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of unusual excellence, and were greatly enjoyed by innumerable 

 people. The attendance on Labor Day, when an extra concert 

 was given, reached forty-five thousand. The music was given 

 by the best musical leaders to be obtained, including F. N. Innes, 

 Allied D. Fobs, Louis Conterno, and Louis Borjes. There were 

 fifteen Saturday concerts, fourteen Sunday concerts, a Fourth of 

 July concert and a Labor Day conceit in Prospect Park: sixteen 

 Saturday concerts in Washington Park, two in Winthrop Park, 

 and four in City Park. The four concerts given in City Park 

 were conducted by the members of the Brooklyn Guild Associa- 

 tion. 



THE PARKWAYS. 



The Ocean Parkway presents a difficult problem for solu- 

 tion, in the way of lighting and keeping the roadway in re- 

 pair. Its length and width, together with the constant wear, 

 due to its popularity, make the question of its maintenance 

 an expensive as well as a difficult oue. I have endeavored to 

 prevent some of the destruction by issuing an order to the 

 police, directing them to keep all traffic wagons on the smaller 

 side avenues, which run parallel with the main roadway. This 

 was resented at first by the owners of business wagons, but 

 several arrests and the infliction of fines by Justice Steers had 

 an excellent deterring effect. There are times, however, when the 

 weather makes the side roads very heavy for trucking, and the 

 City should take some steps toward providing the Park Depart- 

 ment with a fund to pave at least one of these side streets. If 

 this was done, no excuse would be left to the drivers of business 

 vehicles to refrain from driving on the side roads. As far as 

 possible, the Parkway lias been kept in good condition. Atten- 

 tion has been devoted to the trees, which have been trimmed, and 

 new ones placed where old ones had died. Within the past 

 month, petitions signed by many prominent citizens, who desire 

 to have this load lighted from the Park to the sea, have been 



