REPORT ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1913 AND 1914 BY WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST Comptroller BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS JULY, 1915 REPORT ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK EN MEoTS FAN Do 14 BY WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST Comptroller BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS Se WIeY. ISS D. ‘EP Bs 4218-15-500 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THE CITY OF NEW YORK BurEAU OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS. June 7, 1915. Hon, WitLtiAM A. PRENDERGAST, Comptroller, The City of New York: Dear Sir—Below is submitted a report upon the cost of maintaining the entire Park Department of The City of New York in 1914 and the cost of maintaining parks, etc., in the Boroughs of The Bronx and Queens for 1913. For the purpose of facilitating the assimilation of the statistics that follow, it is thought advisable to set forth here a brief outline of the organization of the Park Department and its principal functions, Section 607 of the Greater New York Charter reads as follows: “The head of the department of parks shall be called the park board, said board shall consist of four members who shall be known as commissioners of parks of The City of New York. They shall be appointed by the mayor and shall hold their respective offices as provided in chapter four of this act. One of the said commissioners shall be the president of the board, and shall be so designated by the mayor. In appointing such commissioners, the mayor shall specify the bor- ough or boroughs in which they are respectively to have administrative jurisdic- tion, to wit: one in the boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond; one in the bur- ough of The Bronx, and one in the borough of Brooklyn and one in the borough of Queens. The principal office of the department of parks shall be in the bor- ough of Manhattan. There shall be branch offices in the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. The salary of each of said commissioners shall be five thousand dollars a year.” The powers and duties of the Park Board are enumerated in the city charter, sections 605 to 630, inclusive, and the regulations of the Park Board, adopted No- vember 19, 1914, pertaining to the use by the public of the property under the juris- diction of the Park Board constitute chapter 17 of the city ordinances. Below is shown the total acreage in each borough, the total park acreage in each borough and the percentage the latter is to the former: ooo _—_”_ 0°0°”°_C?T. Ow O—_———— Percentage of Boroughs. Total Total Park Park Acreage to Acreage. Acreage. Total Acreage. IBIROIRS SAA EO R OO EnC OU Oo aE er enanT 26,523 3,932 14.8 rearavent tothe eeteees ole leraiel ocala nse anzrate tetera 13,226 1,466 bid ANG Llyn se ects oecie le cise rele ataca Cerovend «.nleracets 38,978 *1,013 226 Op cet ae AG OEIC CeO eC ae rats 81,720 Tsou 1.4 GHG MGh three iyee alae oi sere stereo te 36,600 64 BY. SET * This figure does not include the 14.70 acres in the recently acquired Dreamland Park. + Does not include the Seaside Park, with an area of approximately 250 acres. 4 The following table sets out the number of parks and playgrounds in each bor- ough having an area of one or more acres and the average acreage of these parks: Parks and Playgrounds. Average Number of Number. Acreage. Acres in Each Park. Nikhil er amagsh has san Sacpenuhonbweoe hc 42 1,465.92 34.90 Richinond: «ioe ee ee oe ee ae 12 63.56 5.29 Fete ot ee EE ee Ee are ALA aan 15 3,931.98 262.13 Brooklyn: saccc adc cals cette eee racic) yen rite 34 1,012.65 29.78 QUEENS" sik ed Pee cance cn ee Det een 16 1,150.80 71.92 Total (oe eats ee ee 119 7,624.91 64.08 Parkways and Driveways. Average Number of Acres in Number. Acreage. Each Park- way and Driveway. Manhattan® ccc nsiec none ote te ae ee ae 4 56.67 14.17 BEOmnke Seas aera eo nick Ai ek Pa Se 4 232.42 58.11 BroGllwal Age. acu bined a hotneneiarate heise eee ere 6 558.61 93.10 AOC eects a eratcy teractions Ore me 14 847.70 60.55 The public institutions maintained wholly or in part by The City of New York in the public parks are: Borough of Manhattan—New York Public Library Building, Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art, New York Aquarium, American Museum of Natural History, Jumel Mansion, Grant’s Tomb. Borough of The Bronx—New York Botanical Garden, New York Zoological Garden. Borough of Brooklyn—Museum of Arts and Sciences, Children’s Museum, Bo- tanical Garden and Arboretum. Each of the four divisions of the Park Department keeps separate accounts and records and renders an annual report of the cost of its operation and maintenance. The appropriations for the several boroughs for the past five years, aside from about $20,000 annually for the Park Board, have been as follows: Manhattan and Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens. Richmond. LO Uieeeherene fc aoe re $1.426,438 00 $690,980 CO *$1,103,783 00 ........ QZ eet renee eevee 1.519.718 00 722.191 00 1,239,975 00 $165,120 00 IIS) CHE ge ee OR 1.575.056 00 750,747 00 1,254,039 00 186,972 00 OTA SA eee ee sree eet A 2 1,602,553 00 760 861 00 =1,026,452 00 180,130 00 LOU G2 nate eiesd Moines stay hast 1,545 693 00 740,602 00 934,312 00 171,283 00 == SSS SSS ESSE * Brooklyn and Queens. 5 The percentages of increase in these years in the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond and The Bronx were 8.3 per cent. and 7.2 per cent., respectively. Brooklyn and Queens, treated as one department, show substantially no increase, the allowance now made to the Borough of Queens being offset by corresponding reductions in the Borough of Brooklyn. The appropriations for the institutions maintained in these parks for the same period were: Manhattan and Richmond. *New York Metro- American Grant’s Jumel Public politan New York Museum Mansion. Tomb. Library Museum Aquarium. of Natural Building. — of Art. History. OU Se ee. $a;090 008” $7 000000" co .ce $200,000 00 $48,000 00 $189,757 00 MOM ZE Serene 5,650 00 7,000 00 $10,000 00 200,000 00 48,500 00 195,000 00 OVS eee 4,540 00 5,000 00 ~=—-18,000 00 =200,000 00 ~=— 47,345 00 ~=200.000 00 oO eaoaee 3,625 00 5,000 00 = 48.500 00 =200000 00 ~=— 47,000 00 ~—200,000 00 NOMS He 35 es Ae 4,112 00 5,000 00 36,600 00 47,000 00 200,000 00 200,000 00 *For supplies and materials and contracts for repairs and replacements. The Bronx. New York New York Botanical Zoological Garden. Garden. TRIES een NU ree coe rape eters ates Smo aR voters Rieter ates $85.994 00 $174,632 00 WO eee se eer facet OCIS COTE Fee ne ne en 90.565 09 182,365 00 TOONS) oy MEM cas Ree ORaeeeEea EE ttPaP GS RE a 103.900 00 191,925 00 JOE Bin Bee ce ES ek Rann rs en a, See a 107.163 00 200,000 00 OS) Se A Soe VI Soe Ca a PS ete Ce ee, 107,163 00 200 000 00 Brooklyn. Museum Botanical Arts and Children’s Garden and Sciences. Museum. Arboretum. OSs A, 8 GN cae Sees Ret Rn 20 an Te oe $93,760 00 $12,145 00 $14.550 00 UO Arne eo acne vet ic h ae asp a eRe 97,780 00 12.555..00 25.830 00 UN okag 5 ckeetad Nts Nas eae eae aa en aan ee ne 102,405 00 12,927 00 29,460 00 TROT OA te Oat ER er aoe ae a 106.745 00 13,227 00 37.636 00 MONS sty ecene CeCR occ REC nC Oe en 109,035 00 14,067 00 37,124 00 The appropriations by the City for these institutions for 1911 aggregated $831.488; The institutions chiefly for 1915, $960,101, an increase of approximately 15.5 per cent. benefited by these increases were New York Public Librarv. American Museum of Natural History, the New York Botanical Garden, the New York Zoological Garden, the Museum of Arts and Sciences and the Botanical Garden and Arboretum. AI- though the increase in the appropriations for the last-mentioned institution was but $22,574 from 1911 to 1915, the percentage of increase was 155. 6 The figures hereunder exhibit by boroughs the total cost of maintaining the park department in 1914 with the exception of the Park Board, and also the cost thereof to the City per acre of park territory. The results will be somewhat misleading, as the total costs include also the cost of caring for parkways and driveways: EEE eee Total Cost, Total Park Cost Per Borough. 1914. Acreage. Acre. Manhattan and Richmond ssc aeecee eases $1,069,650 00 1,530 $699 11 IBEOOKLy Imes om tak ariecemic mosis soe einat emigre nie 850,911 00 1,013 *839 99 One) ae he eta ee OR oe Ore 474,556 00 3,932 120 69 (ORS aE eerie an ae tet tO ra etn a ag OOGu 182,141 00 RSH 158 24 oe ee — 0060000 nnn * This is higher than Manhattan largely because of the larger amount expended by Brooklyn upon parkways and for the care of trees in city streets. If from the above figures are deducted the cost of parkways and the care of trees in city streets, we arrive at figures more fairly comparable. eee SSeS “oo *Total Cost, Total Park Cost Per Borough. 1914. Acreage. Acre. Manhattan and eiRichmond! sate... schcmieiacs «eee $1,032,529 00 1,530 $674 85 BroOlelyit ase sce se welt ew sue etnse hs ener 638,701 00 1,013 630. 50 EO pee aioe eiite wares eee ee ree neeters 400,970 00 3,932 101 96 OWENS ae ie crinis eo eure ee nate Niro Seeere iene 163,778 00 ies ay 142 29 DLE * Less cost of parkways and streets and care of trees in city streets. Note—The cost per acre in the Boroughs of The Bronx and Queens are com- paratively low by reason of the large amount of unimproved park acreage included therein. The total receipts from the park departments, all Boroughs, for the year 1914 were $95,348.74, made up as follows: Manhattan and Richmond. — Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens. IPEivile oes aa schis lees ceecleleecris oie $29,885 53 $19,520 06 $18,787 00 $220 00 Perinits randineesm i acnici snare es 621 00 13,873 25 502 20 1,102 50 Restoring and. Fepavine ) aso ae City Streets. Ahem Olie SLLCCLG Br Teeter te cocdates sae iare Meretcleters: ove ocaienw cvovate Geet Gio ertrerer 4042 95 indistnibuted mene ee eer et cece date eee WES fae 688 35 SHOMere Gi1IS N11) Ofer 4 Peete, cba atercecotare os tw wise aia ease Svan Riehe oth ofate Wants ANIGOS8Sr~ excraertewes $49,254 93 Sfalajee) 6 efete ei s-e) arn as Wieleleese, oe eee eae, - f-vlw iste a eee Net increase in direct expense $26,165 91 23,089 02 $49,254 93 $49,254 93 Were it not for the expenditures in 1914 of $11,160.61 in connection with the operation of a bus line between Bartow Station and City Island by direction of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment owing to the unsatisfactory service rendered by the mono-rail system there, the Department of Parks, Borough of The Bronx, would show a decrease in charges for supervision and general expense in 1914 as com- pared with 1913 of $8,610.10. The charge of $11,160.61 might, too, be reduced by $2,112.16 of revenues turned into the City treasury. It will be noted that in both Poe and University Parks, the cost of supervision and general expense increased although the direct expense decreased. The direct expense in this division increased from $282,622.37 in 1913, to $307,891.34 in 1914, or $25,269.02, an increase of approximately nine per cent. creases were in Crotona, McCombs Dam and Van Cortlandt Parks. Queens. The heaviest in- Statement D herewith gives the same information for the Borough of Queens, 1913 and 1914, as Statement B gives for The Bronx, Supervision and General Expense. General Administration Improved Parks. Decreases, Increases, 1914 0ver 1914 under 1913. 1913. $3,911 66 aleroae tainty cnt en scenic, a2 keeled ae ee nee se Me eennes $56 56 UCTS HEN OU: eee Teor oe in I ie ew a ee erat ie, oe ae Re em eee S277, TEOVNE ahaa Mami tirae ik: Rea are eter ar eS Ree Yk / eee ee 517 66 (ESI AUEET cl aparently “otek Sein ar Shr er gn ac, ta Se 832 78 IG CSeTIAgMlbalce tener pear tie eae eng ine er eae ohie oe TSO pais LISTS ERSH eg ORs OR Ores ae TG REE Sesh cee aa Pn EA SAU RS Aang Seite IE atraa VES 0E ney ieee Shes nse eer ye ta ree RES or ere re WZL72 IRS ENE tals So Soa ORC Oo aE noe ao on aera ce eRe AD ALE Ae lWhaleretel: See ea Ad aneiio ero o OG eae DOE aoe Snir ein eric =o ee 36 51 Stall Paricse anes GOreSy se eae cece cee es wee ate laoiets ae slo toe es MOV/estoye . seeiocee 12 Increases, Decreases, 19140ver 1914 under 1913. 1913. Undeveloped Park Arcas. LeGavitt: coded d Shock d he ce en AeA a Ge SE CE ECE: 2,950 64 Readme yan cume Mages. sas innde ate Sead Se ncetac i aoe see eee ee 229163 Westies Wayanida.cciaces see cm eniecter maureen ei teisnaele els eit eran i ate eren ar aren 1,503 65 PiStOL IA: occ cuascSeherasore eet t stat Be ee ee ee eae S100 FR terrier Rarisley’s: Pond). oc /sntins es ba cue eae ire arene 32:38) | enemas City Streets. Gare Gi DR ReeS 34 otc ees Oe Re eee ee er eee P2697 30 Nees Miscellaneous Expenses. General” Park: Equipment. sce .c<¢ halted oo oa is tira nee eee ne 1,276 60 SEARLS LOS. od veuci ars Grd n ta Banen ce econ PI oko ONS e ep RST ee kor ee ene nee 15337230 Greenhouses and: Nurseries ss2.% oc «lee aa tare alters et ieqeee eet Seo[slas\0) «deb sous c SEOPEhOUSe? Sect acc chr ctule Gusto iSavar ete reich ate ener een ees ce tare 617 leo Seer Shops (overhead) ec0puceo hse one dee ce Saas See oe ee ee eee 1,462 84 Mienamenie.. va... v5 dee om aes bist a nieo oae ce hocee gate aera tee 750 Ses eee Inventory Adjustment ji.26 00s comes tance ammrocm ria aos 1959"85) eee Undistribtiteds «.cixd Seco Gace sansy,, ena ees Seka eos ap eee eet S500 Ree ee $14,514 02 $10,135 03 Net Increase in Supervision and General Expemseé.......... “vasa aiey0iehatduexcraie anit cis tarspehs exsko teen or ttaeet Dose geceteheyer — Meeiclsheteherage Wiplatid! os. 9 tence aw al amodtens mle eek BG Bienes = Hoe ieee ieee tM mtgtegersrs SMa CpNe ter tene Small Pars #and | Goresiatic wane odicvste «clones ares aes ose eee ome Ashmead: (Pathe, a Sataen sco ote eismea ne wes cuaterereastenieclarh oe stores eles TIAN Z2O Undeveloped Parks FRAITVEW? «chi Reeetet needle meetor Wie) bat le eee oie Oren eee cess 1,049 89 WV aisvialta Cla vas vais. tari acnene, bites pei tieks gator uae eat a Recreate 895 93 Baisléy soiPomd, tives evs dee wage: Sette aie eve es ea od ees 22019 City Streets. Care OF - Streets. watts cas ws econ eae ea ames melamine gota eee 1,615 31 Christmas Celebration, bone: Island! (Citys. .2 eens eur: ate 92 90 $10.935 84 Net Decrease in Direct: Expense!.:.cnncasee seca eter 3318 79 $14.254 63 $14.514 02 $106 14 727 65 ee eee ewe je 6 i;e!le\ "a! wl isis: o)650 eel sie e seen eee e1¢ = se 60 ee ae? oie 6 © else $14,254 63 The cost of supervision and general experse in the Park Department. Borough of Queens, was $92,556.29 in 1914, as against $88,187.30 in 1913, an increase of $4,378.99, or about 5 per cent. Nearly one-half of this increase, however, was due to adjustments in the inventories, and might more properly have been charged to direct expense. 13 The charges for supervision and general expense increased 1914 over 1913 in the following parks, despite the fact that the charges for direct expense decreased: Increase in Charges for Decrease in Supervision Charges for Parks. and General Direct Expense, Expense, 1914, 1914, Compared Compared With 1913, With 1913. EM Sener ot eather ieee na enter wWescld vis ius ruses $520 32 $2,604 07 INGYCRENVERY 6805 G OOS Do dh OOD Tn > DOO eA Ota Conan ener 42 47 7,444 80 Sinclar eset dy GroneSig ica vente lstaw Sctscs ote b's eS 5.8 5,8 aoe 107 36 109 23 The charges for direct expense show a decrease, 1914, compared with 1913, from $92,894 to $89,575.31, or $3,318.79—about 3% per cent. The heaviest decreases were in Rockaway, Highland and Kings Parks; the heaviest increases in Kissena Lake, Rainey and Wayanda Parks. In connection with the larger activities of the Park Department it is almost im- possible to fix upon any unit of performance of practical value. A cost per acre, for instance, means little, because some of the acreage of the parks is highly improved and cared for while other park acreage is unimproved and receives little or no atten- tion. The activities of the department, too, are very numerous. Not only have they to do with the care of the parks themselves, the maintenance of the structures and buildings and equipment, the care of roadways, lawns, trees, shrubs, with the incidental repair shops, stables, greenhouses and nurseries, but these activities embrace also the operation of pumping stations, bathhouses, comfort stations, menageries, playgrounds, athletic fields, children’s school farms, etc., beside the care of certain parks and drive- ways and the care of trees in City streets. To set up a cost system for each of these activities, without being able to fix upon adequate units of measurement and com- parison for the work done would cost more than it would be worth. Any considerable saving in this department would therefore seem to depend very largely upon the care with which each of its activities is managed. In this connection, attention is called to the following extract from the Park Department report for 1913. While the extract given refers to conditions in the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, the same condition probably exists in the other Boroughs: “A great many of the laborers and gardeners are very old men, enfeebled by age or infirmity and consequently unable to do a full day’s work of a hard or laborious nature. Most of them have been in the service of the department many years. They are detailed to duty as attendants in the various comfort stations, watchmen in the storage yards and department buildings, etc., where possible. Their number, however, greatly exceeds the demand for them for this work, so that a large number of them must be placed on the regular maintenance work in the parks, thus reducing considerably the efficiency of the force available for that work. This condition must be taken into consideration in any analyses of the maintenance cost of the parks. “On account of the lack of proper police supervision over the parks it was nec- essary to withdraw from the force of laborers from thirty to sixy men, varying ac- cording to season, for special duty as parkkeepers or watchmen to protect the parks and prevent damage to trees, shrubs, lawns, buildings, etc. These men were sta- tioned at the worst points in the parks, but being without police authority their sery- ices were of avail only within certain limits.” 14 While it is not recommended that the services of these old employees to the city be discontinued, it does seem to be idle to advocate efficiency and at the same time continue a policy that renders it impossible. To the end of effecting savings in the cost of maintaining the park department, | would offer the following suggestions : : 1. That where the supervisory expenses are apparently high, close examination be made of the charges entering into such expense, with the view of curtailing them. 2. That the Park Board confer upon the widely differing percentages of cost in the remaining functions of the park department, with the purpose of adopting for each park division the methods that appear most economical. 3. That thought be given to the practicability of planning in advance the actual Statement A—Showing for the Park Department, Boroughs of Manhattan and and Driveway Therein, the Relationship of the Supervisory and the Direct per Acre, and the Assessed Valuation of Each. ee ee Supervision and General Expense. General AdmantstrOti0n ve ocowas Ohba s 10 or es ena Sao rire meaty ae ere $85,691 59 Parks and Playgrounds (Manhattan)— Battery: Park sista aime eiin a pee mars x O'ot tocignerererere sts ain els creat tarciarninae Weide Bryant Parks: 26 sctt caitite « cleate e stnstete nme hares ea eietahs wave mateteverngie jeter 1,343 73 Genital gear le hy. as Seles cre wens mma ota Nete te een Siero seep mv iatenes eae eee 24,066 15 GhelSear (Parke 5 2 certo Sis caisnexradl claliel sete ele ie onerer oe iam tae een atetels 1,349 70 City | Hall) Parks. cosis.5)-.0% siooeceisatapsiere sisinre aig aia ciated prepa oiwatiala act 1,097 14 GolomilMea res 2 esis ws ere erate Hien oreaa toner vores olenayeteranstePont rouctenspeys 1,320 92 Golumbus Park... Per eee ee EA An 1,034 97 Gorlearsmelook. (Park: sis -co deere te ettts she ore Sve eel el ce tcks eee ete enone 436 58 Wewitt: Gunton: Park’ set esaicax co ch ee taln neater estas a tee 681 35 Hamilton’ iish® Parks odes s,s pests cis Mera sre doe eeneoenareeeeraetete 443 41 Rive. Poiit Player ound <<. 6.675 siecle my oc, ctatotectcoscn asin ayateletersleeneren ketal Re ere Forty Washineton y Patience eers cists ererertis,aroieqnis are cen rete Gta aetreu tegen 202 66 Highbridge Park acts vicalsts ots). ajo a.s sfervisteleisce corte ohare wearers ane aerate nage 215 95 Hudson Park ~ ocd Gee a hwidicdin ba eh Sees eae wee ae ee eee 917 55 [shan ‘Parke’ 3). ecco ers season eine esi, olacer ers coco eases agave: See tot neers 506 72 Vonnalay Parks trotetess Beco one sere sorte are ee ners egestas Cede 264 44 THomas emerson ar ie oss vis. a wescecc larclare ore warm delete alecaverntetete eatree renee 2,486 60 Madison Square... caiiaces occas ¢ilescade we awh ante s eetiea mies eer 486 01 Manhattan Square: fc0d wets vice occhalsied «oes aie eaclorte te ene neler 743 65 MorminesidecPank sssaces< .sces oer eese comeea nare-veenachp arene 2;472 55 Roser, Morris: Park <2 s.che ick lercinc sila sie aca wre earane eet e cieehers ene oer 309 14 Mount iMorrisuPatks eaten scocio cs otiethe citer siecs DOC PER errant 1,749 61 Queensboro Blayeround say.cuclosielectarcepece tress e vatetelhaeeler eral eietol-c are Riverside Pathke 145 srcttecc cies aussie eosle tisha oye Sle ER OO Se Oe ee 11,520 10 Sty Gabriels: Bartle c+ svccou.ccch s, soe rise ees ein Oe ene 1,227 49 Sty Nicholas: Parke (2c crises ois scivte sce erste Ae Tee eee reece tee errr 1,305 96 Gar) Schutz Parks io s,ckl wid'd.dua.c: t cotusceirente Oerectoeen en Mee eee: ALVA) SI] Wim. becSewarnd -Rark wnk nics. ceed acer see eeirer lace oe ec nie 2,190 54 Stuyvesant. Park. 2 Ascii cnsigeve oo os turusiecat ete clone cere ee ore ore 1,145 32 Tompkins: SQWare aihcs- ves cctreniae wee Wee eee a nae ee ee rerere 1,891 36 Union Square? sc 25,103.45 seein nde ae mee seers S ORR ee ee ee cece 745 74 Wiashingtom: Squares sci.cucccccre antic cent acts eae ee ere eee ol tetiets 699 54 West 59the Street. Playground! 22)..5.:% = 255. cde ceacicinva cee oreiete rae ee Yorkville Playeround: osc... ee: cies eee eo teu ere gravy slerei reeks) weleetern: Small@Parks. Squanressand. Uriancles.senece semen eee 3,444 57 17th and 18th Streets, Avenue C and East River................... 113 46 Wrest 22nd ‘Streets aos scart cess tie ots Gaerne BS Soe RIOR a ee Wnidistribtted: serrate ode des eco eee ee ee eee 7,148 34 15 work to be done upon each park, of estimating the direct cost of such work and the * cost of supervision thereof, and of limiting the amount to be expended on each park to the sum so reached. 4. That serious consideration be given to the matter of the more economical dis- position of the employees of the park department who are inefficient by reason of old age or physical infirmities. ; 5. That steps be taken to ascertain for what the parks can be maintained, in whole or in part, by contract, and the reasons for the adoption or rejection of such a policy. 6. That consideration be given to the matter of securing legislation bestowing * upon a single commissioner control over the entire park department. Respectfully, R. B. McINTYRE, Supervising Statistician and Examiner. Richmond, for 1914, the Cost of Maintaining Each Park, Playground, Parkway Expenses to the Total Expense, and the Acreage, Average Cost of Upkeep Percentage Average Direct Total of Super- Cost of Assessed Expense. Expense. vision Acreage. Upkeep Value. Cost: Per Acre. Nase avaiels $85,691 59 Beier ¢ wastes data pate ae $12,062 17 13,789 89 1235 21.199 $650 49 $15,025,000 00 10,574 61 11,918 34 173 4.775 2,495 98 6,000,000 00 194,381 44 218,447 59 11.0 843.019 259 11 380,000,000 00 10,396 03 11,745 73 1B a) Sey 3,768 28 684,000 00 8,169 64 9,266 78 11.8 8.239 1,124 74 37,300,000 00 6,019 20 7,340 12 17.9 12.790 573 89 1,825,000 0Q 7,453 54 8,488 51 12.2 2.750 3,086 73 1,425,000 00 11,615 59 12,052 17 3.6 10.643 1,132 40 950,000 00 20,478 84 21,160 19 3.2 LsodT 2,868 40 1,450,000 00 14,314 95 14,758 36 320 3.073 4,018 07 1,350,000 00 2,060 89 2,060 89 Races 301 6,846 81 100,000 00 1,852 64 2,055-30 9.1 40.810 50 36 533,000 00 3,258 79 3,474 74 6.2 75.766 45 86 3,572,000 00 8,822 36 9,739 91 9.4 1.700 5,729 36 550,000 00 3,505" 15 4,011 87 12.6 7.911 507 12 266,500 00 7,997 73 7,802 17 3.4 3.004 2,617 23 280,000 00 21,990 71 24,477 31 10.1 15.529 1,576 23 2,145,000 00 9,063 51 9,549 52 a | 6.840 1,396 12 9,000,000 00 933 91 1,677 56 44.3 17.582 95 41 13,500,000 00 9,472 86 11,945 41 20.8 31.238 382 40 4,500,000 00 1,422 33 1,731 47 17.8 1.546 1,119 97 255,000 00 10,273 46 12,023 07 14.6 20.174 595 95 5,000,000 00 4,311 69 4,311 69 ee EU Men? DD oe ha ete eres 57,797 78 69,317 &8 16.6 214.316 323 95 33,645,000 00 7,484 77 8,712 26 14.1 2.947 2,956 31 730,000 00 4,607 75 5,913 71 2260) 27 .235 217 14 4,937,000 00 10,851 61 12975" 12 16.4 12.546 1,034 20 1,835,000 00 21,072 93 23,263 47 9.4 OR 1) 7,017 63 1,500,000 09 4,923 54 6,068 86 18.8 4.229 1,435 06 1,970,000 00 15,666 51 17557 87 10.8 10.508 1,670 90 3,000,000 OO 5,738 49 6,484 23 Dies 3.483 1,861 68 6,000,000 00 10,931 03 11,630 57 6.0 8.115 1,433 22 2,700,000 00 5,414 89 5,414 89 ee .519 1OASSHo FO. seats 9,510 79 9,510 79 Wee: Se — eee bs © ieee 16,423 66 19,868 23 Wes 36.687 541 55 9,386,000 00 4,202 07 AS 5 o3 220 1.037 4,161 55 145,000 00 43 16 43 16 PALS PS BB ee eric ore ih, 55,004 35 62,152 69 [eS Gist “Acs g canes. os 16 Supervision and General Expense. YAM oi fahelavs ein % ora dhol el eve wm aicyure eyelet e ace ais oper Vela (eleva age (el ele tet atest tener steko a ee Bennett -Field occd scare fo 55 Serene ale Oe ise id ore ales thevelel skeet roldeebeehel syeun ne aor totere Cherry and (Market, Streets x. lores sic cisrore ofel=/s orerete re rmtataret eta atets oles le) ee GE aap sn en Penn Ine cre aCo An COnSOnGUaOCGaG ) m » Heanbcne Jackson :Sqitar eac.ctasels 3's ad ive Selects apleine oe emia tia remtarc ce peer 1914 1913 WECKEASC” 2h s2ie 28 chi. ah Ads ca hoe nae OO EOE Pranz Sigel, Parkes ie: sane cose 2 eee Cee ne ee eee 1914 : 1913 DeCKCaSE> croniieviet Hew seth ce ER RRS OCR Ee oreo University: Park « csscacta ded soies facet Meee cree ee eee 1914 1913 Increase in Supervision. Decrease in Direct and Total .. Van Cortlandt Park 00, 06.0: 6 0.6 66 0.0 6106 6 0 2 0) © 01's 61516) 0,0 © (6 00) 6. ele 01 0 js (010: © Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct and Total.. Washington -Bridge. Park: cc.toe css ail cet ce te ee erecta. Decrease Supervision and General Expense. $325 05 184 83 $140 22 $1,075 13 976 33 $98 80 "$2,412 00 3,497 22 $1,085 22 eee eee ee eee eww ne eee ewes $5,714 02 7,993 96 $1,839 44 $160 60 103 94 $56 66 $904 71 1,334 23 $429 52 $2,265 75 2'945 03 $649 28 $1,287 75 2,088 ly $800 44 $160 6u 96 46 $64 14 $6225 54 6.941 19 $715 65 $27 50 65 47 $37 97 Direct Expense. $3,104 47 2,887 48 2,946 5 2,616 2 $330 30 $18,688 63 12,629 00 $6,059 63 $680 86 187 75 $493 11 $46,094 82 58,393 22 $12,298 40 1,226 33 250-98 $929 25 $6,099 73 5,766 82 $332 91 $16,037 71 16.753 50 $715 79 $5,259 30 6,044 79 $785 49 $852 32 922 64 $70 32 $55,763 52 48,765 71 $6,997 81 $1,389 28 1,659 46 $270 18 21 i Percentage Average Total ot Super- Cost ot Assessed Expense. vision Acreage. Upkeep Value. e E. “Gost: Per Acre. $3,429 52 9.5 5.87 584 24 375,000 00 3,072 31 Oe ee. 523 39 peeew: $357 21 $4,021 70 26.7 4.00 1,005 42 256,000 00 3,592 60 Zi wat aes es SOS oe oP pitas cots $429 10 $21,100 63 11.4 27 .00 SO) 1,231,600 00 16,126 22 ZI + Cees [O21 A amie eter mane $4,974 41 $680 86 0.83 820 31 61,500 OO SZA Hom eee eda 220.20 ea neeerane $493 11 $51,808 84 11.0 1,756.00 29 5 10,610,900 09 65,947 18 PE wales bees oe: 37¢ S5et wee Ch. eters $14,138 34 $1,386 93 1156 2.30 595) 25 200,050 CO 2,259 52 Ae, th Onset Sf) ef: A ee Set te ec $872 59 $7,004 44 12.9 11.83 592 09 765,000 00 7,101 05 Nese A shies. e2e 0032512 anak Seen eee $96 61 $18,303 46 12.3 34.20 535 19 494,500 00 19,698 53 LAO seiner 575 98 Seles ila etee $1,395 07 $6,547 05 19.6 17.47 374 76 673,000 00 8,132 98 ZH OMNI ete este AGS 54M rk. s.ccmee $1,585 93 $1,012 92 15.8 ZisfD 368 33 115,000 00 1,019 10 ORAS BD IG ott. ee S/0ESBM ~ — ae. eee eee $6 18 $61,989 06 10.0 1.132235 54 74 13,250,000 90 55,706 90 | VARs ssh Bie AO Okey Seles re phaseysia at $6,282 16 $1,416 78 1.9 8.45 167 66 44,000 00 1,724 93 SUS iae Sone 204 Sar ee «aor $308 15 22 Supervision and Year General Expense. Small Parks; Squares and Triangles... 02. c.s....ceussuieseoeun: 1914 $200 24 1913 102 34 Increase: .cweu sic carat tee che ote eis micteerahe nin ote ersteteye im earetnnene eee $97 90 Parkways. Sronx atid: Pelham Paikway sat) setercieiie' oie crsvtereveweiataepeietolerte aeiielete 1914 $1,621 67 1913 2,462 25 Decrease. . icd aectueedy oeee are eer ne eee eee ee ee $840 58 Croton Parkway osccsees ein Hee cemetary eta etier oe Mi esas A ot 1913 $15 02 DECKEASE iu 2aa Sr Moca arte oo Olas coer ne ere eet ee Eee $15 02 Mosholu Parkway se pcu ctcccciccsssrree siaietterciclge ate iatiete serait ere 1914 $i21i 18 1913 1,486 32 Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct and Total Ex- PENSE — wide dante eerelee ih mo + a0 eh eernelpel sos alee Serta $275 14 Roads in New York Botanical Gardeétiig.... sss ees Sean ance 1914") 2 eee 1913 $354 00 Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct and Total TERM ESE sis. 5 g4cdicia «0 av analetq he nee aee ene oe ee ere ct $391 07 23 $391 07 Percentage Average Direct Total of Super- Cost of Assessed Expense. Expense. vision Acreage. Upkeep Value. Cost. Per Acre. $4,853 02 $5,053 26 3.9 17.18 294 13 732,000 00 3,305 19 3,407 53 Saiee App heer 198 34 ete $1,547 83 $1,645 73 $16,847 49 $18,469 16 8.6 108.92 169 56 1,835,700 O00 19,566 82 22,029 07 Pe eee 202525) ee ee ae $2,719 33 $3,559 91 $669 69 $669 69 12°30 54 44 345,000 00 1,147 81 WIG2Z283> athe 0 Ae 04 Od oe fu) einieneee $478 12 $493 14 $13,358 29 $14,569 47 8.3 83.10 175-32 2,160,000 00 8,583 85 10,070 17 ARO ee 2 TZU EOE RY aS Aer oe $4,774 44 $4,499 30 $2'356.. 32 DEsNOMOe ~~ (aides) Oe walecwe cc. «=©6—»- xee Seea O8 Peaceecoeeeee 1,666 32 ZO2Z0 N32 ee Ow acc, =—ti(«S ence ee ee $690 00 $336 00 $18,987 02 $20,344 77 6.6 28.10 724 01 885,000 00 4,944 94 6,251 21 2039) ¥e hdd 2222465 lene acne $14,042 08 $14,093 56 $15,899 65 ST O4 MS Tn. yore Sees ace |= ict tes GO Mr ce bce 19,942 60 ZN 220 Oa yc ne Ree A | Ca Ae, oe aes A $4,042 95 $3,715 95 $7,482 58 $12,422 77 co ee en Ra Se foe am Te. 8,170 93 8,170 93 FO Te SC” feet Pr oh eiete $688 35 $4,251 84 En Or eee $7,452 92 eae srecsvsiene ec syrener Re setae 9,825 51 Bee eertenis sty ieeeetsies ee cra $2,372 59 ebro $37,879 61 eae Segsieites ojctates w cilia Sees sins 37,763 00 en Lae ava eve s aiateiafele sere Sas cits $116 61 Seto ars $22,371 66 rei ee Batak: RACINE ID Briere. ae 21,980 59 eae ee Siclictocine 24 Supervision and iVear: General Expense. Shops (Overhead) ~2-c.sa.cnd fasen esa teeta neem eerie 1914 $8,701 23 1913 9,689 62 Decreasé. oh. oF vise haa Wain ee eee ee eee OU eee $988 39 Stone “Crushing: o.. ceed evapeltrd. o ercisueleielote ctoreters seis ororele evoetateioe eeieietetom tere 1914 iain ete oie Omnibus Line*Operation’ <2c sasaeedee scr ieee ete eae 1914 $11,160 61 Totals ss 008 6 hohe tee aie nee ET Oe 1914 $168,845 10 1913 166,294 59 [nereasé: ...ckdoduadewn asthe hee OEE OE eee $2,550 51 Statement C—Showing for the Park Department, Borough of Brooklyn, for Therein, the Relationship of the Supervisory and the Direct Expenses to the Assessed Valuation of Each. Supervision and General Expense. General’ Aidmuinistlatiom: ohana eats s hee ee ene 1914 $241 22 1913 1,074 00 DACKEASE! sisss 5 eo ee ow eo lee te ite oe ee eee $832 78 ARissetia Sake i wreis sires we seen e moe haere eer y ab ena Rea eee 1914 $973 88 1913 184 37 Increase. jc: botview enone nc abner eee Ee Poe Rt eee $789 51 FIG. Sead esis, coco tha nin’ ¢ ares, Sale alae od mherazete dee Gan T ene eee eee 1914 $940 83 1913 420 51 Increase in Supervision; decrease in Direct and Total ; EXD GMSE irs se s:n wie; conan fer ero aati te eRe ee $520 32 Weinidletiie mckaic Rinvatccn neste Batre ohio OMe orcas ORIG oo ETE eer 1914 $89 39 1913 ZAP Aa DOCHEASC, Rist cus roskeve.c Siste dio wie OE eee Re En eT eae $127 72 ROCKAWAY: i cao clea meamicblaeainy eee mh phant aan ee eeetaer eine 1914 $114 30 1913 71 83 Increase in Supervision; decrease in Direct and Total EXPENSE: 0s, cn tettee esleeieene Siceseine le TOGrn nat ao arama eae $42 47 Woland: nuvicaeogtuiiut semana See eeeien Monet et ates ta memee aie 1914 $16 94 1913 53 45 DECK EASES 4 dody.cs.aih ya ofkls sa emn Galena heat Sonia eee ee $36 51 SmalltiParks ands. Gonese sc. ccc oe testi eh Rceiemer ter nore 1914 $581 06 1913 473 70 Increase in Supervision; decrease in Direct and Total EEX PONS ey Accs tavece ser cerotetnrr oe hetsiors wheter ste heise ee Pee era $107 36 Moheiead. Darl «tate us che cio .tteettead: tant tiene jo. "ee 1913" eee Ih ch ot ee eee ART Oa NTE Meer Ai GA aa . Botoloo de Undeveloped Park Areas. Beavitt) Park 2-3 cexccan anes ea ioe eh ec es eee 1914 $238 71 1913 3,189 35 IDECHEASE™ Hace 'siehcce 8 Lay Halak sich MRROLEe TO oid Pe Rae $2,950 64 RAIMGY SE ate: wastes & is dahiie's sieuacleaiatseameere theater etna eee ie aon 1914 $775 41 1913 545 78 Increases, 20th Adana chiens coy ee seer eee $229 63 Telewanae Parks jeiitc.uhc eke deme aee oetae Tr eR atone 1914 | Ae W913 5.5 seen Wavan dare Pate ec cies in aie ae cocie arabe otibidantennis ome ne etches aera tee 1914 $63 60 1913 Increase in Direct and decrease in Supervision and Total Expense 1,567 25 $1,503 65 29 = Percentage Average Direct Total of Super- Cost ot Assessed Expense. Iexpense. vision Acreage. Upkeep Value. Cost. Per Acre. $7,459 50 $7,700 723.1 59.60 $129 21 $200,000 00 10,127 19 11,201 19 tas eae S/O Gera. ot, a eC tn $2,667 69 $3,500 47 $58 73 $9,784 63 $10,758 51 9.0 88.12 $122 09 1,316,458 00 3,835 60 4,019 97 : ee GosOe " Ueeenin te $5,949 03 $6,738 54 $76 47 $4,398 81 $5,339 64 17.6 11.50 $464 31 50,000 00 7,002 88 7,423 39 hy Roar O45 ol we Oo ah eee $2,604 07 $2,083 75 $181 20 $2,222 82 $2,312 21 3.8 3.00 $770 74 33,000 00 2,808 21 3:025: 32 FRM heirs MOOS 44. le” belie Renerat $585 39 $713 11 237 70 $2,585 56 2,699 86 4.2 17.87 $151 08 344,000 00 10,030 36 10,102 19 eee SOS: Sl = « Jo eGreeeen: $7,444 80 $7,402 33 $414 23 $1,358 76 $1,375 70 1.2 SOU) $250 13 35,100 00 1,368 42 1,421 87 OOM ban ee ZoG02, *° Su arrtyaes $9 66 $46 17 $8 39 $590 12 $1,171 18 49.6 280.83 $4 17 992,250 00 699 35 173 05 AA ae a OF ars A517 We Sattideaw es $109 23 cee ae WM 4.2% $771 26 $771 26 Cee 0.27 $2,856 51 3,000. 00 $771 26 CeCe eed ht. eaters $238 71 Sage 7.61 $31 38 31,000 00 arnt Cee 3,189 35 ec Bile wae 419 10 Ae Ree 2.950 64 $387 72 $1,422 14 $2,197 55 3522 5.09 $431 74 184,862 00 C7225 O18 03 SP Sp ee oe BOMB Ons 1) | ote cota rete $1,049 89 $1,279 52 * $251 38 $1,008 43 $1,072 03 5.9 2.00 $536 01 8,000 00 Ze 50 1,679 75 Usb ences 839875 eee ae, $895 93 $607 72 $303 86 30 Year TASTOL IA Dati error miele a oe leie ereicrore oe leteiotetetesatslensreuctoieietele cteter efor ta ae THCTEASE. cccaccereck. ware cole s eiatele wyovousTauats a veveiaieieteteterevelersns ioherekcnonstorere Baislevs. Pondicn ocecee toto ce eek crepe cy ehh tether cense teres 1914 aisley’s Ponc ae THCrEaASE ic tore ei Attoh, ocean cle ee oie ever Nero one erenctouchers City Streets. sae Ce FS Trees: o:fecncleesw she ew oks Mention ere eons Penclaka everest othe voreiere are oO me THERE ase) Giacsaise dvelvteale hare keh elec OORT Oe errr toieeer: Miscellaneous Expense. General Park Equipment) sasc.0-3 fee sarees ewisieere sire momar: 1914 1913 DeCKeaASE! ssa sre ecb kG a Res eho ae alo oib, bh aes ere Rie nee ie lel noma SHAD IES: ccrase octores devas wai arb eine Rhevoars Gmail Heres etna es oie 1914 a 1913 DeGrease nsec Saosin cre cts wae CR ee pened ato er Greenhouses and INUrSerieS: aoc .icueyacauerae ons Seretam oimyers sierstereie reel ener 1914 1913 TMCEEASE. -acedicesace Need ee Rae Rodis, Ho el oa eae a eee SEGECIO LSE ie cr crere ee ltue fame avs SPEED Gs CFs aie exe eae cd tena Chote exereueree sieieee 1914 1913 TT CREASE 5 oC cisd ce cave rcrwie 6) wate erpisis ove sere syed pretense vexewsuchesePotece recite Shops. (COweriiedd ).< wir sesatecee eo otern nie wen nna sate teye esa ener tease 1914 1913 IDCCKEASE: crore tos Soha otis