DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. I 83 



Roads and Drives — 



Area, 

 Location. Length. Width. Sq. Yds. 



Fourteenth avenue 700 80 6,222 



Bay Eighth street 780 60 5,200 



Main drive from Cropsey av. to marsh. 820 40 3,622 



Bridge across marsh 604 28 1,880 



From marsh to Seventh avenue 2,200 40 9,778 



Foot-path across bridge 600 12 800 



Total 5,704 260 27,502 



In the construction of the timber bridge across the marsh, 

 504 spruce piles, 35 feet long, and 190,000 feet B. M. yellow pine 

 timber were used. 



Eight and three-quarters acres of ground were plowed and 

 partly covered with top-soil. 



A stable, 16 by 24 feet, and an office, 12 by 16 feet, were put up. 



Two 3-inch wells were driven, one to a depth of 42 feet, and 

 the other to a depth of 70 feet. 



AT LINCOLN TERRACE. 



A survey of this park was made, and a design prepared for 

 the same. 



Two thousand, four hundred and thirty feet of iron picket 

 fence were erected around the park. 



Excavation — 



Buffalo avenue, cubic yards 4,630 



Rochester avenue, cubic yards 7,3 1 5 



President street, cubic yards 840 



Total 12,785 



AT SARATOGA SQUARE. 



A survey of this park was made, and a design prepared for 

 the same. 



Amount of filling, cubic yards 1,940 



Amount of top-soil, cubic yards 7,300 



Length of iron picket fence, lineal feet 1,766 



Area of park, acres 3i 



