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lessly excessive wear, breaking it up frequently and impairing 

 to a considerable extent its condition for light vehicular travel, 

 for which the middle drive was specially designed. Many of the 

 drivers of these heavy vehicles are careless of the interests of 

 others upon the road, and are very indifferent to the possibili- 

 ties of accident, especially during the crowded parts of the day. 

 The side roads, which are the traffic roads, are in good condi- 

 tion for nearly the whole distance over which the pleasure- 

 driving extends ordinarily, and these roads are generally in 

 better condition than those of the neighborhood. It 

 will therefore be no hardship to restrict this class of travel 

 at times to these roads, while permitting at other times, when 

 it is safe to do so, the use of the main road under suitable 

 restrictions. 



Accidents among riders from various causes are quite frequent, 

 and two or three mounted officers could be employed upon the 

 Parkway to good advantage to regulate travel. 



CONCOUESE. 



At the Concourse, the usual force has been employed in 

 the cleaning and care of the promenade, drive, walk, shelter build- 

 ings, water supply, and the occasional removal of offensive 

 debris, dead animals, &c, which have been washed upon the 

 shore. ~ 



A force of keepers has been detailed throughout the spring, 

 summer and fall months to regulate traffic, much of which is 

 by public hacks. The character of these establishments, as a 

 rule, is poorly adapted to the proper conveyance of passengers. 

 The vehicles are disreputable, and the horses, most of them aged 

 and decrepid specimens of that noble animal, are unfit for the 

 burden put upon tbem, and daily call for the intervention of a 

 humane and powerful representative of the Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals. 



Most of the drivers are ready to practice extortion upon the 

 guileless visitor who seeks transportation over the Concourse, 



