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. : an bers | we NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1871—QUADRUPLS SHEET. 13 my tab ya fl ean recp sa tiseerand cscs . oes i ates A 1 of the basement (damp and unsuitable as it was) | of elegant designs in ontternut wood, trimmed with | whether it will be by a stove pavement Sk “ing of parkkeepers and gatexeane ' 1 y THE CITY PARKS, | sahets'%'teitéacisiee seta | seeaicoans aaun’ peghermaet at | aeseadsraccy anny eres paces | Amr, coma Sahat Rac, | Ph cy itn a ew ah ene butld ng was offensively objectionable. Vaniona | altogether presenting au agreeable and interesting | and tested by the depariment, 18 under consid. | numerous cry” ne et Jandy and places | tion ava Yeauidui itame, the ploeure see $0 De If the nualitty anima!s were confined in the busemeut and on the | appearance, which ie yAsutpassed ky By eXhivition | eration, But Whatever may be the conciusiva. it | to dou 1 " 5 a r sua, ib j extendi out Morris placed wiih tt, ; first tloor, with thet, cages tn a state of great ioae- oF ik character gna extent Aa Spinmensurave will be controlled oy a determination to put down a | squar . "Phase dunes demand superior organier ig | Other places he fori btn FIRST ANNUAL REPORT curity and danger, There had been ho extra ventl- | with the wishes Of the enter;rising trustees. For | roadway that will not require relayiug or repairing actly, as welt ag See Vigsianee on Uns | WW to tay ras plot focty feet in width seeand k laticn furnished to this bulsling frou the tune tt | some Une tho Meteorological Bureau of the depart | for mauy years. ‘iho iunyortancs cu nf heutenant and sergeants — th elev. h had been used as an ursenal, aud yy uinWholesome. | mont an iinportant ae ot pip hy ander the | roads attractively avaliatte ka tisanie et ooh: | fouor aime he cuanae of aie (ato bas accomplisued Uventy-nve f nat i wia'h ior prouMaadtd Mf Oa ne condition Was Apparent to sichy and smelt. | chaez6 of Professor Draper, has been located il tid tivn from One sits Of Lue city to agotuer cagnot | uh that could bo desiren, anu in. SBUCU AS bY aM ace | Outer site Of this WN Fr ws of decklu Sey yon ba - OF THE Tue sccond and (Hird Leora of tus buildins-yWere | buriding. His interesting report ts aunexed. { Be overostimated; but itis also quite Aa Important | of the ession 01 the Leg Jelauling the deparcment | be i, rapersed. With Loutps pon assigned to exhibit Of specamigps Of what was | Several of the rooms in this part of the building + that [hey shel! by ed as uot to be an objec. | has been vested with fail pow WO RQgome ss park j Posed ands tte yr order thitt bersena | | a & ready plaute t " ~en termes egafaratl History,” Di te specimens had | nave been also appropriated jor the use of the cae | fyuabls Joahae Astone payement per, with police powers, “VOW Das within 4 | May Have places ot enjoy the fem OEPARTHENT OF PUBLIC PARKS nee Wholly fected, aud the only parts tat | rators of the Mi ressurily Miu! y dnd avtract ulcen- | OWN Control he Meads of makin'S the Police force a | Views of thy Witney or. the” ‘promenada ssary fOF prevering, adapting ‘and aie wing | toa to hem jrow peisous in the’ Park; tis saould | model ja evecy reapect. ‘Iho s,"8tem in respect to | afforded by the wak\ The entre curb ons foX Bxhiniion. At (he southerly ebU Is | LeaVotdgd a possiuic, AC an eariy day, however, | promotions tat Was tnaneurated BY the late Come | Aronad Me exterior sitewale Nas boon removed and M | m eS Tor the use of tie trasives of the Museum ' and probably Quring (ig presens saimmer, some | mn uers still remains the ' | 100 yum, with @vory convent seemed “natury!? were the hides, hair and boois OL OF THE Luifed uuimats, ‘TNOSe OL eXtibILOM Were Bul grotesque distortions Within the tne 119. no person | ®UEW ONE Sudsuutited tn ibs The third flour also conm.2°4 boxes filled with | ;also oue for tie chief Tandscapé | fnethod will be delotuied Upon and the Work coi: | can be apporated (o (ie pol the Central ) Of the curb, at overy tuirty f+ tecuuons Meet CITY OF NEW YORE, | thesuperd and extensve collect, Of Me Museum | gardener, together with oitees ior the nse of the | pleted by autuimu | Park until alter ne iy eAlceat | paMited, All the trees wit 2 bounds Of tine : ‘ 1 Nutural Uisiory, whch had beer 1m, here tora | Comiutssioners, me busemeut flogr has been fittet THe WALL AROUND THE PARK, gatekeeyem ful tn F sq, re that were Ina lead ov sicki have beem z. jong Une, ad Whose Coulents w peicven 62 be | for che purposes of the po ice, including a general This departinest does noc concarin the desken of | QUMGZOL a Kooper of the Pars ox poucen remay’el. The exterior sidewals 5 red with #m io gr r of dest: ucdon uniess some speedy , OMice lor transacting tie business of the burcau, plachig @ solid Wal, around the P deeming than | tore, thé Oryoal appolatmonts are always | aspunls P “ee is ie A utfords ag, WOlK promes “ay 6 ‘ Hy Tgution Was given them, ZOOLOGICAL GAROEM, struction of Cle View trou the 6. Yet tae | gatekeeper te nd (rom biat force are selected | nade egutl to that of Ut re tseit, TWo large April 20, 1870, to April 21, 1872. | Tie Truste Pot ike Moseum wtged the provision | Tt was Stated in the reports of the late Commis: | plat adopted tor tuts work had be ried out at | Mose Who, fron ‘Merit alone igd to be pro: | public eins have been placed in vie dau ® ih oe sis far tess Gyo | bly provectay! Wi evergreens. » sentry stlending anitle | POxes or Kespe,”9’ Homses, Lureot 191° place s0 greats to cate hestiation | i made tavitg. Ad the ov pproval of the wo * ae ¥ Darkkeeper costs ou an aver= % will be M78 determined by avisit. ee direct doles per annua, and witnessed glousands oF Children enjoylug™ e to lecre (Mis i assures aforded VY these improve veal the E yn has deen oeootyd af perwiccug Utils square ise l All clubs; Jf DS Not, us yer, oven ‘ Of accommodations acequate to Wuose which the | Soners thag they had ¢stablisned a zovlogical gar- | $0 many dit Teté Commigaion rs had agreed to give them, and | dea in Manhdtwstl sqdare, by ie mee lo a fone | Was no choice >, 7 OF PUBLIC which were necessary to jake the exhibition of | graykieal survey (heveunta attached) it wil be | more serious ehjeciiou t ii iis great | crease of Ue foree No. 265 See ee ee ae ih value, here was tound upon the third floor one | perceived that Td synare If abous elghwen acres | cost. Whe founiation of it, begmming elKht leeb | In that resp: ‘ “ Ea ee ae a large glass case 0! peeuitar struciure aud ebaracter, | in extent, most of it rocky, some parts projecting | below tho surlaco of the sidewalk and exeending | age al fo the Hon, A, OAKEY HALL, Mayor of the City of | wuich was not regarded as at ail (ii forany purpe twenty-live or thiriy teet above grade, ana some | four feet above, consisting ofa heavy bea of masonry | tis Wot justia New You much jess for the requisites of the exnibition of §) | lying twenty-five or thirty feet below. Itcontaina gwo | sUpporting & supersirneiure of cul stone, 1s obvi+ | oul Ly cimens of vataral hisvory at the disposal of the « pon is of water, the result of the surface dramaae | ously hob economy, It must now be conned en- ot the Central Park should t tuere | moted. The number of park construcdion. A | itshould be, and yet tie exp yiats upon Uh 0 cont Pitino hoe requirement the Department of | parncnt, and the (rusiees had declined to aceept it | of the surrounding Iand. ‘There Is no sewer upon | tirely ground the Park. ‘Cats department has ce AL present the arrangeme of the 1 ire. giave objec fous to ally such 4 Public Parks makes (his, tts Mist, annual report, as 1 any respect At or proper to exuibil thelr col- | the island west of the Centrat Park from which } adopted adiiterenc stone for the superstructure from | loree are necessarily Muted to tue drives dud (ie | Use Of a public park. However, (he matier ts under 5 It is proper, at the outset, to trace, through the | lectlon, i | these penne sey be Geen ‘The say (rghlleg Pi! hea Canara substitutlag Ohio tor th principal walks The Ramole aaa other secluded | cousideralion, . = ih ea % RRACE AND ESPLANADE nected with the ground ta at Seventy-seventh stre Scotia v¥ Vorchesier stone; Lie latter is far infer or | places in the Park oagat to have a p THE BOWLING GREEN. various laws on the subject, the powers, duties and | tye next structures of prominence m the Central | aud it is itree feet above the botiom of the prinz | to the former, alciough the Ohio sioue Was been | MV AYS Within sight, so Chal alady ae clic « ‘The Rowling Green, so promiacutly situated at the jurisdiction of the department; aud to present, ina | Park were the Terrace aud Hsplauade and 1 cipal pond, How itcould ever be used for the pur- | latd at about the same price, } at any time ail places ta tine Pavk with perte lower ead OF iivoadWay, of the route co the ferries, Aigested form, all those parts of the laws which re- | # the principal jake, Beucati tints terrace pose of & Zoological garden it ia not y vo under- SEWAGE FUR THE FILCH FROM THE ROADS, and without Y Of molestation, “The Was found by tity de, artment fo be ina conspienous main in force, and coutrot or affect the department | W888 Vout and cetling of oriamental tile, con- | stand. The first ne y for such a garden is A great error Was made in the construction of the | y supplyig our city parks with policeraen | condition of neyiect aud decay, Our titele Lufertor to A | Steueced with great care, and upon which, with the | ample drainage for ihe reiuse of aniinais, and a con- | Park, in not providins a proper se ge for ine O1th penencial. ‘the force upoo these | that of the adjacent Batt grouuds, It preseuted as now organized, aad which hitherto have not been | celiing, had been expended over $0,000; and it Was | clusion 1s inevitable that a spot incapable of beng | from the reads, menagerie buildings, urinals and | places have been cauuoned to be considerate | some evidences of edorts at huprove nent and oraa- presented in an analytical forin for public considera- | Culnplimed that the gravel carried ‘upon the tiling | properiy arained must necessarily constitu'e an ti- | varions cottages in the Park. Duriug the past sam | forvearing i the performance of Choir duties, espe | meutaiton, mare when it Was surrounted by tas. ton and oMcial intormation, This analysis is n of the floor by the feet of visilors, entering from tie | proper place for Jocating & Zoclogical garden. In | ier the resulis trom this detect were espectally ap. | ckttly towards ciuidren comiuag upon te aqui | tonable restieuces. There were tue remains of a 2 iy OW | incompiected esplanade in front, was destroving tins | the expectation that such an institution would soon | parent. ‘The lakes of the Park were supplied only her repress rudeness than euforce any hide. once tasteful fouutain, whic had lone ceased to submitted in an ap; ropriate ap pendix, expensive Mooring, ‘Ine space not yet paved Was so | be considered a necessity in the Park, 1b Was deem by surface drat and had conveyed to them, alse. ph Tue childvea now jrequent’ Uh pit mf of trees and shrubbery, Wa ch were dead ‘Vhese laws vest in the department ajurisiiction | Mrge that to atiempt tiling 10 in tue manner pro- | advisable ulumately to locate the zoological garden ) Uirough the meaus of dratis, all che fli apo squares, accompanied by tele attendants, or witie | or dyiug from long aes ‘The Bowliug Green, te thecounty: of Westolis ter, which exte! jected vy tne original plan would, apart fiom | im the meadow north of the uppe ervolr. | Park. AS @ Consequence of this system Uh out attendants, and it is a great gratifieatt | aside (rou its promineat positon 1s ta object OF Ame ches ter, Which extends {rom | jis extravagant cost, entail great delay; | Although this situation was considered the most | became green and siagnant, and in ts ¥ Koow (hat the new arrangemenuis have conith } verest to atl Ww YOrKers [OF ils 1HeMO- KUIG assOChdR the village of Yonkers to the Harlem river; also. | indeed, it could not properly be undertaken | appropriate for that purpose, it was not finally ae- | offensive. Complaints had been made of ihis, bub | lo Ube pleasure and huppiaess of the growing poou- | tons. Ll+ renovation was considered one of the Mrst which embraces the improvement of that river and | 2 Yew of the limied condition of tue funds | termined upon untit a prover survey Of 1c Was wade, | there were ho means of rewedylug the diniculty. Jaton of the ety, Ibis not enough bo provide tem | Gunes of the department, aud much Das been done A Hoah eto natares, ievka: lilt: Hikoes th thé cl ol the department avaiatie for such purpose. | to ascertam the character of its soil and {ts facilites | Phe Croton Reservoir could agora us no a With open parks and squares, Where they may enjoy | for it comparatively. The rathicg avound tb, a Pelle gi » Pp and places in the city | jr was tuereiore concluded to lay upon ths gra- | for drainage. The report of the Engineer-in- hief | the supply 1m that direction was needed for city use. themselves in their chiklisi amusements, bat the. of revyoluuionary times, lias bee repal and of New York, Inewect, the Central ark Commis- | velled esplanade an asphalt pavement, This was | (attached hereto) wsthat the new locality com- | The lake at Futy-u nth street was (he recepiacte | should be protected at alt tinies by a public oliver | painted and che gates aud coping reset, The foun- slon—which had Leen a State organization and inde- | 2¢cessardy put down in tae heat of summer, under | bines all requisites, and that to perfect a zvological | the ith of all the animaisin the Park; (he large lake | ready and wilting to be taouguital, Kind aud geate | tain has veen put in good order aad Playing, the great disadvantages, but it will propably unswer | garden in Manhattan syuare Would have been uot | the receptacle for all the principal urinals, coitages | rather than harsh and ov rig. Whole ground sodde |, and new Walks latd Out, WiLA SIDEWALK BNCKO AGM! pendent of the city goverument—and the municipal | ali tne purposes desired for years. The fountain in | only unwise but inappropriate, and roads o/ the Park, ‘The upper lakes (rained vl er noge which related to the Several lands und | the ¢splanade Was also in a bad condiiton; the cen- There 1s a public impression that a zoological | section of the city west ofthe Pa Places, were cousoiidated, und this departu ent suc- | tre of it, tilled with debris and derricks, had been | garden was planned by the late Board, which is aa | beer breweries aud factor i ore ail thelr powers. in au Unfinished state for a long period. [had | error, tut itis proper to say that ihere ave to be | In ordinary seasons, with the usual ram (all, he present Vumuissioners entered upon their | peen used a short ume aud found to de so leaky as | found among the eilects of the late department two | fuse matter would, to a great extent, | 1. posis aid chains guarding them, aad deat settees including the lige The uses of the streets around the Central Park, | provided fur the comfort of waylarers and of tho @ ‘ated ab that pot, | the coutrol of wine nas been conided vy law bo | Who may desire to frequent Uils conventenuy situe this re. Us department, have been restricted by Wiulesoine | ated Hite spot. New tees wero substiited for 18d oft | anees, providing that no structure shail be | those dead or dyin nd shrubbery and fowers duties on the 3d day of May, 1870, to be unfit for th , c ! AUCs 0 hay + 1870. ¢ je purposes mtended, and tc had | papers on the subject, eack purporting to be studies | by the drains eitached to euch of the Jakes, bat dar ed upon the line of the streets witout the con- | added, aad IC has been made one of the most beds See aa Hans upon organizing, immediately | been apparently abandoned, The sione curb sur- | for such an institution, Oue of thein appears to | 1g great drought, such as was experienced during | Sent aud concurrence of tne board, exceplimg | Utul ahd attract PLY | proceeded to luqulie ino and lamillarize themselves | youndiug it bud parted at the Joints, and it was dil | have been wade by the landscape architects of that | the past suminer, ihe lakes seldom rose to tue | Stoops aud court yards, wien ust coulorm io Vik BALTES u ysiem oi organization of the late Central | ficuit to remedy this defect in the basin of the foun- | régand, bat found to be unpracticable. ‘The oti height of the drains and all that came tuto them | general regulations, and the plans of wiien must ‘The Battery has, tn its natural advantages, attrac- { assed, DODIe f y simular public place Ze wind Lhe compres Fark Comniss on, and especially with the methods | tain so as to make it water ght. But it was epares 2 late >| bel e ry Yor : e . “ Parad eure : puc | was prepared by the late Mr, Pilat, the eluef gi had to be evaporated in the ordinary way. It now | first be subunitied aoe hed Several Works under the control of | into proper condition without delay, dener unter the original Central Park Commission | Involves a great expeaditure to overcome these de- | There had ween e EO NAT ARN ae ole RE Seiad Gk tea THE BELVEDERE. and of tus department. Both ot those studies | fects, Avthe time when the Park was constracted appeared what there were no rules or regulations | ‘The next most important structure in progress | were obviously iumature. and, as the Enguice bat few street or avenue sewers were located te ed ne Arta De employés of the Board, ex- | upon the Park may be considered that of the Belve- | Chief has stated, were always regarded as inca: around it to y off che surface waver and tien the p re as Were declared trom time to time by | dere, at tue head of the Ramble and at the south- | ble of being carried into effect, and no acuon Was } Park lakes had the advantage of draming this sur | Park, and of wh one Of the meuibers of that boay, with & somewhat orner of the lower reservoir—and designed | ever had im respect to either beyoud devermining | face water alw well tied and the | the question been a new on ) tits department for approval, | tons as a place vf ree tedta Puly-nintie surest and | bly unequatted, by thos punungs with Inclosur in the world. The fresh sea wre " Y in violation of the ordi hensive view of our nobi allve with g Wot Commissioners of the Cen tue movement of skips and steamers, combine to Heno notice iad been taken. Had | make tH at ooce the most wholesome aad the nese 5 whether or no the | Imsprriting mesos of bodily aud mental refreshment * bar tina pepaag Ls 8 over him by the other | in the Norman-Gothic styie of architecture. Upon | their impracticabilty, Wasted Water that from them was suttictent | present Board would altow encroachments | Wiliin Wminediate reach of our eluzens. Neverthes . pn fo vie vin on _thereiore the present Cominission- | examining 1 it was obvious that ib would be Amposst- OUSERVATO at all umes to keep what remained tua reasonably | Upon the line of the street, partinent would | less, We fouud its great natural attractions over+ ‘s Foruiwith organize: N Tensive aud unsightly condition Of tte itthem | come by ano} ec of owners walks borders, the result cl coustru the neighborivod was tie lor stoops, | Wealth Uns park was kept in good ord! mipression that there was a | pure state, 80, veloped plan for an observatory in | Sewers have been ‘This also is erroneouw When | rounding the Part reierence to | Besides this, the plan Was very costly in itsell, and | the late landscape architects were called on for a | drainage from Uw the department into sepa- | pie to fund any otner locality in tae Park that would There is also a public phere aees ahen the cota Gey a entail greater expense in the construction of a | designed and d iu 8 ct rontrel to - u ne ir at ropost i. i. e Cen ¥ NEE OTE Gl eu Mager eee buitding on tue plin proposed than at Uhis point, | the Ceatrai Par! owever, ai the pre tune, | doubtless hive considered i improper to per tily built ta the streets sue | mn any degree, but inasmuch as 4g which take of all the surplus | of property had been allowed to mound leave only @ suppis co } tons tuat involved large expendity ne qualificatun for the particular work to be | go much so that tie propriety of progressing with | Statement of the structures under tueir coutrol or | these lakes from the waler fall of the Py Tie | aveas aut court yards erected or iuclosed in front | lation now toun/l in its Vicinity need mor ¥ lone, z . Vhe work appeared questionable. ‘The co uction | im Course of progie-s they sent only an tumature | overiiow from the Croton has never been | aud apo the street, it became other cheap and accessible means of he THE PUREAUS. fund lett unexpended amounted altogether to about | aud imperiect pencil sketch of a buuding tor an | of any account, and never will be ta all probability, | sake of uniformity to adopt creation, and the obligation Of the city to preserve ' this noble par tronger than ever before. Our work Upon It Has gone uiready far enougi to prove to the public that We recomnize this ooligatos ae department, accordingly, created seven | four hundred and flity thousand dollars, and tne | observatory, A supply ot Ww. tie Jakes must be provided | gard to new builduues mureaus, uanelys— ee completion of tits Work @.one upon the "piau pro CONSERVATORY, otherwise. Wether this shall be done by drawing 2 rsi—A Buren of Accounts, the chief officer of | posed would hav psorbed had of the entire There is another erroneous impression regardiug | toward them the water Crom the er, OF by erect which was denomiuated “Lie Comptroller of AC- | amount. it wasnecessary, therefore, to ellmimate | the conservatory. Its foundations were being con. | Ing steam engines and drawing off the water at one ‘iment, And Boe encroachments have been peru Jastle Garden, the emigrant’s land pia } COUNTS,” to Whose Charge W eutrusted all the a from the plan every item of extravagance that | siructed when tus department assumed ofice. | end and foreimg it through at another, so as to pro- | ted without express permit, and snc as are of a | necessary adjunct to our harbor, at ie.st Lompo- } Counts Of the depait.neut, the control ol clerks em- | could be avoided consistent with the then con- | Una afer the present Board went into ofiice | duce a circuiation, is a question to be determined, nearly aniiorm charac: With (hose already wade rary. Itis aificaule to counteract 1ts pleasant ployed therein, inetnuinig @ purchasing clerk, @ | dition of tie — builaing This was done, | no matured plan existed for a conservatory upon | The water of the upy bas always been iu a THE CHIRP LANDSCA?E GARDENER. sull we ‘hall do 80, and to @ short tiae pay master anu also a property clerk, . and, after consulting the architect-in chief, it Jectral Park. The plan suggested by tie condition quite obje Tn the death of Mr. Plat. the enef landscape ery a permanent laviting and delight: Scond—A tured of Cousiruction and Repatr: was determined to omit the construction of one of | Koard was one drawn up by their kmdseape | just enough of tf for the purposes of ca nel for rdener, witiin afew mouths after this deparuucns lie Wearied toilers in its: vicinity, re- the head of which was denoainaled “The Engineer- } the towers, the cost of which was estimated at fifiy | architects, at the expense and under the | beaaiy, but it las never been of a quality chat ash | organized, iL meb with a sertous loss at tue very | Sloring, too. the chars it bad of old, for, the im-cCnier” witht duty oi directing and supervising | tousand dollars. In lieu of tils a more economical, { orders of ceriain parues living on Long | could'live i. One of the Lukes lity been drained | oubset of its oficial career. Tue Board was unwillag | Stranger visiting our city. We have flied m about ali Work to be doue in the constriction of buildings | pnd yet as harmonious a structure was supsiitutcd, | Island, who desired to use the proposed building | and cleaned. The same course would have been {to Gil Mis place untth the able assistants whom he | Seventy thousaud yards of materttls; we have nearly And tnprovemenis and of making ail necessary re- | which is far better adapted for te ultimate pur Jor the purpose of cultivating flowers thereln to be | pursued with the others had ume itis | had gathered around Din in tits tifetrme had peen | fuisited the sea wall; we have laid out tt rounds: pairs thereto, under the direction and control of the | poses Intended, and will be found quite as satisfac: | sold as bouqnets. it was to be a two story bulldin, true that this defect has, as may be sad, sou thorouguly tried. They were suitictentiy experienced | tn plots, elegant and picturesque in appearance; j Hoard, There were and are attached to this bureau | tory to the public. of about jorty teet in height, whieh could not vantages. A vast amount of Muck Is gaine ) to Warraut giving tei a fare Urial before placing tn | We have pianced over a tvousanl trees apd bashes. ¢ experiencea eng.nvers and capable assistants em- | THE CONSERVATORY. called in any sense @ conservatory, or such a one | cleantag the lakes, which can be applied upon the | command any wan, WHO Lad Sit Nor haye we jorgotlen the necesshy of adaptiag the t ployed py periorming the imporiant and responsible Another important structure was the conserva- | #s the pubic had reason to expeci, or whieh would | lawns. ply @ reputation without any practical experience | adiicent 5 Ss to exishoag aad fature bas. ness N . dudes required from them. ; tory, at Sevenly-second street, fronting on the Fith | be adapted toextinition on the Central Park. The | SEWER PROM THE MENAGERIN AND MUSEUM BUILD. | for the work ie hand, ‘Tae rest has been highly | traile, not detracting materially frou tie capacity 4 shird—A Bureau oi the Central Park. ‘The nead | ayoriue, The empioyés of the late Commissi plan proposed by this department 15 one Watch Will INS. | grattying, especialy in the case of Mr. Pollard, Of the Battery ilsell, Waticnall sureet, at we ene of this bureau 1s denounnated “The Superimtendent | Wore at wor upon it when this department enter result in a structure of a very difterent character Workinen of this department are now constract- | acting nial. OF the many thousand trees aud bushes | trance to the ferries, we have converted into a great 5 of the Ceatral Fark,” and hts duties consist in su- | Myon its duties, ‘They were proceeding tu acco from the former one. It calls ior a bullding about | ing a sewer irom the Menayerle and Museu build. | Urausplented throughout the ¢ Park, and ft yen Space or plaza, by throwing into it avoug periutensting ihat park and Mount Morris squave j ghee with a ground pian a their possession. Cone | 57 feet in length, torty-tive feet im height in its inve- | ings dircetly to the sewer at FuCy-ninth street, “This | that pack to the vicious city p seventy-tive feet of tie Battery, being a portion not and the employes therein, sidering that Sich a butiding was necessary the pro- | TOF, aud in some parts 100 fect In width, The central | 1s requisite because of the height ol the Fifth avenne | very capable or ornamentatio tute strect, with tage vented by velile by adding twe tto Its roadway, and re- aying tho street pavement throughout is entire ¢ altractive for purposes of cting around 1 of ine | nol sew on WH has Tui A tils Was dove. Lhe Ceatr been iaproved by the rem Four k—A Buren of Landscape Gardening, the head of which 13 denominaied “Phe Chiel La: scape Gardener,” Whose duties consist in devising aust preparing plaus for orpauenting and embellish ang the p ad places under the control of the uljointag, whieh 18 above the I necessary to de arate A Kyst ure Park Wl be under. | the lakes will be freed | y Of Irom the Park to } budding is tu be a parallelogram, termimating ai | sewer and ty coniain a } grounds plants. ‘wo | age tiroughout the And plants of | taken, by means of whic secution of Work ja accordance with this plan was ve divected, it being asstimed that a general pian for | €#cl end in rotundas or etre | the superstructure had been made.to continue the | Cousetvatory for tropica: aud Work When the foundation snould be erected to its | Tetundas at the end will be he frozen ball, aud th ty Of Spritye ullested the accuracy und pe SOL Witie } Park insert nas | leith, at has been the trees | traiile. PY c | proper height, I was soon discovered that, apart x The arciticial at the west of the Con- | from all finpurities aud ca hae department proposes, sar 8 diy With the ald OL assistants and skitied | Poms picture im the aifloe of the department, were vil 1oria an atiractive teature, in connee- | the sewers the oftensivw matter Wate proverly ve | essenbal for Lat purposes buss apart from that | the exterior on Halters, place, Brute sect sad urdene carrying into eflect tue various pias i existing 8 supe are ion with the esplan by which 1t wil be reached, | longs to them. Jacl, had ib nol bean for the Centar Pars, tie tr Hiteliall street several drinking fountains, and { Was no plin existing for the superstructure iB several fur the use of horses, ‘Throughout all the maid mot have beew outa on improved by city parks tt is intended to erect miutay sites 4 ut of | fountains. t Another greatly needed convenience introduced | upon the city parks has been te public urinals. The I RIVER IMPROVE ver Improvement mau hot, appa- | thus, while wie Central Park has itered by the lite Park Comans- | Wihdrawing these trees from at, the sioners; at least no evidenes of their Maving consid. | te otter parks and places of the city was bs ered itcanbe found within the department. This | Coniphshed at a me t is nob THE HAR andiake, | ‘The flariem locality if , been cor meurred in iby wijacent. Tht Bree _— Whicu may be approved and adopted STABLES. 2 Jt should be remark % this departin y the LOATu, ieee responsible for tie site of (his conservats 7 ore were als irse of constrnetton the | TesPousible for tie si s conserva iN—A Bhireau ot Public Squares and Ptacos ta | ,, There were also an couse Of consirnctton the | and that it would have selected some ott Cuy of New York, Ue heart of Whren 1s denouai. | Hates on the Hranavonse Pon laid, and the prints | teat expense Nad not been alread nated the Superiuiendest of Public squares and Pe ined to be done, The | foundations and ia the artificial lake Places, whcse duiies cou-ist im superintending those | CIAL Work upon tiem Tome tals baitding was | Seemed to render ttnecessary to carry out the plan | subject Has been envered Npou by the appotitinens 2 Buard propose iso 10 erect in the several city parks *quares pore wes uid We Various employes Con | Fo oarent to wuy one who Visited the miseravle sheds | #t Us very point aud to adapt the building to ex. | of a division enginevr, under the control of tie Chiet | feel under cottages for ladies and chitdren, of che same Class as necied therewit ; | = igs in the Park where the horses be- | IsUing necessities, One objection to the locality fs | of the Civil and Topographical Engineering engi -tn-chlef, Mr. Kell c mothe Ceguul Park, containing comfortable pt Sir/h—A Burean of Police, the head of which ts | Vigne to ii had beon kept. 1b Mas been occupica | Hat tt Wi always Ve damp, uo imaiter how perfect | and in conbection With ihe tunnels and bet lee sive capacty and untirnig zeal wilt Which Re gas | dressing rooms. ab ail times tn the care of an attend the Captain of Police, Whose duces consist In directs | "So veral mvutlie, . the nieand of heating the proposed building may be. | be built over and under that river. ‘The wh | executed all the pitas and direetions of the Board | ant, and protected by a park keeper Wiilia GuLvee ing aud contvo.luue Ue parkkeepers aud gatekeep- | * eek ¢ Kesides, the morning sun Will not’ have access to 1 | ler is now receiving proper Consideral ton. | tor the comapietion of the boulevards wud a 4 | ment call. . ers. Attacied to this bureait 1s a lieutenaut, and a | DAIRY hh unless the buiiding be elevated much more ihyn | 7 $ OF TE PARK ON THE PLeTH AVENU iis report, hereto appended, inily vindieates the ‘The small squares or open places of the city, ‘con AKON of Lis Vaiuaole | Stating of triangles and odd pieces of ground Wilt all ni nts of police to assist the | (|The remaining structure ta progress was the dairy | youtd have 1kS of th per suMcient numbers of ser n necessary if it had been prop ry u captain in the executive direction of its unport | house, adjacent to the trausve road at Stixty-th | jodated, In order to obtain the hehe y x ms bY Us departiabat. 101s proposed to | be converted into plots agreeable to the surrounding: ant wifairs, strect, tu @ very Inappropriate location, Itis widden | peceiye Ue beh at orine mornlue Bit, 2 | the mai Boulevard completed for elurti neighborhood, instead them oFenAlve 8 he resort of vi Secowh—A Bureau of Civil and Topographical ‘ from Gireet View, 13 dillicult of access, and no | same tame avoid the damp and coid of the rs for maproper gineering, the chief ofiicer of which Is known as | direct path leads to tt from the main drive, so that | an additional floor or story must be constructed “The Civil aud Topographical Engineer.” fhis bu- | the eritictsm ts often popularly made that a datry | neavi the butlding, to run its enure length, aud Teau contains foursubdivisions;irsi, “the WestSide | buliding intended for general use Of persons ire- | apout sixteen {cet in height, ‘This can be apropri- atvision,” teludig all that parc of the island of | quenting the Park should not have been placed to pomological and. floricuivural exhibitions, | pavem ew York eXicnding sroin Fifty-ninth gtreet west of | tere. Of coarse it was necessary to complete it dditional height will add to the beauty and | rows ot t Eighth avenve to (he Harlem river una Spuyien | according to the intended plans, because it had pro- iveness of the building. Waiks we so prepated, have peen } Of ple qty, and fo the citizens generally one of the | tlle Uttagular spot, diled with deciduous trees, Duyvil creek; second, “the Harlem — River | #ressed too far for alteration. It has been Anished | yg GkEEN FIELDS, TREES AND SHRUBBERY or } planted, fore the close of last autuuin Uyts | Most de Atul delves ever Hrsvyled on New York | very! Qa4 shy! division,” wicluding that river aud Spnyten ordance with the plans of those who conceived THE PARK. suewalk wascompicted m the same ranuer as thé | Island, The Boulevard itself is nearly ober 1 bie | We BRACH STRER TRIANGLE. Duyvil creek, and so far upon both sides thereor ag | It It may not, however, be uninteresting to know | xr, pilat, the first chief laudscape gardener, had | Pack Paths Gif OF Seveylyauinth stiver. Nov only | ire length up tw One timdred and Sixth street wt To a similar condition was the small triangle at may be necessary in carrying out any unprove- | that this Inconsiderabie butiding las cost about fifty | neon’ epgaged upon the Park many years though | have Ué been planted Of the walk, bit around | the preseat time. A year ago Lb Was not open at all, ; Beach street, €: pe thatit Mad, beskles the ob,ec- ments iu connection terewith; turd, the ; thousund dollars, nearly all of it expended belure | not absoiutely In control of the gardeumg depart | each an eregant aud strong wrought Tdi fuard has | ineed, 1 then tna very imperfect aud chact Hon dle features of the Duaue street park, a ouaver Westchester divisiog,” including ali” the | Uils department took office. as ment, because (as he complained to this dey heen placed, prepared from designs and under «dt- | state, The avenue St. Nicholas ia progressing now | Of allanthus tees giving out heir olfaasive odor, county of Westchester under the control of the | THE PALEONTOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE. ment) he had been restricted to following orders, | rection of the department, so that ub ton of | With great rapidity, the Seventh avenues likewise, | The neighvors desiret them removed and it w: Department located north of the Harlem river aud There was also at this thme building an extenstve | without reference to his own fancy. He wus a uian | the Work presents a finished appearance. ‘Thus walk | and al an early day i is mtended fo commence the | Wilingly doug. Tov place is now in aa attractive Spuylen Duyvil creek; fourth, “tne Kast Side divi- | foundation at the southwest end of the Park upoo | of good judgment, large experience, of nice taste, | will be continued Ww: ar treatment as fast as | tuprovement of Manbatian street aud Kingsoridge | Coudivon, sion, including all What part of the isiand of New | the Highth avenue side and near Sixty-tnird rita of great zeal in his profession. He was directed to | the wallof the Park shall be constructed, as itis | read, and also Tenta avenwe York extending 1m Fiity-ninvh street east of Filth | intended for a outiding in which should be exhibited | summon to bis assistance the best talent he could | found that the paolic enjuymeator this particular ‘These great main thorough avenue and of Eighth avenue, north of the Central | specimens of animals alieged to ve of the pre- | procure, He did 80, and the Central Park for the | tmprovement is qutle equal to Uhat of any poruon of | Communication, waen comp! MUN 59 1 Jt eatiye Jengty te ¢ b AaHiaes bihd way trace zit for the purpose. a3 had be rt ale years, ‘The SIXu avenue is alrea ly opéa from One Hun- 4 TUE DUANB STREET PARK. dred and Twenty-iifth street to the Contrat Park, Tho Duane Street Park possessed a halt-destroyed two , thereby affording the iniabicants of Harlem an easy | fence, aod was in a state of dilapidation. tts renoe , tne | aud pleasagi means of access to the lower poruon | Vttlon undertaken, aad it has been made an elegant i t nich rendered them impassadl nt haa been laid along the eau it tue Jength, FOOT OF CANAL STREET. and necessities of At the foot of Canal street was an open place wil r provide ag. | Willcl had been asad for many vears as a dumpiog Purk to the Hariem river. ‘This bureau has gharge | Adamite period, under the supervision of Professor | first time was placed in untrammeiled ci the Park, cess aud development to the property upon the | round, and persons having occasion vo visit tue t Within these mics of the surveying and laying olt ; Hawkins. The first inquiry being as vo the provable | corps of capable and efficlent gardeners, FIFTY-NINTH STRE! island to an extent that wil ampiy remanerate the | North river steamers at thts pomt will recoil: ‘of gall streets, avenues, roads and public squares | Cost of the proposed building, the department was | stil continued—a corps unequalled for skill and eill- Fifty-ninth st Adjacent to the Park, was in a | elty for all the expenditures that may be made upon | Open space. ‘The place has teen provided | condition, only partly paved, aud al. | such important lines of travel. These public works rating, coping, sidewalk and curb, and with and places, and establishing the grades thereof; informed that tae foundation had already required | ciency. ‘They considered it unnecessary for the natu- | very tinperte u pnited i unpleasant spectacie in | Will be pushed forward with ail possible speed, ‘The | Parkkeeper Incoarge. Itts now the resort of the also of the construction of all bridges, tunnels and | the expenditure of $30,000, The late Commissioners | ral adornment of the Park that the wooded portion | Loge wtuer means of communication between the coun- | Oly possessed ground plans, together with an tn- | should remain eovered with aun undergrowtit of ¢ connection with the beautlul grounds adjacent. | sewage of Unese avenues Will ulso receive prompt | children of that neighborhood (a portion of the city t ales of New York and Westchester, together with | complete study for the exterior or elevation of the | pricrs and ¢angied weeds, to the exclusion of visias | The square at Filth avenne ait Fifly-miutu street was | attention when the plans for the sewers of tne | flied with an immense population of the working apy improvement of Harlem river and Spuyten | proposed building. The character of the Lig oper of lawn and scenery, or that trees and bushes near | in a similar condition, and, iaaeed, 14 respect to this | Streets adjacent are determined by the Departwent ; Classes), and large numbers congregate about the ‘Duyvil creek which by law is or may hereafter be | Interior was left to be conjectured, and with the aid | tne drives should remain so close togetheras to pre- | it is not at all surprising that there should ave boen | of Public Works. Waiks of this litte park, enjoying toemselves in the «directed to be carried into effect. of architects, assisted by Py feapor Hawkins, an in- | clude the circulation of air, and shut out what would | hesitation in its improvement. Why this square was TUE COMPTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS. afternoon, Additioually to this organization of bureans, an | ferior ad apted to the Purposes intended was Mited | otnerwise he beautiful views of landscape, or that | ever lald out no one has been able to determine, | | Valuable assistance hus heen rentered the depart. PARKS ON THE SIXTH AVENUE. “architect-lu-chie(’ and a superintending architect | to the picture of the butding. Estimates | the walks of the Park should ever remain without | Of what special use it is wo Wie Lark 1s beyoud com- | ment by tue Comprrolier of Accounts, Mr. Van Nort, | The parks ou the Sixth avenue, at Thirty-second been so long connected with the Central | and vuirty-fourth streets, have been converted inte were appointed to supervise and superintend ati the | Were vext procured, when the least sum required to | shade, The present Hoard concurred that tu such | prehension. § been treated t structures and buildings belonging to vue Depart- | complete the-proposed building, exclusive of any- | respects the Park conld be materially improved; If widin of entrance was needed It could have been 48 been promoted Lo the position flower yardeus. ‘The sidewalks have ment. ting beg see ae ae ataaee ean tobe | and also that lower branches of trees, which op- | easily obtatned wit the Park, or by truncating vist ol Account ‘To Unis officer the same as other small parks, with new curbing 8 OF CENTRAL PARK ROADS. about i reo hundred thonsand rane wi a was | structea pedestrians, could be removed with pro- | the point of entrance. But to take a square of ground | grealer portiu the inquiries must be made by | aud the Scharf asphalt pavement. A fountain has ‘The subject which next demanded attentien from | deemed too eet a pant LE os eh upon a but Sind priety; and thata proper system of pruning and | for tois purpose, at a cost of half a milton ot dollars, secking information trout lie departueas been placed In the Thirty-second street Park. “ he present Board was the condiiion of the roads.| devoted wholiy ee eon! oer esr which, | trimming would prove advantageous to trees and | Without any benefit, seems quite imcompre)eusiple CHIE CLERK. PARKS UPON PARK AVENUE. ot and drives in the Central Park. ‘The roads required | however tnteresting, is yet so imper! ee not to | snroboery. A visitor to the Park should be able at | It is now, however, proposed to improve It by plac Mr. Barker, the ctief clerk in this bureau, has {| ‘The parks upou Park avenne, over the Harlens immediate care. they had been very much worn, | Justily so Neen eee ina tivite jor illustrating i; | all seasonablo times, in his walks through it, to rest | ing upon'it a fountan, surrounded by a plaza planted | charge of tue purchasing for the entire department | Rallroad tunnel, have recetved ‘consideravle atvene ‘aud the water ways on the sides needed to be re- | and certainly not es he living a in charge | hunself under shade. To accomplish this large | with trees, viving shade and accommoda- | of wil whe materuls required by the different | ton, Afier their improvement was begun an ape constructed in order to adapt them to the then im- | of the de) Son tis nob Mey properly cared for. ie trees have been transplanted from spots where they | tion for ty who desire to enjoy it, All | bureaus, He has manifesied great fdelity aad trust- | piication was receive! {rom whe Harlem Ratiroad periect conuition of the roadways. The roads were | Ws sug. rele yt Seg 0 Helge be ot could be | are not needed to places at iutervals along the stues | the possible advantages of UUs open space couid | Worininess mn the management of that purt of the | Company to perm the construction of openmgs af raixed and gravelled toa proper height and the | done if & pees he but i ee be pt pod ol the drives and waiks. ‘This is necessarily a dim. | have been had without any expense additional io the | business W which fe Is assigned. trough them tor tae light aud ventilation of we crown of the roads restored to ita original staie. 0 the proposed hog tp a tim ens legree. andthe | cult task, requiring time, It demands care and | Park itself. ‘This open space outside of th rkde: | SUPERINTENDENCE OF MR. CRANE. tunnel underneath, imveaded for the use of toer p Alb this invoived mach time and skilled labor, Bi remainder to & grand aquarium. New pl Ans COM | judgment, The section of the tree is important, | voted to the plaza has been converiea from adamp | The Central Park has, during the administration | hovse car raliroad and passengers generally. Five fore layiug the gravel there was removed the bining these two features were then prepared of & | 4) should be of a shape and kind adapted pecullarly | muddy spot into aroadway similar to that of the | of this department, been under the superintendeace | openings th each pars, Of a character that would nos t Jarge quantity of protruding pedbles which had | les8 expensive character than those proposed | jor removal. It 1s desirable that the tree should not | Park itsclt; ¢ nas been adapted to the grivle of the | of Mr, Crane. He had jong assisted in that work, | re with the proper ornamentation and planting become firaly imbeddea in the rcadway and gave by the original arc itects, out tt was lound | yy removed except upon a reasonable certainty that | yoadway ad) al, bY relaying the pavementof | but atthe ime when this Board entered oitce ie | were accordingly made. Their effect bax been to g disagreeable roughness to its surface. This slow | ‘possible to erect on the foundation as de- | iy will thrive in its new location. Trees of the char- | Fifci aven nd Filty-nintt street and paving and | was acting t suuvordinate position, He had been | ventiale and improve the tunnel to such an extents and tedious operation will not need to be repeated, | SIgned and laid, owing to ita peculiar form. | acier required for this purpose are diMculs to obtain. | repaying the jatter street uutii at the entrance of | so loug connected with the Park that he was { us to inake It as light as desired sor the purposes of juasmuch as the gravel now used Is all property | @0y structure that would be desirable, at @ | They need careful treatinent in transplanting. This | the Park, notwithstanding the rail tracks, the road- | deemed enttied to the iigher position tw which Le | the raliroad, while, at the same time, they have nob screened, The bridle paths, owing to numerous | less cost than two handred and flity thousand | system will be continued with the care and caution this point are ail Urat can be desite was transierred, interfered matertally with the plauttug. Tuey are complaints that the gravel used upon them was | Collars, which, with tne greatest care and economy | giready exercised, noul all the roads and walks TH AVENUE CIRCLE. ARCHITECE, now nearly completed, The florai pore ef the minyled with large pebble stones, underwent care- | 10 tue interior, would swell the cost to nearly thre | upon the parks are amply furnisied with shade ‘The architect, Mr. Mould, and his chief assistant | planttag bas been periected. The openings will be BE ighth Avenue Circle, adjacent to the Park, ful reparation, wid were: placed ia a thovouga con- | huudred thousand dollars, about the sum required | trees, seemed to have been abandoned, The track of Ue | and constructing architect. Mr. Munckwita, have | coped with granite similar Ww that of the ralling om dition for equestrian use. by the original plans. The constraction of any sucn HOTHOUSES, OR PROPAGATING HOUSES. | Fighth Avenue,Rairoad, which bisected tie | superio (the varions structures of the Park, | the exterior. This will ve surmounted by # heat TRAL PARK WALKS, uilding was, therefore, abandoned. and it was ‘The propagating bouses of the Park previous to | was removed Uireagh arrangements made by have perfected ihe drawings necessary for all con: | treilis railing, over which Will ve Urained delicate } ructions, and have directed the workioen engaged. | vines, Which, aot obstructing the ligat througa tue ait § ied bi fil In and cover ! The walk’ ii the had, to a considerable de- | deemed best to fil In and cover up the foundations | 4579 were two in nember, small in size and in every | deparément, | Th niral portion of the circle was | 8 t aree, heen covered With M2 Fisk asphalt, much out | Tater than to expend more money ata viace that | respect madequate. Indeed, the care of Nowers in | finished and the entire roadway completed upon the | ‘The report O1 Mr. Mould demonsirates how attentive | openiugs In tue tunel beneath, Will loud to beautny ree ger jn many places, With fimerous cracks and | 14 Not proper for any building, because at the pro- | the Park seemed almost to have been forbidden, so | same plan as the Boulevard, to whicu it is the opens | iy Durean vas been to tis duties. “The work per- | tie putas above. | } » by the Weather, and many places where | Posed point the builaings would be on @ line with | few were to be found. The principal hothouse of | lng entrance. This circle has been suzgested us a | formed there hus not only becn very consideravle THY TRIANGLE AT THE FIVE POINTS. ee a tT or Gravel had been furrowed or | te exterlor atreers and interfere witn the right of & | the Park (or wot Is yet called "the Conservatory”), | proper place for the monuinent authorized by the | but has been such as to require very great car The triangle at the Five Poines 1s still incom washed away. These were repaired, so far as was | Properly owner upon the avenue to enjoy the nll | aL the side of Mount St. Vincent, contained @ valuc- | Legislature uwo years axo to be erected in honor of | Judguteat and iste, Apart froin what has bee owing to the fact Unat toe graue of the stree practicabie at that time, with the best pavement and free yiew of the Park, the right to an w less Collection, scarcely Worthy of being kept une the memory of the soirdiers and sailors oi our coun- | done by this oureau during the past year, there aro | rouuding (is spot is inteaded to ve raised By ‘which could be wen procured suitable for the pur- structed view from his residence oppostte the 4s, Ut it were desirable to add flowers to the | try during the last war. itis @ proper piace for | many projects on ad, and wany drawings, de- | six or seven feet, and, While awaiting tae youon of pose. 0 AmOnuWwent and the question is now under | signs aud studies are now beiore the Board for | the proper department for this purpose, nota } OF BOULEVARDS. avonne owner has been assessed, Wherefore the | immediately upon the construction of propagauing | consideration. Several plans lave been perfected | acuou, bus been dune except to prepare tue Fading - The West Side Boulevard bad then been in pro- | department felt less hesitation in abandoning alt | pouses hothouses of the proper character. The | for a structure of the character desired, and at an CITY PARKS, coping, to be set at any moment. rk is one of the benefits and advantages for which the | heauties of our parks, Il became necessary to enter | suc o iy two years, aud no | Purpose of dullding at this point than i would | yuinbe: o« propagating houses has been recent! eariy day such monument wii be erected, The care and management of the city parks was @ WASHINGTON SQUARE. part or Sea ses yours opens: It was obviously otherwise have nad. orouse!. Sut i rf proposed at an early day to NPINKD CHARACTER OF DRIVES, AND ROAD | new, responsible and embarrassing duty. The me Late In the autumn plans were inatared for the important to nave ims road completed for business THE SuRer, strict ou tbe moat approved plan a series of sucn i WIDENING. bers of the present Board, having long been residents | inprovement of Wastington square, Dut s00n alter travel at the earliest day possible, becaase it fur- More man two hundred sheep, under charge of | houses m place of those at preseut existing, in cou | Numerous complaints were made respecting the | ofthe city of New York—some having been bi the commencement of the Work tH narrow roadways of tie Park, pareict bere, aud most of them aaving Lived here the greater aused {t to be suspended, It was recommeaced 1m ‘kK, With no Shelier provided, | nection with #u mtermediate Conservatory, of ‘The ground of the rk | size and character saimicient for the purpose of cul- {| northerly end and cust of the great Croton reservoir, | portion of inetr liv nished the only means of access from the upper to | employes, were in the rhe lower end of the city for all the frame of the | except temporary she eied, The —all felt a sensitive regard for | the spring, aod is belug rapidly coup island, and its speedy construction was imperative. | affords advautages for sheep culture whieh the de- | tivating plants and sirnvbery, to be placed at} and of ige abrupt turns, that bad caused many | the eminent public demand that these parks should | pian for avoiuing the irregular appearance Chat tue Therefore ‘atreotions Were at once given to have ali | partment determined to improve by the erection of | proper times in the grand conservatory building | casuaiuies, It was apparent to any visitor of the | be converied from the neglecied, repeliuug and un- | extensivd of FUL avenue at this point would pro- the force pul on It that could possibly be worked | proper buildings. 1% prepared plans and commenced | when floisied, and by means of which suMetent of | Park that the roads upon the easterly side shor | pleasant places they had been for many years, into | duce, eeu carried out In ce manger intead- with advantage. In the month of September free | the erection of # sheepfold on a pian not only de- | this class of material will at ail mes hereafter be | have beeu originally formed eign or ten ieet Wider, | breatliing spots that sould be not only ornaments | el, meets ihe public ap val. ft is proposed a & and uninterrupted travel was secured on that por- | strable for the proper rearing of sleep, but one that | ratsed. or even of the width of roads upon west bat @ pleasure to fhe people frequenting or passing | part of the design for (ie improvement of this place, tion of the Konievard roadway between tee Cucie at | will canse sheep culture become an attractive | ruroGRAPHICAL AND OTHER SURVEYS oF west: | side. This department has therefore elec them, and to the masses who have not the means | thatit jude the extousion of Sullivan street, Fifty-ninth street und seventy-firsi street, and ou the | feature of tie Park, This butiding uow nearly CHESTER COUNTY, widening of the roadway and a remedy for tne | of frequent access to Central Park. ugh from Anuty to Fourth, to meet one oF the westerly {the Park, near The department has in progress the proper topo- | abrupt curves above mentioned, and now te cray- THE CITY HALE PARK. roads across ihe square in front of the proposed Ist day of November those portions of said roadwag | completet on the . between Seventy-lirst street and Bighty-cignth street | transverse road No, 1, at Sixty-cighth street, and | graphical surv and between lv3d street and 108th street were or- | when finished and occupied must prove a great at- | village of You efore the first, | opening. When this shall be completed the attention, | trac of Sullivan, Taompsun and Laurens streets, coustruction | from of Westchester county, below che | ellie puniic Nave & commodious and convenient |’ The most conspleuous and tu s, Cogetier with « plan for the um | drive through all the mitherto constricted and dan. | although inviting Pa y J for the public use, thus affording to | trac'ion to all classes of visitors. provement of Harlem river and Spuytea Duyvil | gerous porlions of the Pars. ‘The road east of the | was that of the Cit, un West Broudway and Canal street, wil be ‘ see raid ents on the U ner portion of the istand facile THR ARSENAL MUSBUM, am | Gresk. it has also progressed She laying out of | upper reservotr, rer en it and th Fite avenue; ot tne Cours House & large portion of tt adjoining | drawn to the Fits vente, | and thus wey } We} city superior There was not, however, a4 before indicated, an that part of the Island of ‘ork jocated above | has been widened about tweive feet—the greatest | Broadway lad been fenced in and used as 4 place of | mnaterially relleve the twavel upon broadway. og AF net had been or enjoyed. a any 4 4 ‘f rincharge of | extentof witch (tis capable, in doing thts alt tue | deposit for unsighity encumbrances, Iumper, stone | Tue Work at tis Dole Nas beea Very heavy; bus It a to anything that had been or enjoyed at any time | work (nat seemed to demand more attention than | 155th street. There was no engine theretofore. the cleansing of the museum tuilding and the this department at the time the Board entered upon | tre: In addition to this Boulevard tt was considered | paration of sutiabie accommortations for the v: its office. ‘The surveys and field | beea transplanted, and not material to complete the Sixth and Seventh avenues, | animais ir places where they could not be offensive, | notes of engineers a memoranda were dis- | in the operauon. A collection % will be | the lower portion of ‘above 110th street, so that access to the Park could | Berore the close of the summer of 1870, the agimais | covered in a room of the former department, piled | planted a avenw side of bois road, as it ta spuci ninety fe be conventently had frum the upper portion of the | and birds were securely foused and caged in various | tp in mass, apparently without reference Lo subject | Bot de » to plant deciduous trees, wien wi we island. And this work has been energetically prose- | puildings adapted to their wants and comfort, and | or matter, The survey of a portion of Westcbes! grow io a large size, in The narrow space bot we euied with the elect hereafter more particularly | constructed by thts department, county had besa contracted for with two surveyors | the road and the walk. ‘The abrapt turn ta thts re slated. A series of buildings surround the Maseum, and | living therem, But as the money to be received t about Seventy-ninth street fas been remedied by. dvisable to pursue, with re ornamental in design and convemtent to the | from the towns of the county of Westchester had | giving It a gradual curve. ‘the widening of the da peel hart i he continuance of the wurs under | Toads west of the reservoir and between It and tte eral government through | lias beet so utilized a8 amateriaily to lessen its cost. ting the Post OMlce upon | ‘The surplus carth Of this square was traasferred to he Park, had also enclosed a Mopkius square, and willt tb were t the plod acing from Broadway | at that potut, waick reqaired mauy tou ted witiun that space & | Yards Of carta and joan. , stables aad one story puitdings, and | Lity Was some three eee in talexaess, cl | surrounded t¢ with a disfiguring fenee that tad | gr value, Saving Much of Che expetse wr been rented out (or postiug placards of every | oberwise Would necessartiy Mave beea 1acury 1, creating w po: ance, and ¥ tof Tompkins square. yerument agents ab first seemed tn. RESERVOIR 80 Atte «bordering It, or within the place widene me has . have | aad refuse mater. The ge i lost | Its agents employod ve mu Lue Luproveut: Ki » work of the avenue St. Nicholas, | public, There are:—One for the carnivora; one for | not been pale He Vigor Une der COnFFACt, and which had pro- | the birds and monkeys; Open atr sneds tor the | those ¢ Perec 5 was suspended, The portion | Righth avenue has not yet been undertaken, The | willing to yiekt tp any pa they teed ap Reservoir square is now receiving attention. The 4 oe Before the season closed a | beara, wolves, &.: roomy aud oven ale cages fortoe | of th work that bad been dove Was in | widening there will be castly g when propritied, orto sid the proposed Improveaents tn lane Were perfected during the past wink essed very sioW!y. road extending north from Breakneck Hil! had deen | eagles, domestic owls, & made complete for ail necessary purposes of travel, | clephants, camels and var and needing only the Muishing suriace fo reader tt ) In pre ess of erection at the west ot The widen | any manner. siowever, 1 was finally arranged | Board will remove to i so inucit of the ra ied | that they should relinquish a suiicient portion | Wasttuaton square as is Becded, as they Li wea | which this department avaied itseif Of imorder tw | dispen: wh rang af Wasdingion stare, a puble sitet, foom Broadway to Park | square wil ja 4 few montis ve Compleed. an faciosed building for | an unfinished stare, and was coniained in the pile | sired, but itis notde 18 tropleal animals, and | ofmaps and field notes, Indeet this branch of | tag of the roads on th ve Museum | the depurtimenc presented chaos and disorder. | 6 psiderable expense wh in-charge ol it there Was, besiues, no | aud tte UWI Che bea steriy side has ent hey crossed bri verse roads; SUL it bas | costed erfec! vuldings @ larger structure for caraivora, troptcal | With no pertect, e been done carecuily tb interierence wih | row the purpose of relieving the great o it MADISON SQ’ AR : FCPUNRS—THE ARSENAL. — | caitie, ee. one to give informa: oudition, 1 was | been done carecuily, aud Wiknout tmteriorence Wish | row, for the purpose of relieving the great erush of | ' 4 f eee TRAY PARR ree maition, of fie-structares |. ‘To these buildings and sheds, as fast as completed, | therefore allowed 10 ium, When the ) the public dug Le Whole progress of the work, avel and Uratic that generally sets Ta during ihe ho smyprovein at of Matison square erected or in process of erection In the Central | ail the aniitals and birds in the Museum were trans: | Civii and Topograpiical Bureau was organized, by . ne ane POLICk. ah tid bittiane: ousiness Sours if a . Printing House cu ae eae ork. by tho lave Commissioners, were Next as jerred, Aud the premises. formerly. sed for tem | placuur at lis head a chiel engineer, and dividing it | Although much had boon claimed for the eflictency | square to Chaint t. The departments rine a te 2 park. Ie 8 oviag this park, & bl LO throw Mito the = | propos ‘ ays or Broadway and Chatnaat sireet tae | seveuty fret of the potent sidewalk aad squares j ata thereby make alioss & sivaight hue of walk Separate divisions, a heretotore stated. | of the Vark Police, the Hoard did not fad Mas arious maps, Held 1 sketches aod dias | eficient as hey desired it tobe. After many (rott | riage to reform the discipune, tc Was deters | space used for sldewa ks, thereby macerially cout of administration | inte fe le y vy yeports tat there | were suftably adapted for ome Hut already eon ‘expended mang m clerks, All these | Ali the had already been expended many milions of dole | of the depariment and of the Far 2 Old 08 dings are heated by steam that generated grams have been carefully ¢ 1, filed and re. | less edor dars Upou the Fark, i addition to the original Cost | baildings are heated oe! : " ‘ \ 8 a convenience 1 . » | out tae east sie of Boadway a Rweuty-caid r 5 ast pn it ihe basement of the Museum bunding and carr c0) and ap) priate places fave been pr ‘ovided mined to seek lor a hew ehiet who wid wive Gon | baungte the convenience of pedestrians aud te vou 4 a of the Iain, Soe shia eeparment found cast Noor 4 sabia nce to the public As to his Oxecutive aviiLy And | Move Tapid transit of Vehivics, As a futher im- | street wo ia street aul Fifi aveaaas ne ROADS, ATL ViCOr ANU Lhoreuchness of organiation bo | Jour mm number-—shontd scomunand, The negiect to provide proper ac Piese roads are sull | commodations for the Park Police was of Maell ying. This has becn radially remedied. “Tae se eponstvillty Of tewuming ihe control of tie | Larough pipes under ground for a distance of th for tiem, We omieted structures Withite tine Park as to. the | of for haudred feet, Thus there is aiforded a unt. THE TRANSY expediency and plans of whieh the present Con. form and easy rogaiated heat in each buildiig, and The tranave roa nmassioners had no voiwe in devernitui Many | security against fr H importaut consideration, in | have been long ago fin Eriges and several Ornameniar giructires were ia | respect to (nc valuable property now In the building. | Mt tie state ty whieh they were Left ab tie tne | mor tory of the Museum butiding gre entve rulag raved (rou LN SyuAre, consty vat toe appee aad rower oof the Lriaugle Upon wilen stands ya wih Teidoed 10 & feasoa. » that the greater part of it may be vetent the dilapidated trou rating aren i K was entively removed, and pow the ox | fountacua wii yndttion of the City Halt Park, wilh its curtivared | ends and the a Josures, 18 Gees, Surubbery, owatuus vad payed | the Wortn une iene + v iL one great deticre was apparent— Inthe uppe ere | When the Park was jstructed. They have been | basement of We Museum puilding has veen rears | Walks, excites uaiversal approy a | Oa a i Peo ea tie Park ho suitable’ necou | Was, as alrcady mentioned, many unpacked cases | to some exteut Wulized and prepared for pudiie | ranged and ittod up Witt every convenience uecued TOMPKINS SQUARE | given to the straet Way prupet, It ts aC all aes ti imens Intended for the Museu of | travel; they are patty lighted With gas, and at an | for @ poilce force; as has also in tho | ‘Tompkins Square Pars was nex! improved. Tete | potnts that vellivws TauWay OAs amit edestroaaa y a owde . To accommodate them show | early ‘day wik be enurely completed, The gas | basement of the Mount st. Vincent buikiing. Gap: | located ina thickly settled portion of the city, and 4 are — bece e i in character and design for the pur- | brackets designed wad cast for lighting them { talu Nathaatel R. Mulls, Who had been tor ten years | surronuded by deasey oecupted Ledement ouses, | aunoyed. At These Projected Waprove ueuts mM department, and tue | are believed wo be specimens Of neataess, appro. | identified with the Metropelitan Police ta positions | It wad been appropriated by law to (ae aulitary of ) command popular approval, modations for the Commissioners ana oitieess. | containing spe ‘the only building that could be adapted | Natural Hist to that purpose, even in pari, was the | causes, sun@ul Areas! or Mussum, , Gulldings | A bertion | pos Ca maghs Z| i r he M 1 H thorefoee TUG TRIANGLE AL CUXISTOPILER STRE cued by a number of cic Jecitieus may How be seen pea the second and | priateness and economy. What method shad ve | of comumnud, Was select) as the Chie’ He took | the Firat divisioa as u parade ground, aod elows i 4 xy cunt 28 sv 5 ‘ R a 6 hmicou ou sbuce a Ma ae sjory. ¢ eanait’ bart third floors or the Duildiog, The show cages consist | adovted in prepariug We-e roads tyr pUdUG use, | charge of ai! the Torey xndor erULTOL UI the orezeMs | Tae devartment was Liwited tn the tearinead dC ‘The triangie at Ufristopuer sect hay nod ay f Pe ene OS "