REPORT OF ASSISTANT ENGINEER. 



Prospect Park, January 1, 1871. 



John Bogart, Esq., 



Engineer in Charge. 



Sir : I submit herewith a report of details concerning the man- 

 agement and operations of the force, together with an account of 

 the means and materials employed in the construction and mainte- 

 nance of the several parks, under the control of the Commissioners, 

 for the year ending December 31, 1870. 



The usual inventory of tools and supplies accompanies this 

 report. 



The larger part of the year's operations have been confined 

 to the lower end of the park, or lake district, and the develop- 

 ment of the ground about the Glen Farm-house and pic-nic 

 grounds. 



The mechanical work has been less than the previous season, 

 and has mainly consisted in the completion of the Nethermead 

 and Meadowport Arches, a rustic bridge or culvert in the Glen, 

 the boiler house, the reservoir on Lookout Hill, and four rustic 

 shelters. 



In addition to this, an ornamental structure for a shelter and 

 lookout on the east drive is in hand and approaching completion. 



The work of completing the cover or roof to the well is in 

 progress, the wood and iron work being nearly ready to be put up. 



FORCE. 



During the working season the average of men and teams em- 

 ployed was 794, being a less force than has been engaged during any 

 previous season of the same duration. 



