BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSIONERS. 9 



The month of June, during which it has been the custom 

 heretofore to provide concerts, was omitted for obvious reasons. 

 The music was under the direction of Mr. L. Conterno, of this 

 city, who furnished at moderate cost, a band of over thirty 

 musicians ; the attendance was exceptionally large, and the 

 music which was of a varied and entertaining character, and of 

 the first order, gave great satisfaction to the public. The Com- 

 missioners entertain the belief that few expenditures of the 

 public money, more directly benefit all classes of the com- 

 munity, or provoke less adverse criticism, than a moderate out- 

 lay for concerts on the Park. No entertainment can be provided 

 more consistently at public expense for those who from taste 

 or necessity, prefer our public parks, to the more expensive and 

 not always preferable places of public resort, in summer. 



The generally mild and varied character of the winter in the 

 early part of the year, prevented the forming of ice upon the 

 Park lakes, of sufficient strength to justify its use for skating 

 purposes at any time, although the Commission made ample 

 provision in the way of fitting up the buildings, <fec, for the 

 public. The absence of skating throughout the season of 1879 

 and 1880 is an unprecedented fact in the history of the Park. 

 The weather during the month of December has been more 

 propitious. The lakes of the Park were frozen over at an un- 

 usually early period of the year, affording opportunities for 

 skating during the holidays and for a week preceding Christ- 

 mas. 



Several falls of snow already, have enabled our citizens to 

 enjoy a pleasant season of sleigh riding, and there is promise 

 of protracted cold weather, during which, it is believed, there 

 will be exceptional opportunities for enjoying the varied winter 

 sports, notably, sleighing, skating and coasting, which the 

 Park and parkways are so admirably fitted to supply. 



The boating, carriage and restaurant services, together with 

 other means provided for" public entertainment, have been 

 ample in their provisions, to meet the demand, but the patron- 

 age was not large, in view of the greater attractions of Coney 

 Island and other adjacent resorts. 



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