DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. I I I 



At the City Park 2,983 feet of fence were painted, and 2,130 

 feet of water pipe laid. 



At Bedford Park a drinking fountain was supplied, together 

 with one hundred and fifty feet of water pipe and one hundred 

 and fifty feet of sewer pipe. 



At Tompkins Park a tool shed, 16x8 feet, was built and painted, 

 one hundred and fifty feet of block wall reset. 1,180 feet of fence 

 painted, and two fountains and closets repaired. 



At Winthrop Park the fence, drinking fountains and closets 

 were repaired. 



At Highland Park a cover was built over the pump and a con- 

 nection made with the reservoir. 



At Bush wick Park 2,250 feet of fence were erected and painted, 

 the shelter removed to the centre of the Park, six hundred tree 

 stakes supplied, together with two hundred and seventy tree 

 boxes, and 2,850 feet of galvanized iron pipe laid. 



At Underhill Park four hundred and fifty feet of iron fence 

 and the fountain were repaired. 



In the Eighteenth Ward a fence was erected around the new 

 triangular park, and fifty feet of pipe laid. 



MATERIALS USED DURING THE YEAR. 



The materials used during the year were as follows: 177,255 

 feet of lumber, about 15,000 feet of fencing pipe, 3,500 feet of 

 irrigation pipe, 3.473 cubic yards of Roa Hook gravel, 4,123 loads 

 of top soil, 882 loads of manure, 8 tons of bone dust, 234 barrels 

 of chemical tar, 58 boxes of glass, 197 barrels of cement, 19 barrels 

 of lime, 629 tons of coal, 5,500 pounds of white lead and 10 barrels 

 of paint. 



The amount of water pumped into the lake by the park pump 

 was 103,158,448 gallons. The amount received from the New 

 Utrecht Water Company, from March to September, was 16,213,- 

 275 gallons. 



Respectfully submitted, 



R. ULRICH, 

 General Superintendent. 



