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the general foreman, as a matter of interest, concerning the force, 

 for whose management he is directly responsible : 



December 31, 1870. 

 John Y. Culyer, Engineer in Charge. 



Sir : For the year ending December 31, 1870, I feel gratified in 

 being able to report a smaller number of discharges and suspensions 

 of foremen and assistant foremen compared with what it has here- 

 tofore been my duty to bring to your notice. All the foremen 

 employed during the year have been at least three years under the 

 present management, a majority of them since the commencement 

 of the work, and all thoroughly disciplined and drilled in its require- 

 ments. They have done well throughout the year, seeming to vie 

 with each other, as well in executing the work rapidly, as in con- 

 forming to the rules. All of the assistant foremen have been em- 

 ployed on the park upward of three years, with one exception, Wm, 

 H. Furey, who was appointed in May last. 



The men applying for work on the laboring force have hardly 

 been up to the average of those employed during 1869. This will 

 account for the unusually large number of discharges and suspensions 

 recorded in the discipline book. 



There have been three promotions of assistant foremen to the 

 rank of foremen, viz., John Wallace, Andrew Veith, and Hugh 

 Thompson. One foreman discharged for intoxication ; two have 

 resigned ; one has died ; and one assistant has been suspended for 

 neglect of duty. The highest number of foremen employed at any 

 time has been fifteen, and of assistant foremen, five. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



JOHN MAGUIRE, 



General Foreman. 



ACCIDENTS. 



One case of sunstroke occurred during the extreme heat of the 

 summer, which, owing to prompt application of the remedies pro- 

 vided by the Commission for such cases, did not result fatally. 



Twenty runaways have been reported ; no fatal accident has 

 occurred ; no serious result has followed, except in two cases. 



Two laborers were seriously injured by the falling of earth ; to 

 neither, however, has the accident proved fatal. 



The body of a man was found in the lake district in the early 

 part of the year. The result of the coroner's inquest was, that the 

 man had been intoxicated, and losing his way across the park, was 

 frozen to death. 



A child was drowned in the fountain-basin during the summer, 

 the result of gross carelessness on the part of those having charge 

 of her. 



