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sewer is laid, as already described, which will be extended to 

 the stables and surrounding buildings. All the buildings in 

 this portion of the park will thus be properly severed. The 

 other buildings and shelters are provided with cesspools only. 

 Such receptacles contain deadly ingredients of disease, which 

 are transmitted in a thousand imperceptible forms to those 

 who frequent them. They should be done away with as soon 

 as possible. Inasmuch as Prospect Park is divided by a high 

 ridge, and the southern section being the lower, it will not 

 be feasible to connect the southerly portion of it with sewevs 

 running toward the north. When there is a proper sewer 

 built for the town of Platbnsh, it would be advisable to 

 connect the buildings on the southerly side of the park with 

 it, until then it will probably be necessary, unless some plan 

 can be devised for relieving the difficulty, to retain the objec- 

 tionable cesspools or else try some of the sanitary inventions 

 proposed for disinfection. Those in charge of such a public 

 trust as Prospect Park, sacred to the health and lives of great 

 multitudes of men, women and little children, should bestow 

 on such a subject, so vital to the city, the greatest care and 

 the most conscientious thought. 



cark r(ecreahons 



The Park has many uses. It is the lungs of a great city, 

 where people can draw a full breath of fresh air. It is a field 

 for the student, a retreat for the meditative philosopher, a 

 resort for artists, poets, painters and all who have imagination. 

 It has another use, viz., recreation. It is when the long 

 meadow is covered with courts and dotted with little children 

 and youth of both sexes, tilling the joyous sunny air with 

 happy shouts beneath a cloudless sky, on a summer day, that 

 Prospect Park may be said to be at its meridian. 



Let us look for a moment at some of these recreations. 



