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Brooklyn Park Commission, 

 Office of Design and Superintendence, 

 January 1st, 18G7. 

 J. P. Davis, Esq., 



Engineer in charge : 

 Dear Sir : In the following report you will find a statement and 

 summary of general facts and statistics compiled from the accounts 

 and records of the force kept at this office. 



ORGANIZATION. 



The force is arranged in gangs of from twenty to fifty men. 

 Over each gang is placed a foreman, and, when necessary, an assist- 

 ant foreman ; the whole being under the management and active 

 supervision of a general foreman. 



The method of keeping and returning the time of the men is as 

 follows : 



• Each foreman is provided with two time-books, with the names 

 of his men written therein, and so ruled and headed that at roll-call 

 he has only to make a check mark opposite the name of each man 

 present; or, if the man comes or leaves at irregular hours, the 

 foreman marks the hour in the proper column, headed " came " or 

 " left." 



There are three roll-calls each day. In calling the roll, the men 

 are required to form a line, and, as each man's name is called by the 

 foreman, he steps out, and is identified by the assistant foreman ; or, 

 if the gang has no assistant foreman, by a man selected for the pur- 

 pose, who responds "right;" or, if the man called is not present, he 

 answers " absent." 



At the last roll-call for the day, the foreman states aloud, as each 

 man's name is called, the number of hours' work with which he is 

 credited for the day. 



The time-books are collected by messengers from this office, when 

 the computation of hours worked is made up, and the books re-dis- 

 tributed each day. The office is thus charged with the sole responsi- 

 bility of all required computations, the foreman's record being a 

 mere tally mark. 



The foremen, at the end of each pay term (of two weeks) are 

 required to make an affidavit to the correctness of their returns. 



When the weather prevents work, and on holidays, foremen and 

 assistant foremen are required to report (unless specially excused) 



