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house having been completed by contract, the walk leading 

 thereto was laid with Asphalt blocks, the grounds around it 

 graded, cultivated and planted with trees and shrubs. 



NEW WORKSHOPS. 



New Workshops of brick with stone dressings are being 

 erected in Prospect Park at Seventh street and Ninth 

 avenue. 



The building will be 136 feet long by 40 feet wide, two 

 stories. The first story to contain Blacksmiths'', Wheel- 

 wrights' Implements and Rolling Stock Repair Shops. 

 The second story to contain Carpenters', Painters' and 

 Plumbers' shops, together with an office and store-room. 

 The basement under the Wheelwrights' shop is intended 

 for heating and steam power purposes. 



GREENHOUSES AND PROPAGATING HOUSES. 



The existing Propagating Houses were found to be 

 inadequate to the requirements of the Department. As a 

 first instalment to a thorough system of Greenhouses, four 

 new Propagating Houses, 60 feet by 11 feet each, a new 

 Palm House, 49 feet, 9 inches by 24 feet, inches, and a 

 renovation of the south greenhouses have just been com- 

 pleted, and which will enable us to propagate a large 

 number of bedding and other plants for use in the various 

 Parks, of a better quality and less price than we hav- 

 heretofore purchased. 



NEW NURSERY. 



There being no Nursery in the Department, a Nursery is 

 being formed south of the Greenhouses with a view of sup- 

 plying Prospect Park and the City Parks with all necessary 

 planting, as well as the new parks in anticipation. 



NEW WATER-MAIN. 



The old cement and iron water pipes for the water supply 

 of Prospect Park having become corroded and constant 



