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attractive feature of the landscape of the neighborhood. It is 

 not entirely safe for children, many of whom resort to it without 

 the knowledge of their parents. It is a primitive affair, and was 

 placed there as an experiment, and I recommend that its future 

 use be discontinued and that the structure be removed, 



A special appropriation of 810,000 was made available this 

 year by an Act of the Legislature of 1861 for construction pur- 

 poses. This amount has been expended in the erection of a 

 substantial brick building to be used as a stable on the park. It 

 is located within the wooded area between the West Drive and 

 Ninth avenue, on a line of Seventh street, extended. This par- 

 ticular neighborhood has been in use for many years as a con- 

 venient headquarters for the working force of the park, and as a 

 storage yard for machinery and material necessary for the prose- 

 cution of the work. The structure is built of brick, two stories 

 in height, with slate roof, and will contain accommodations for 

 twenty horses, together with the necessary provision for the 

 storage of hay, &c. The site, while affording all desirable con- 

 veniences for park purposes, is almost entirely sequestered. At 

 the nearest point it is 300 feet from the easterly line of Ninth 

 avenue, and will be distant at least 400 feet from any building line 

 possible. Care has been taken to make the appliances for 

 drainage, &c, as complete as possible, for which purpose a con- 

 nection with the city sewer and an ample water supply will 

 afford sufficient security. 



The buildings on the Fifteenth street border of the park, at 

 present used in part for offices, stables aud keepers' station, are 

 unserviceable and generally unfit for further occupation by man 

 or beast, Their early removal will obliterate an unsightly and 

 intrusive feature of the neighborhood. 



An appropriation of a similar amount for construction purposes 

 is provided for the coming year. No better use probably could 

 be found for it than to replace the buildings now used for offices 

 by a convenient structure elsewhere. The site would naturally 

 be in the vicinity of the stable newly erected and near the line of 



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