DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 47 



Second — On the third day of December, in the year 1S94, at 8 

 o'clock in the evening, I was present in the Common Council 

 Chamber, in the City Hall, in the city of Brooklyn, and a hearing 

 was then given, as by said notice required. This hearing was 

 fully attended, and the following sites were suggested or offered 

 for a park or parks, to be located and established in the count}' of 

 Kings or adjacent thereto : 



254 acres, bounded by Eighteenth and Twenty-second avenues, 

 and by Sixtieth and Seventy-fifth streets. Price, §3,800 an acre. 

 Offered by Sidney V. Lowell, as attorney for Messrs. Murphy 

 and McCormack. 



The extreme end of the southerly side of Eastern Parkway. 

 No price mentioned. Suggested by S. W. Hurley, Esq. 



The Dyker Land and Improvement Company, 187 acres, 

 known as the "Dyker Meadow," adjoining Fort Hamilton. 

 Price, §1,900 an acre, with a percentage for profit. Offered by 

 Gen. George W. Wingate, as attorney. 



The land between Shore road, Gravesend bay. Twenty-first 

 and Twenty-second avenues. Price, between $70,000 and 

 $80,000. Offered by Albert E. Lamb, as attorney for five owners. 



Lots 40 and 41, bounded by Maspeth and Morgan avenues, 

 Sharon and Guilford streets. Price, §55,000. Lot Xo. 40. 

 $32,000. and Lot Xo. 41, §23,000. Offered by X. A. Conklin, on 

 behalf of the heirs of William Cooper. 



Land bounded by First avenue, the Bay, Sixty fifth and 

 Sixty-eighth streets. Price, between §;oo.ooo and §1,000,000. 

 Offered by Frank Bailey, as attorney for E. \Y. Bliss. 



Land at the terminus of the Flatbush avenue trolley line, at 

 the junction of Flatbush avenue and Kings highway. 28^- acres. 

 Price, §2,500 an acre. Offered by Edgar Bergen, Esq., as at- 

 torney for himself and others. 



Bay Ridge Park, on Fort Hamilton boulevard. Xo price men- 

 tioned. Suggested by Fred. C. Cocheu. 



One hundred acres, at the junction of Ocean boulevard and 

 Twenty-second avenue. Xo price mentioned. Suggested by 

 M. Town send. 



Two blocks, bounded by Eastern parkway, Schenectady 

 avenue, Troy avenue and President street. Xo price mentioned. 

 Suggested by W. H. Taylor. 



Land on Jamaica avenue, fronting Ridgewood Park. Xo 

 price mentioned. Offered by Walter E. Meserole, for Messrs. 

 Schenck, Monfort and Colyer. 



Two blocks, bounded by Fourteenth and Sixteenth avenues, 

 and Forty-ninth and Fifty-first streets. No price mentioned. 

 Suggested by Geo. A. Allen, Esq. 



