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proportional share of the present maintenance fund would 

 suffice for, the features contemplated in the original construc- 

 tion just enumerated are l>\ far the most important, and are 



probably named in the order of interests, from a public point 

 of view, tn which they are entitled. 



Of the work which it is desirable to outline for the ensuing 

 year, the continuation of resurfacing the main drives will merit 

 the earliest attention. Resuming operations at the point 

 where they were discontinued last year, viz., at the junction of 

 the drives at the southerly entrance of the Park, it is intended 

 to continue the repairs to the road superstructure! on the main 

 lino parallel with the old Coney Island road, Fifteenth street 

 and Ninth avenue, constructing a new branch drive to Litch- 

 field Mansion, and continuing the work thence toward the main 

 entrance. The length of surface to be worked over, the roadway 

 being generally in bad condition, is between one and two miles, 

 and when completed, if we shall be able to do so, will furnish 

 a restored road surface upon the main circuit drive aggregating 

 a length of between three and four miles. Repairs to the other 

 drives, to the bridle roads and portions of the more important 

 walk lines are also contemplated. 



The condition of the unsold portion of the east side lands, 

 with regard to which any present action on the part of the Com- 

 missioners is held in abeyance, owing to some technical ques- 

 tions concerning matters of title which have been raised, soon 

 to be finally disposed of by the courts, it is believed, has been 

 made the occasion of criticism of the Commissioners, as to de- 

 lay in their ultimate disposal. After the sale of a large number 

 of these lots at the public auction, which took place in 1881, 

 the failure to complete the purchase, on the part of a purchaser, 

 has tended to retard their improvement up to the present time. 

 It is not comtemplated that any further indebtedness shall be 

 incurred in connection with them, beyond such as will be 

 inciderftal to a further sale, but public sentiment undoubtedly 

 favors an early disposal of the property still belonging to the 

 city, in order that it shall not, from their abandoned condition, 

 continue to operate against the general character of the neigh- 



