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Works Commissioner Willis, Registrar of Arrears Powell, the 

 Park Commissioner and other distinguished citizens in carriages 

 and on bicycles. 



The procession was received at Prospect Park entrance by a 

 squad of mounted park police and escorted along the most pic- 

 turesque drives in the Park and then along the Eastern Parkway 

 to the Union League Club, where Governor Morton and his staff 

 received and entertained the eminent statesman. 



FORT GREENE PARK. 



Fort Greene, or Washington Park, has received the usual care 

 in the way of maintenance, and large additions have been made 

 to the plantations. 



The plaza covered with asphalt on the Canton street side of 

 the Park, which has long been a source of annoyance, has received 

 the attention of the Department, and a plan for its improvement 

 has been prepared and as soon as possible will be carried out. 



It was expected that a monument would adorn the Tomb of 

 the Martyrs before the close of the year just ended, but the suc- 

 cess that was anticipated through the efforts of the Daughters of 

 the Revolution, seconded by national aid, have as yet proved 

 unavailing, and to the disgrace of the nation it may yet be said 

 that the sacrifices of the brave men, who died that their nation 

 might live, are still denied the simple recognition of a memorial 

 shaft. 



RIDGEWOOD PARK. 



Ridgewood, or Highland Park, as it is sometimes called, 

 which is the terminus of the Eastern Parkway Extension, is a 

 park that will be more thoroughly appreciated this year than 

 ever before. The great mass of the people of this city have 

 never visited it, because of its inaccessibility ; but with the 

 opening of the new road they will be certain to reach it. The 

 views there obtained in every direction are unsurpassed. Dur- 

 ing the past year much work was done toward its final devel- 

 opment. More than half of the main road has been built, 

 many trees and shrubs set out, and foot-paths constructed. A 

 system of sewerage has been introduced, and many attractions 

 added to the natural charms. For the first time in its history, 



