BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONER?. IT 



it is concluded that the interests of the public will be more 

 directly conserved by selling it with the rest of the property. 



Public intelligence has, we believe, been fully awakened with 

 regard to the proposition of the Commissioners to improve the 

 property remaining in the possession of the city. This is pro- 

 posed, in order, as the Commissioners believe, that when it shall 

 enter into the possession of the purchaser, proper facilities as 

 to access and availability for building purposes will be secured. 

 Thus individuals desiring to improve their lots at once would 

 be relieved from the embarrassments of the law of 1877, the 

 restrictions of which are so onerous and difficult of compliance 

 with. This suggested the work of improvement with which 

 your honorable body is fully informed. To encourage the pur- 

 chase and improvement of this property by private parties 

 desirous of erecting suitable dwelling houses in the vicinity of 

 the Park, is of the first importance. 



Another proposition no less important and having a signifi- 

 cant bearing upon the one already submitted is now offered for 

 your consideration. Every reasonable means should be adopted 

 to prevent the purchase of any portion of these lands for specu- 

 lative purposes by parties who have no interest or concern in 

 their improvement, or in the benefit which the city may, under 

 certain conditions, derive therefrom. 



The Commissioners at this time can only reaffirm their judg- 

 ment of the wisdom of adopting this proposed plan, or some 

 equally feasible one. 



FORCE. 



The force employed, which includes the office clerks, mechan- 

 ics, laborers, and park keepers, remains in number and charac- 

 ter of organization substantially the same as last year. It may 

 be safely said that eighty per cent of this force has been in the 

 employ of the Commissioners for over five years, while the ma- 

 jority have been in our employ for over ten years. 



The keeper force, which at present contains, including the 

 officers, about forty-two men, is scarcely adequate for the wide 



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