General Superintendent's Report 



MAINTENANCE. 



The general work of cleaning and caring for all the Parks 

 has been maintained as usual, and, visitors declare, more effi- 

 ciently than in former years. The yearly increasing number 

 of visitors, and incidental amount of wear and damage caused 

 by them, make continual care and vigilance necessary, to 

 prevent the grounds from having a worn and untidy appear- 

 ance. The refuse that people continually leave in the Park, 

 in spite of all efforts to restrain them, is a constant source of 

 annoyance. 



The unusually heav} r snow-falls last winter rendered a large 

 amount of work necessary in cleaning walks and the ice for 

 skating. The severe storms daring the month of August 

 caused immense damage, and on one day (August 22d) the 

 entire Park force, including the police, were kept busy repair- 

 ing damages. 



All of the regular work of repairs and maintenance has 

 been done by Park employees alone. 



PROSPECT PARK — DRIVES AND BRIDLE ROADS. 



The roads and bridle-paths have been cleaned, rolled and 

 kept in repair at all seasons of the year. 



The severe gales, with the heavy rain-falls in August, 

 caused great damage, which has all been repaired. Four 

 thousand three hundred and fifty two cubic yards of Roa 

 Hook gravel were used in repairing and maintaining, and 

 nearly an equal quantity of bank and gravel sand, obtained 



