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street and Ocean Parkway. New walks have been laid around 

 the West Mound, and the carriage entrance on the Plaza at 

 Ninth avenue, and Fifteenth street has been laid with chemical 

 tar composition. 



New walks have been made, with coping of stone, at the 

 Ocean Parkway Entrance, and new T walks at Ninth avenue and 

 Fifteenth street, Ninth street, Seventh street, Third street 

 and the Main Entrances, so that now, even in the worst 

 weather, a good walk is afforded pedestrians at all of the 

 entrances to Prospect Paik. 



The entire system of walks have been repaired, and resur- 

 faced where in need of it, and for the work, two thousand five 

 hundred and thirty-eight cubic yards of gravel and nine hun- 

 dred and forty-three barrels of chemical tar composition have 

 been used. 



Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-three square 

 feet of new walks were laid, and eighty thousand three hun- 

 dred and sixty-five square feet of old walks re-surfaced. 



The sidewalks on Ninth, Flatbush, Ocean, Franklin and 

 Coney Island avenues and Fifteenth street, surrounding Pros- 

 pect Park, most of which were badly washed by the storms, 

 have been regraded and put in comparatively good order. 



Five flights ot granite steps were built on steep walks. 



LAWNS AXD MEADOWS. 



The lawns and meadows have received careful atten- 

 tion. About one-third were given a good top-dressing, mainly 

 from material made on Park land, and preparations have been 

 made to cover a large area during the coming winter. 



The severe drought made it necessary to water the meadows 

 from the hydrants, and, where these were inaccessible, with 

 the road sprinklers at evening. 



The great meadow and the grass, at the entrances, were 

 kept mown the entire season, and all other portions, after the 

 hay had been removed, were also attended to. 



