DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 117 



With an appropriation of sixty thousand dollars for the 

 year 1888, I would suggest that the total of the force be in- 

 creased to seventy-three men, this number including both 

 the permanent and temporary forces, and would apportion the 

 appropriation as follows: 



1 captain $1,647.00 



6 sergeants 6,588.00 



46 men from January to May 1st 11,926.88 



66 men from May 1st to November 1st 26,023.14 



46 men from November 1st to January 1st, 1889 ... 6,005.30 



52,190.32 



1 watchman in store yard 766.50 



1 tailor repairing police clothing 782.00 



1 janitor in mansion 638.75 



5 women in shelters 1,830.00 



Clothing 2,500.00 



Horses 1,000.00 



59,707.57 



Between the months of May and November I would recom- 

 mend the following assignment of the force : 



Prospect Park — 1 captain, 1 station officer, 4 sergeants, 51 

 policemen. 



Washington and City Parks — 1 sergeant, 8 policemen. 



Tompkins Park — 2 policemen. 



Carroll Park — 1 policeman. 



Eastern Parkway — 1 policeman. 



Ocean Parkway — 1 policeman. 



Concourse, C. I., 1 policeman. 



East side lands — 1 policeman. 



Seven mounted men are included in the above, making a 

 total of 73 men. 



M. A. McNAMARA, 



Captain. 

 To John T. Hamilton, 



General Superintendent. 



