THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS; 



For tiie Year 1872. 



To the Honorable the Mayor and Common Council of 

 the City of Brooklyn : 



The Brooklyn Park Commissioners respectfully present 

 a report of the progress made by them during the year 1872, 

 upon the various operations under their charge, together with 

 a statement of their receipts and expenditures for the same 

 period. 



It will be seen from the reports of their Superintendents 

 and Engineer, which are herewith submitted, that the opera- 

 tions of the Commissioners have been particularly directed 

 to the extension of the long meadow towards the western 

 angle of Prospect Park, and to the grading, draining and 

 planting of the district which lies between it and the 9th 

 avenue. But little remains to be done upon this section of 

 the park which may not be finished in the course of another 

 season. The deer paddock and the lake within it, constituting 

 an important feature in the plan of this park, have been com- 

 pleted, and the small stock of deer which were presented by 

 the gentlemen named in our former report, may now be 

 turned out into the inclosure. 



The Commissioners have also the pleasure to state, that 

 the Cleft-ridge Span, constructed with the Beton Coignet ma- 

 terial, is now complete, and thus far justifies the expectations 

 formed of its utility and economy. The adjoining district, 



