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walks been graded, and twenty-six covered with ashes, ready 

 for I lie tar pavement. A large quantity of top-soil and 

 manure has been put over the surface, and progress made in 

 shaping the hill and excavating for the lake. 



RIDGE WOOD PARK. 



Work has been done in this Park by grading and clearing 

 the land and removing dead trees and stumps. Sixteen 

 hundred feet of driveway have been constructed to sub-sur- 

 face grade, six hundred feet of which are forty-five feet wide. 

 One thousand feet on the side of Reservoir necessitated a 

 large fill. About eight hundred lineal feet of artificial slope 

 have been formed, and about eighteen hundred partly graded). 



SINSET PARK. 



The work in this Park has of necessity been of a prepara- 

 tory character, owing to the surroundings and character of 

 the ground. Many thousand yards of good soil have been 

 removed from the surface of the surrounding streets before 

 they were graded, and stored for future use. As it was done 

 with wheelbarrows and carts of different sizes, measurements 

 were not taken. 



The entire sidewalk on Fifth avenue was graded and 

 cleared, and good progress made in constructing the retain- 

 ing bank of rough stone, designed for the west3in slope. 



OTHER SMALL PARKS. 



The work in these has consisted in the regular maintenance r 

 mowing grass, care of the tiees, shrubs, fountains, flower- 

 beds, sidewalks and gravel paths, the fertilizing and replant- 

 ing ol trees and shrubbery, etc. 



Respectfully submitted, 



JOHN DeWOLF, 



General Superintendent. 



