BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS. 15 



The sale iu Brooklyn in a single afternoon of three hundred, lots 

 under a spurted competition was of gratifying significance, and 

 may not unreasonably be looked upon as indicating a growing- 

 interest in her real estate, which, under favorable circumstances 



and at the proper time, may be taken advantage of by renewing 

 the sale which was suspended as a matter of judgment on the 

 seventeenth instant. 



The Brooklyn Park Commissioners were fully confirmed by 

 the evidences the sale disclosed, in the favorable opinion they 

 have entertained as to the promising future of this property, 

 and it is their judgment that the public expectation now 

 renewed in this enterprise may be fully realized in the future 

 sale of this property, amounting to over seven hundred lots. 



In view of these facts it is deemed desirable in the public 

 interest to take advantage of the act of the Legislature, chap- 

 ter 458, of the Laws of 1877, which authorizes the Common 

 Council of the city to raise a sum not exceeding two hundred 

 thousand dollars for the further improvement and sale of Pros- 

 pect Park lands authorized to be sold by the Act of 1870, and 

 the Act amendatory thereof. 



It is apparent to many that were the remaining lots made 

 more attractive in their surface features by grading, Arc, and 

 rendered accessible by opening streets through them, that the 

 consequent development of the resources of the locality would 

 greatly add to the market value of the property and aid the 

 intelligent taste and judgment of the intending purchaser. 



We recommend that a sum not exceeding $200,000, or so 



much thereof as may be desirable, be authorized to be ex- 

 pended for this purpose, and it is to the consideration of this 

 proposition that your attention and co-operation are solicited. 



Very respectfully, 



J. S. T. STPiANAHAN. 



President. 

 Brooklyn, November 21, 1881. 



