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may be reduced, if thought expedient, during the progress of 

 the work : 



Drainage $22,000 



Manure 24,000 



Trenching 11,000 



Roads 75,000 



Walks 12,000 



Ponds 5,000 



Leveling and Esplanade 38,000 



Enclosure 18,000 



Viaduct 17,000 



Sub-roadway under Flatbush Avenue 6,000 



Planting 24,000 



Gateways, Lodges, and Contingencies 48,000 



Total $300,000 



CONCLUSION. 



The basis upon which the foregoing estimate has been 

 founded, and from which the general conclusions have been 

 drawn, are, 1st, A triangulation of the entire area of the park, 

 thus locating and defining its general topographical features ; 

 2d, The instrumental traversing of all defined lines ; 3d, The 

 instrumental location of all water deposits, and connection of 

 the same by a system of levels ; and 4th, A careful and thorough 

 examination and study for several months of all the natural 

 features in outline and detail. 



In the conduct of the work, I have been assisted by the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen : 



G. S. Baciiu8, Esq., C. E. 



Mr. Stevenson Towle, C. E. 



Me. Thomas Laurier, C. E, of Brooklyn. 



Me. "W. C. Hawkeswoeth, City Surveyor, of Brooklyn. 



Me. Hamilton Ewen, City Surveyor, of Brooklyn. 



Mr. John Crumly, C. E. 



Mr. Frederick Rawolle, B. S. 

 To these gentlemen I am, considering the peculiar circum- 



