EEPOET OF J. Y. CITLYEK, 



ASSISTANT ENGINEER IN CHARGE. 



Park Commission, City of Brooklyn, 



Engineer's Office, January 1st, 1868. 



Mr. C. C. Martin, 



Engineer in Charge. 



Dear Sir : The following is a report of means and materials 

 employed in the construction and maintenance of the park, during 

 the year 1867 : 



FORCE EMPLOYED. 



The earlier part of the year 1867 was marked by an unusual 

 prolongation of severe weather and continued frost, which was so far 

 favorable to the advancement of the work as it secured good roads 

 and runs. 



This work mainly consisted in heavy earth excavation in the 

 Plaza district, mucking and composting in the pigeon ground, and 

 the general collection, assorting and preparing of stone, for roads, 

 walks, &c. 



These operations gave employment to an average force, com- 

 prised of horses and carts, teams, stonebreakers and laborers, of 

 about five hundred men, through the months of January, February 

 and March. 



Active spring operations were resumed early in April, with a 

 force of six hundred men, increased to one thousand at the close of 

 the month. 



In the early part of the summer, a large area of new ground 

 coming under the jurisdiction of the Commission, the force was grad- 

 ually and continuously increased, to meet the necessities of the 

 developing work, in this newly acquired district. 



