A P P E N D I X 



At a meeting of the Commissioners on the 25th day of January, 

 1808, Mr. A. A. Low submitted the following report on the subject 

 of a sale of Washington Park, which, on his motion, seconded by 

 Mr. Bergen, was ordered to be published in connection with the 

 annual report, as an appendix, expressive of the views of such 

 members of the Board as should sign it. 



SPECIAL REPORT. 



In the judgment of the undersigned, were the Park Commis- 

 sioners free to deal with Washington Park according to their own 

 judgment of what the best interest of the city demands, they 

 would return the money raised for the improvement of the park to 

 the City Treasury, stop all expenditures thereon, and initiate measures 

 for a sale of the property by converting it into building lots. 



From the maps on file in the office of the Street Commissioner, 

 it appears that within the limits of this park, as at present laid out, 

 there were 435 lots and parts of lots facing upon the streets and 

 avenues that intersected the park, which streets and avenues were 

 ordered to be closed. 



It is computed that if the whole plot were judiciously laid out 

 and sold with suitable building covenants, and a satisfactory title 

 given, this property would realize more than a million dollars. If 

 judiciously improved it is safe to assume, at the present cost of 

 building, an expenditure, when the whole track is covered with the 

 average number of buildings, of at least three millions of dollars. 



The probable saving to the city may be reckoned thus : 



Value of Washington Park if divided into lots and 



sold $1,000,000 



Cost of contemplated improvement if retained as a 



public park 200,000 



Direct saving §1,200,000 



