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the soil worked over and enriched, and 576 feet of new walks 

 laid out. 



THE ENTRANCE IMPROVED. 



The entrance to the Park at Flatbush avenue was widened 

 fifty feet, to correspond with the two granite columns erected in 

 connection with the Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Arch. This 

 widening was carried back 400 feet. Six hundred and ninety- 

 nine feet of gutter, 299 feet on the East Drive, and 400 feet on 

 the West Drive, were constructed, 2,796 feet of curbstone set, 

 and 9,736 hard bricks laid. All the work was done in the very 

 best manner. The promenade in front of the Park was re-sur- 

 faced with asphalt, 1,841 square yards being laid. The electric 

 light poles, with wires attached, stretching across the main en- 

 trance and around the Plaza, were removed, and in their place 

 artistic posts were erected, and connected with underground 

 wires. Altogether 24 lamps, connected with 3,170 feet of un- 

 derground wire, have been erected. The Plaza was improved 

 by repaving 19,394 square feet, by the cleaning of the mounds, 

 the erection of fences about them, and the asphalting of the 

 walks. The promenade along Mnth avenue to Gate 6, and a 

 portion of Flatbush avenue were regraded, and on the latter 

 avenue 3,262 feet of picket fence were erected. The laying of 

 asphalt began in the middle of June and ended in September. 

 There were two thousand three hundred and nineteen square 

 yards laid about the mounds, seven hundred and forty-eight 

 square yards in front of Gates 2, 3, 4 and 6, two thou- 

 sand three hundred and eighty-seven square yards on the 

 paths leading to and from Swan Boat Lake, and three thousand 

 eight hundred and forty-five square yards used in repairs 

 about the coal sheds, the well house, the boat lauding, the pic- 

 nic shelter, Fort Greene and other Parks. The total area cov- 

 ered represents nine thousand two hundred and ninety-nine 

 square yards. There were used three hundred and three barrels 



