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SECOND

ANNUAL REPORT

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

OF THE

CENTRAL PARK.

JANUARY, 1859.

NEW YORK:

WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 41 NASSAU STREET, CORNER OF LIBERTY

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SEYMOUR DURST

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CHARLES H.RUSSELL,
J. F. BUTTERWORTH,
JOHN A. C. GRAY,
WALDO HUTCHINS,
THOMAS C. FIELDS,

ANDREW H. GREEN,
CHARLES W. ELLIOTT,
WILLIAM K. STRONG,
JAMES HOGG,
AUGUST BELMONT.

Vacancy.

President.
ANDREW H. GREEN.

Vice-President.
JOHN A. C. GRAY.

Treasurer.
ANDREW H. GREEN.

Secretary.
CHARLES W. ELLIOTT.

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SECOND

ANNUAL REPORT.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

CENTRAL PARK.

To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of
New York :

The Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, m compli-
ance with the provisions of the sixth section of the Act entitled,
" An Act for the Regulation and Government of the Central
Park, in the city of New York," passed April 17, 1857 —

Respectfully Report :

That "in January, 1858, the date of the first Annual Report of
this Board to your Honorable Body, the preliminary surveys of

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the Park, were scarcely completed. The breaking of stone was
continued through the eailier months of the year 1858, with a
view of preparing the necessary material for the construction
of the roads.

It having been ascertained that many of those intending to
offer designs for the Park for competition for the prizes offered
would be unable to complete them as early as the 1st of March,
the Board deemed it expedient in order to secure the highest
abilities in this department, to extend the time within which
designs would be received to the 1st day of April.

The competing plans were for several weeks publicly ex-
hibited.

The first prize of twTo thousand dollars was awarded to the
design subsequently adopted, as the plan of the Park, and ill
general accordance with which the Park is now in course of
construction. Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, one of the authors
of this design, subsequently received the appointment of Archi-
tect-in-Chief of the Park. It was not till about the first day of
June last, that a force could be organized and operations com-
menced at the Park, with proper regard to efficiency and eco-
nomy of labor ; the work at the Park accomplished up to this
time has been mainly done in the five months from July to
December 1st, from which latter date winter weather prevents
regularity of labor.

It would be difficult to communicate the exact progress made
. in a work of this character still in course of construction, so
as to convey an intelligible idea of the proportion of various
classes of work actually done.

The thorough drainage of the part of the Park below the old
Reservoir is nearly completed ; the Drive is fur the most part
graded not only within the same area, but also extending to the
north above the New Reservoir. Portions of the Drive intend-
ed as examples have been constructed in different methods,
with their superstructure, in order to test the relative cost and
efficiency of each. The Ride for equestrians is in progress.
Several miles of the walks are graded, drained and gravelled,
and in a condition for use.

Three bridges or viaducts over which the carriage road is car-
ried and under which the horseback ride is to pass, are in a state

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of forwardness and promise to be structures of beauty as well as
of utility ; the Promenade, a prominent feature of the Park, is
nearly complete with its broad walk and rows of transplanted
trees of twenty years' growth. The planting of the Park with
a great variety of shrubs and trees was rapidly progressing
when the cold weather suspended operations. A Lake of about
twenty acres above Seventy-sixth street is so far completed as
to admit of filling it with water during the winter, and has af-
forded healthful amusement and recreation for thousands in
skating ; the lower lake at Fifty-ninth street near the Fifth
avenue is also well advanced.

The Play-ground and the Parade-ground are nearly com-
plete. Numerous applications of clubs of skaters, of Base-ball
and Cricket players for accommodations in the Park indicate
that expectations of its influence as a promoter of manly, vigor-
ous, out-of-door exercise will be fully realized ; and, with the
facilities that the Board of Commissioners hope to furnish for
skating, curling, sleighing and sliding, it is believed that the
Park will, notwithstanding the rigor of the climate, afford
amusement and attraction for the months of winter as well as of
summer for all ages, of both sexes.

The buildings of all descriptions that were found on the Park
have, with here and there an exception, reserved for use on the
Park, been sold and removed and the proceeds of sales deposit-
ed in the Treasury. Among the buildings spared, though a
very inferior structure, is the Arsenal constructed by the State
and purchased by the city. With the desire to save expense to
the State the Board has, much to the inconvenience of its busi-
ness, permitted the authorities of the State to occupy a large
portion ef the Arsenal upon the assurance that the munitions
would before this time, have been removed to the new Arsenal,
but that seems now a remote expectation ; it is but ordinary
justice that the State should pay a rent for the use of this build-
ing. The city was required to pay to the State for this build-
ing and the adjoining grounds two hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars , and it is still mainly occupied by the State
authorities. The Board expect to remodel this building and
apply it to some appropriate purpose connected with the Park.

The establishment of a Pound has been to a large extent ef-

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fectual in preventing the incursions of straying animals, from
which the young trees have suffered injury.

"With the desire to carry on the construction of the Park in
the most economical manner, and relying upon the Common
Council for its co-operation in whatever would tend to this re-
sult, the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park in a com-
munication to your Honorable Bodies, represented :

1st. That it would be a great saving of expense to the city if
permission were given to them to take the surplus earth from
Hamilton Square, a plot of land lying contiguous to that part
of the Central Park which requires earth-filling, upon which
there is a surplus of earth that must shortly be removed.

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2d. That liberty to take street manure for fertilizing the Park
would be very desirable, inasmuch as otherwise other fertilizing
matters must be purchased.

3d. That the contracts for grading the streets surrounding the
Park should require the use of earth instead of rocks within
certain specified lines, so that the trees planted along the line
of the curb might find root.

4th. That the sidewalk of the Fifth avenue along the Park
should be arranged of the same width as at its lower end, for
the purpose of giving a broad shaded walk along the Park.

5th. The desirability of adding the piece of land on the north
end of the Park, between One Hundred and Sixth and One
Hundred and Tenth streets, and the widening of the Seventh
avenue from the Park to the Harlem river.

These matters were communicated to your Honorable Body
early in the month of September, in order that ample time
might be had for the requisite action of the Common Council
before the meeting of the Legislature and before the approach
of winter.

These measures were approved by the Common Council with
great unanimity; by the Board of Councilmen on the 24th

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of October, and by the Board of Aldermen on the 21st of
December.

The Commissioners of the Central Park fully expected to
employ a large number of men during the winter, when labor
was readily obtainable, in the removal of the surplus earth from
Hamilton Square, but His Honor the Mayor, on the last day of
the year, returned the resolutions to the Common Council
without his approval.

The plans of the Board of Commissioners for work during
the winter are thus frustrated ; the delay by not getting this
earth in the work at the Park is serious, and the additional cost
to the city of procuring earth will be no inconsiderable item.

Proposals for widening Fifty-ninth street have been invited
by advertisement, based upon the probability of procuring this
surplus earth ; the bids are received but cannot be awarded,
owing to the inability to get the earth, and in this important
part of the work of the Park the Board of Commissioners are
also stayed.

The work of constructing transverse roads across the lower
Park, for the accommodation of traffic and business travel, is
going forward.

The question of conducting the various works at the Park,
by contract or by days work, was the subject of interesting en-
quiry; and, after a full discussion, the Board determined in the
main to give a preference to days work, leaving specific cases to
be decided upon as they arise.

During the past year Messrs. James E. Cooley and Robert J.
Dillon have resigned office as Commissioners of the Central
Park, and the place of Mr. Cooley has been supplied by the
appointment of August Belmont, Esq.

The Board of Commissioners of the Central Park have en-
deavored to establish and enforce the most stringent rules as to
the accountability of all persons in its employ.

It is well understood that competency, integrity and industry
are the qualifications required of ^every person charged with any
responsible duty at the Park.

A report of the expenditures during the past year, in detail,
accompanies this communication, in the form of an account of
the Treasurer of the Board. Vouchers for these expenditures

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will be found, as required by law, in the Comptroller's office,
regularly numbered and filed for convenient reference.

By the summary of account of the Treasurer, it appears that —

The balance on hand Dec. 31, 1857, was .... $226,168 98

Keceipts from January 1st to Dec. 31st, 1858. . . . 304,661 85

$530,830 83

Expenditures during the year ending December

31st, 1858 507,487 86

Leaving balance in bank January 1st, 1859 $23,342 97

The total receipts since the organization of the Com-
mission May 1st, 1857, are as follows :

From May 1st, 1857, to December,

31st 1857 $304,050 39

From January 1st, 1858, to Decem-
ber 31st, 1858 , 304,661 85

$608,712 24

The total expenditures since the organization of the Commis-
sion, are as follows :
From May 1st, 1857, to December

31st, 1857 $77,881 41

From January 1st, 1858, to Decem-
ber 31st, 1858 507,487 86

585,369 27

Balance in bank January 1st, 1859 $23,342 97

By an arrangement with the Bank of Commerce the deposits
of the Board draw interest, the amount of which for the year
was $2,909 97.

Curiosity and pleasure already crowd vast numbers of visitors
fast upon the rugged operations of construction.

The desire for healthful recreation and exercise, and the taste

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for the natural beauties of the Park, whether in its similitude to
the garden, the forest, or the field, develope and increase with
the opportunity for their gratification. The Board at this early
period, amid the bustle and business of forming the structure,
clearly perceive that the high expectations of its beauty, as well
as of its beneficent influence, must be disappointed unless order
and propriety are maintained supreme over every foot of its sur-
face, and within all of its departments.
Dated New York, January 1st, 1859,

By order of the Board,

Andw. H. Green,
President of the Board of Commissioners
Of the Central Park.

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Dr. The Board of Commissioners of the Central Parle in
account with Andrew H. Green, Treasurer.

Jan'y 8. To cash paid D> H. Hart, incidental expenses, as per voucher,

No. 1 22, on file in the Comptroller's office $66 50

Jan'y 4, To casb paid J. B. Bacon, surveyor, as per voucher, No. 123. . . 100 00
Jan'y 5. To cash paid park-keepers, pay roll, January 1, as per

voucher, No. 124 1,395 00

* To cash paid J. N. Phillips, assignee of James Reed, for

stakes- and poles, as per voucher, No. 125 325 00

Jan'y 6. To cash paid A. Hitchcock, for powder and fuse, as per

voucher, No. 126 101 25

H To cash paid Austens, for kerosene oil, as per voucher, No.

127 22 39

" To cash paid D. McDermott and others, for laying specimen

■wall, as per voucher, No. 12S 15 25

Jan'y 7. To cash paid Evening Post, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 129 2 62

** Proprietors of Tribune, for advertising, as per voucher, No.

130 42 00

* To cash paid S. Philbin, for gas fixtures, as per voucher. No.

131 7 37

" W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per voucher, No. 132. . . 170 45
" To cash paid Jacob York, for stove, fixtures, etc., as per

voucher, No. 133 35 25

Jan'y 8. To cash paid Slote & Janes, for Treasurer's account books, as

per voucher, Xo. y134 100 22

" To cash paid Hermann Gabel, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 135 20 00

u To cash paid R. L. Allen, for tools, as per voucher, No. 136. 293 66
" To cash paid James Scott, for steel, as per voucher, No. 137. 72 13
Jan'y 9. To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for tools, <tc, as per voucher,

No. 13S 186 37

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for hammers, &c, as per

voucher, No. 139 85 44

" To cash paid C. K. Graham, surveyor, as per voucher, No.

140 293 33

1 To cash paid John A. Bagley, surveyor, as per voucher, No.

141 176 00

Carried forward $3,510 23

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Brought forward $3,610 23

Jan'y 9. To cash paid Wm. Prentiss, surveyor, as per voucher, No.

142, on file in Comptroller's office 46 50

Jan'y 11. To cash paid Michael McLaughlin, axeman, as per voucher,

No. 143 93 75

Jan'y 12. To cash paid Freeman's Journal, advertising, as per voucher,

No. 144 6 12

Jan'y 13. To cash paid M. B. Brady, for photographic maps, as per

voucher, No. 145 150 00

Jan'y 14. To cash paid Matthew Carroll, for manure, as per voucher,

No. 146 188 00

" To cash paid Wm Fraser, carpenter's work, as per voucher,

No. 147 30 01

" To cash paid J. Johnston, for coal, as per voucher, No. 148. 30 00
" To cash paid Slote & Janes, for books and statianery, as per

voucher, No. 149 56 83

M To cash paid Stewart & Howell, for plastering, as per

voucher, No. 150 127 41

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for tools and implements, as

voucher, No. 151 166 35

" To cash paid Mrs. Begley, for cleaning offices, as per voucher,

No. 152 7 50

" To cash paid Daniel Higgins, for trees, as per voucher, No.

153 414 00

" To cash paid Parsons & Co., for trees, as per voucher, No.

154 400 75

" To cash paid James M. Thorburn <fc Co., for trees, as per

voucher, No. 155 834 51

" To cash paid L. I. Harvey, for trees, as per voucher, No. 156. 189 25
" To cash paid Doughty & Brother, for carpeting, rugs, &c, as

per voucher No. 157 190 87

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, for postage stamps, <fec, as per

voucher, No. 158 8 35

" To cash paid Benjamin F. Church, surveyor, as per voucher,

No. 159 , 144 25

To cash paid Thomas E. Bishop, crowbars, dice., as per

voucher, No. 160 57 85

" To cash paid R. B. Montgomery, park-keeper, expenses, as

per voucher, No. 161 56 35

" To cash paid John Turner, for painting, &c., as per voucher,

No. 162 131 59

Jan'y 28. To cash paid Thomas Hogg & Son, for trees, as per voucher,

No. 163 215 10

Carried forward,

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Brought forward $7,055 5*7

Jan'y 28. To cash paid Henry Nelson, for tools, as per voucher, No.

164, on file in Comptroller's office 1,116 07

" To cash paid stone-breakers, as per pay roll. No. 7, Dec. 26

1857, as per voucher, No. 165 1,267 83

" To cash paid laborers, as per pay roll, No. 8, Jan'y 9, 1858,

as per voucher, No. 166 5,545 31

" To cash paid stone-breakers, as per pay roll, No. 9, Jan'y 12,

1858, as per voucher, No. 167 1,254 24

" To cash paid laborers, as per pay roll, (transfer) Jan'y 1 2,

1858, as per voucher, No, 168 679 37

" To cash paid Fred'k Banfield, for carriage of specie to park,

as per voucher, No. 169 3 00

" To cash paid Win. Bruorton, commissioner of deeds, as per

voucher, No. 17 0 4 87

" To cash paid John Mullen, for carriage of specie, as per

voucher, No. 171 4 00

" To cash paid John Carroll, for carpenter's work, as per

voucher, No. 172 75

" To cash paid C. F. O. Landon, for carpenter's work, as per

voucher No. 173 7 50

" To cash paid Wm. Kirwin, for stone-breaking, as per voucher,

No. 174 2 26

" To cash paid Wm. McCarthy, for stone-breaking, as per

voucher, No. 175 4 32

" To cash paid Barney Fox, for stone-breaking, as per voucher,

No. 176 3 78

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay roll, No. 10, Jan'y 23,

as per voucher, No. 177 7,992 74

41 To cash paid stone- breakers, as per pay roll, No. 11, Jan'y

23, as per voucher, No. 178 1,552 50

" To cash paid F. Banfield, for carriage of specie, as per

voucher, No. 179 5 00

" To cash paid Thomas Maddox, for oil, as per voucher, No.

180 1 00

" To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per voucher

No. 181 104 17

Feb'y 2. To cash paid E. L. Viele, Chief Engineer, as per voucher, No.

182 208 33

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, Superintendent, as per voucher,

No. 183 166 67

" To cash paid Lachlan H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per

voucher. No. 184 104 16

" To cash paid Michael Miller, property clerk, as per voucher,

No. 185 83 33

Carried forward

$27,166 76

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Brought forward $27,166 76

Feb'y 2. To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., superintendent of draining,

as per voucher, No. 186, on file in Comptroller's office. . . 125 00
" To cash Samuel I. G-ustin, nurseryman, as per voucher, No.

187 100 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to Commissioners, as per

voucher, No. 188 100 00

" To cash paid F. H. Savings, Jr., messenger, as per voucher,

No. 189 16 67

" To cash paid F. Petrarchi, clerk, as per voucher, No. 190... 41 67
" To cash paid park-keepers, pay roll, Feb'y 1, as per voucher,

No. 191 1,378 50

Feb'y 3. To cash paid J. H. Twiss, computer, as per voucher, No.

192 75 00

u To cash paid Hermann Krause, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 193 60 00

" To cash paid Slote & Janes, for stationery, as per voucher

No. 194 246 25

" To C. L. Young & Co., for coal, as per voucher, No. 195. .. . 42 87
" To cash paid Arthur Donnelly, for shades, as per voucher.

No. 196 16 25

** To cash paid Thos. Hogg & Son, for trees, (Norway spruce,)

as per voucher, No. 197 35 00

4< To cash paid Wm./Bruorton, for administering oaths, as per

voucher, No. 198 4 00

" To cash paid Peter Harkin, for washing, &c , for office, as per

voucher, No. 199 1 57

" To cash paid Cosgrove & Love, for wood, as per voucher,

No. 200 4 00

" To cash paid Randolph &, Skidmores, for coal, as per voucher,

No. 201 51 00

" To cash paid Adam Hampton, for grate and registers, as per

voucher, No. 202 43 00

Feb. 4. To cash paid Wetmore & Co. for sledges, as per voucher, No,

203 71 24

Feb. 5. To cash paid Bank of Commerce, for rent, as per voucher,

No. 204 857 89

" To cash paid L. Glynn, or burning fluid, as per voucher,

No. 205 22 50

" To cash paid John Walch, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 206 20 00

Feb. 6. To cash paid J. H. Twiss, computer, as per voucher, No.

207 I V5 00

Carried forward $30,554 17

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Brought forward $30,554 17

Feb'y 5. To cash paid Hermann Krause, draughtsman, as per vouch-
er, No. 208, on file in Comptroller's office 60 00

" To cash paid Neil Currie, laborer, as per voucher, No.

209 3 00

" To cash paid Pat. Cavanagh, laborer, as per voucher, No.

210 1 25

" To cash paid laborers, pay-roll No. 12, February 6th, as per

voucher, No. 211 8129 12

" To cash paid stone-breakers, pay-roll No. 13, February 6th,

as per voucher, No. 212 2183 76

To cash paid E. L. Viele, for carriage hire, as per voucher,

No. 213, 5 00

Feb'y 11. To cash paid John Meier, laborer, as per voucher, No.

214 10 00

Feb'y 12. To cash paid Frederick Banfield, carriage of specie, as per

voucher, No. 215 2 50

Feb'y 13. To cash paid Roger Farrell, laborer, as per voucher, No.

216 1 08

" To cash paid Dennis McCabe, cartman, as per voucher. No.

217 8 00

Feb'y 15. To cash paid Thomas Meakin, laborer, as per voucher, No.

218 3 00

" To cash paid James McGauley, laborer, as per voucher, No.

219 1 50

Feb'y 17. To cash paid D. H. Hart, incidental expenses of office, as per

voucher, No. 220 15 62

Feb'y 24. To cash paid G. W. Hinchman, Jr., surveyor, as per voucher,

No. 221 , 134 88

Feb'y 17. To cash paid Park-keepers, as per pay-roll, February 20th, as

per voucher, No. 222. 829 10

u To cash paid Bernard Von Gilleuise for brushes, as per vouch-
er, No. 223 6 15

" To cash paid Peter Hayes, tinsmith work, as per voucher,

No. 224 12 28

" To cash paid Gaylor & Rockwell, for coal, as per voucher,

No. 225 SO 00

" To cash paid Stephen A. Wright, for laying specimen wall,

as per voucher, No. 226 24 38

" To cash paid John Benert, for steel, as per voucher, No.

227 52 08

" To cash paid Gaylor & Carrington, for lumber, as per vouch-
er, No. 228 126 03

" To cash paid Wm. H. Cooke, table for Board-room, as per

voucher, No. 229 150 00

Carried forward

Brought forward $42,337 90

Feb'y 17. To cash paid Owens & Brophy, for painting, as per voucher,

No. 230, on file in Comptroller's office 11 67

" To cash paid Thomas Faye & Co., for wall paper, as per vouch-
er, No. 231 56 69

" To cash paid Win. H. Anthon, for legal services, as per

voucher, No. 232 25 00

" To cash paid John G. Kip, for borax, as per voucher, No.

233 3 60

" To cash paid William Bruorton, commissioner of deeds, as

per voucher, No. 234 3 50

" To cash paid Isaac Holloway, tube pipes, as per voucher,

No. 235 13 55

" To cash paid Austens, for kerosene oil, <fec, as per voucher,

No 236 5 46

" To cash paid J. J. Bloomfield, for blank Jbooks and printing,

as per voucher, No. 237 9 00

" To cash paid A. Hitchcock, for"1 powder and 'fuse, as per

voucher, No. 238 101 25

" To cash paid Owen Egan, for M. kMoran, laborer, as per

voucher, No. 239 10 50

Feb'y 22. To cash paid George Wood, laborer, as per rvoucher, No.

240 , 7 25

Feb'y 24. To cash paid James Green, for scales, as per voucher, No.

241 22 00

" To cash paid M. B. Brady, photographic maps, as per vouch-
er, No. 242 25 00

" To cash paid R. W. Barnes, for hardware, as per voucher,

No. 243 27 34

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for tools, as per voucher, No.

244 113 65

" To cash paid Gaylor & Rockwell, for coal, as per voucher,

245 30 00

" To cash paid W. H. Cooke, for furniture, as per voucher, No.

246 32 00

" To cash paid Elliott & Holden, for'steel, as per voucher, No.

247 113 89

Feb'y 25. To cash paid Benjamin S. Church, surveyor, as per voucher,

No. 248 134 87

Feb'y 27. To cash paid John Jasper, Jr., surveyor, as per voucher, No.

249 130 50

" To cash paid Baker & Godwin, for printing, as per voucher,

No. 250 15 50

" To cash paid laborers, <fcc., pay-roll, No. 14, February 20th,

as per voucher, No. 251 5462 49

Carried forward $48,692 28

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Brought forward $48,692 28

Feb'y 27. To cash paid stone-breakers, pay-roll, No. 15, February 20th,

as per voucher, No. 252, on file in Comptroller's office. . 1232 55
Mar. 1. To cash paid E. L. Viele, chief engineer, as per voucher,

No. 253 208 33

** To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, superintendent, as per voucher,

No. 254 166 67

" To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per

voucher, No. 255 104 16

" To cash paid S. I. Gustin, nurseryman, as per voucher, No.

256 100 00

" To cash paid G. E. Waring, Jr., superintendent of draining,

as per voucher, No. 257 125 00

** To cash paid Michael Miller, property clerk, as per voucher,

No. 258 83 33

Mar. 9. To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to Commission, as per voucher,

No. 259 100 00

" To cash paid F. Petrarchi, clerk, as per voucher, No. 260. . . 41 66
** To cash paid Jno. Bott, stone-breaker, as per voucher, No.

261 6 75

Mar. 12. To cash paid Ludwig Schiff, cartman, as per voucher, No.

262 „ 21 00

Mar. 9. To cash paid Thomas McGerr, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 263 18

u To cash paid Patrick Whelan, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 264 3 78

" To cash paid Jos. Heppnerr, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 265 18

" To cash paid John Walsh, laborer, as per voucher, No.

266 , 7 60

Mar. 10. To cash paid^William T. Ferris, for trees, as per voucher, No.

267 80 60 '

Mar. 12. To cash paid C. V. Spencer, for trees, as per voucher, No.

268 79 00

" To cash paid F. H. Savings, Jr., messenger, as per voucher,

No. 269 8 85

" To cash paid Geo. Bruyn, surveyor, as per voucher, No.

270 84 00

" To cash paid Somerset Kennard, laborer, as per voucher, No.

271 4 25

Mar. 13. To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher

No. 272 48 00

u To cash paid C. G. Riechell, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 273 42 00

Carried forward $51,239 97

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Erought forward $51,239 97

Mar. 13. To cash paid Jos. H. Twiss, computer, as per voucher, No.

274. on file in Comptroller's office 75 00

" To cash paid E. D. Ewen, surveyor, as per voucher, No.

275 174 00

" To cash paid Franklin Ewen, surveyor, as per voucher, No.

276 130 50

" To cash paid Edward Doran, axeman, as per voucher, No.

277 93 75

" To cash paid J. M- Thorburn & Co., for trees, as per voucher,

No. 278 143 65

Mar. 20. To cash paid H. Gaebel, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

279 28 00

Mar. 23. To cash paid Patrick Moran, cartman, as per voucher, No.

280 p 3 00

Mar. 25 To cash paid A. Hitchcock, for powder and fuse, as per

voucher, No. 281 485 00

" To cash paid Gaylor & Carrington, for lumber, as per voucher

No. 282 \ 7 25

Mar. 28. To cash paid Gaylor & Carrington, for lumber, as per voucher

No. 283 83 18

Mar. 25. To cash paid Adam Kremer, for sledge handles, as per

voucher, No. 284 180 00

u To cash paid Henry Homer, for sledges, as per^voucher, No.

285 560 17

" To cash paid Henry Homer, for carpenter's work, as per

voucher, No. 286 96 82

*' To cash paid Henry Homer, for tool wagon, as per voucher,

No. 287 43 00

" To cash paid W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per

voucher, No. 288 120 98

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for tools, as per voucher, No.

289 483 91

" To cash paid Martin Wilson, for stone-breaking, as per

voucher, No. 290 1 80

Mar. 17. To cash paid Hugh McGovern, laborer, as per voucher, No.

291 , 4 00

" To cash paid D. M. Smith, for carpenter's work, as per

voucher, No. 292 7 67

Mar. 25. To cash paid Candee, Arnold & Co., for lime, as per voucher,

No. 293 17 25

" To cash paid Candee, Arnold & Co., for lime, as per voucher,

No. 294 11 21

" To cash paid John McGrath, for sand, as per voucher, No.

295 15 63

Carried forward

$54,005 74

17'

Brought forward $54,005 74

Mar. 25. To cash paid Charles Williams, laborer, as per voucher, No.

296, on file in Comptroller's office 4 00

Feb'y 5. To cash paid D. C. Newell, for park-keepers' clubs, as per

voucher, No. 297 22 00

Mar. 13. To cash paid stone-breakers, pay roll, No. 17, March 13, as per

voucher, No. 298 508 14

Mar. 17. To cash paid stone-breakers, pay roll, No. 18, March 17, as

per voucher, No. 299 156 51

Mar. 13. To cash paid laborers, <fec, pay roll, No. 19, March 13, as per

voucher No. 300 796 25

Mar. 6. To cash paid laborers, <fec, pay roll, No. 16, March 6, as per

voucher, No. 301 1,598 48

" To cash paid laborers, &c, pay roll, March 6, as per voucher,

No. 302 24 00

" To cash paid park-keepers, pay roll, March 1, as per voucher,

No. 303 270 00

April 1. To cash paid park-keepers, pay roll, April 1, as per voucher,

No. 304 1,044 00

" To cash paid E. L. Viele, chief engineer, as per voucher, No.

305 208 33

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, superintendent, as per voucheT,

No. 306 166 66

" To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per voucher,

No. 307 104 17

" To cash paid Michael Miller, property clerk, as per voucher,

No. 308 83 33

" To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., superintendent of draining,

as per voucher, No. 309 125 00

" To cash .paid S. I. Gustin, nurseryman, as per voucher, No.

310 100 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to Commissioners, as per

voucher, No. 311 100 00

" To cash paid F. Petrarchi, clerk, as per voucher, No. 312. . . 41 66
April 2. To cash paid John Rowland, laborer, as per voucher, No.

313 25

" To cash paid Charles G. Riechell, draughtsman, as per vouch-
er, No. 314 30 00

" To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 315 30 00

" To cash paid C. A. llowalle, supplies and labor, as per vouch-
er, No. 316 40 82

" To cash paid Bank of Commerce, services of janitor, as per

voucher, No. 317 84 00

Carried forward

$59,543 34

18

Brought forward $59,543 34

April 2. To cash paid Bank of Commerce, services of janitor, as per

voucher, No. 318, on file in Comptroller's office 13 00

" To cash paid F. Banfield, carriage of specie, as per voucher,

No. 319 8 50

" To cash paid Mary Giorghetti, supplies for park-keepers, as

per voucher, No. 320 8 00

" To cash paid R. W. Barnes, for hardware, as per voucher, No.

321 165 92

" To cash paid D. W. Norris, carriage for Commissioner Hogg,

as per voucher, No. 322 r 5 00

April 1. To cash paid William Bruorton, for Commissioners' fees, as

per voucher, No. 323 6 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, for incidental expenses of office, as

per voucher, No 324 5 11

April 3. To cash paid Alexander Renwick, park-keeper, as per voucher,

No. 325 46 50

April 5. To cash paid Jno. Meier, laborer, as per voucher, No.

32G 4 50

April 19. To cash paid ffra. McCombs, laborer, as per voucher, No.

327 25

" To cash paid Wm. Stewart, laborer, as per voucher, No.

328 1 00

" ^ To cash paid Michael O'Hare, laborer, as per voucher, No.

329 25

" To cash paid James Dailey, laborer, a3 per voucher, No.

330 25

u To cash paid_John Steins, laborer, as per voucher, No. 331. . 1 25

April 21. To cash paid D. H. Hart, incidental expenses of office, as

per voucher, No. 332 19 30

April 23. To cash paid John. Gremer, laborer, as per voucher, No.

333 2 00

April 28. To cash paid Patrick Collins, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 334 1 53

April 29. To cash paid Chas. F. Simmons, watchman, at exhibition of

plans, as per voucher, No. 335 16 50

May 1. To cash paid Egbert L. Viele, chief engineer, as per voucher,

No. 336 208 33

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, superintendent, as per voucher,

No. 337 166 67

" To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per voucher,

No. 33S 104 17

" To cash paid M. Miller, property clerk, as per voucher, No.

339 83 33

Carried forward $60,410 70

19

Brought forward $60,410 70

May 1. To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., superintendent of drain-
ing, as per voucher, No. 340, on file in Comptroller's

office 125 00

• To cash paid S. I. Gustin, nurseryman, as per voucher, No.

341 100 00

** To cash paid D. II. Hart, clerk to Commissioners, as per

voucher, No. 342 100 00

" To cash paid F. Petrarchi, clerk, as per voucher, No.

343 41 67

u To cash paid Alex. Renwick, park-keeper, as per voucher,

No. 344 45 00

May 3. To cash paid laborers, <fcc, pay-roll, No. 20, April 3d, as per

voucher, No. 345 7614 61

" To cash paid stone-breakers, pay-roll No. 21, April 3d, as per

voucher, No. 346 2494 37

" To cash paid laborers, pay-roll No. 22, April 17th, as per

voucher, No. 347 6032 36

" To cash paid stone-breakers, pay-roll No. 23, April 17th, as

per voucher, No. 348 1859 85

" To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay-roll, May 1st, as per

voucher, No. 349 984 00

" To cash paid laborers, as per pay-roll, No. 24, May 1st, as

per voucher, No. 350 £175 00

" To cash paid stone-breakers, as per pay-roll, No. 25, May 1st,

as per voucher, No. 351 1974 78

" To cash paid Jos. H. Twiss, computer, as per voucher, No,

352 37 50

" To cash paid steamer City of Washington, freight on trees,

as per voucher, No. 353 338 46

" To cash paid David T. Meeker, for carpenter's work, as per

voucher, No. 354 78 75

M To cash paid Grenelle, Talman, Bibby <fe Co., cartage and

brokerage on trees, as per voucher, No. 355 56 55

" To cash paid Olmsted & Vaux, for plan 33, first premium,

as per voucher, No. 356 2000 00

" To cash paid Mcintosh & Miller, for plan 27, third premium,

as per voucher, No. 357 750 00

May 12. To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder, as per voucher, No.

358 411 00

" To ca3h paid Bank of Commerce, rent of room and services

of janitor, as per voucher, No. 359 317 00

" To cash paid J. Ketcham, for printing cards for exhibition,

as per voucher, No. 360 5 75

Carried forward

$91,951 35

20

May 12. To cash paid W. A. Asche, for transparency for exhibition
room, as per voucher, No. 361, on file in Comptroller's

office 6 00

" To cash paid F. Seedoff, for book-case and box, as per vouch-
er, N o. 3G2 17 00

" To cash paid John Golbat, stone-breaker, as per voucher, No.

303 63

" To cash paid Pat. Fogarty, laborer, as per voucher, No.

304 5 75

" To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

No. 365 96 00

May 14. To cash paid S. I. Gustin, for plan No. 30, second premium,

as per voucher, No. 366 1000 00

May 17. To cash paid Howard Daniels, for plan No. 26, fourth pre-
mium, as per voucher, No. 307 500 00

May 19. To cash paid Gottfried Ehle, laborer, as per voucher, No.

368 6 00

" To cash paid Wm. Farley, laborer, as per voucher, No.

369 8 00

" To cash paid Sebastian Fischer, laborer, as per voucher, No.

370 5 50

" To cash paid Jeremiah Cokely, laborer, as per voucher, No.

371 1 00

" To cash paid Henry Vetterlin, laborer, as per voucher, No.

372 6 00

M To cash paid Jno. Hart, cartman, as per voucher, No.

373 6 50

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll No. 26, May 15th,

as per voucher, No. 374 3617 50

" To cash paid Wm. Bruorton, commissioner of deeds, as per

voucher, No. 375 6 00

" To cash paid Randolph & Skidmores, for coal, as per voucher,

No. 376 27 00

" To cash paid Jno. R. Higbee, for hardware, as per voncher, '

No. 377 13 23

" To cash paid N. Y. Daily Times, for advertising, as per

voucher, No. 378 35 68

" To cash paid Arthur Donnelly, for window shades, as per

voucher, No. 379 8 13

May 20. To cash paid Edward Butler, laborer, as per voucher, No.

380 9 00

May 22. To cash paid James Curry, laborer, as per voucher, No.

381 7 00

Carried forward,

$97,332 27

21

Brought forward $97,332 27

May 24.

To cash paid J. F. Trow, for printing, as per voucher, No.

489 82

To cash paid stone-breakers, as per pay roll, No. 27, May

1,736 10

May 25.

To cash paid Stanford & Delisser, rent of exhibition room,

100 00

May 26.

To cash paid John Gillion, plastering, as per voucher, No.

22 00

May 28.

To cash paid Jas. R. Morgan, for powder, as per voucher,

No. 3S6

382 50

May 29.

To cash paid Patrick Hughes, for stone-breaking, as per

3 51

«

To cash paid James McDermott, laborer, as per voucher, No.

3 25

tt

To cash paid Richard Paine, laborer, as per voucher, No.

6 75

ti

To cash paid Michael Callahan, laborer, as p voucher, No.

6 25

•«

To cash paid A. Miller & Co., coal, as per voucher, No.

391

30 00

June 1. To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per

104 17

To cash paid E. L. Viele, chief engineer, as per voucher, No.

208 33

u

To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., superintendent of draining,

125 00

ft

To cash paid S. I. ustin, nurseryman, as per voucher, No.

100 00

ft

To cash paid M. Miller, property clerk, as per voucher, No.

83 33

II

To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to Commission, as per

100 00

To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

40 00

To cash paid F. Petrarchi, c erk, as per voucher, No.

41 67

June 3.

To cash paid laborers, as per pay roll, No. 28, May 29th, as

4,956 87

n

To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay roll, May 1st, as per

1,122 00

if

To cash paid Root, Anthony & Co., stationery, as per voucher,

71 63

ft

To cash paid W. H. Townsend & Co., for steel, as per

53 00

22

Brought forward $107,118 45

June 4. To cash paid John P. Farrar, for iron and steel, as per

voucher, No. 404, on file in Comptroller's office 36 08

" To cash paid J. R. Higbee, for hardware, as per voucher, No.

405 8 42

June 5. To cash paid Peter Hayes, for tinsmith's work, as per voucher,

No. 406 27 93

To cash paid John G. Kip, for borax, as per voucher, No.

407 5 25

June 7. To cash paid J. J. Bloomfield, for files for papers, (fee, as per

voucher, No. 408 11 80

June ll.f.To cash paid Agriculturist, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 409 3 25

June 6. To cash paid Thos. Faye & Co., for papering, as per voucher,

No. 410 16 15

" To cash paid Hegeman <fe Co., for borax and salt, as per

voucher, No. 411 36 28

u To cash paid John Turner, for paint, as per voucher, No.

412 2 59

" To cash paid John Turner, for painting, as per voucher, No.

413 32 15

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted architect-in^cbief, as per voucher,

No. 414 190 43

" To cash paid A. Kenwick, park-keeper, as per voucher, No.

415 50 25

u To cash paid Edward O'Neil, car tin an, as per voucher, No.

416 15 00

" To cash paid Mich'l Sullivan, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 417 5 76

" To cash paid Jas. Fitzpatrick, cartman, as per voucher, No.

418 13 50

" To cash paid Henry Hald, laborer, as per voucher, No.

419 50

if To cash paid Hugh Flynn, laborer, as per voucher, No.

420 7 25

" To cash paid John Martin, cartman, as per voucher, No.

421 5 50

" To crsh paid Edward Farrell, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 422 27

" To cash paid John King, laborer, as per voucher, No,

423 75

" To cash paid Jarnes Callary, cartman, as per voucher, No.

424 4 50

M To cash paid James Meehan, laborer, as per voucher, No.

425 2 00

Carried forward

$107,594 06

23

""Brought forward $107,594 05

June 5. To cash paid James Spolan, laborer, as per voucher, No. 426,

on file in Comptroller's office 6 75

" To cash paid John McGrath, cartman, as per Toucher, No.

427 6 50

" To cash paid John McGrath, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

428 4 50

" To cash paid John Garba, stone-breaker, as Toucher, No.

429 4 86

" To cash paid George Smith, laborer, as per voucher, No.

430 3 25

To cash paid Edward Bushman, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

431 8 75

" To cash paid Patrick Boyle, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

432 1 00

" To cash paid Dennis Murphy, cartman, as per Toucher, No,

433 10 50

" To cash paid Francis Rovegna, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

434 7 75

" To cash paid Hugh Murphy, cartman, as per voucher, No.

435 18 00

" To cash paid F. Huberth, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

436 1 25

u To cash paid F. Banfield, for carriage of specie, as pef

Toucher, No. 437 3 50

" To cash paid Union Adams, rent of exhibition room, as per

Toucher, No. 438 203 00

June 9, To cash paid C. F. Simmons, service as door-tender, exhibition

of plans, as per Toucher, No. 433 52 50

" To cash paid stone-breakers' pay-roll, No. 29, as per voucher,

No. 440 1760 31

" To cash paid George Gebel, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

441 4 75

" To cash paid Owen Keenan, cartman, as per Toucher, No.

442 15 50

" To cash paid John Volk, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

443 1 75

June 15. To cash paid John Sullivan, laborer, as per voucher, No.

444 1 00

" To cash paid Owen Keenan, cartman, as per voucher, No.

445 5 00

" To cash paid James McGuire, cartman, as per voucher,

No. 446 5 50

M To cash paid Nicholas Fraatz, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 447 4 50-

Carried forward

$109,721 48

21-

Brought forward $109,721 48

June 15. To cash paid James Walch, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 448, on file in Comptroller's .office 7 29

" To cash paid John Murphy, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 449 10 08

" To cash paid Jos. Truman, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 450 14 49

•* To cash paid Thomas Cockley, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 451 6 30

" To cash paid Pat. Campbell, stone breaker, as per voucher,

No. 452. 13 59

" To cash paid William Coyle, stone-! reaker, as per voucher,

No. 453 4 59

" To cash paid Thos .Donohue, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 454 4 05

June 21. To cash paid laborers, &c, pay-roll, No. 30, as per voucher,

No. 455 13,855 62

" To cash paid Washington Insurance Co., insurance on de-
signs, as per voucher, No. 45C 36 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, incidental expenses of office, as per

voucher, No. 457 38 89

" To cash paid Anthony Betz, laborer, as per voucher, No.

458 1 50

" To cash paid James Campbell, cartman, as per voucher, No.

459 10 00

" To cash paid Jacob Schneider, laborer, as per voucher, No.

460 4 00

" To i ; sh paid William Johnston, laborer, as per voucher,

No. 401 2 00

" To cash paid James Higgins, cartman, as per voucher, No..

4G2 2 00

" To cash paid Edward McMahon, cartman, &c, as per vouch-
er, No. 4G3 6 00

u To cash paid John Murphy, cartman, as per voucher, No. 464 6 00

" To cash paid Nicholas Cody, stone-breaker, as per voucher, No.

465 5 94

" To cash aid John Farrell, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 466 1 62

" To cash paid Matt. More, stonebreaker as per voucher, No. 407 10 89
June 24. To cash paid Michael McLaughlin, surveyor's assistant, as per

voucher, No. 408 15 00

* To cash paid F. W. Wiegand, foreman, as per voucher, No.

469 18 00

Carried forward $123,795 33

25

Brought forward $123,795 33

£ime 24. To cash paid Sebastian Fischer, laborer, as per Toucher, No.

4*70, on file in Comptroller's office 75

u To cash paid Michael McArdle, laborer, as per voucher, No.

471 2 00

* To cash paid Mary Carlton, double truck, as per voucher,

No. 472 3 50

** To cash paid Daniel Clark, cartman, as per voucher, No.

473 6 00

" To cash paid Patrick TV aters, laborer, as per voucher, No.

474 2 00

-June 27. To cash paid J. H. Pieper, surveyor and draughtsman, as per

voucher, No. 47 5 36 00

<l To cash paid H. Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

476 38 00

** To cash paid John Crumley, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 477 38 00

" To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 478 36 00

** To cash paid laborers, (fee, pay-roll No. 31, as per voucher,

No. 479 14,798 87

*uly 1. To cash paid park-keepers, pay-roll, July 1st, as per voucher,

No. 4S0 1,158 50

** To cash paid park-keepers, (special) pay-roll, July 1st, as

per voucher, No. 481 45 50

June 24. To cash paid Jno. McGuire, cartman, as per voucher, No.

482 1 50

" To cash paid Andrew Cullen, double truck, as per voucher,

No. 483 8 75

July 1. To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, architect-in-chief, as per voucher

No, 484 208 33

M To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, a3 per

voucher, No. 485 104 17

41 To cash paid M. Miller, property clerk, as per voucher, No.

486 83 33

* To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr, superintendent of draining,

as per voucher, No. 487 130 00

** To cash paid J. H. Pieper, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

488 58 50

** To cash paid John Crumley, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 489 58 50

* To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 490 58 50

" To cash paid H. Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 491 52 00

Carried forward

3

$140,724 03

26

Brought forward 8140,724 03

1. To cash paid F. Petrarchi, clerk, as per voucher, No. 492, on

file in Comptroller's office 41 67

To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to commissioners, as per

voucher, No. 493 100 00

To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

No. 494 40 00

To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder and fuse, as per

voucher, No. 495 „ . . . 874 50

To cash paid G. S. Matt, for lumber, as per voucher, No.

496 , 620 16

7. To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., for legal services, as per

voucher, No. 497 12 50

To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., for commissioners' fees, as

per voucher, No. 49S 12 75

To cash paid A. Renwick, park-keeper, as per voucher, No.

499 52 50

To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No.

500 15 00

To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No.

501 130 00

To cash paid H. H. Hollings, laborer, as per voucher, No.

502 2 25

8. To cash paid A. Quackenbush, chain, shovels, &c, as per

voucher, No. 503 144 45

To cash paid Dennis Cosgrove,'for powder, as per voucher,

No. 504 22 00

To cash paid E. Corning & Co., for wrenches, bellows, <tc, as

per voucher, No. 505 49 50

To cash paid "Windle & Co., water-coolers, as per voucher,

No. 506 7 50

To cash paid Berry & Palmer, wheelbarrows, as per voucher,

No. 507 210 00

To cash paid Independent, for advertising plans, as per

voucher, No. 508 2 40

To cash paid New York Daily Times, for advertising, as per

voucher, No. 509 29_81

To cash paid New York Daily Times, for advertising, as per

voucher, No. 510 36 80

To cash paid New York Herald, for advertising, as per

voucher, No. 511 62 25

To cash paid W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per voucher,

No. 512 23 85

To cash paid Evening Post, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 513 32 30

Carried forward

27

Brought forward $143,246 22

8. To cash paid Baker & Godwin, for printing, as per voucher,

No. 514, on file in Comptroller's office 3 00

To cash paid Root, Anthony <fc Co., for stationery, as per

voucher, No. 515 62 20

To cash paid Slote <fc Janes, for stationery, as per voucher,

No. 510 146 59

To cash paid Slote & Janes, for stationery, .as per voucher,

No. 517 27 33

To cash paid Gaylor & Rockwell, for coal, as per voucher,

No. 518 6 00

To cash paid F. Banfield, carriage of specie, as per voucher,

No. 519 18 00

To cash paid D. W. Norris, for carriage of specie, as per

voucher, No. 520 5 00

To cash paid Adam Kremer, for pick handles, as per voucher,

No. 521 92 50

To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 522 126 10

To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Company, for steel, as

per voucher, No. 523 122 55

To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co,, for steel, as per

voucher, No. 524 246 84

To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 525 340 3S

To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 526 240 96

To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 527 129 60

To cash paid E. Walker & Sons, for binding maps, as per

voucher, No. 528 50 90

To cash paid Sager & Dorsch, forges, as per voucher, No.

529 52 50

To cash paid C. L. Young <fc Co., for coal, as per voucher,

No. 530 67 00

To cash paid Abram Lagergrist, blacksmiths' tools, as per

voucher, No. 531 If 50

To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for shovels, as per vouch-
er, No. 532 126 38

To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for picks, barrrows, &c,

as per voucher, No. 533 - 65 00

To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for shovels, as per

voucher, No. 534. . . 315 00

To cash paid John Quincy & Co., for hardware, as per

voucher, No. 535 169 41

Carried forward §145,676 96

28

Brought forward $145,676 96

8. To cash paid John Quincy & Co., for shovels, as per voucher,

No. 536, on file in Comptroller's office, 209 48

To cash paid John Quincy & Co., for solder, as per voucher,

No. 537 50

To cash paid J. P. Travers, for rope, as per voucher, No.

538 13 97

To cash paid W. R. Wood & Co., for grindstones, as per

voucher, No. 539 16 84

To cash paid Shepherd & Irving, for files, as per voucher,

No. 540 20 52

To cash paid Elliott & Holden, for iron and steel, as per

voucher, No. 541 59 65

To cash paid Naylor & Co., for iron and steel, as per voucher,

No. 542 267 01

To cash paid Naylor & Co., for steel, as per voucher, No.

543 192 60

To cash paid John Gray, for pails, as per voucher, No.

544 24 00

To cash paid D. T. Meeker, for taking down plan racks, as

per voucher, No. 545 3 00

To cash paid E. R. Tinker & Co., for powder and fuse, as per

voucher, No. 546 272 00

To cash paid John Smith, for stone boat plank, as per

voucher, No. 647 47 50

To cash paid Stephen Philbin, for gas fitting, as per voucher,

No. 648 126 00

To cash paid Stephen Philbin, for gas fitting, as per voucher,

No. 549 9 70

To cash paid William Bruorton, commissioner of deeds, as

per voucher, No. 550 6 00

To cash paid Jj. Glynn, for lanterns and oil, as per voucher,

No. 551 21 50

To cash paid N. Y. Gas Light Company, for gas, as per

voucher, No. 552 7 60

To cash paid E. Holloway, express charges, as per voucher,

No. 553 8 02

To cash paid D. B. Morrell, for carting manure, as per

voucher, No. 554 112 00

To cash paid Jerry Daly, cartman, as per voucher, No.

555 21 50

To cash paid Ellen Manix for Dennis Manix, laborer, as per

voucher, No. 556 1 10

To cash paid James McCarty, cartman, as per voucher, No.

557 20 50

Carried forward

$147,137 95

29

Brought forward $147,137 95

8. To cash paid Philip Klinknecht, laborer, as per voucher, Wo.

558, on file in Comptroller's office 6 00

To cash paid Pat. McLaughlin, laborer, as per voucher, No.

559 2 75

To cash paid Francis Kelly, cartman, as per voucher, No.

560 2 00

To cash paid John Brady, cartman, as per voucher, No.

561 2 00

To cash paid Henry Lane, laborer, as per voucher No.

562 1 00

To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Co., for manure, as per

voucher, No. 563 280 00

16. To cash paid M. Miller, travelling expenses, in purchase of

tools, as per voucher, No. 564 110 58

To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Company, for manure,

as per voucher, No. 565 235 00

To cash paid D. B. Morrell, for carting manure, as per

voucher, No. 566 94 00

To cash paid E. R. Tinker & Co., cement, as per voucher,

No. 567 234 00

To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for tower bell, and hanging, a8

per voucher, No. 568 229 00

To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder, as per voucher, No.

569 245 00

To cash paid Manhattan Gas Light Company for gas, as per

voucher, No. 570 33 80

To cash paid Manhattan Gas Light Company, for gas, as per

voucher, No. 571 26 19

To cash paid J. F. Fielder, general foreman, as per voucher,

No. 572 39 00

To cash paid J. F. Fielder, general foreman, as per voucher,

No. 573 78 00

To cash paid Jno. Bogart, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 574 29 25

To cash paid Edward Miller, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 575 80 00

To cash paid H. P. Smith, clerk, as per voucher, No.

576 2 00

To cash paid H. P. Smith, clerk, as per voucher, No.

577 62 00

To cash paid Edward O'Niel, cartman, as per voucher, No.

578 8 00

To cash paid Samuel Merseaue, for sand, as per voucher,

No. 579 64 08

Carried forward

,$148,941 60

30

July

QC\ M nncli T^mrl T^nriTnia \Tpf-!-vpo•^~»Y, Tr*o f pv VinT' oa Yo.P'P Trnnpn/iv
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1

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KQ1

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1U

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July

o i HTr^ pocVi noi/l "Pof 1\1pT ,o n rrlil in loVinrpr n q npv vniinipi' TC"n

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5

25

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AO CaSll ptHU liXlCIidcI X-zUIlllcH V , lclUUIci, clo pcJ VUUtJlcIj IWi

1

50

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XO CclSLl UtllU. DUULUU GO OIlIlLllj LUU1 >Y(.l^UilOj <A3 |Jcjl VOUCIld)

938

75

1U Ccibll UcllU. UUIlil UlUIlCV j lclUUICXj tlO IJVL VUULUCIj J-i v.

4 00

lO CaSll paid Jrllliip lOiicIlclU, laUUI U, do pel vum/Xlc!, liUi

10

75

Aug.

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208

34

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62

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HP/-, nfl d]i T-inTrl T o/>L1nn TT 1\TpTn + r»ali ^^^ciVinl*(^lno• pIpi^It hq "npr
JL 0 CaSll pai(X XjaCiilclU XX. XiX^XLILUoII, IIIoUUIoIIIq tlcl Aj ao pcx

104

17

fy1/-. nn£,l. T-»oirl \T "IVTillpv TM»nT~»Pvtxr pi Pi>-Ir ^iq t^p7^ vnnplipv Nn

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33

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XO CaSll paiCl xi.lcX. XVcIXWICK., pcllH-Ji-t/CpcI, aa pui VUULUCI,

54

25

lo casli paid v. x eiiarcui, iinie Keeper, as per vouciitu, vtu.

41

61

rp ^r*r>V» T-T T-T or f r>l x^vl^" 4-r\ r^nrnmicQinn t^pv vmipli pi*
10 C3.SI1 palCi JL', XI. JJLar Lj ClCi lv LO \^UlllIIllbblUIl? tlo jJtU VUULUci,

100 00

a

To cash paid E. P. Barker, clerk's assistant, as per voucher,

40

0o

To cash paid J. J. Bloomfield, for stationery, as per voucher,

142

19

To cash paid E. R. Tinker & Co, powder and cement, as per

354

25

GO

31

Brought forward 0151,133 60

Aug. 2. To cash paid John Harvey, for binding plans, as per voucher,

No 602, on file in Comptroller's office 19 50

" To cash paid Henry Nelson, for tools, as per voucher, No.

603 1,118 94

0 To cash paid E. Brown & Son, for leveling instrument, as

per voucher, No. 604 130 00

" To cash paid Tribune, for advertising, as per voucher, No.

605 87 10

" To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for draining tools, as per

voucher, No. 606 86 94

" To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for canal barrows, as per

voucher, No. 60*7 191 52

" To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for plows, &c, as per

voucher, No. 608 273 50

" To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for gardener's tools, as per

voucher, No. 609 152 00

" To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for axes, as per voucher,

No. 610 , 59 38

" ' To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for spades and shovels,

as per voucher, No. 611 162 60

u To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for draining tools, as per

voucher, No. 612 204 37

Aug. 9. To cash paid Tredwell & Jones, for tools as per voucher, No.

613 16 24

Aug. 21. To cash paid Wm. A. Shepard, for steel, as per voucher,

No. 614 365 55

" To cash paid Jas. C. Holden & Co., for iron, as per voucher,

No. 615 35 44

" To cash paid Cornells & "Willis, for mattocks, as per voucher,

No. 616 37 80

" To cash paid Hazard Powder Co., for powder, as per voucher,

No. 617 527 50

" To cash paid I. Smith's Sons &, Co., field umbrella for sur-
veyors, as per voucher, No. 618 8 00

" To cash paid Voorhis & Whiteman, for use of shades at exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 619 6 00

To cash paid Ottaviano Gori, for dockage of tile, as per

voucher, No. 620 6 25

" To cash paid L. I. Harvey, for trees, as per voucher, No.

621 35 02

" To cash paid Pat. English, laborer, as per voucher, No.

622 4 50

Carried forward

$154,661 75

32

Brought forward $154,661 15

Aug. 21. To cash paid Pat. Prior, laborer, as per voucher, No. 623, on

file in Comptroller's office 8 00

" To cash paid John Sheridan, truckman, as per voucher, No.

624 21 00

" To cash paid Geo. Schwartz, laborer, as per voucher, No.

625 8 75

" To cash paid E. C. Miller, engineer, as per voucher, No. 626. 60 75
" To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr.. engineer, as per voucher,

No. 627 135 00

u To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No.

628 135 00

" To cash paid John Crumley, Sr., assistant engineer, as per

voucher, No. 629 38 25

" To cash paid John Bogart, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 6 30 67 50

" To cash paid J. H. Pieper, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 631 74 25

" To cash paid C. Vaux, assistant to architect-in-chief, as per

voucher, No. 632 135 0(>

" To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 633 60 75

" To cash paid Henry Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 634 67 50

" To cash paid Patrick Baxter, cart-man, as per voucher, No.

635 10 00

" To cash paid Frank Martin, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 636 2 50

" To cash paid Jas. S. Lawrence, engineer, as per voucher, No.

637 67 50

" To cash paid Watson Webb, engineer, as per voucher, No.

638 15 00

" To cash paid W. W. Dechert, engineer, as per voucher, No.

639 20 00

" To cash paid Gaylor & Carrington, for lumber, as per

voucher, No. 640 37 08

" To cash paid Gaylor & Carrington, for lumber, as per

voucher, No. 641 18 75

" To cash paid Tredwell & Jones, sledge handles, as per

voucher, No. 642 116 50

" To cash paid New York Sun, advertising, as per voucher, No.

643 32 38

July 14. To cash paid laborers, <fec, pay roll, No. 32, July 10th, as per

voucher, No. 644 14,752 70

Carried forward

$170,545 95

33

Brought forward $170,545 91

July 24. To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 33, July 24th,

as per voucher, No. 645, on file in Comptroller's office.. . 18,004 44
Aug. 2. To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay-roll, Aug. 1st, as per

voucher, No. 646 1,232 00

" To cash paid park-keepers (special), as per pay-roll, Aug. 1st,

as per voucher, No. 647 77 0O

" To cash paid P. Lawson & Sons, for trees, as per voucher,

No. 648 532 59

Aug. 7. To cash paid L. L. O'Regan, assistant foreman, as per voucher,

No. 649 1 25

Aug. 5. To cash paid Patrick Kelly, laborer, as per voucher, No.

650 5 0O

Aug. 7. To cash paid Michael Mulligan, laborer, as per voucher, No.

651 1 50

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 34, Aug. 7 th,

as per voucher, No. 652 21,197 75

Aug. 18. To cash paid Francis Kappner, laborer, as per voucher, No.

653 1 00

" To cash paid Pierce Martin, laborer, as per voucher, No.

654 50

Aug. 20. To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., commissioner's fees, as per

voucher, No. 655 11 50

" To cash paid A. Hitchcock, for fuse, as per voucher, No.

656 550 00

" To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder and signal flags, as

per voucher, No. 657. 256 00

" To cash paid George Denniston, for plows, <tc, as per vouch-
er, No. 658 16 75

" To cash paid Henry Homer, for blacksmith's tools, as per

voucher, No. 659 193 96

Aug, 29. To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Co., for manure, as per

voucher, No. 660 248 75

" To cash paid G. S. Mott, for lumber, as per voucher, No.

661.. 843 18

" To cash paid Peter Hayes, for charcoal, as per voucher, No.

662 26 01

" To cash paid Francis Jordan, cartman, as per voucher, No.

663 2 00

" To cash paid James Riley, truckman, as per voucher, No.

664 16 62

" To cash paid James Riley, 2d, truckman, as per voucher, No.

665 7 00

" To cash paid laborers, <fec, pay roll No. 35, Aug. 21st, as per

voucher, No. 666 23,079 OS-

Carried forward

$236,849 79

34

Brought forward $236,849 79

Aug. 29.

2 90

To Pfmn T*niil n Tj viilf^p fnv cjprvino1 •n'mpvi jiq r\Av vnnMiPf

•*~ " Veto 1 1 |7t*H_l JL. « _I_J, t UALCCjUJJ. OCI V ILIg JJtlj.JCi.Dj £lO V UUvllCi ^

No 668

10 00

u

To cash paid Jno. MeMahon, cartman, as per voucher, No.

669

4 00

«

To cash paid Chas. McMahon, cartman, as per voucher, No.

670 .

2 00

Sept. 2.

To cash paid M. Betts, engineer, as per voucher, No. 671

47 50

To cash paid A. G. Childs, draughtsman, as per vouchor, No.

21 00

To cash paid Patrick Dowd, draughtsman, as per voucher,

31 50

To cash paid E. 0. Miller, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

58 50

To cash paid C. Spangenburg, draughtsman, as per voucher,

42 75

To ffmli nnld d P TVTpT.nrlilnn rlrancrlif<jmnn hq r>pi* voiipVipv

58 50

To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., engineer, as per voucher,

130 00

To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No.

130 00

To cash paid Watson Webb, engineer, as per voucher, No.

65 00

To cash paid W. W. Dechert, engineer, as per voucher, No.

65 00

To cash paid John Bogart, engineer, as per voucher, No.

65 00

To cash paid J. S. Lawrence, engineer, as per voucher, No.

682

65 00

To cash paid J. H. Pieper, engineer, as per voucher, No.

71 50

To cash paid Henry Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 6S4. . .

65 00

To cash paid C. Vaux, assistant to architect-in-chief, as per

130 00

To cash paid John Crumley, Jr., chainman, as per voucher,

12 00

To cash paid Fras. Petrarchi, clerk, as per voucher, No. 687.

50 00

<<

To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, architect-in-cltief, as per vouch-

208 33

35

Brought forward $238,185 27

Sept. 2. To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per voucher

No. 689, on file in Comptroller's office 104 17

Sept. 3. To cash paid A. Renwick, park-keeper, as per voucher, No.

690 57 25

" To cash paid M. Miller, property clerk, as per voucher, No.

691 83 34

" To cash paid H. P. Smith, clerk, as per voucher, No.

692 62 00

" To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk of commission,

as per voucher, No. 693 40 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to commission, as per voucher

No 694 100 00

" To cash paid Wm. Fitzpatrick, laborer, as per voucher, No.

695 7 00

" To cash paid Thomas Dickinson, laborer, as per voucher, No.

696 3 00

" To cash paid Tat. Conroy, laborer, as per voucher, No.

697 4 75

" To cash paid Michael Coglin, laborer, as per voucher, No.

698 5 75

" To cash paid Bernard Gelson, laborer, as per voucher, No.

699 5 00

" To cash paid F. Von Fritsch, laborer, as per voucher, No.

700 75

" To cash paid M. Rehling, laborer, as per voucher, No.

701 50

" To cash paid John Garba, stone-breaker, as per voucher,

No. 702 7 74

" To cash paid R. F. Martin, cartman, as per voucher, No.

703 1 50

" To cash paid James Cole, cartman, as per voucher, No.

704 2 00

" To cash paid J. E. Barber, waterboy, as per voucher, No.

705 1 20

" To cash paid D. Gallagher, for carting manure, as per voucher

No. 706 525 00

" To cash paid James Lynch, general foreman, as per voucher,

No. 707 12 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, for incidental expenses of office, as

per voucher, No. 708 16 46

" To cash paid Colin Lightbody, for pumps, as per voucher

No- 709 12 00

" To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for plow points, aa per

voucher, No. 710 26 19

Carried forward $239,262 87

36

Brought forward $239,262 87

Sept. 3. To cash paid Nourse, Mason & Co., for plow points, as per

voucher, No. Ill, on file in Comptroller's office 11 91

" To cash paid R. C. Boot, Anthony & Co., for stationery, as

per voucher, No. 712 , . . . . 40 04

" To cash paid A. Quackenbush, Jr. & Co., for shovels, as per

voucher, No. 113 74 70

" To cash paid A. Quackenbush, Jr. & Co., for axes, hatches,

&c, as per voucher, No. 714 7 75

" To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 715 9 52

" To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 716 281 00

" To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., commissioner's fees, as per

voucher, No. 717 8 50

" To cash paid R. L. Allen, for mattocks and sledge-hammers,

as per voucher, No. 718 52 00

" To cash paid D. Gallagher, for carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 719 496 00

Sept. 8. To cash paid Geo. Dunn, for counting brick, as per voucher,

No. 720 15 67

Sept. 29. To cash paid Geo. H. Gardner, for wagon, as per voucher, No.

721 125 00

Sept. 20. To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Co., for manure, as per

voucher, No. 722 31 i 25

Sept. 3. To cash paid E & G. W. Blunt, for surveying instruments, as

per voucher, No. 723 143 00

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for barrows, &c, as per

voucher, No. 124 150 57

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for crowbars, as per voucher,

No. 725 78 14

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., crowbars, as per voucher, No.

726 87 33

" To cash paid C. A. Rowalle, amount advanced by him to

laborers, as per voucher, No. 127 10 00

Sept. 18. To cash paid James Hogg, expenses, as per voucher, No.

728 100 00

Sept. 10. To cash paid G. S. Mott, for lumber, as per voucher, No.

729 419 22

Sept. 11. To cash paid Francis Fagan, for freight on manure, as per

voucher, No. 730 100 00

Sept. 20. To cash paid D. B. Morrell, carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 731 124 50

Sept. 9. To cash paid D. B. Morrell, carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 732 99 50

Carried forward §242,014 47

37

Brought forward $242,014 47

Sept. 11. To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder and fuse, as per

voucher, No. 733, on file in Comptroller's office 699 00

Sept. 3. To cash paid J. C. Holden & Co., for iron and steel, as per

voucher, No. 734 114 29

" To cash paid Horace Greely <fe Co., for subscription to

Tribune, as per voucher, No. 735 6 50

Sept. 20. To cash paid Fairbanks & Co., for scales, as per voucher, No.

736 57 00

" To cash paid Coffin & Kenworthy, for shovels, &c, as per

voucher, No. 737 97 00

' To cash paid Coffin & Kenworthy, for canal barrows, as per

voucher, No. 738 217 50

" To cash paid Tredwell & Jones, for sledge handles, as per

voucher, No. 739 31 25

" To cash paid Henry Nelson, for picks and mattocks, as per

voucher, No. 740 678 30

" To cash paid John Smith, for stone boats, as per voucher,

No. 741 47 50

Sept. 9. To cash paid John Smith, stone boat plank, as per voucher,

No. 742 187 72

Sept. 3. To cash paid Bank of Commerce, for rent of rooms, as per

voucher, No. 743 250 00

M To cash paid Bank of Commerce, services of janitor, as per

voucher, No. 744 21 00

Sept. 20. To cash paid C. L. Young & Co., for coal, as per voucher,

No. 745 78 62

" To cash paid J. H. Pepper, for castings, as per voucher, No.

746 2 20

Sept. 3. To cash paid C. & W. McCammon, for tile, as per voucher,

No. 747 159 60

M To cash paid C. & W. McCammon, for tile, as per voucher,

No. 748 390 91

M To cash paid W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per

voucher, No. 749 240 74

Sept. 20. To cash paid W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per

voucher, No. 750 117 15

Sept. 11. To cash paid Michael Miller, for freight expenses, as per

voucher No. 751 25 25

Sept. 3. To cash paid Michael Miller, for freight expenses, as per

voucher, No. 752 30 71

Sept. 11. To cash paid R. E. Selmes, for commissioners fees, as per

voucher, No. 753 5 75

Sept. 2. To cash paid Jno. J. Bloomfield, stationery, as per voucher,

No. 754 315 90

Carried forward

1245,788 36

38

Brought forward $245,788 36

Oct. 4. To cash paid B. F. Crane, clerk, as per voucher, No. 755,

on file in Comptroller's office 54 00

Aug. 3. To cash paid J. F. Fielder, general foreman, as per voucher,

No. 7 50 24 00

Oct. 1. To cash paid F. Petrarchi, time-keeper, as per voucher, No.

757 50 00

" To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per

voucher, No. 758 104 16

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, architect-in-chief, as per

voucher, No. 7 59 208 33

" To cash paid C. Vaux, assistant to architect-in-chief, as per

voucher, No. 760 130 00

" To cash paid A. Renwick, park-keeper, as per voucher, No.

761 60 00

" To cash paid H. P. Smith, clerk, as per voucher, No. 762.... 60 00
" To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

763 40 00

" To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No.

764 130 00

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to commission, as per

voucher, No. 765 100 00

" To cash paid M. Miller, property clerk, as per voucher, No.

766 83 33

Oct. 4. To cash paid Geo. M. Van Nort, clerk, as per voucher, No.

767 54 00

Oct. 25. To cash paid Geo. M. Van Nort, clerk, as per voucher, No.

768 63 00

Oct. 4. To cash paid S. A. Hopkins, clerk, as per voucher, No. 769, 54 00
Oct, 25. To cash paid S. A. Hopkins, clerk, as per voucher, No. 770, 60 00

" To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., engineer, as per voucher,

No. 771 130 00

Oct. 4. To cash paid Charles Spangenburg, draughtsman, as per

voucher, No. 772 49 50

Oct. 1. To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 773 58 50

" To cash paid E. C. Miller, engineer, as per voucher, No. 774, 58 50
Oct. 22. To cash paid H. Gaebel, assistant engineer, as per voucher.

No. 775 80 00

Oct. 1. To cash paid J. H. Pieper, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 776 71 50

Oct. 1. To cash paid H. Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

777 65 00

To cash paid J. S. Lawrence, assistant engineer, as per

voucher, No. 778 , 65 00

Carried forward

$247,591 18

39

Brought forward $247,591 18

Oct, 1. To cash paid Watson Webb, assistant engineer, as per

voucher, No. 779, on file in Comptroller's office 22 50

" To cash paid Patrick Dowd, assistant engineer, as per

voucher, No. 780 o 60 00

" To cash paid W. W. Dechert, assistant engineer*, as per

voucher, No. 781 65 00

" To cash paid Jno. Bogart, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 782 65 00

Oct. 4 To cash paid A. G. Childs, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 783 42 50

Oct. 1 To cash paid M. Betts, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 784 65 00

Oct. 23 To cash paid W. A. McSpedon, for services of ox teams, as

per voucher, No. 785 78 00

Oct. 28 To cash paid Andrew Young, for services of ox teams, as per

voucher, No. 786 27 75

" To cash paid Andrew Young, for services of ox teams, as

per voucher, No. 787 3 00

" To cash paid Wm. Gorman, for rervices of double truck, as

per voucher, No. 788 38 50

Oct. 30 To cash paid Mary Tague, for services of horse and cart, as

per voucher, No. 789 4 50

Oct. 27 To cash paid John W. Kramer, for services of horse and cart,

as per voucher, No. 790 3 00

" To cash paid John W. Kramer, for services of horse and cart,

as per voucher, No. 791 1 00

Oct. 9 To cash paid M. Horan, for services of horse and cart, as per

voucher, No. 792 20 50

M To cash paid M. Rafferty, laborer, as per voucher, No. 793. . 6 75

" To cash paid M. Rafferty, laborer, as per voucher, No. 794. . 1 00

Oct. 22 To cash paid Peter Belli, laborer, as per voucher, No. 795. . . 9 25

" To cash paid Stephen Belli, laborer, as per voucher, No. 796. 6 75

" To cash paid Patrick Casey, laborer, as per voucher, No. 797. 4 75

" To cash paid Timothy Brown, laborer, as per voucher, No.

798 50

Oct. 21 To cash paid C. O'Leary, laborer, as per voucher, No. 799.. . 2 00

Oct. 13 To cash paid John Murphy, laborer, as per voucher, No. 800. 2 50

Oct. 23 To cash paid Thos. Daley, laborer, as per voucher, No. 801 . . 125
Oct, 27 To cash paid Thos. Connelly, laborer, as per voucher, No. 802 3 00

" To cash paid John Dunn, laborer, as per voucher, No. 803. . . 5 25

" To cash paid John Nolan, laborer, as per voucher, No. 804. . 4 25

Oct. 25 To cash paid Thos. Roberts, laborer, as per voucher, No. 805. 9 25

Oct. 5 To cash paid Pat. McDonald, laborer, as per voucher, No. 806 1 60

Oct. 2 To cash paid Dan. Clark, cartman, as per voucher, No. 807. . 14 00
Sept. 9 To cash paid John Mullany, laborer, as per voucher, No. 808. 5 75

Carried forward

$248,165 18

40

Brought forward $248,165 18

Oct. 5 To cash paid Wm. Ramsey, laborer, as per voucher, No. 809,

on file in Comptroller's office 1 75

" To cash paid John Brash, laborer, aB per voucher, No. 810. . 3 00
Oct, 21 To cash paid John Kerwin, laborer, as per voucher No. 811.. 3 50
Sept. 25 To cash paid Th. O'Connor, laborer, as per voucher, No. 812» 6 25
44 To cash paid R. W. Copeland, proportion of proceeds of ex-
hibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 813 10 53

" To cash paid Charles Follen, proportion of proceeds of ex-
hibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 814 10 63

Sept. 23 To cash paid Charles Lyon, proportion of proceeds of exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 815 10 53

Sept 21 To cash paid Paul Schultze, proportion of proceeds of exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 816 10 53

Sept 11 To cash paid John J. Rink, proportion of proceeds of exhibi-
tion of plans, as per voucher, No. 817 10 53

Sept 12 To cash paid Graham & Bagley, proportion of proceeds of

exhibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 818 10 53

" To cash paid H. Noury, proportion of proceeds of exhibition

of plans, as per voucher, No. 81 9 10 53

Sept 25 To cash paid R. M. Copeland, proportion of proceeds of

exhibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 821 10 53

Sept 9 To cash paid J. B. Deutsch, proportion of proceeds of exhibi-
tion of plans, as per voucher, No. 821 10 53

Sept. 22 To cash paid W. L. Fischer, proportion of proceeds of exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 822 10 53

Sept. 28 To casli paid Jno. P. Gumming, for gravel, as per voucher,

No. 823 1,180 80

" To cash paid Abraham Crocheron, for manure, as per voucher,

No 824 16 68

" To cash paid R. P. Parrott, for iron pipe, as per voucher, No.

825 85 13

14 To cash paid W. N. Seymour & Co., hardware, as per voucher,

No. 826 27 95

" To cash paid D. B. Morrell, carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 827 113 00

'4 To cash paid Sperry & Bryant, for clock, as per voucher,

No. 828 7 00

44 To cash paid James Price, for plane table, ifec, as per voucher,

No. 829 148 74

44 To cash paid Owen C. Owens, for time books of labor, as per

voucher, No. 830 45 60

44 To cash paid Baker & Godwin, for printing, as per voucher,

No. 831 27 00

Sept 25 To cash paid John Smith, stone boats, as per voucher, No.

832 36 3 00

Carried forward

$250,299 78

4:1

Brought forward $250,299 78

Sept 28 To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Co., for manure, as per

voucher, No, 833, on file in the Comptroller's office 282 50

" To cash paid W. R. Gould, for engineers' drawing paper, as

per voucher, No. 834 5 00

" To cash paid Samuel Merseaue, for sand, as per voucher,

No. 835 33 50

" To cash paid R. L. Allen, for shovels, as per voucher, No.

836 100 50

" To cash paid Lawrence Costello, carting manure, as per

vaucher, No. 837 1 72

" To cash paid W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per voucher

No. 838 66 42

" To cash paid Stewart & Howell, for mason work, as per

voucher, No. 839 31 80

" To cash paid Bouton & Smith, for axles, &c, as per voucher,

No. 840 63 64

Sept. 25 To cash paid H. A. Millard, for sand, as per voucher, No. 841 . 151 25
July 8 To cash paid L. Hauser, for printing, as per voucher No.

842 3 60

Oct. 13 To cash paid W. A. Shepard, for steel, as per voucher, No.

843 , 1,077 66

Oct. 25 To cash paid C. & W. McCammon, for tile, as per voucher,

No. 844 , 2,840 56

Oct. 13 To cash paid John Osborn, for sashes, as per voucher, No

845 61 00

" To cash paid schooner Telegraph, for freight of manure, as

per voucher, No. 846 381 25

" To cash paid Peck, Gedney & Co., for brick, &c, as per

voucher, No. 847 2,022 09

u To cash paid Hazard Powder Co., for powder, as per voucher,

No. 848 1,035 00

" To cash paid P. Brennan, for coal, as per voucher, No. 849. . 360 45
Oct. 25 To cash paid D. Gallagher, for carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 850 332 50

Oct. 1 To cash paid D. Gallagher, for carting manure,"as per voucher,

No. 851 700 00

Oct. 7 To cash paid G. S. Mott, for lumber, as per voucher, No.

852 830 07

Oct. 28 To cash paid Daily News, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 853 78 00

Oct. 7 To cash paid Francis Fagan, for freighting manure, as per

voucher, No. 854 260 00

Oct. 25 To cash paid Tupper & Wilcox, for lumber, as per voucher,

No. 855 , 186 36

Sept. 29 To cash paid J. A. Francis, for harness, as per voucher, No.

856 30 00

Carried forward

I

$261,234 55

42

Brought forward $261,234 55

Sept. 20 To cash paid Wetmore <fe Co., for pump chain, &c, as per

voucher, No. 85*7, on file in the Comptroller's office 7 41

" To cash paid S. B. Terry, clock, as per voucher,' No. 858. ... 12 00
Oct. 8 To cash paid James Hogg, for expenses, as per voucher, No.

859 275 00

Oct. 13 To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., commissioner's fees, as per

voucher, No. 860 18 38

Sept. 20 To cash paid Tredwell & Jones, for sledge handles, aa per

voucher, No. 861 125 02

" To cash paid A. D. Ewen, surveying, as per voucher, No. 862. 80 00
Oct. 25 To cash paid D. W. Quimby, for freight on manure, as per

voucher, No. 863 331 25

•* To cash paid John Kerns, for carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 864 4 68

M To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder, as per voucher, No.

865 1,880 00

" To cash paid Foreign Salt Co., for salt, as per voucher, No.

866 56 45

Oct. 26 To cash paid A. G. Lawson, for brick, as per voucher, No. 867. 579 13
Oct. 28 To cash paid Magnetic Telegraph Co., for poles, as per

voucher, No. 868 5 60

Nov. 10j|To cash paid Thomas Gallagher, laborer, as per voucher, No.

869 1 95

Nov. 1 To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., engineer, as per voucher,

No. 870 130 00

" To cash paid W. W. Dechert, engineer, as per voucher, No.

871 52 50

" To cash paid John Bogart, engineer, as per voucher, No. 872. 50 00
" To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No. 873. 130 00

" To cash paid M. Betts, engineer, as per voucher, No. 874 65 00

" To cash paid J. S. Lawrence, engineer, as per voucher, No.

875 65 00

* To cash paid C. Vaux, assistant to architect-in-chief, as per

voucher, No. 876 130 00

" To cash paid Henry Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 877 65 00

Oct. 25 To cash paid B. F. Crane, clerk, as per voucher, No. 878 12 00

Nov. 1 To cash paid B. F. Crane, clerk, as per voucher, No. 879. ... 78 00
" To cash paid S. A. Hopkins, clerk, as per voucher, No. 880. . 78 00
Nov. 1 To cash paid Geo. M. Van Nort, clerk, as per voucher, No.

881 78 00

" To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 882 58 50

" To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

No. 883 40 00

Carried forward $265,643 15

43

Brought forward $265,643 15

Nov. 1 To cash to D. H. Hart, clerk to commission, as per voucher,

No. 884, on file in the Comptroller's office 100 00

" To cash paidJL. H. Mcintosh, disbursing clerk, as per voucher,

No. 885 104 17

" To casLf paid M. Miller, property7clerk, as per voucher, No.

886 83 33

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, architect-in-chief, as per voucher,

No. 887 333 33

" To cash paid Alex. Renwick, park-keeper, as per voucher,

No. 888 62 00

" To cash paid F. Petrarchi, time keeper, as per voucher, No.

889 50 00

To cash paid H. P. Smith, clerk, as per voucher, No. 890.. . . 62 00
Nov. 16 To cash paid John McGuire, double truck, as per voucher,

No. 891 14 00

Nov. 2 To cash paid Andrew Nelson, foreman, as per voucher, No.

892 13 12

u To cash paid Andrew Nelson, foreman, as per voucher, No.

893 18 00

, " To cash paid Andrew Nelson, foreman, as per voucher, No.

894 4 06

Nov. 11 To cash paid Thomas Mackin, laborer, as per voucher, No. 895. 8 00

Nov. 8 To cash paid Francis Kelly, cartman, as per voucher, No. 896. 11 00
Nov. 13 To cash paid Michael Masterton, laborer, as per voucher, No.

897 • 8 80

Nov. 2 To cash paid Benjamin Dubois, expressman, as per voucher,

No. 898 17 00

" To cash paid Benjamin Dubois, expressman, as per voucher,

No. 899 24 00

" To cash paid Ellen Dunn, for George Dunn, laborer, as per

voucher, No. 900 7 75

" To cash paid Pat. Burns, laborer, as per voucher, No. 901. . 9 75

Nov. 10 To cash paid John U. Gent, cartman, as per voucher, No.

902 16 30

Sept. 2 To cash paid Edward Sackett, rodman, as per voucher, No.

903 15 00

Nov. 15 To cash paid Augustus Fitch, proportion of proceeds of ex-
hibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 904 10 53

" To cash paid J. Lachaume, proportion of proceeds of exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 605 10 53

Nov. 11 To cash paid Hepp tfe Vogel, proportion of proceeds of ex-
hibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 906 10 53

Nov. 2 To cash paid Waring & D wight, proportion of proceeds of

exhibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 907 1053

" To cash paid R. Dolben, proportion of proceeds of exhibi-
tion of plans, as per voucher, No. 908 10 53

Carried forward , $266,657 41

44

Nov. 9 To cash paid Adam Gigrich, proportion of proceeds of ex-
hibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 909, on file in the

Comptroller's office 10 53

Nov. 8 To cash paid L. Masquerier, proportion of proceeds of exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 910 10 53

Nov. 9 To cash paid ffra. Gumman, proportion of proceeds of exhi-
bition of plans, as per voucher, No. 911 10 58

Nov. 10 To cash paid John Arthur Hughes, proportion of proceeds of

exhibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 912 10 53

Nov. 15 To cash paid E. Chamberlin, for brick, as per voucher, No. 913 855 65
Oct. 28 To cash paid New York Herald, for advertising, as per

voucher, No. 914 49 38

" To cash paid Evening Post, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 915 3 12

" To cash paid New York Sun, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 916 3 38

" To cash paid New York Sun, for advertising, as per voucher,

No. 917 , 36 43

Sept. 20 To cash paid New York Sun, for advertising,^ per voucher,

No. 918 15 00

Oct. 28 To cash paid Coffin & Kenworthy, for canal barrows, as per

voucher, No. 919 253 50

" To cash paid Coffin & Kenworthy, for spades, <kc, as per

voucher, No. 920 68 00

Nov. 13 To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder, as per voucher, No.

921 470 00

Nov. 15 To cash paid r A. G. Lawson, for brick, as per voucher, No.

922 275 00

Nov. 13 To cash paid G. S. Mott, for lumber, as per voucher, No. 923 124 64
Nov. 15 To cash paid Mary Giorghetti, for clerks' meals, as per

voucher, No. 924 25 80

Sept. 15 To cash paid M. Fulmer, carting tile, as per voucher, No. 925 73 50
Oct. 28 To cash paid E. R. Einker & Co., for fuse, as per voucher,

No. 926 140 80

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for iron, as per voucher, No.

927 50 35

" To cash paid Sage cfe Grant, for charcoal, as per voucher, No.

928 54 00

Oct. 25 To cash paid Manhattan Gas-light Co., [for gas, as per

voucher, No. 929 S4 44

Nov. 12 To cash paid Theodore Hauesser, laborer, as per voucher,

No. 930 4 50

Sept. 3 To cash paid Cornells & Willis, for hardware, as per voucher,

No. 931 74 85

Nov. 11 To cash paid E. R. Tinker & Co., for powder, as per voucher,

No. 932 700 00

Carried forward

$270,011 S7

45

Brought forward $270,011 87

Nov. 15 To cash paid Richard Dudgeon, for hydraulic jack, as per

voucher, No. 933, on file in the Comptroller's office 85 50

" To cash paid R. C. Root, Anthony & Co., for stationery, as

per voucher, No. 934 195 22

Nov. 17 To cash paid M. Miller, for freight, expenses, &c, as per

voucher, No. 935 22 11

" To cash paid D. H. Hart, for incidental expenses, as per

voucher, No. 936 37 11

Nov. 15 To cash paid Bush, Gale & Robinson, for borax, as per

voucher, No. 937 20 00

" To cash paid Stokes & Bro., for zinc, as per voucher, No. 938. 19 17
Oct. 28 To cash paid Griffing, Bro. & Co., for plows, as per voucher,

No. 939 15 50

Nov. 15 To cash paid Thos. E. Bishop, crowbars, as per voucher, No.

940 53 64

" To cash paid Jno. C. Johnson, nails, as per voucher, No. 941. 61 75
Oct. 28 To cash paid Daily Express, advertising, as per voucher, No.

942 „ 120 06

" To cash paid park-keepers, (special,) as per pay-roll, Sept.

1st, as per voucher, No. 943 57 75

" To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay-roll, Sept. 1st, as per

voucher, No. 944 1,217 00

" To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay-roll, Sept. 1st, as per

voucher, No. 945 , 1,178 75

" To cash paid park-keepers, (special,) as per pay-roll, Sept.

1st, as per voucher No. 946 36 75

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 36, Sept. 4th,

as per voucher, No. 947 23,483 46

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 37, Sept. 6th,

as per voucher, No. 948 24,663 26

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 38, Sept. 6th,

as per voucher, No. 949 29,031 61

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 39, Sept. 4th,

as per voucher, No. 950 27,569 53

Dec. 1 To cash paid Nay lor & Co., for iron and steel, as per voucher,

No. 951 94 54

" To cash paid Nay lor & Co., for iron and steel, as per voucher,

No. 952 9 55

Aug. 4 To cash paid Aug. Ribstein, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

953 15 00

Dec. 1 To cash paid E. C. Miller, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 954 62 50

" To cash paid Alexander Renwick, park-keeper, as per

voucher, No. 955 , 60 00

Dec. 3 To cash paid A. G. Childs, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 956 62 50

Carried forward

$378,184 13

46

Brought forward $3*78,184 13

Dec. 1 To cash paid Gottlieb Bechtel, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 95*7, on file in the Comptroller's office 37 50

" To cash paid J. L. Mapes, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 958 48 00

" To cash paid Watson Webb, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 959 » 27 50

Dec. 3 To cash paid C. Vaux, assistant to architect-in-chief, as per

voucher, No. 960 125 00

" To cash paid W. H. Grant, engineer, as per voucher, No. 961, 125 00
" To cash paid H. P. Smith, clerk, as per voucher, No. 962. ... 50 00
" To cash paid Jos. B. Curtis, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 963 12 00

" To cash paid Jos. B. Curtis, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 964 37 50

" To cash paid M. A. Kellogg, engineer, as per voucher, No.

965 80 00

" To cash paid M, A. Kellogg, engineer, as per voucher, No.

966 100 00

" To cash paid J. S. Lawrence, engineer, as per voucher, No.

967 62 50

" To cash paid John Bogart, engineer, as per voucher, No. 968, 62 50
" To cash paid M. Betts, engineer, as per voucher, No. 969. . . 57 50
" To cash paid Peter Hogan, engineer, as per voucher, No. 970, 45 00
* To cash paid Peter Hogan, engineer, as per voucher, No. 971, 62 50
" To cash paid F. T. Hawks, engineer, as per voucher, No. 972 17 50
" To cash paid H. Bieringer, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

973 62 50

" To cash paid G. P. McLachlan, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 974 56 25

" To cash paid J. Wrey Mould, draughtsman, as per voucher,

No. 975 70 50

" To cash paid G. Bechtel, draughtsman, as per voucher, No.

976 18 00

" To cash paid A. G. Childs, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 977 65 00

" To cash paid E. C. Miller, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 978 65 00

" To cash paid Jno. L. Mapes, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 979 24 00

" To cash paid J. H. Pieper, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 980 78 00

" To cash paid J. H. Pieper, assistant engineer, as per voucher,

No. 981 ^5 00

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, architect-in-chief, as per voucher,

No. 982 333 33

" To cash paid F. L. Olmsted, architect-in-chief, as per voucher,

No. 983 375 00

Carried forward

$380,356 71

47

Brought forward $380,356 71

Dee. 3 To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to commission, as per voucher,

No. 984, on file in the Comptroller's office 100 00

" To cash paid M. Miller, property clerk, as per voucher, No.

985 83 33

" To cash paid Geo. E. Waring, Jr., engineer, as per voucher,

No. 986 125 00

To cash paid S. A. Hopkins, clerk, as per voucher, No. 987. 75 00

" To cash paid B. F. Crane, clerk, as per voucher, No. 988 75 00

" To cash paid F. Petrarchi, time-keeper, as per voucher, No.

989 50 00

" To cash paid Geo. M. Van Nort, clerk, as per voucher, No.

990 78 00

" To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

No. 991 40 00

" To cash paid Jno. Schneider, laborer, as per voucher, No.

992 5 30

" To cash paid C. Cavanagh, laborer, as per voucher, No. 993. 1 20

" To cash paid Jno. L. O'Neil, laborer, as per voucher, No. 994. 7 50

<l To cash paid Lorenzo Pansavolta, laborer, as per voucher,

No. 995 8 00

" To cash paid Gaetano Pelli, laborer, as per voucher, No. 996. 6 00
" To cash paid Lewis Bardy, laborer, as per voucher, No. 997. 4 00
" To cash paid E. Flanagan, laborer, as p'er voucher, No. 998. . 10 00
" To cash paid James Daley, laborer, as per voucher, No. 999. 8 25
" To cash paid Henry Lay, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1000. 8 75
" To cash paid Daniel Clark, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1001. 7 50
" To cash paid Wm. Rogers, proportion of proceeds of exhibi-
tion of plans, as per voucher, No. 1002 10 53

Dec. 6 To cash paid J, Morgan, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1 003. . 1 50

" To cash paid Frank Dickley, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1004 7 00

" To cash paid Nicholas Leonard, for sand, as per voucher,

No. 1005 36 00

" To cash paid Tupper & Wilcox, for lumber, as per voucher,

No. 1006 607 04

" To cash paid H. A, Millard, for sand, as per voucher, No.

1007...... 767 31

" To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., commissioner's fees, as per

voucher, No. 1008 14 75

" To cash paid D. Gallagher, carting sand, as per voucher, No.

1009 157 30

" To cash paid"D. Gallagher, carting manure, as per voucher,

No. 1010 490 00

** To cash paid Campbell & Moody, lumber,as per voucher, No.

1011 16 50

Carried forward $383,157 47

48

Brought forward $383,157 41

Dec. 6 To cash paid John Osborn, for sashes, as per voucher, No.

1012, on file in the Comptroller's office 76 50

" To cash paid Robert Thompson, for crane, &c, as per voucher,

No. 1013 20 38

" To cash paid D. W. Quiniby, freighting manure, as per

voucher, No. 1014 100 00

" To cash paid R. Biggart, for derrick, &c, as per voucher,

No. 1015 198 41

" To cash paid 0. D. Clark, derrick, &c, as per voucher, No.

1016 149 11

Dec 10 To cash paid L. H. Mcintosh, services, as per voucher, No.

1017 104 IT

Dec. 11 To cash paid Henry Conlin, laborer, as per voucher No.

1018 9 75

Dec. 13 To cash paid Watson Webb, for leveling instrument, as per

voucher, No. 1019 80 00

Dec. 14 To cash paid Jno. Mullen, mason, as per voucher, No. 1020. 1 22

" To cash paid Hugh McLean, park-keeper, (special), as per

voucher, No. 1021 1 75

" To cash paid J. R. Morgan, for powder and fuse, as per

voucher, No. 1022 750 00

" To cash paid Gustin & Fielder, for gravel, as per voucher,

No. 1023 *. 83 75

" To cash paid Ed. H. Quinn, for tile, as per voucher, No. 1024 497 88
" To cash paid Peck, Gedney & Co., for cement, as per voucher,

No, 1025 , 1,288 50

" To cash paid G. S. Mott, for lumber, as per voucher, No.

1026 406 56

" To cash paid J. L. Mott, iron works, for stoves, as per

voucher, No. 1027 65 26

" To cash paid J. J. Bloomfield, for stationery, as per voucher,

No. 1028 84 13

" To cash paid J. J. Bloomfield, for stationery, as per voucher,

No. 1029 19 18

" To cash paid Slote & Janes, for stationery, as per voucher,

No. 1030 100 60

" To cash paid Slote & Janes, for stationery, as per voucher,

No. 1031 61 88

" To cash paid Bryan Maher, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1032 75
Dec. 15 To cash paid Edward Langbein, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1033 4 25

Dec. 16 To cash paid Bank of Commerce, for rent of rooms, as per

voucher, No. 1034 250 00

" To cash paid Bank of Commerce, services of janitor, as per

voucher, No. 1035 21 00

Carried forward $387,533 16

49

Brought forward $387,533 16

Dec. 16 To cash paid Jervis Mclntee, for painting-, as per voucher,

No. 1036, on file in the Comptroller's office 95 00

" To cash paid W. C. Bryant & Co., for printing, as per

voucher, No. 1037 20 90

" To cash paid W. C. [Bryant & Co., for printing, as per

voucher, No. 1038 44 50

" To cash paid H. J. Armstrong, for mason work, as peY

voucher, No. 1039 80 40

" To cash paid Adam Kremer, for handles, as per voucher, No.

1040 , 27 96

" To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 1041 581 59

" To cash paid Damascus Steel and Iron Co., for steel, as per

voucher, No. 1042 63 58

" To cash paid Henry Nelson, for tools, as per voucher, No.

1043 690 57

" To cash paid Menzies/Viele & Mather, lumber, as per vouch-
er, No. 1044 45 12

" To cash paid R. L. Allen, for tools, as per voucher No. 1045. 51 10
" To cash paid R. L. Allen, for tools, as per voucher, No. 1046. 289 53
" To cash paid proprietors of New York Times, for advertis-
ing, as per voucher, No. 1047 8 30

" To cash paid proprietors of New York Times, for subscrip-
tion, as per voucher, No. 1048 6 50

" To cash paid W. N. Seymour & Co., for hardware, as per

voucher, No. 1049 * 40 10

" To cash paid W. N. Seymour & Co., for hardware, as per

voucher, No. 1050 49 01

" To cash paid Coffin & Kenworthy, for tools, as per voucher,

No. 1051 50 25

" To cash paid Peck, Gedney & Co., for cement, &c, as per

voucher, No. 1052 . . , , 3,813 01

" To cash paid Patrick Dowd, engineer, as per voucher, No.

1053 25 00

Dec. 17 To cash paid Stewart & Howell, for superintendence of

bridges, as per voucher, No. 1054 60 00

" To cash paid Stewart & Howell, for superintendence of

bridges, as per voucher, No. 1055 130 00

" To cash paid Stewart & Howell, for superintendence of

bridges, as per voucher, No. 1056 125 00

" To cash paid Tupper & Wilcox, for lumber, as per voucher,

No. 1057 679 69

" To cash paid Michael Miller, for freight expenses, as per

voucher. No. 1058 31 13

" To cash paid D. W. Quimby, for freight of manure, as per

voucher, No. 1059 367 75

Carried forward $394,854 15

50

Dec. 17 To cash paid E. Robinson, Jr., commissioner's fees, as per

voucher, No. 1060, on file in the Comptroller's office. ... 14 88
" To cash paid C. "W. Copeland, for wire rope, as per voucher,

No. 1061 230 50

" To cash paid D. B. Morrell, for carting sand, as per voucher,

No. 1062 165 55

" To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Co., for manure, as per

voucher, No. 1063 296 25

" To cash paid Third Avenue Railroad Co., for manure, as per

voucher, No. 1064 323 12

" To cash paid Edward T. Potter, proportion of proceeds of ex-
hibition of plans, as per voucher, No. 1065 10 53

" To cash paid Jesse Ryder, for trees, as per voucher, No. 1066 400 00
" To cash paid Jas. McNemony, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1067 , 3 00

" To cash paid William Gordon, assistant foreman, as per

voucher, No. 1068 12 50

" To cash paid Abraham Crocheron, laborer, as per voucher,

No. 1069 24 00

Dec. 18 To cash paid "Wm. B. Raymond, cartman, as per voucher,

No. 1070 1 40

" To cash paid Chris. Atley, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1071 7 90

" To cash paid Pat. Drew, laberer, as per voucher, No. 1072. . 2 90

" To cash paid Geo. Kearney, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1073 5 15

" To cash paid Sim. Lennon, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1074. 1 35

" To cash paid Bernard Touer, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1075 4 80

** To cash paid Jerry Coughlin, laborer, as per voucher No.

1076 3 95

" To cash paid Sim. Lennon, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1077. 9 05

" To cash paid Pat. Drew, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1078. . 4 75

" To cash paid Thos. Kenne, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1079. 6 00

" To cash pa.d Thos. Kinney, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1080 10 00
" To cash paid John Stapleton, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1081 13 80

" To cash paid G. W. Smith, for express charges, as per vouch-
er, No. 1082 4 50

Dec. 20 To cash paid Stewart & Howell, for derricks, <tc, as per

voucher, No. 1083 231 42

" To cash paid A. G. Lawson, for brick, as per voucher, No.

1084 207 16

" To cash paid A. G. Lawson, for brick, as per voucher, No.

1085 27C 83

Carried forward

$397,119 44

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Brought forward 8397,119 44

Dec. 20 To cash paid Ottaviano Gori, for stone and sawing, as per

voucher, No. 1036, on file in the Comptroller's office. ... 90 97
M To cash paid Ottaviano Gori, for discharging stone, as per

voucher, No. 1087 130 30

w To cash paid E. Chamberlin & Co., for sand, as per voucher,

No. 1088 74 90

Dec. 22 To cash 'paid John Murphy, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1089 9 80

" To cash paid Jerry McCarthy, foreman, as per voucher No.

1090 2 80

" To cash paid James McConnell, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1091 9 90

" To cash paid Brown & Valentine, for stone, as per voucher,

No. 1092 1,061 33

" To cash paid Dorchester Olive Free-stone Co., for stone, as

per voucher, No. 1093 1,258 53

" To cash paid Dorchester Olive Free-stone Co., for stone, as

per voucher, No. 1094 1,234 27

" To cash paid McClave & Pettit, for lumber, as per voucher,

No. 1095 262 45

Dec. 23 To cash paid Julia Brady, for M. Brady, laborer, as per

voucher, No. 1096 2 00

Dec. 24 To cash paid Alex. Campbell, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1097 7 25

" To cash paid Martin Burns, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1098 2 00

" To cash paid John Evers, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1099. 5 00

" To cash paid New York Herald, for subscription, as per

voucher, No. 1100 6 00

" To cash paid Geo. Sheffer, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1101. 10 00
" To cash paid Geo. Sheffer, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1102. 25
M To cash paid Tat, Hughes, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1103. 1 75

" To cash paid C. Cammiskey, cartman, as per voucher, No.

1104 1 90

" To cash paid Francis Burns, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1105 2 30

" To cash paid John P. Cumming, for gravel, as per voucher,

No. 1106 909 27

" To cash paid Jesse Kyder, for trees, as per voucher, No.

1107 400 00

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for crowbars, as per voucher,

No. 11 OS 30„38

" To cash paid P. Brennan, for coal, as per voucher, No, 1109. 450 00
" To cash paid H. A- Millard, sand, as per voucher, No. 1110.. 377 00
" To cash paid Journal of Commerce, advertising, as per vouch-
er, No. 1111 7 26

Carried forward

§403,467 05

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Brought forward $4.03,467 05

Dec. 24 To cash paid P. McCaffrey, assistant foreman, as per vouch-
er, No. 1112, on file in the Comptroller's office 1875

" To cash paid laborers, <fec, as per pay-roll No. 40, October

30, as per voucher, No. 1113 2S,622 50

" To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay-roll, Nov. 1st, as per

voucher, No. 1114 1,212 50

" To cash paid park-keepers, (special) as per pay-roll, Nov. 1st,

as per voucher, No. 1115 22 75

" To cash paid laborers, <fcc, as per pay-roll, No. 41, November

13, as per voucher, No. 1116 23,964 95

" To cash paid park-keepers, as per pay-roll, Dec. 1st, as per

voucher, No. 1117 1,100 00

" To cash paid park-keepers, (special), as per pay-roll, Dec.

1st, as per voucher, No. 1118 22 75

" To cash paid Pat. McFarland, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1119 3 75

Dec. 29 To cash paid Eugene Hitchcock, laborer, as per voucher,

No. 1120 15 75

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for iron, as per voucher, No.

1121 , 328 92

" To cash paid Wetmore & Co., for iron, as per voucher, No.

1122 3 22

" To cash paid Coffin & Kenworthy, for hardware, as per vouch-
er, No. 1123 58 62

" To cash paid Raynolds, Devoe & Pratt, for paint, as per

voucher, No. 1124 29 11

" To cash paid J. C. Johnson, for hardware^as per voucher,

No. 1125 178 68

" To cash paid J. P. Morgan, for ensigns, as per voucher, No.

1126 30 00

Dec. 30 To cash paid "W". McGill, water-boy, as per voucher, No.

1127 60

" To cash paid E. C. Warner, for use of dock, as per voucher,

No. 1128 100 00

" To cr sh paid E. C. Warner, for lime, &c, as per voucher,

Xo. 1129 337 17

To 'cash paid D. Gallagher, for carting manure, as per

voucher, No. 1130 560 00

i( To cash paid D. B. Morrell, carting manure, as per_ voucher,

No. 1131 247 75

" To cash paid E- Robinson, Jr., commissioner's fees, as per

voucher, No. 1132 11 00

" To cash"5 paid D. W. Quimby, for freight on manure, as per

voucher, No. 1133 186 25

" To cash paid Leonard Westmeyer, laborer, as per voucher,

No. 1134 5 90

Carried forward

$460,527 97

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Brought forward §400,527 97

Dec. 30 To cash paid Pat. Fitzgerald, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1135, on file in the Comptroller's office 1 50

" To cash paid Pat. Kennedy, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1136 5 30

" To cash paid Isaac Herbert, stone-cutter, as per voucher, No.

1137 6 50

n To cash paid Pat. Kennedy, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1138 10 00

" To cash paid Jno. Holzman, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1139, 2 00

Dec. 31 To cash paid D. H. Hart, clerk to commission, a3 per vouch-
er, No. 1140 100 00

" To cash paid E. P. Barker, assistant to clerk, as per voucher,

No. 1141 40 00

* To cash paid Martin O'Meara, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1142 7 00

" To cash paid J. L. Mott Iron 'works, for stoves, &c, as per

voucher, No. 1143 154 93

" To cash paid H. F. Krause, for draughting, as per voucher,

No. 1144 26 00

" To cash paid laborers, <£c„ as per pay-roll, No. 42, Nov. 27tb,

as per voucher, No. 1145 26,590 70

M To cash paid laborers, <fec.,as per pay-roll, No. 43, Dec. 11th,

as per voucher, No. 1146 17,432 53

" To cash paid laborers, &c, as per pay-roll, No. 44, Aug. 17th,

as per voucher, No. 114.7 1,649 54

w To cash paid W. N. Seymour & Co., for hardware, as per

voucher, No. 1148 246 92

" To cash paid W. N. Seymour & Co., for hardware, as per

voucher, No. 1149 51 72

" To cash paid Henry Homer, for safety fuse, as per voucher,

No. 1150 550 00

" To cash paid Wm. Carberry, laborer, as per voucher, No.

1151 6 75

M To cash paid Pat. Casey, laborer, as per voucher, No. 1152. . 50
M To cash paid James Prentice, for surveying instruments, as

per voucher, No. 1153 50 50

" To cash paid James Prentice, for surveying instruments, as

per voucher, No. 1154 22 50

'* To cash paid for pound bounty, as per voucher, No. 1155. . . 6 00

" To Balance 23,342 97

Total- '. $530,880 83

(Errors and omissions excepted.)

ANDW. H. GREEN,
Treas'r Hoard of Commisrs of Central Park.

January 1st, 1859.

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The Board of Commissioners of the Central Park in account with Cr.
Andrew H. Green, Treasurer.

1858.

Jany. 1 By Balance $226,168 98

Jany. 5 By cash proceeds of sale of buildings in the Park 406 50

Jany. 19 By do. do. do. 165 00

Feb. 13 By amount paid John McGrath, as per pay-roll, returned. 5 75

May 3 By cash, being amount returned by laborers for tools lost. 5 38
July 31 By cash from Comptrollor, on account of third issue of

Stock 50,000 00

Aug. 26 By cash from Comptroller, on account of third issue of

Stock 50,000 00

Sept. 3 By cash from Comptroller, on account of third issue of

Stock 50,000 00

Sept. 7 By cash proceeds of sale of grass on the Park 115 00

Sept. 25 By cash proceeds of pound 36 00

Sept. 30 By cash proceeds of exhibition of plans 294 85

Oct. 1 By cash from Comptroller, on account of third issue of

Stock 50,000 00

Oct. 5 By cash proceeds of pound 2 00

Oct. 8 By do. do. 35 00

Oct. 21 By do. do. 2 00

Oct. 26 By cash proceeds of sale of buildings 655 00

Oct. 30 By cash proceeds of pound 2 00

Nov. 2 By cash from Comptroller, on account of third issue of

Stock 50,000 00

Nov. 13 By cash proceeds of pound 13 40

Dec. 6 By cash proceeds on account of third issue of Stock 50,000 00

" By cash proceeds of pound 14 00

Dec. 24 By interest on deposits in Bank of Commerce, to January

1st, 1859 2,909 97

Total $530,830 83

"We, the undersigned, the Auditing Committee of the Board of Commissioners
of the Central Park, do hereby certify, that we have examined and audited the
foregoing accounts of Andrew H. Green, Treasurer of the said Board, up ,to the
1st day of January, 1859, and the vouchers for all payments charged in said
accounts, that said accounts and vouchers are correct and satisfactory, and that
the balance to the credit of said Board in the Bank of Commerce on the 1st day of
January, 1859, is $23,342 97.

J. F. BUTTERWORTH, ( Auditing
JNO. A. C. GRAY, ( Committee.

January 1st, 1859.

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Summary Statement of Treasurer's Account.

Balance on hand December 31, 1857 $226,168 98

The total Receipts of the year, ending December 31st, 1858,
are as follows :

From third issue of Stock by the city of New York $300,000 00

Sale of buildings on the Park 1,226 50

Laborers, for lost tools 5 38

Sale of grass on the Park 115 00

Pound 104 40

Exhibition of plans 294 85

John McGrath, returned 5 75

Bank of Commerce, interest on deposits 2,909 97

304,661 85

$530,830 83

The total Expenditures for the year, ending December 31st,
1858, are as follows:

Salaries of officers, clerks and incidental expenses. . . . 28,316 81

Surveys , 2,564 33

Park-keepers 10,841 60

Materials of construction and tools 60,304 42

Stationery, printing and advertising, engineers draw-
ing materials and books of account 2,858 60

Trees and plants, manure, and cartage of the same. . . 8,664 46
Labor account, amount paid laborers, cartmen, (fee, as

per pay-rolls and vouchers 393,937 64

-507,487 86

$23,342 97

The total receipts of the Board, from tha commencement of
their organization, May 1st, 1857, are as follows :
From first issue of Stock by the city of New York. .

Second do. do. do.

Third do. do. do.

Sale of buildings on the Park

Laborers, for lost tools

Wm. Menck, for rent ,

Pound

Sale of grass on the Park

Exhibition of plans ,

Jno. McGrath, for lost time « ,

This amount over in making change

Bank of Commerce, interest on deposits 2,909 97

608,712 24

Carried forward $608,712 24

50,000

00

250,000

00

300,000

00

4,971

37

260

88

50

00

104

40

115

00

294

85

5

75

02

2,909

97

50

Brought forward $608,712 24

The Expenditures from May 1st, 1857, the date of the
organization of the Board, to January 1st, 1858,

are 77,881 41

Expenditures from January 1st, 1858, to December 21st,

1858 507,487 86

685,369 27

Total Expenditures from May 1st, 1857, to
January 1st, 1859 585,369 27

Balance in Bank of Commerce, January 1st, 1859 $23,342 97

ANDW. H. GREEN,

Treas, Board of Comrs, of Central Park-.

January let, 1859.

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EXPLANATION OF THE MAP.

The Map is intended to exhibit the original topography of
the Park, with a plan of the roads and walks now under con-
struction.

The red lines are contour lines, each showing a continuous
equal elevation of surface, the number of feet above tide-water
of each being expressed by a figure in red. There is a differ-
ence of elevation of ten feet between each, two adjoining full
red lines. Where dotted red lines occur, the difference of ele-
vation between them and each adjoining full red line, is five
feet.

The black figures in the streets and avenues bounding the
Park, show the elevation above tide- water of the ground at the
Park boundary. The red figures show the " Commissioners'
grade," or the elevation which the street or avenue is to have,
when completed, according to the plans in the Street Commis-
sioner's office.

The rocks most prominent above the surface are also indicated,
as well as the original water-courses. Ponds are shown as in-
tended to be formed.

"Where the boundary line of roads and walks is a full line
upon the map, the grading for them is completed. The bridle-
road and the foot-paths have not yet been staked out, north of
Seventv-ninth street

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DESCRIPTION OF THE CENTRAL PARK,

With an explanation of the purposes of the work already done
upon the site, and of that in immediate contemjrtation.

SIZE AND FORM.

The Central Park is about two miles and a half long, and half
a mile wide, bounded on the sides by straight parallel " ave-
nues," and at the ends by streets crossing these at right angles.
It is now enclosed by a rough, dry stone wall, four and a half
feet high, in which there are gates at convenient intervals.
There are also several stiles for the admission of visitors on foot.
The area enclosed is about seven hundred and sixty-eight acres,
of which one hundred and thirty-six acres are occupied by the
Reservoirs of the Croton Aqueduct, whence the city is supplied
with water.

THE RESERVOIRS.

The old Reservoir covers thirty acres, and stands upon high
ground in the centre of the Park. The embankment is faced
exteriorly with dressed stone, and surmounted by a white
wooden paling, forming a conspicuous object in the view from
nearly all points in the southern half of the Park. The new
Reservoir, (the construction of which was commenced in
April, 1858,) is irregular in outline, and, when completed,
will cover one hundred and six acres. The Reservoirs are not
under the control of the Park Commission, and are too much
elevated for the water within them to form a part of its land-
scapes.

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DIVISIONS OF THE PARK.

The Park is practically divided by the Eeservoirs into two
portions, the northern or upper park, containing 160 acres,
the lower park containing 331 acres, and the connecting
ground lying on both sides of the Eeservoirs, 135 acres. It
will be further subdivided by four thorougfares, one crossing it
between the Eeservoirs, one at each end of them, and the re-
maining one near the middle of the lower park. These
thoroughfares are to be so constructed, by means of tunnels and
other contrivances, as not to interrupt the landscape, or prac-
tically effect any division of the Park. They will only be no-
ticeable at their extremities, where they unite with the exterior
streets at a higher grade than the surface of the Park, appear-
ing as causeways, a few hundred feet in length, terminating
upon a hill-side. The Park not being directly accessible from
these cross-streets, it will be unnecessary to close them at night,
when the public are shut out from the Park itself. They will
furnish the means of direct transit across the Park for business
purposes, without causing inconvenience to its visitors.

TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE — THE LOWER PARK.

\Vhen purchased by the city, the southern portion of the site
was already a part of its straggling suburbs, and a suburb more
filthy, squalid and disgusting can hardly be imagined, A con-
siderable number of its inhabitants were engaged in occupations
which are nuisances in the eye of the law, and forbidden to be
carried on so near the city. They were accordingly followed at
night in wretched hovels, half hidden among the rocks, where
also heaps of cinders, brick-bats, potsherds, and other rubbish,
were deposited by those wrho had occasion to remove them from
the city. During the autumn of 1857, three hundred dwellings
were removed or demolished, by the Commissioners of the Cen-
tral Park, together with several factories, and numerous swill-
milk and hog -feeding establishments. Large tracts partially
covered with stagnant water were superficially drained, and
10,000 loads of loose stone taken from the surface and conveyed
to the borders of the Park, furnishing materials for the construc-
tion, during the winter, of the present enclosing wall. An el a-

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borate topographical survey, and map of the ground was at the
same time completed, under the direction of Mr. E. L. Yiele,
Civil Engineer.

Even after the removal of the buildings of all kinds, and the
drainage of the pools, the lower park still presented a most con-
fused and unsightly appearance. Before it had been taken for
the Park, the grading of streets through and across it had been
commenced, and the rude embankments and ragged rock-exca-
vations thus created, added much to the natural irregularities of
its surface. A swampy valley, (which will hereafter be referred
to as the " southern valley,") extended from the corner of Sixty-
fourth street and Eighth avenue to the corner of Fifty-ninth
street and Fifth avenue. A similar valley (the " central val-
ley,") extended from the junction of Seventy-seventh street and
Eighth avenue to that of Seventy-fourth street and Fifth
avenue. Between Sixty-seventh and Seventy-second streets,
and adjoining Fifth avenue, was a tract (the " eastern plateau")
of ten acres, moderately smooth, and used as a pasture and
market garden. A similar tract (the " central plateau ") of
nearly equal dimensions, lay midway between the last men-
tioned one and the west side of the Park. Both tracts were
rocky, and a portion of the smaller was a bog.

The remainder of the lower park was made up of low hills and
hillocks, the rock of which they were chiefly composed every-
where cropping out sometimes boldly, sometimes in large,
smooth, flatfish masses, washed bare of soil. With the exception
of portions of the two swampy valleys and the two ten-acre tracts
above mentioned, and about three acres on Sixty-sixth street
near Sixth avenue, there was not an acre in which the great
underlying ledge of gneiss rock did not thrust itself above the
surface. Probably not a square rood could be found throughout
which a crow-bar could be thrust its length into the ground
without encountering rock. Often in places where no rock was
visible, it has been found, in the progress of the work, to be
within from three inches to two feet of the surface, for long
distances together.

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MOTIVE OF THE PLAN.

The primary purpose of the Park is to provide the best practica-
ble means of healthful recreation, for the inhabitants of the city,
of all classes. It should present an aspect of spaciousness and
tranquillity, with variety and intricacy of arrangement, thereby
affording the most agreeable contrast to the confinement, bustle,
and monotonous street-division of the city. The Park should,
that is to say, as far as practicable, resemble a charming bit of
rural landscape, such as, unless produced by art, is never found
"within the limits of a large town ; always remembering, however,
that facilities and inducements for recreation and exercise are to
be provided for a concourse of people, and that the object of
the scenery to be created is only to further the attainment of
this end in the most complete and satisfactory manner. Xo
kind of sport can be permitted which would be inconsistent with
the general method of amusement, and no species of exercise
which must be enjoyed only by a single class in the community
to the diminution of the enjoyment of others. Sports, games
and parades, in which comparatively few can take part, will only
be admissible in cases where they may be supposed to contri-
bute indirectly to the pleasure of a majority of those visiting
the Park. The Park is intended to furnish healthful recreation
for the poor and the rich, the young and the old, the vicious
and the virtuous, so far as each can partake therein without
infringing upon the rights of others, and no further.

The casual observer will be apt to think the selection of the
site an unfortunate one. At present, in the lower Park especially,
except in those places where the work of improvement is
already wTell advanced, its aspect is one of mere undignified
ruggedness. But this is due almost entirely to the absence of
soil and foliage. When these are supplied, as they will be in
a few years, that peculiar picturesqueness of effect, which can
only be obtained in a high degree where rocky masses exist, as
a basis of operations, will become strikingly obvious. Grass
and shrubbery can be formed anywhere, but great rocks, and
those salient forms of earth-surface vdiich are only found in
nature where rock exists, can never be imitated on a large
scale, wTith perfect success. Although, therefore, it will require

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a heavy expenditure to make the Park complete, the final
artistic effect will be much finer than could possibly be obtained
upon a tract of the richest and most easily worked soil, the
natural outlines of which were tame and prosaic.

If the soil, which has been removed from the site of the lower
park, could be replaced and the primeval forest restored, how-
ever,— only such walks and drives being constructed through it
as would make all parts readily accessible, — the general effect
would still be unsatisfactory, from the want of breadth and ex-
panse in the landscapes. It would be — so to speak — monoto-
nous in its irregularity, the eye soon wearying of the ceaseless
repetition of rocks and hillocks, with meagre depressions of
surface between them. To remedy this natural defect, three
considerable pieces of ground have been selected, to be cleared
of all obstructions and brought to comparatively level surfaces.

TREATMENT OF THE CENTRAL PLATEAU.

One of these, near the centre of the lower park, includes the
central plateau of ten acres heretofore described as somewhat
boggy and rocky, with nearly twenty acres more, lying to the
westward and southward. The boggy portion has been filled
in to an average depth of two feet, and all rocks protruding have
been removed by blasting; some large ledges of rock adjoining,
have been reduced, and the intervening depressions filled in a
similar manner, so that when the whole shall have been cover-
ed with two feet of soil, there will be about thirty acres of level
or but slightly undulating ground. When finished, this will
form a stretch of turf about a quarter of a mile across, unbroken
by a single road or foot-path. It may be used upon special
occasions, for military displays. Ordinarily it will be like a
great country green or open common, — a place where children
may run about and play until they are tired, in nobody's way,
and without danger of being run over, or injured if they
fall. A rocky ridge bounds this green on the northeast, which
has been reduced by blasting sixteen feet, throwing open from
opposite points the two finest views on the park. The rock and
earth removed from the ridge, together with that taken from
a low hill, a quarter of a mile to the southward, have been used

to fill a swamp lying east of the green, and this "being further
covered with made-soil to the depth of four feet, an additional
level space has been obtained, about eighty rods in length and
twelve rods in breadth, only separated from the green by a
slight depression of the surface, through which passes a carriage
road. This spot is to be planted with four rows of American
elms, forming a broad mall, with a fountain at either end, seats
for visitors and accommodations for an orchestra. At its south-
ern extremity, gentle slopes of turf, little broken by rocks or
trees, will conduct to a lawn-like surface, formed upon the smooth
ground near Fifth avenue, before described, as the eastern pla-
teau. Yiews of an open and pastoral character are thus ob-
tained, for a quarter of a mile in either direction, terminating in
a forest obscurity, and the general ruggeduess of the Park is*
for a space, entirely obliterated,

TREATMENT OF THE SOUTHERN VALLEY.

All rocks of insignificant size, and such as were calculated
to give an appearance of disagreeable barrenness, have been re-
moved from the greater portion of the southern valley. Some
low parts have been filled up, and a level surface fourteen
acres in extent thus obtained, upon which no trees will be
planted, it being intended more especially as a play-ground for
match games at cricket and base-ball. Some fine rocks over-
hang the lower and narrower end of the valley, which will be
occupied by a small pond, rendered necessary at this point by
other than picturesque considerations.

TREATMENT OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY.

The western part of the central valley has been made more
spacious by the removal of the smaller rocks, and the earth
surrounding the larger, so as to form a shallow basin of irregu-
lar outline. This basin will be almost entirely occupied by a
pond nearly twenty acres in extent, the view across which, from
the most favorable point, will be of considerable breadth, and
entirely unbroken for upwards of a quarter of a mile. The ex-
cavation of this pond is not yet completed, During the past

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winter, it was filled with water and used as a skating pond, for
which purpose it will be especially prepared, a small portion at
the upper end being separately dammed, that water may be
kept in it twelve feet higher than the intended winter level of
the remainder of the pond, to be used for flooding the ice when
rendered unsuitable for skating by snow, or other causes.

THE RAMBLE, THE WATER-TERRACE, AND THE BELL-TOWER.

To the Xorth and East of the pond is a broad hill-side, broken
by ledges of rock and bestrewn with boulders. It furnishes an
interesting picture viewed from almost any point, but particu-
larly so from the end of the promenade, on the descent from
which to the pond an ornamental stone terrace will be construct-
ed. At the highest and most remote part of the hill as seen
from this terrace a small tower will be erected, and this will be
the vista-point of the avenue of the mall. Looking northward
from the terrace it will be the only artificial structure in sight
(the Eeservoir being "planted out" and the rising ground on the
right and left shutting out the city). The whole breadth of the
Park will be brought into this landscape, the foreground of
which will be enriched with architectural decorations and
a fountain, the middle-distance, composed of rocks with ever-
greens and dark shrubs interspersed among them, reflected in
the pond ; and the distance extended into intricate obscurity
by carefully planting shrubs of lighter and more indistinct
foliage among and above the gray rocks of the back ground.
This hill-side, being isolated in position, is crossed by no road
but entirely laid out with secluded walks bordered by shrub-
bery, and the work upon it is so far advanced, that it is
believed the public may visit it with pleasure during the ap-
proaching season. The bell-tower at the summit offers the best
position from which to obtain a bird's-eye view of the whole
Park, and of the work going on within it. It is a temporary
structure, used to transmit orders to the officers of the work, by
signal, and is open to visitors during the day.

The principal landscape features of the lower Park, so far as

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they are matters of immediate construction, have thus been
indicated.

PLAN" OF THE ROADS AND WALKS.

The Park will be chiefly valuable as furnishing a place for
agreeable exercise, (or, as the phrase is, " taking the air,") as a
relief from the confinement of houses and streets. This will be
obtained by the mass of the community, by riding, driving, or
walking, as best suits the inclination or means of each individual.

In order to the highest enjoyment of either of these modes
of exercise, each needs to be pursued in a great degree
separately from the others. A carriage coming directly upon
the course of a pedestrian or of a man on horseback, is an an-
noyance, if not positively dangerous. A horseman riding close
upon a man on foot, on the same path, will unpleasantly disturb
him, even without coming in direct contact. The mere con-
sciousness that one's path may be crossed by a horse or carriage,
causes a feeling of anxiety. The sunken and tunnelled street-
thoroughfares across the Park were planned to remove what
would have otherwise been a ceaseless annoyance. Extending
the application of the same expedient, several miles of broad
gravelled walks have been laid out, carried by arched pas-
sages under the drives when necessary, by means of which all
parts of the lower Park may be traversed on foot, without en-
countering a single carriage or horseman. The rides are every-
where in like manner made independent of the drives, but
horsemen can enter the carriage-roads if they choose. Foot-
paths also generally accompanying the drives, on one or both
sides, within conversing distance.

The principal roads, as will be seen on the map, are carried
near the exterior, yet at such a distance that the boundary may
easily be obscured from them.

TREATMENT OF THE RESERVOIR SLOPES.

The treatment of the ground immediately adjoining the re-
servoirs remains somewhat undetermined, owing to a want of
harmony of action between the Croton Aqueduct Board and
the Central Park Commissioners.

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TREATMENT OF THE UPPER PARK.

The natural surface of the upper park is much more homo-
geneous than that of the lower. The plan is of corresponding
simplicity. Near the base of the rocky ridge upon which the
northern embankment of the new reservoir abuts, a transverse
road will cross the park on a similar plan with those below.
North of this, extending to One Hundred and Third street, and
midway between the east and west boundaries of the park, two
connected plateaus of turf, amounting to about eighteen acres,
will be formed, that being all the space which the rocky ledges
leave available. The roads and walks will pass along the
more uneven ground to the east, west and north of these. The
rivulet in McGowan's pass will be dammed so as to form a
pool, at the west end of which the carriage-road will be carried
across the valley upon a stone bridge of three arches. The mode
of laying out the grounds forming the extreme northern portion
of the park has not been definitely decided upon, on account of
the prospect of an extension of its limits in this direction, and
the establishment of an observatory on the bluff.

THE ARBORETUM.

The explanation of the plan which has thus far been given,
is intended to enable the public to understand more readily the
value ot the work which has already been done, and the nature
of that for which expenditure will principally be made during
the ensuing season.

It is further intended to introduce an Arboretum, in which,
within a space of about forty acres, will be arranged in as natur-
al a manner as possible, consistently with convenience for study,
several specimens of every tree and shrub native to the Xorth
American continent, which can be grown upon the site in the
open air. The hillside and valley between the Fifth avenue
and the east drive of the upper park is reserved for this purpose.

In the general planting of the park, it is hoped, that every
kind of tree which will flourish in the climate may be intro-
duced.

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WINTER DEI YE.

It is intended to arrange along the west side, between Seven-
th-second and One Hundred and Second streets, a winter
drive, about a mile and a half in length, planted somewhat
thickly with evergreens ; deciduous trees and shrubs being in-
troduced only so far as is necessary to avoid a monotonous and
gloomy effect. Open glades of grass will break the uniformity of
these plantations of evergreens, as the effect aimed at is not so
much that of a drive through a thick forest crowded with tall
spindling trees, as through a richly wooded country, in which
single trees and copses have had plenty of space for developing
their distinctive characteristics to advantage.

PLANTING.

The last remark applies to the general intention of planting
the park, in which American trees of the stateliest character,
standing somewhat openly, are designed to predominate where
ever the nature of the surface will permit. The general ruggecl-
ness of the site, however, will lead to a more liberal use of ever-
greens, shrubbery, and especially of climbing and trailing
plants than is customary in European parks.

INCIDENTS.

Ground is reserved for a public hall, intended especially for
concerts, with a large conservatory and exotic terraces ; also for
a geometrical flower-garden with wall fountains, for an archi-
tectural terrace with a large jet and tazza fountain, for public
houses of refreshment ; residences of the superintendent and
head gardener ; a police-station, a Zoological garden and for an
Astronomical Observatory.

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REPORT

With regard to Evaporation and Filtration, leing an account of
experiments made upon the Central Park, together with esti-
mates of water-supply for ponds upon the Pari:.

Central Park, February 28, 1 8 5 9.

To Fred. Law Olmsted, Esq.,

Architect-in- Chief :

Sir, — The following is a statement of experiments on evapo-
ration, made with reference to the ponds designed for the Cen-
tral Park, together with the application of the data, derived
from the experiments and other authentic statistics, to the case
of the central pond.

For the purpose of ascertaining the mean daily loss of water
during the summer months, by evaporation from the surface of
the ponds, I selected in July last a favorable place on the site
of the central pond, and excavated two circular basins near
each other, each thirty-three feet in diameter and three feet
deep ; the bottom of the basins being about the intended level
of the bottom of the pond.

The material in which they were excavated was clay inter-
mixed with fine sand ; the material generally underlying the
pond being of the same character, though the proportion of
sand is greater in some parts.

In order to test at the same time, the retentive quality of the
material, one of the basins was left as excavated in the natu-
ral earth, and the sides and bottom of the other were well pud-
dled so as to ensure it effectually against leakage ; they were
then filled two and three-fourths feet deep with water, a gra-
duated rod being driven in each basin, to which a small float
was attached to mark the variations of the surface of the water.

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Observations were commenced on the 5th of August by Assist-
ant Engineer J. S. Lawrence, and were conducted by him until
the 29th of October. When the water became reduced in the
basins to half the original depth they were refilled. The obser-
vations were generally made daily, though intervals of one or
more days occurred in which they were discontinued owing to
rain or other causes. The height of the water was registered
anew after such intervals, so that any variation of surface, by rain
or otherwise, was not allowed to effect the results as to loss by
evaporation or infiltration.

The following table gives a summary of the observations :

Date.

Evaporation and

No. of days

Evaporation from

infiltration from

1858.

observed.

the Basin puddled.

the Basin not

Puddled.

indies.

inches.

August

5 to

11

3.125

3.025

u

11 "

18

7

2.125

3.125

((

18 "

25

7

2.500

2.750

li

25 "

31

1.000

1.250

It

31 " Sept.

7

1.375

2.000

Sept.

7 "

15

1.125

1.375

t<

15 "

20

H

0.375

0.375

u

20 "

30

8

1.625

Observations

it

30 " Oct.

11

5

1 375

discontinued.

Oct.

11 "

19

H

1.000

14

19 "

23

1.100

((

23 "

29

6

1.125

Total,

17,850

The greatest evaporation is shown to be Aug. 5th to 11th, 5$ days, 0.57 in. pr. day

The mean daily evaporation for the whole number of days obser-
ved, (70$) Aug. 5th to Oct. 29th is 0.25 " " "

The difference in the results in the two columns of observations,
from Aug. 5 down to Sept. 20, when the observations in the se-
cond column were discontinued, shows the infiltration in 42$
days, being 2.87 inches.

This is equal to 1-16 inch per day, and the total loss of water, in-
cluding evaporation as above (0.25 or 4-16) was 5-16 of an inch
per day.

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Had the observations been commenced earlier in the season
and included the months of June and July, the mean result,
as to evaporation, might have been slightly increased. The
mean daily evaporation as observed for the month of August
was 0.33 or one-third of an inch, and it is not probable that the
general mean, including June and July with the three months
above stated, would have been greater than that amount. If to
these months we add May and November, which are both months
of less evaporation than the intervening ones, the daily mean eva-
poration of one-third of an inch throughout the seven consecu-
tive months may be considered as a fair basis (at least suffici-
ently large) for computing the loss of water from the ponds
during those months.

It should be remarked that the depth of water in the basins
being considerably less than the intended summer depth of the
central pond, (seven feet) the temperature of the water would be
somewhat higher, and the results as to evaporation propor-
tionably increased over the deeper pond.

The amount of infiltration observed (one-sixteenth of an inch
per day) shows that the natural material in that part of the
pond where the basins were excavated is nearly impervious to
water ; this test however, as applied to the whole pond, is not
conclusive, as the quality of the material is not so good in some
parts, and besides, the pond is mostly enclosed in a basin of
rock, the surface of which has in some places but a slight cover-
ing of earth, while in others the rock is exposed. So that, not
only the quality of the earth over the rock, but the geological
texture and condition of the rock also, may effect the question
of infiltration.

In order to form some idea of the security of the underlying
rock in this respect I had several pits dug, three to four feet
below the bottom level of the pond, in places where the earth
was of the least retentive character; the pits filled rapidly
with water and remained permanently full to the surface drain-
age-line during the whole season, with no apparent supply,
indicating that not much, if any, of the water that had previ-
ously been received in the rock basin below, found an escape
through fissures or decomposed strata of the gneiss rock. The
^ason was a favorable one for such a test, as many springs and

wells are known to have failed or nearly failed, that had not
done so previously within the last eighteen years.

The pond has been filled during the past winter ; and,
although accurate observations were impracticable, it is suffi-
ciently evident that no material loss of water has occurred.

I conclude from the facts ascertained that T\ of an inch per
day on the area of the pond will be sufficiently large to cover
the loss from infiltration. This loss, unlike that by evapora-
tion, will apply equally to all the months of the year.

The collected data, applicable to the central pond, including
the smaller reservoir pond, adjoining it on the west side of the
Park, is as follows :

1. Superficial area of reservoir pond . 91,535 sq. ft.

2. Contents of same, at average depth of 11 feet 673,815 c. ft.

S. Contents above level of central pond, the difference of levels "|

being, in reference to tide-water :

Reservoir pond 62.25 ft,

Central pond 53.25 " j

Height of reservoir pond above central pond. 9.00 ft. J 553,000 c. ft.

4. Area of Park drainage into reservoir pond 1,611,820 sq. ft.

5. Superficial area of central pond '763,280 " "

6. Contents of central pond, at depth of 7 feet 4,850,000 c. ft.

S, Do. do. do. do. 4 feet 2,600,000 c. ft.

8. Area of Park drainage into central pond, 7,013,160 sq ft

9. Do. do. west of Park into do 5,227,200 " "

10. Minimum rain, May to November, inclusive.. 20 inches.

11. Do. rain and snow, December to April, inclusive 10 " *

12. Drainage, or quantity of falling water that may be collected in

ponds, from the Park grounds, May to November, inclusive. 30 per ct, rain.

13. Quantity that may be collected from grounds outside (west) of

Park, May to November, inclusive, estimated at 5 per cent,
less than the preceding, owing to different circumstances of
the ground 25 " "

14. Quantity that may be collected in ponds, December vo April,

inclusive, from Park grounds and outside of Park, f-, or 66 per ct. rn. & snw.

15. Maximum evaporation from surface of ponds per day, May to

November, inclusive £- inch.

16. Maximum evaporation per day for single month, of greatest

evaporation during the season \ inch.

* The least amount of rain in any year, from 1S27 to 1S»7>S, both inclusive, was, as reported by Mr.
E. Meriam, of Brooklyn Heights, 32 14-100 inches.

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17. Infiltration on area of ponds, per day 1-10 inch.

18. Minimum quantity of water from springs, entering the reser-

voir pond, as guaged during the months of July, August, and

September, 1858. per day 1,850 c. ft.

19. Do. entering the central pond, as guaged, per day 4450 eft.

Estimated from sources not guaged 550 " }■

j 5,000 "

Eestjlts :

1st. As to the natural available supply {the minimum) during
the months of May to November, inclusive.

Keservoir Pond.

(18.) Supply from springs, per day 1,850 c. ft.

(4.) Do. Park drainage, 1,611,820 sq. ft. x 30 per

ct. of rain (10 & 12) = per day 3,838 "

(1.) Add rain falling on surface of pond, 91,535

sq. ft. x mean daily rain (10) 726 "

Minimum quantity received into reservoir

pond, per day 6,414 c. ft.

(1.) Loss by evaporation, 91,535 sq. ft. x £ inch

(15) per day 2,543 c. ft.

(17.) Loss by infiltration, 91,535 sq. ft. x 1-10 in.
= per day, 763 eft.

Note. — As this pond has been mostly
puddled, this quantity may be reduced
one-half, say, per day 380 "

Total maximum loss per day 2,923 c. ft.

Average daily surplus to be discharged into

central pond 3,491 c. ft.

Central Pond.

(19.) Supply from springs, per day 5,000 c. ft.

Do. from Park drainage, 7,013,160 sq. ft. x

30 per ct. of rain (10 & 12) = per day . . . 16,698 "
(5.) Add rain falling on surface of pond, 763,280

sq. ft. x daily rain (10) 6,058 " 27,756 c. ft.

Minimum quantity received into central
pond, per day 31,247 c. ft.

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(5.) Loss by evaporation, 703,280 sq. ft. x \ inch,

(16) — per day 21,202 c. ft.

(17.) Loss by infiltration, 763,280 sq. ft.x 1-10 in.,

*=• per day 6,360 H

Total maximum loss per day 27,562 c. ft.

Maximum surplus of water for central pond, from rain and
sources within the Park, May to November, inclusive, per
day

[3685 cubic feet per day is equal to 19 U. S. galls, per min.]
This last quantity will be increased by the drainage from

the district outside the Park, west of the Eighth avenue,

while that continues to discharge into the pond, as follows :
(9.) Area drained, 5,227,200 sq. ft. x 25 per cent, of rain (10 tfc 13)
mm per day.

14,056 c. ft.

3,685 c. ft.

10,371 M

In ordinary seasons, it appears from the above that the natu-
ral supply of water for the central pond will be sufficient to
keep it full for the months of May to Kovember, inclusive, with
a minimum surplus of 3,6 So cubic feet per day. This sur-
plus, if invariable, would be insufficient to keep up a proper
circulation and change of water in the pond during the season,
."No account is taken of the drainage west of the Park, (10,371
cubic feet per day,) as it is understoood that it is to be perma-
nently diverted from the pond.

The surplus of 3,685 cubic feet per clay will be augmented
more or less by rains, and will receive large additions, — which will
probably be nearly constant during the season, — from the water
discharged from the fountains, and various other sources with-
in the drainage district of the pond. This latter quantity of
water, which must be drawn from the Croton reservoir, and
cannot be computed until the system of water distribution
about the Park is perfected, and the quantity of water to be
used for artificial purposes is more fully determined, will be
sufficient, without drawing additionally from the Croton, except
in unusual seasons, to give an ample supply to the pond.

The mean rain fall, during the months of August, September
and October last, as observed by Mr. E. Meriam, of Brooklyn

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Heights, was 2^ inches per month, which was lxVo inches
less than the mean for the same months, during the previous
thirty-two years.

The last season may, therefore, be considered quite an unusual
one as relates to the rain fall. In the preceding calculations,
the mean per month, for seven months, is taken at 2T8/o inches,
which is low for a period of that length, and this gives a sur-
plus of 3,6S5 cubic feet per day, but applying the mean of
2T3/7 inches per month to the calculations, for a space of three
months, shows at the end of that time a deficiency of water, or
depression of the pond, of one and a half inches. There would
be, at that time, in reserve, in the reservoir pond about 474,000
cubic feet of water, a quantity sufficient to restore the defi-
ciency, and raise the level of the central pond about six inches
above its ordinary height — so that, in this case, it appears that
the natural supply, together with the quantity of water referred
to, as discharged from fountains, &c, would be adequate to the
1 demands. Taking as a more extreme supposition the case of
one month without rain, and supposing the drainage to be
wholly suspended, and the maximum evaporation for that time
to be half an inch per day, the pond would be depressed at the
end of the month about five inches. In this calculation, the
reservoir pond is supposed to have been drawn down during
the month, and discharged into the central pond. The defi-
ciency of water in such a case, it would seem, would have to
be restored entirely by the water used for fountains and other
purposes disconnected with the ponds. There is no doubt, I
think, that such quantity in this contingency would be suffi-
cient.

2d. As to the supjply, during the months of Decemher to
April, inclusive.

It is assumed that both ponds are full at the commencement
of December. For the safety of the concourse of people, that
will resort to the central pond, four feet depth of water is sup-
posed to be the maximum during the skating season. The cen-
tral pond must then be drawn down for this purpose three feet,

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and the water discharged from the Park. The reservoir pond
will remain at its full height.

The latter pond will received a supply, according

to the data assumed for the drainage, per day. . 5,9*70 c. ft.

From springs per day 1,850 do.

Do. rain and snow falling on the surface of the

pond, per day 510 do.

Minimum supply per day 8,330 do.

Loss by infiltration do 380 do.

Total supply to': be discharged into central pond

per day 7,950 c. ft.

The central pond will receive, according to the data

assumed, for the drainage per day 25,974 c. ft.

From springs per day 5,000 do.

Do. rain and snow falling on surface of pond per

day , 4,240 do.

Minimum supply per day 35,214 do.

Loss by infiltration do 6,360 do.

28,854 do.

Total, 191 gallons per minute, or, per day 36,804 c. ft.

This latter amount, 36,804 cubic feet, would Jbe the minimum
surplus per clay for the central pond, (taking no account of
evaporation,) during the months of December to April, inclu-
sive. From which it appears, that the natural supply would
be sufficient for ordinary purposes during the winter.

But for perfecting the ice for skating and maintaining it in
good condition, more water must be used than would otherwise
be required. The quantity of water required for this purpose,
can only be fully determined by experiment and practice in its
use, after the necessary arrangements and facilities are pro-
vided.

It will be subject to contingencies, of weather, temperature,
the frequency of rain and snow, thaws, etc. It is doubtless de-
sirable that the supply should be abundant and unfailing. The
limited experience of the past winter in keeping the ice in con-
dition for skating, with very imperfect facilities — the work

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being in an unfinished condition — is the only guide to an ap-
proximate estimate on the subject.

In addition to the labor of clearing off snow and scraping and
sweeping the ice, as it became worn by the skaters, the opera-
tion of flushing the surface with water has been frequently per-
formed and with good effect.

It has been done mostly at night, so that a new coating of ice
was formed by the following morning, in readiness for the day's
amusements. The means used have been mainly force-pumps
and hose, drawing the water from the pond itself and ejecting
it over the ice, entirely by manual labor. This was the only
available method, but it is obviously too laborious and expensive
as well as imperfect, for permanent use. If conducting pipes
were laid from the reservoir pond to several different points
around the central pond, the most favorable for directing the
water over the broader portions of the ice, the process of flush-
ing by means of jets and hose would be greatly facilitated and
cheapened. The head of water from the reservoir pond for this
purpose, when full, would be twelve feet.

On the supposition of such an arrangement, I have made the
following estimate of the quantity of water that may be re-
quired for flushing the ice during the skating season, or the
three months of December, January and February.

I assume that the process of flushing will be required on
an average, once in three days, or thirty times during the win-
ter, and that at such times sufficient water will be used to cover
the ice three inches deep. In this estimate allowance is made
for waste and for an occasional excess of water to dissolve the
snow on the ice. The expenditure of water would be equal, per
day, to a depth of one inch, or, including the area of the reser-
voir pond, 71,235 cubic feet, which is about double the quantity
afforded by the natural (minimum) winter supply. Taking the
excess required beyond the natural supply at 36,000 cubic feet
per day, the contents of the reservoir pond, if drawn down,
would furnish this quantity for twenty clays, leaving seventy
days requirement, or 36,000 x 70 = 2,520,000 cubic feet to be
supplied from the Croton Eeservoir. This quantity would fill
a pipe, with uniform discharge during the whole time, with a
head of fifty feet, of about four inches diameter. This estimate,

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owing to the uncertainties connected with it, is intended to be
large.

To recapitulate : It appears —

1st. That no special provision is necessary for the supply of
the central pond during the months of May to November, in-
clusive. That the water necessarily drawn from the Croton for
other purposes will suffice for any probable contingency ; and
that in the absence of that supply, except at rare intervals, the
natural supply will be adequate for the demands. And —

2d. That during the remainder of the year the largest pro-
bable amount of water that it will be desirable to draw from
the Croton will be 2,520,000 cubic feet, or at the rate of 187
gallons per minute for a period of seventy days.

( Kespectfully submitted,

WM. H. GKANT,

Civil Engineer.

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STATEMENT

Respecting the Drainage of the Central Park,

Central Park, March 15th, 1859.

To Fred Law Olmsted, Esq.,

Architect-in-Chief :

Sir, — During the summer of 1858, the following drain age-
workwas done on the Central Park :

1832 feet of brick sewer, thirty-six inches by thirty inches, in-
ternal diameter, with a three chambered silt-basin having a
capacity for silt of 540 cubic feet; and 950 feet of brick sewer,
twenty and a quarter by eighteen inches internal diameter, with
a silt-basin of a capacity of nearly 200 cubic feet. In the
construction of these sewers through soft ground, stone founda-
tions were laid two to four feet in depth. In some parts they
are twelve feet below the surface, and much of the excavation
for them has been through rock.

Over twenty miles (105,000 feet) of drain tile, of various
eizes, have been laid. Thirteen brick silt basins coming to the
surface, and sixty other brick basins under ground, have been
established, in connection with the drains.

The engineering of the whole work has been exact, and the
system followed, more complete, in its details, than any which
is recorded in European works on the subject.

The result of the drainage, thus far, has been satisfactory,
many parts of the Park which were impassable swamps before

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drainage, "being now hard and dry. Various pools of standing
water have disappeared, and from their bottoms thousands of
loads of muck, valuable as manure, have been taken, and they
are now as well prepared as any other parts of the Park for
cultivation.

Reference to the accompanying map will show the location
of the tile drains, which are represented by red lines. The
circles of red indicate the silt-basins ; and the letters in black,
near them, the names of the different systems into which the
drainage is classified. The sewers are indicated by heavy black
lines.

Those parts shaded in black have not been drained, for the
following reasons :

Those marked 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12 and 13 have not yet been
brought to their final grade, the grade for their drainage, can-
not, therefore, be yet established.

These marked 2, 4, 9 and 10, are too rocky to admit of drain-
age.

That marked 7, is temporarily occupied.

The tracts yet to be graded are, nearly all of them, too rocky
to admit of much under-drainage.

The white spaces, inclosed in dotted lines, represent tracts
where the rock approaches too near the surface to admit of
under-drainage.

Preparations are now being made for the drainage of that
portion of the park which lies north of Seventy ninth street,
the greater part of which will be completed during the season
of 1859.

It is unnecessary here to discuss the efficacy of the system of
tile drainage, which has been adopted on the Park ; it is suffi-
cient to say, that it is, in all important respects, the same that
has been employed, for several years, in Europe, and, to a less
extent, in this country, producing effects so uniformly satisfac-
tory, that its use, both here and there, is being widely extended.

This system, as modified to meet the wants of the park, may
be thus described.

The tile are of burned clay, of a circular, or oval form, one
foot in length. They are laid, end to end, at the bottom of

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the ditches, the water finding its way into them through the
joints. These joints are protected against the ingress of earth
by collars of clay, or by grass bands, which will last at least as
long as the soil, around the tile, remains loose enough to enter
the joints. Collars will hereafter be exclusively employed.
They could not be obtained in the early part of last season,
none having then been manufactured in this country.

The size of the tile is from 1 J to 6 inches, internal diameter,
according to the quantity of water to be conveyed.

The drains are cut to a depth of from four to five feet, ac-
cording to the character of the land, and, usually, at dis-
tances apart of forty feet. The direction of the lateral drains,
is that of the steepest descent of the land, and the main drains
run through the natural depressions, and receive the water of
the laterals, carrying it to the silt basins.

A silt basin is placed at the point where several collecting
drains come together, having, at its bottom, a cemented bowl, of
a capacity of about three cubic feet, to receive any silt, or
sand, which the water may contain, allowing only water to pass
off at the outlet.

The effect of these basins is to form a pool of tranquil water,
which, by deadening the flow, allows foreign matters, carried
in the moving water, to be deposited.

The basins are continued to the surface, and furnished with
locked cast iron covers, on opening which, the collected
sediment may be removed, and the operation of the drains
observed.

Smaller silt basins, not coming to the surface, are placed at
points, where there is danger of the lateral, or collecting drains,
becoming obstructed, and there are still smaller ones (made of
larger tile, set on end) placed at the intersections of the
lateral with the collecting drains.

The fall of the drains is regulated by levels previously taken,
in accordance with the following rules :

1st. Kb drain is to have a fall of less than 1 in 200.

2d. !Nb drain is to have a decreasing fall, as it approaches its
outlet.

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3d. The small lateral drains are to discharge into the upper
part of the large tile of the collecting drains.

In case of necessary deviation from these rules, silt basins are
used, or other precautions taken to prevent obstructions.

The outlets of all the drains are furnished with wire cloth
netting, to prevent the ingress of vermin, and the outlets from
the basins are similarly -protected against the entrance of leaves,
or rubbish.

Accurate plans are made of all the drains, and subterranean
silt basins, so that future repairs, and alterations may be made,
without loss of time in searching for desired points.

Respectfully,

GEO. E. WARING, Jr.,

Draining Engineer.

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%M%m of % Stoil flf t|e Central far!

Columbia College, New York, March 25, 1859.
To Fred. Law Olmsted, Architect-in-Chief.

Dear Sir, — I herewith submit the report of my analyses of the soil of
the Central Park. The delay in handing in these results has been due to
the fact that I have performed the entire examination myself, and more
time was therefore required than was at first anticipated.

The phosphoric acid in Sample No. 1 is much too large to be assumed
as normal ; and I think there must have been an accidental mixture of
decayed bone with that specimen.

Many incidental examinations which I have made upon the Park are
reserved for verbal communication.

Very Respectfully Yours,

CHARLES A. JOY,
Prof, of Chemistry in Columbia College,

1

2

3

4

5

71.63

81.36

82.67

75.58

79.44

2.89

2.93

3.44

3.05

3.51

4.58

3.51

1.79

5.86

3.56

10.11

6.13

2.48

11.00

10.00

6.44

3.80

5.42

3.25

1.25

2.55

0.50

1.94

trace

.08

0.10

.87

.45

.35

1.25

0.08

trace

1.50

.50

.07

1.25

.15

trace

.10

.25

.10

.50

trace

trace

.31

trace

trace

trace

trace

trace

.2,1

.25

.31

.31

.28

100.00

100.00

100.00

100-00

100.00

No. 1. At 70th Street, near Fifth Avenue.

No. 2. Between 78th and 79th Streets, at Seventh Avenue.

No. 3. Between 83d and 84th Streets, and Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

No. 4. Between 102d and 103d Streets, and Fifth and Sixth Avenues,

No. 5. At 104th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

Note. — The samples analysed were each taken from a cubic yard of earth,
thoroughly intermixed, which had been obtained at an average depth of fourteen
inches from the surface. On account of the frequent deposits of foreign substances
which have been made upon the surface soil, specimens of it would have given no
indication, in analysis, of the treatment required for its general improvement.