing..........
Se Met oot Paty noe pene ear cae, wupplicsie ss —24e Re eae
3. odkiga Basler arcs et. Bites IPTINTIN Oise see ae
13.|Buckley & Merritt. .......... Repairs. Beare SOASSHOA Ls
13.| SN a CEE FE emg Hoses = aa pee:
TPIEOSfordlds SONS s-so6 5254-052 2 Stationery... 3: fi02 <2
UAC | 2) Sk AS a ei ee Se Fo eee Sou
fSaliPhomasis.nlices hoc... foe. ‘Shields for keepers....
ie Keli Campbell; 2)... sae. 222 .|Boiler composition....
tSsl0 Braudeis &)S0n..-2 5.2: 22.22 ronpipes seer ase
13_|National Meter Co..... .. .:....|Repairs to meter......
13.|Balch, Price & Co. =|Policeihatsiess ease
3 Patent Water and Gas Pipe Co... IWiater pipees ss sae wih
A SaP ele Horsman! oe 85 |Lawn Tennis marker....
13.|John Gallagher & Bro.........- (Carriage hire ... .....
118\. |Henry \ Wermer erase... es ium Perse 22 as ee
D3 eich Cea PE pee Walnute &ose5 32 ee
13 freronatis Gaslight,and I. €o. ..|Globes ...............
13.|\Clinton Mannfacturing Core se: Packing=s.. saat
ioatPeter Narre ies oho. cass. esl iWontrachie sae so
15./U. S. Iluminating Co.......... Electric lights ........
ie iHastord?éSons=2 2.52. S25. -23 Sia ilOnenypy ee
[Ec ee Bite ee Fee eee
15.) |Healey rOWMWOnKS 94. ee Oa /Repairing railing .....
15.|Beers & Ressequie............. [prt Weir go seoseaessue
15.; Vanderbilt Bros _......... .... |Agricultural implements
15.|Edward R. hipmanwer asses ‘Oats, CCS See ere:
Hi lhe Fg CCS Ter SL ori ee oe Pe eee ena ee
15.| Seamer ine Shs 5 52 = | le thes seb ns Cee
15.\John Morton SR SONS Maen 2 eas. @Wementocse:-fhes cn
15. |Brookly el ee (Oa en rg See ere IBrInti ni Oyen oe keene
15. POE Ie Ee einen peg eer ey Lanes ee ore ere
15. |Chas. Prati & Con. 02.3. Pee bene Naphtha 7.2/2.0 2.. 52%

AMOUNT.

Wy)
or
ou

|

ry

we
oH Co OF bh OO b

i=)

(—)

54

REPORT OF THE

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.

Dare. NaMeE For
Sepe 1b) Chaserathau Conse iemes ret ore Naphtha ... 022. RE 3s
15. fs BEN OMA CIOeN Ear rc 5 cr
15.|Stephen Stevenson.........\... Supplies .
15. ee A = FR: «saves 5 [SSOBUD | koh ctee et een
i Ii Brandeistd (Sones) see ss. Plumbing materials.....
15. Se PM Borden Soe east “oC UAE ene
15. a AeheiReNepe (ers ‘othr $f hw a aoetone
5 NC. We Meenan:: 240. ter en: > I SUp plies’). pe) see
LSRIP EU OBNCropsshal Son G4 oN ae oat (Hardware. 2 As ccna
15,)|Metropolitan Gas LightiCor. >. 2 Gas... .- 262s ene
15.|Brooklyn Gaslight Co.... | ee neice yy ee
15. i ne ret oe eS OCS Nah) ae ee
15. OY ee tee 66 ita ee ee
15. fe becknte ESE Se oetok Oe aod hae ee
15 Co ars MOMPTARL. 4 oot Co Bud fe eee
15. Ce) eres RIM AE cet rg A ree Set bn Qcyi
15.|Metropolitan Gaslight Co...... OC auc eee eile eee
Dp Com Wealteenanic yo eerie at: Suppliest:.: 5. ayre tee
LOAD NG CLUS trometer cess errer Horse shoeing..........-.
LBS \Ve Ee, Miarthar ds Soni selon. cece 1,0 COR aa oye te mentee
dio @has-ebrath do GO wsersca tr eae Naphtha -.3.-).-ee eee
LSA WEHOStORd a. SOD nee ane eter Stationery --. 26sec
15.|Howelll dasaxtam! yoo e2 yes... ae Repairing gates, We.....
Abe yy MOUS Le eee laiaten cae oaks Employés and clerks... ..
Mcts) 43 LO apy eae ets oes eth i Sarre ere uaboreis; dss poner
3. ee ee ER ak Ret ear (0) eee
3. COT BPE aig SAG epee el tf 0)
Be * rt ah inc ich tam Lae PMN eS oc:
(elohm: Ve Omens rcverr eee 3 ceectt Incidental expenses ....
f2| GEOUs eG) Wis Duthhiede yeni eres Session laws of 1882... ..
(ee AbS Mores Saad pada gue onc Coalinr. cnteer soe se Cea
7.\Joseph H. Leggatt... ......-..- |Legal services. ..... ..
7.|Gilliam Schenck, County Treas..,|Assessment on gravel pit
in Ocean Parkway....
IMGs Muevarehe (hile 6 Baas ode Baloagar \Cleaning Bedford avenue
1S WRelis TW ben)<t ee tens eea ce Music—six concerts .....
14)|"Peterttanrell cca scsttcie ac +e Contract cleaning Bed-
| ford -aventiea.e een
14e ol plicek ryt ce CAI ee Contract erecting stable
on Prospect Park......
Iasi letinil'(O> (CboyiMesagneiscmeadenoce Haidware’cs. <a
L6G" Weokeenan 22 Sevens Paints, 0118; Cc. -) een
16. |Coney Island: Puel} Gasike LYCo: |Gasic soe. sen ne re eee
16. os on) 8° Peet eee een
16. of ECE re SCENE oc
16 )| Go Wie keene -.0.sa) sath. eee ater Paints; 0118, ce), eee
16. se aN Sectsid ¢ Bite toxeoxs 3 0 eee
1Ge Chasabratt eiCO.y.vac ee pe ere Naphtha: :......) ice
UGH balehyibricerdn Cosas ac eee: Police hats: . 3: 25-seeeen
16a) Betenih. Bracken en em st ..... {Blacksmith work... 22.0%
16. EY Bec CAIN Se ae eS Horse shoeing.....2 2...
16. EM fic Aneel MMe ‘S ) %) Qala

AMOUNT.

1,980 00
100. 65
73 16
121 50
27 50
37 50
76 55
61 66
51 71
5 00
23 15
39 05
41 62

BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS.

Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Continued.
Date. | NaMeE. For AMOUNT.

@ciem6_|Peter B. Bracken. ..:........--- Horse shoeing........... $57 36
16. OO meet Wm cach aes Meee: reese: Blacksmithing .........- 46 80
16 |Besrs & Ressegnie ............ Jiqunin) Nein Sea pooh tUet or 54 17
Tee iEibblerds Rausche ses esse. GlobessS. 3 ssas ne aaae rss 13 50
16.|Stephen Stevenson............. SOys4 ON ieiele Bea eR roa ccc 6 25
16./Edward R. Shipman ........... Oatsi Went 4s sect 167 00
16.|Patent Water and Gaspipe Co... lalsenyo) COWS. cckopseanse- 19 65
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16 |Frederick Loeser & Co..... .... MOWlSic cae stGs cose 8 25
16.|Felix Campbell ................ Water pipe. tet a ieee ope coe 16 03
MORIA Ve-Benoit G0 ee ne es 2 -|Drawing materials ...... 42 90
on Coneysislandshwel (Gasi ds io5 Cox (Gas Ss aie se oe oe 79 50
AD HERO et ope eo moe nocae oat Officers and clerks... .... 742 50
Nov. 2./Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co.)Imsurance............-.. 113 00
2./John M. Bulwinkle ............ CityeWixectoryaee eee ee 5 50
2.|Metropolitan Gaslight Co....... GOS ieee ees crne cease 31 32
2. Pay-roll nic CRO Dy ROE Oban es Laborers, SCV Cee ee 3,776 24
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10. ‘Peter 1 Shrayret ete) I Le Asai ele ee eee .|Contract, Bedford avenue
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25.|Thomas Carroll, Register begerceas Recording deed of gravel
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11.|Brooklyn Daily Eagle .... Ad verhisin came ee 19 50
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HE EVOSTOTdnds SOUS= ses ia sa PUITOMEN EG osaaeroceoac 6 50
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11.|National Meter Co....... aay || Repairs|tometersa--0-- 4 60
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11, |Rubber Clothing Co....-....... Ishq 0) OOS 5 bcee a cance 18 75
i Johmuve, Culver seins assets. Incidental Expenses ... 52 21

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Statement of Accounts certified to Auditor, 1882—Concluded.

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64 REPORT OF THE

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Latitude, 40° 41 North ; Longitude, 73° 57 West from Greenwich,

Height of Instrument above the sea, 145 feet.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 1.

Table showing the observed height of the Barometer, monthly, for the
year ending December 31, 1882.

Mean MEAN MEAN S = S 8 |

Monrn. AT AT AT ag 5 a S

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VanMany save eee 30.006 | 29.961 |' 30.009 | 29.992 | 30.623 | 29.278 | 1.345
(MG DE WAY. eerste aie 30.009 | 29.989 | 30.018 | 30.005 | 30.572 | 29.278 | 1.294
Marchi nicer 29 942 | 29.936 | 29 982 | 29.953 | 30.488 | 29.494 .994
ATP Reg ernierate 29.985 ; 29.929 | 29.963 ! 29.959 | 30.362) 295382 aes)
Miniye ences pera 29 .939 | 29.911 | 29 963 | 29.940 | 30.344 29.481 .863
UE AY EN bs Sa eS es 29.836 | 29.806 | 29.904 | 29.848 | 30.137 | 29.485 .652
DU ree nee yer tear seetew 29.969 | 29.915 | 29.931 | 29.938 | 30 247 | 29.562 . 685
AMO USta as Ae cere 29 593 | 29.966 | 29.984 | 29.847 | 30 222 | 29 735 487
September ....... 30 455 |} 29.956 | 29.970 | 30.123 |} 30.152 | 29.604 548
Octobereereneeeee 29.919 | 29.994 | 28 691 | 28.934 | 30.247 | 29.647 . 600
Novemiber7o.. - 25. 30.085 | 30.029 | 30 063 | 30.059 | 30.414 | 29.632 .782
December... ...... 30.040 | 29.993 | 30.013 | 30 015 | 30.362 | 29.623 | via9
Ammual' mean at FAL Mins cance Milas oes uses ar oeies Gee ee Cee 29.983
Annnel mean abies Me sso. oe oe 6(a'5, 6.402" \o Jem z]elSS So RS ee oe Oe 29.949
Annuslanean ati9i PMs. 0.) 2 eacioneee es oeleiee oh Cee eee ,. 29.874
Annual mean of 1095 observations« 2c ons tien) ei cia cierto aie oars 29 935
Maximum, January: 2452 (Po iM race. crciiete -e)e nis oe ieee ere eee 30.622
Minimum, January Silo PME. <cls jeu ic. sts cis date cteta siete anton eee 29.278

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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 2. »

DRY.

Table showing the state of Thermometer, monthly, for the year
ending December 31, 1882.

Mran Mean | Mean Pp | 5 =

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UAT TAy os 5 Ser eee error | 28.80 | 33.60 30 29 51.50 3.50 | 55.00
February ..... catia eee 32.96 | 40.11 | 39.22] 57.00 | 14.00 | 43.00
MVR Clie sete obs ke es Sho) AL 45.48 40.97 62.50 17.00 45.50
PAN TINS ctor eiclete hy ‘eves = 43 80 53.50 48.50 73.00 26.00 47.00
INI). belo onto Ceo eee 55.61 60.60 62.30 77.50 | 34.00 | 33.50
{TNO 3 he See ae eee 68.60 | 76.53 | 67.20 94.50 | 51.00} 43.50
DOK ect ee eee 73.60 | 82.10 73.96 | 94.00} 56.00] 38.00
MTGTIN han og oe ote oeee 1O=Z38 ||| 48-50 70.95 | 88 50} 51.00 | 37.50
Sepremiber= =. 55.5... ....| 64.50 | 73.60! 69.10 | 85.00} 46.00 | 39.00
OGIO NES Sa ocen See er emcee 57.40 | 63.60 | 58.50 74 50 | 42 00 | 32.50
November:........-.. -- | 41.10] 46.00.| 41.20] 71.50; 19.00] 52.50
December..... .:. 31.50 | 35° 30) SOO! aloo 11.60 | 40.00
Auimuaienmean atysrat dA WU. , oc sso Selec: oie cunciste os Hoes ens cee Sus 00262
Avaierinnneaterdinyereuie Ai Moe bot ste eats yc spe cis Ae aie eloislsts\eyeis = sg oe ele apse 57.49
Acar alemea thy rye cbr oslo Vito ass oferacs testers) wsie's s sijeyaie eels sis «seals Nona eines 53.01
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ARRON ETE, OUR ey CULES ell coe Ee Ae ere See Ane knee eae So ets a 94.50
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 3.

WET.

Table showing the state of Thermometer, monthly, for the year
ending December 31, 1882.

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BIR eae rite sean ao Se 25 87 | 29.70] 2706} 4600] 2.00] 48.00 |
Rebruanyjec. sclace voces: 29.39 | 38.39 | 33.22 | 49.00} 14.50 34.50
Marche gee ten elec teak. 34.24 | 39.77 | 36.26) 50:00 |) 27200) |) 33300
PA TOELUS 5 aie sgexe oy wyescyetovebecevenehe 38 90 | 46.08 | 43.16 | 61.00} 26.00] 35.00
US Ete, cbay sie veneroteveis puciercre scant 50.43 | 54.59 | 48 80! 68.00] 33.50 | 34.50
ATE ae oe Soe Geretiaomone ce 62.00 | 68.30] 60 70} 79.00] 49.50] 29.50
Jial yg s Arete chases cet 67.20 | 69.20} 68.10} 82.00} 65.00) 17.00
AMIS US Rrse coe ene sianc eee 65.20 | 69.89 | 65 50 | 78.00} 68.00 | 15.00
Neptembery. oye sockets 62 00 | 65.90 | 63 30} 78.00 | 55.00 | 23 00
Octo bers aries peer 53.10 57 70 54.10 68.00 39.50 28.50
INGvemiben=ceerea. pec 36.20 | 40.27} 43.00] 61.00 | 21.00 |) 40.00 |
December or caste .| 28.60 | 32.50 | 29.70 | 45.00 9.00 | 36.00 |
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Anvual meant iwet, ati 2 Peo. orescence serie PEE ae ce so taCae 50.94 |
Annual mean; wet; at 9 Po Mei. Skink ioe Lcode.wcleneleie oleroeielel oie eee nner 47.74 .
Annual mean, wet, of 1095 observations). <i. one le cretelerelelere anata ener ene 48 .26
Maximum; wet; ‘July Ui, 2 Bi Meese cee seerinclee ee eae nee arena 82.00 |
Minimum, wet, July 24,7 As Myi..0.- 2s .ccccn. se) ose ee 2.00 |

BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS. 67

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 4.

Table showing the force of Vapor, monthly, for the year ending
December 31, 1882.

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ONTHS. AT AT AT Nea

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AEPATLOTAY aceite eater Pr eee ee a eee 138 144 .136 139
Ee oman en Netra certo NS .169 .169 170
INE NAGI OVS i DR ere Le .185 .200 .190 .193
PAN Tall Petes atts Se cious oecvekeios es 203 250 294. 225
WLS ae ee SR eae San cere 324 449 ROM 383
VOM 5 dio Sala ec CE ae tae ene 494 .609 .498 1533
dh? NONE ee ee A eA ae eee HES) _ BOY .610 634
ANABOSE 6 cn Sees eS eee .570 627 Roe 589
PSXOIDUC TAM OCT 5 lars ee ae ee .518 _ 070 .526 .538
OGiOlDER >. Sageeen one nee Ue AG Rime 390 420, 372 ous}
INOwemloene sn. eos voce ike .205 215 .179 .199
IDGOCHN KEI cee sete ae EE ee .148 154 .141 .146
ORGS OF VECO, Wasa, dwihy Wl, ene @yellovelig)2, ILS Socqgdsbogcdsos 000 & 943
Force of vapor, minimum, January 24, at 7 o’clock P. M......,........... 021

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68 REPORT OF THE

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 5.

Table showing the relative humidity (saturation being 100), monthly,
Jor the year ending December 31, 1882.

MEAN MrAN Mean q
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JUNIE eis rells sie Gets bes cekevele-s coats lalatoe 86 78 83 82
LOL aan SE aa O MAA aniEn Sa Oee 82 72 86 50
Mam chip ass Setters cys ieieete Siero 67 60 .63 £63
ANTI ite peste ate oc ee teetes 75 64 72 70
IM ai eaey elo tocerss Porcher ate tare ace .76 74 .76 i)
OMG tae cgh y steatan oie ter irae ee: MR 69 Se mie
DULL Widpeyecer ts Fo ecne trees nlves beeen Preise ay WE) 65 87. 76
AVL BSG Re che sae choca egevere aro aarweys oe 78 65 78 73
Septemberiya crim camara er 83 wal .75 76
October ..... PS a ee SG e 67 Sih 82 .715
INOWenIberiiivas sce melee ee 15 .69 74 13
Wecemberreen cette ea eee ee 84 74 .76 .78

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BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS. 69

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE No. 6.

Table showing the duration and depth of rain and snow, monthly,

during the year ending December 31, 1882.

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February...... ... 12 | 3|22| 46] 3.43 | 9.574 | 10.00; .85|N.
Nbosh 12 | 4] 5|16| 2.385 | 12.044 | 2.50; .085] N.
Ann 13 | 2| 10/46] 1.838] 13.932! 50] .05 | N.W.
Nee 1404-5) | 44-130. 422). 141845922... Wo ae E.
Jn. ee 9 fT 25D e ae 78a 2Os920 LS. ee eater Ss
Sri ee See a 1/55 2 2280) 893 920 |. 2S Festa S.
Aarast 2... k Seo OAs br |592|) Bets 4|| PB D0O tees eet a Ss.
September..... .. it S16 Sel MGS eOO4 PAI EAD oe SIN 8 N.E.
(Gchober- |... =. | 14 | 3/17] 9| 1.52 42.934 | N.E.
November........ etse. 1981 45 [45 60 | 44.932 | 13.00] 1 41 | N.W.
December.......... | g | 2| 23 | 35 | 2.664 | 47.748 | 1.50] .15 | N.W.

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