l6o REPORT OF THE 



A CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENT. 



On November iith Commissioner Woodruff sent to Mayor 

 Wurster his resignation, which read as follows: 



"BROOKLYN, November ii, 1896. 

 " Hon. Frederick W. Wurster, 



" Mayor of the City of Brooklyn : 



" My Dear Mr. Mayor — I respectfully tender my resigna- 

 tion as Commissioner of Parks, to take effect on December first. I 

 would have asked you to relieve me of the onerous, although 

 delightful, duties of this office as soon as my election to the 

 Lieutenant-Governorship was assured, but many improvements 

 now in full operation can only be continued till soon suspended 

 by freezing weather, thus establishing the first of December as 

 the best time in the public interest for a change in the head of 

 this very important Department. 



" Your appointee, who is to succeed me, will be afforded every 

 opportunity to familiarize himself with the affairs of the Depart- 

 ment between the time of his appointment and my vacation of 

 the office, and will thus have the advantage I enjoyed of a short 

 period between the date of his appointment and the date of his 

 assumption of his duties. 



" In tendering you my resignation as one of your cabinet 

 officers, permit me to express my sincere appreciation of the 

 many courtesies you have extended to me, and to assure you that 

 I sever my official relations with you and the other members of 

 the cabinet with deep regret. 



"Yours very respectfully, 



"TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, 



"Commissioner." 



This resignation was accepted in the following manner: 



"BROOKLYN, November 12, 1896. 

 " Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff: 



" My Dear Sir — I hereby accept your resignation from the 

 office of Park Commissioner of the City of Brooklyn, tendered in 

 your letter of November 11, to take effect on December first. 



" The promptness and expedition with which you have pushed 

 to completion public works of importance have met with general 

 approval. It can be regarded as a compliment to the City of 

 Brooklyn that you have been taken from an important post in the 



