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fifty cubic yards of sand were moved over an average haul of 

 three hundred and fifty feet in less than four months. 



Gore Parks. — All of the gore parks, which include City Hall, 

 Underbill, Zindel, Stuyvesant and Ouyler Parks, received the 

 usual attention ; the fences and fountains being repaired ; the 

 lawns mowed and the flower-beds and shade trees planted. 



Sunset Park. — Upon this Park no work was done, the plans 

 having been withheld to await the outcome of a proceeding to 

 secure additional land. 



Fort Hamilton Avenue. — The work of macadamizing this 

 driveway was begun, and some six hundred feet was completed. 

 The material used consisted of four hundred aud six cubic yards 

 of trap rock, and one hundred and ninety cubic yards of Roa 

 Hook gravel. There were two thousaud five hundred and three 

 square feet of gutter paved, and four hundred and seventy-five 

 lineal feet of curbing set. 



Parade Ground. — The buildings were repaired ; the slate root 

 overhauled ; thirty-four new doors hung, and thirty-five new 

 piers erected under the building, which was painted. The fence 

 was repaired, and two drinking fountains were erected. 



Coney Island Concourse. — Considerable damage was done to 

 the Concourse by the Spring storms. Four men and a cart were 

 kept at the beach to repair the same and to keep it in order. 

 The shelters were badly damaged by the storms, and it was 

 necessary twice during the season to put them in repair. The 

 outside shelter was painted throughout, aud the other shelters 

 were needed. It appears to be only a question of time when the 

 shelters will have to be moved further back. 



Engineering Department. — This Department was employed 

 during the year in making surveys of Ridge wood, Bushwick, 

 Bedford, Sunset and Prospect Parks, and in laying out the Bi- 

 cycle Road. A number of maps and working plans were pre- 



