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when a sufficient cause is shown for absence, accompanied by a certificate of 

 previous good conduct from their foreman. 



Owing to the standard of requirement established, many men who have 

 obtained employment, and who were, to all appearance, possessed of fair 

 qualifications as laborers, after a few days' trial have found the duty 

 demanded of them too severe, and have voluntarily left. Consequently, 

 although the largest number of men employed at any time has but little 

 exceeded seven hundred, the names of many more than that number appear 

 on the rolls. 



. THE WATCH. 



To prevent pilfering, and to guard against the injury of the Commission's 

 property in all respects, watchmen have been employed, the number on 

 duty varying according to the conditions of the property exposed, and other 

 circumstances, from eight to sixteen. Eight men are employed exclusively 

 for watch duty, including the head watchman ; others are drawn temporarily, 

 as required, from the laboring force. 



SUPPLIES. 



When took and materials arrive at the Park, they are at once inspected, 

 compared with the accompanying invoice, and, if found to correspond, 

 and to be satisfactory in all respects, a receipt is given for them, and they 

 are added to the stock. Ordinarily, the inspection is made by the tool 

 clerk ; but, in special cases, by the heads of the branches of the work for 

 which the material is particularly designed, the head carpenter examining 

 the lumber, etc. 



Tools and materials required by foremen in the ordinary prosecution of 

 the work, are supplied on their individual requisition. Supplies so furnished 

 are charged directly to the foreman. An inventory of the stock held by 

 each foreman is taken every two weeks, and compared with the tool clerk's 

 account, and the foreman is charged with the value of any deficiency, the 

 amount being deducted from his wages. 



Lumber, timber, bricks, and' other materials used in construction, are 

 issued on an order from a responsible officer of the Park only, and are 

 charged directly to the branch of the work in which they are to be used. 

 An accurate account of their disposition is kept by one of the Assistant 

 Engineers. 



Respectfully submitted. 



JNO. Y. CULYER, 



Assistant Engineer in Charge. 



