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A temporary skating house has been erected one hundred and 

 sixty-eight feet long, and twenty-eight feet wide, with a platform in 

 front sixteen feet wide. This was placed over the water, and is sup- 

 ported by stone piers. 



WASHINGTON PARK. 



The improvement of this park having been authorized, work was 

 commenced in June, and was prosecuted with considerable energy 

 until it was suspended on account of frost. The following items are 

 the most important so far executed. The Gant has been graded and 

 paved with coal tar concrete. The Artillery road has been graded 

 and paved nearly its entire length, and since both of these are liable 

 to be used for horses, the paving was made four inches in thick- 

 ness. The walks were paved with the same material, but like those 

 on Prospect Park, the material was laid only three inches thick, 

 These walks are made without side gutters. The depression is in the 

 middle, and the silt basins and gratings are also in the middle. The 

 shaping of the grounds and the re-arrangement of the trees has pro- 

 gressed as rapidly as possible with the force employed. The work 

 has been under the immediate charge of Mr. T. P. Kinsley, division 

 engineer, who, with his corps of able assistants, have performed their 

 duties in a very creditable manner. 



Mr. F. Mollard has been general superintendent of labor, and 

 has evinced good executive qualities. 



I am happy to be able to state that the same interest in the work . 

 which existed last year, still continues undiminished, and the same 

 harmony of action throughout the park organization remains un- 

 broken. 



Messrs. Culyer and Bogart still continue to be the same compe- 

 tent and efficient aids as heretofore, and leave nothing to be desired 

 in the management of their respective departments. 



Mr. John McGuire, as General Foreman of the Labor Depart- 

 ment, has discharged the duties of his responsible position with great 

 credit to himself, and to my entire satisfaction. 



C. C. MARTIN, 



Engineer in Charge. 



