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the Commissioners felt satisfied in the consciousness that they. 

 were performing the duty of their office, besides morally 

 benefiting the city at large by removing a rendezvous of vice, 

 and iniquity. 



It was this particular spot in the park that some time ago 

 provoked a hitter and prolonged newspaper attack, that 

 afforded the Commissioners no little gentle amusement. It is 

 scarcely necessary to add that inasmuch as all such animad- 

 versions were not addressed to the Commissioners through the 

 proper channel of communication, they have declined to take 

 the slightest notice of them, feeling that all such controversy 

 whatsoever would be entirely beneath them. 



The Committee beg to thank the general public for the warm 

 approval and encouragement bestowed upon their action in 

 this matter as well as for the appreciation, so often expressed, 

 of the beautified and greatly improved condition of the place. 



I hr oeecfyer .. VLonument. 



The selection of a suitable site on which to erect the monu- 

 ment that is to honor the memory of Brooklyn's great and 

 gifted citizen, Henry Ward Beeclier, is a subject that naturally 

 has occasioned much discussion. Inasmuch as such a site is 

 soon to be decided upon, the suggestions here offered may 

 have a timely bearing upon a matter in which all of us feel so 

 deeply interested. 



The site should be selected before the design or base of the 

 monument are decided upon, as they should be made to harmo- 

 nize with the surroundings. The location of the site should also 

 harmonize as much as possible with the life and character of 

 the monumental man that it commemorates. It should be a 

 characteristic as well as a commanding one. 



In view of the fact that the proposed monument will, in all 

 probability, be placed in some city park or square, so that it 

 will eventually come under the protection of the Park Depart- 

 ment, the Commissioners have considered the whole matter 

 very carefully, and the Committee appointed for the purpose 

 have studied the subject specially. As a result of such delib- 



