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but I believe that when the work is commenced its beauty 

 will be immediately appreciated, and public sentiment will 

 compel its completion. 



There are a few improvements, not in the original plan, but 

 nevertheless necessary in Prospect Park. One is a larger 

 water supply for the lakes. This can be furnished by the 

 delivery of from four to five million gallons of water daily from 

 our City's supply, by an extra pump at Washington avenue 

 station. This water could be introduced in such manner as 

 to give us many pleasing and attractive features, adding 

 much to the beauty of the Park, before reaching the Lake, 

 where the work of cleansing and purifying the waters would 

 begin. 



The new sewer in Flatbush, crossing the Boulevard, could 

 be used as an outlet, and the overflow would flush the sewer. 

 This would give a current running the entire distance of the 

 Lake. Mayors Ohapin and Boody and Commissioner Adams 

 have each approved of the plan, and stated that on the com- 

 pletion of the water tower and the extra pump the City could 

 furnish the water. 



In the event that the supply of so much water daily could 

 or would cripple the city's supply, Prospect Park has upon 

 and adjoining the present well an unfailing water supply, at 

 the depth of about one hundred feet. A new pumping sta- 

 tion is needed in the Park, and from estimates made, one 

 with sufficient capacity to give the necessary water can be 

 obtained at less expense than any other water is supplied to 

 the city, or obtained by any other corporation in this country. 

 And in making arrangements for this new pumping station, 

 an electric plant could be put in, whereby the Park could be 

 thoroughly lighted, at less expense than the present insuffici- 

 ent system costs the Department. 



The Park is daily becoming more and more popular. The 

 Lake is sought for shelter and cooling breezes. Thousands of 

 our little ones are taken to the Park day after day, to pre- 



