BBOOKLYN PAEK COMMISSIOKEBS. 



The East Drive, averaging forty-five feet in width, from 

 near Battle Pass to the southerly entrance of the Park, the 

 length being about 5,200 feet, was re-surfaced with Eoa Hook 

 gravel, involving an aggregate expenditure for labor and 

 material of nearly eleven thousand (11,000) dollars. 



The gravel is in all respects similar to that used in the 

 original construction of the roads on Central Park, ana was 

 procured from a remarkable deposit of this material on the 

 Tan Courtlandt estate at Eoa Hook, on the Hudson river, a 

 short distance above Peekskill. It seems probable that though 

 expensive as to cost of transportation. Arc, it is the best 

 natural product out of which" to construct drives for pleasure 

 riding that has yet been brought into use. 



The repairs to this portion of the Park drives amounted 

 substantially to a partial reconstruction, and involved a pro 

 rata expenditure for the year, for this class of work, out of pro- 

 portion to the amount available for such purpose from our 

 yearly stipend. Being, however, a part of the principal drive 

 of the Park and forming practically the main thoroughfare in 

 connection with the Parkway to the Island, the public have 

 enjoyed and no doubt appreciated the increased comfort and 

 facilities which this renovated roadwork has afforded. 



The covering of gravel was limited to a thickness of three 

 inches — with this we shall probably be enabled to maintain a 

 fail - surface for two or three seasons, when it will be required 

 to be renewed. 



The removal of the old buildings at the junction of Fifteenth 

 street and the city line during the previous year enabled us to 

 carry through the line of the roadway and to define the 

 entrance at that point. The lines of walk on either side were 

 also opened and graded, and these, together with the contiguous 

 surfaces, which were roughly shaped, have been left in an un- 

 finished condition, awaiting opportunity to renew operations 

 next Spring. Scarcity of suitable soil for surfacing in this 

 neighborhood may make it necessary to procure the required 



