new life the now repressed energies of our beautiful city, 

 the Commissioners will not be found tardy in the per- 

 formance of their duties, nor fail to meet the expectations 

 of those who have confided to them this important trust. 



The Commissioners do not think it probable that the 

 action of the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment 

 will be sufficiently advanced to require any further expendi- 

 ture by this Board during the present year, unless, indeed, 

 it should he found necessary to employ a watchman to 

 protect the trees and shrubbery from depredation. 



It is gratifying to observe that the public taste in refer- 

 ence to city parks continues to force its claims upon public 

 authorities elsewhere than in New York and Brooklyn. 

 The city of Baltimore has taken initiatory steps for a park, 

 which will do credit to the Monumental City. But while 

 the great Central Park of New York, costing its millions of 

 dollars, will, perkaj)s, in all time hold its superiority over 

 any other which may be conceived or executed as a mere 

 work of art, and while other cities may exhibit parks, 

 ample in their extent and creditable for the good taste of 

 their plans, the Prospect Park of the city of Brooklyn 

 must always be conceded as the great natural park of the 

 country ; presenting the most majestic views of land and 

 ocean, with panoramic changes more varied and beautiful 

 than can be found within the boundaries of any city on 

 this continent. 



Dated January, 1862. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. S. T. STRANAHAN, 



President Board of Comers of Prospect Parle. 



R. H. Thompsox, 



Secretary. 



