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location of such piers, wharves or docks as we have deemed 

 proper; now report that the probable cost of "the land and 

 riparian rights, including the land under water to be acquired for 

 such purposes " as are contemplated by the statute, is two and 

 one-half millions of dollars ($2,500,000). 



JOHN B. WOODWARD, 

 ELIJAH R. KENNEDY, 

 GEORGE INGRAM, 

 WILLIAM BROWN, 

 JOHN CONDON, 

 SOLOMON W. JOHNSON, 

 SIMEON B. CHITTENDEN. 



There was also filed with this report a supplementary report, 

 directed to the Mayor of the city, which explained the views of 

 the commission with reference to the construction of the road 

 and its general details. 



This report was as follows : 



BROOKLYN, February 18, 1895. 

 The Honorable CHARLES A. SCHIEREN, Mayor. 



SlR: — The undersigned commissioners, appointed by you pur- 

 suant to Chapter 758, Laws of 1894, give you notice that the 

 provisions of Section 2 of the act have been fully complied with. 

 The plan of "a public driveway and parkway * * * with 

 such public places, borders and appurtenances" as we " consider 

 best for the public interest " has been filed " in the office of the 

 Department of Parks," together with " a report as to the probable 

 cost of the land and riparian rights, including land under water, 

 to be acquired," and " a duplicate thereof " has been filed " in the 

 office of the County Clerk." For more convenient reference we 

 hand you copies of our report for yourself and the other city and 

 county officers mentioned in the act, and lithograph copies, on a 

 reduced scale, of the plan or map. 



The purpose of the statute and of our appointment is well 

 understood to be the determining of boundaries and details for 

 a " parkway " along the shore of New York Bay and the Narrows, 

 together with such additions and " appurtenances " as will, in our 

 judgment, best serve "the public interest." The boundaries fixed 

 by us, and now submitted to the city and county officials men- 

 tioned, can be understood only by examining the map and by 

 visiting the district where the parkway is located. It seems de- 



