REPORT OF ENGINEER IN CHARGE. 



Park Commission, City of Brooklyn, 



Engineer's Office, January 1st, 1871. 



Messrs. Olmsted, Vaijx & Co., 



Landscape Architects and Superintendents. 



Gentlemen : I submit a report of operations of construction for 

 the past year. 



The granite steps, the coping, and the stone and brick panels for 

 the fountain basin at the Plaza have been finished. A temporary 

 arrangement of pipes, for jets at the center of the basin, has been 

 used during the season. 



The track of the Brooklyn City and Hunters Point Railroad has 

 been laid across the Plaza, from Vanderbilt to Ninth avenue. The 

 Belgian pavement in the Plaza, near the fountain, has been com- 

 pleted. Connections have been made with a sewer laid through the 

 West Plaza street by the Water Board. 



A wood lining has been put under the Meadowport Archway. 

 The Nethermead Arches have been pointed and finished. Founda- 

 tions have been built for a stable near the dairy ; and the stable, of 

 wood, is in progress of construction by contract. Stone inclosing 

 walls have been built for a stable-yard. Two rustic shelters have 

 been built, one overlooking the meadows from a point near the west 

 drive, the other on the north side of the Ambergill. 



A bridge of bowlder stone has been built, carrying a walk over 

 the Ambergill, and a large amount of rock-work has been constructed 

 at various points. 



The carriage concourse east of the lake has been graded, and 

 only requires surface metal for its completion. A considerable 

 amount of work has been done on the adjacent pedestrian concourse, 

 in accordance with a plan for its completion adopted during the year. 

 The portion of the ride near the dairy has been finished, and a branch 

 to the dairy begun. 



