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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT.— (continued.) 



establishment of a park police, 161. 



present cost of the park, and how paid for, 162. 



advance in value around the park, 163. 



Lincoln monument presented by the "War Fund Committee, 



16.-,. 

 improvement of the small parks of the city suggested, 166. 

 vault for the remains of the Prison Ship Martyrs, 167. 

 Park Ordinance, No. 2, 1T0. 

 Park Rules and Regulations, 171. 

 Olmsted & Vaux report a further development of the park design, 



173. 

 public use of the park, 174. 

 the parkway approaches and connections, 175. 

 relations of the park to street arrangements, 176. 

 present street arrangements inadequate to the public require- 

 ments, 177. 

 historical development of existing street arrangements, 178. 

 erroneous views of town life, 186. 

 conditions under wdiich the evils of a town life have diminished, 



187. 

 separation of business and domestic life, 189. 

 general recreative requirements, 190. 

 inadequate domestic access to suburbs, 191. 

 the advantageous position of Brooklyn, 192. 

 its opportunity to create a grand suburb, 194. 

 present and prospective influence of the park upon the value of 



property in the city, 195. 

 the parkway and its extensions, 197. 

 its advantages exclusively for Brooklyn, 200. 

 Engineer Martin reports on the construction of the park roads, 203. 

 park archways and bridges, 205. 

 walks, pools, and drainage, 207. 

 Assistant Engineer Bogart reports on the details of construction. 



211. 

 Assistant Engineer Culver on labor, force, and its discipline, 218. 

 AV.\sniNGTON Park, design for its reconstruction, 224. 



special committee's report thereon, 229. 

 Parade Ground, design for its construction, 232. 

 NLNTH annual report of the Commissioners for 1868, 217. 

 changes in the board, 249. 



legislative provisions for maintaining the parks, 250. 

 the laying out of streets over the county again urged, 251. 

 the property between Ninth and Tenth avenues to be annexed to 



the park, 252. 

 urging a sale of the east-side land, 253. 



