BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS. 



keeping it free from snow in winter; as this frequently necessi- 

 tates withdrawing a portion of our force from more important 

 work, we suggest that the care of this park be transferred to 

 the Department of City Works, which has charge of all the 

 public buildings in the vicinity. 



BEDFORD AVENUE. 



This avenue was, by special legislation in 1878, placed under 

 the care of this Department. 



In 1881 the amount which could be expended upon it for 

 cleaning and repairs was limited by Act of the Legislature to 

 five thousand dollars per annum, 



The importance of the avenue as a thoroughfare, and its 

 present defective condition, coupled with the limited means 

 provided by law for its maintenance, compel us, after careful 

 consideration, to recommend its transfer to the Department of 

 City Works. To this Department, which has the care of nearly 

 all the other streets of the city, as well as the water and sewer- 

 age systems underlying the same, the care and control of this 

 avenue seems to us naturally to belong ; and, in making such 

 transfer, adequate provision should be made for its immediate 

 repair. 



CONSTITUTION OF PARK COMMISSION. 



In our judgment, the time has now arrived when a change 

 should be made in the constitution of the Commission. 



The great work of constructing and developing our present 

 system of parks naturally suggested that all sections of the city 

 should be represented in the Commission. 



This work, now substantially completed, has justly merited 

 and received the approval of all classes, and there seems to us 

 no longer a necessity for so large a Commission . 



To maintain our parks as now constituted will be the chief 

 labor of the future, and to this end constant care and direct 

 supervision are imperatively demanded. 



