REPORT. 



OF 



C. C. MARTIN, ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE. 



Park Commission, City of Brooklyn, 



Engineer's Office, January 1st, 1870. 



Messrs. Olmsted, Vaux & Co.,' 



Landscape- Architects and Superintendents. 



Gentlemen : — 



During the past year the work upon the Park lias been confined 

 mostly to the "Western and Central portions. The force of laborers 

 employed has not been as large as last year, but the results of the sea- 

 son's work have been quite satisfactory since the labor has been con- 

 centrated upon fewer points, and these have been steadily pushed for- 

 ward to completion. ~No strikes have occurred among the laborers and 

 but one among the mechanics, and that was due to an arbitrary society 

 rule which was finally disregarded by the Park employees. 



ROADS. 



The Park drives have been constructed principally with rubble 

 stone foundations. Heretofore the Roa Hook gravel was placed direct- 

 ly upon the broken stone. This season two inches of coarse gravel, 

 with a small admixture of loam, was placed upon the broken stone, and 

 two inches of Roa Hook upon this. 



By the substitution of Park gravel the cost of the drives was mate- 

 rially reduced, as the material was less expensive, and it packed more 

 readily under the action of the roller. There is every reason to sup- 

 pose that these drives will be equally as durable as the more expensive 

 kind, because the wear of the vehicles will still come upon the Roa 



