EEPORT OF C. C. MARTIN, 



Engineer in Charge. 



Park Commission, City of Brooklyn, 



Engineer's Office, January 1st, 18G8. 



Messrs. Olmsted, Vaux & Co., 



Landscape Architects and Superintendents. 



Gentlemen : In the following report will be found a general de- 

 scription of the work executed on the park during the year 1867. 



Previous to the date of my appointment as engineer in charge 

 in May last, the position was held by Mr. J. P. Davis, with whom, 

 before assuming its duties, I had such opportunity for consultation, 

 as was necessary to enable me to comprehend the nature and ex- 

 tent of the work that had been carried on in the early part of the 

 year. 



PLAZA. 



During the season the Plaza mounds have been completed, 

 planted, and enclosed with a temporary fence, nearly all of the curb 

 has been set around the interior of the Plaza, and the grading has 

 been done, and a portion of the pavement laid. 



ROADS. 



During the season two distinct kinds of roads have been con- 

 structed, viz. : the Telford road and the rubble road. The prepara- 

 tion of the road bed, the drainage, and the surfacing are the same 

 for both. 



The road bed is prepared by bringing it to a sub-grade, twenty- 

 seven inches below the finished grade. This is carefully shaped to 

 correspond with the finished road, and thoroughly rolled. 



