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upon the unfinished area adjacent to the entrance at Eleventh 

 avenue and city line, and the neighborhood was considerably 

 improved in effect. There was expended upon this $2,200. 



In the month of March the old Carousal building was removed 

 from the children's playground to its present site in the picnic 

 woods . This work was done at the expense of the present 

 lessee of the Carousal privilege, and very much in the public 

 interest. The old building erected ten years ago was at the 

 time of its removal very much out of repair ; it has been 

 entirely restored and its facilities greatly enlarged. A consid- 

 erable space under the outside platform has been utilized by 

 the construction of over one hundred locker-rooms for tennis 

 players, of whom there were a considerable number previ- 

 ously at the park withoiit such accommodation. The use of this 

 portion of the park for picnicking purposes and its convenience 

 of access for young people generally, rendered this change of 

 site a very desirable one. The excavation for the foundation 

 of this structure and the filling in of the old one was done, in 

 part, at the expense of the Commissioners at a very moderate 

 cost. 



An extra force was emploj^ed during the Spring and Fall 

 months in thinning out the plantations of the park. This work 

 comprehended the removal of dead and surplus trees and shrubs, 

 and included such other operations in this line of improve- 

 ment as seemed essential to the restoration and maintenance of 

 this important feature of park ornamentation. 



The gradual decline of the forest trees, particularly upon the 

 park, results each year in the death of a number whose removal 

 becomes necessary in consequence. This is more noticeable 

 among the nut-bearing trees, which had been injured by pound- 

 ing with stones at the base of the tree by nut gatherers before 

 the land was acquired for park purposes, and the damage to 

 bark and sap-conducting surfaces have resulted in injuries 

 which in most instances it is believed, after careful observation, 

 ha,ve ultimately occasioned their death, The removal of dead 



