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ident,who had given special personal study to this source of supply, 

 and who had from the outset perfect confidence in its availability. 

 It is, therefore, a matter of congratulation that the plans prepared 

 by Mr. Martin, as enginccr-in-charge, and approved after thorough 

 consideration by your board, have this year been successfully carried 

 out, the present indications being that a considerably larger supply 

 of water will be obtained than it was thought necessary to provide. 

 The general result is, that a provision of excellent cold spring water, 

 sufficient not only to keep the extensive ornamental waters in a con- 

 dition favorable to health, but to furnish a large number of drinking 

 fountains, has been secured in a manner which makes the park, to a 

 great degree, independent of all other sources of supply. A public 

 walk is required to pass the point where, for engineering reasons, 

 the well occurs ; and as many visitors will be desirous of examining 

 it, we have preferred to treat its mouth in such a way that, while per- 

 fectly protected, no one can pass without obtaining a somewhat 

 forcible impression of the extent and character of the work. For 

 this purpose the walk, as it approaches the well from either side, is 

 enlarged so as to include a circular deck, in the middle of which is a 

 railed opening twenty feet in diameter overhanging the outer part of 

 the cavity. 



The boiler house attached to the well is in a conspicuous position 

 on the lake shore, and we have designed its exterior with special 

 reference to this prominence of situation. In its interior plan, a 

 stairway for communication with the pump platform at the bottom 

 of the well has been provided, so that, under proper regulations, 

 visitors may have the opportunity of examining the works with ease 

 and safety. 



Mr. Martin, we are informed, is about to give 'up the appoint- 

 ment of engineer-in-charge, which he has for some time held 

 under your Commission, having been invited to fill a position in 

 the city of Brooklyn of larger professional responsibility ; and we 

 desire to put on record our sense of the value of his services to 

 the park, not only in the solution of such special problems of 

 construction as the one referred to above, but also in the daily 

 supervision of the various operations that have been necessary to 

 the practical development of the park design during the last two 

 years. 



There has been a more extensive transplanting of trees of a size 

 making the use of special transporting apparatus desirable upon 

 your ground than, to our knowledge, has been attempted elsewhere 

 on the continent. Two trucks of original design, prepared by Mr. 



