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in any way injurious or detrimental. It has given to the 

 improvement Commissioners ample opportunity to con- 

 sult with the property holders and tax-payers of the city, 

 from whom they have obtained much valuable informa- 

 tion and many important suggestions. 



The result of the labors and investigations of the Com- 

 missioners during the year, fully satisfies them of the 

 practicability of carrying out, by gradual progress, all 

 the improvements of the park, within the sum limited 

 by law for that purpose. And from an intimate knowl- 

 edge of the grounds, and a careful study of the whole 

 subject of laying them out and of improving them, they 

 are fully convinced of the great capabilities and superior 

 advantages of the designated location for a park or 

 pleasure-ground, worthy of the city of Brooklyn — the 

 third city, in point of population, in the Union — and if 

 not holding the same relation to other cities for the vari- 

 ety and beauty of its public and private edifices, yet, 

 for the intelligence, morality and enterprise of its citi- 

 zens, and for its remarkable healthfulness, it challenges a 

 parallel with any city of equal population in the world. 

 To preserve this high distinction, and to perpetuate and 

 increase its attractions as a city of private residences, is 

 one of the objects contemplated by the establishment of 

 the park. 



Already a population of three hundred thousand de- 

 mands space for exercise and recreation. How much 

 more, when the population of the city has doubled, will a 



