The New York herald., 1877-02-17
&l97. $50 $97,57S s6o. OOo

Leaving for class 8 .$l97 $50 $975 57S 500 900
THIS leads to the following conclusions: =
Ftrst-rhe propricty OF The reduction OF the wages
Sccond-The suspension OF the work IN winter and
midsummer. and It's more active prosecution IN the
spring and fall.
At the very best It will bc practicable to Keep
the Parks In their usual nnc condition. Even II an
appearance is kept up, II will bo at The OF lar
greater outlay in the future than would be necessary
now. some part OF the necessary work OF the Parks
must DO suspended or neglected, and this VIII lead.
necessarily, 10 rrcparabc injury Thp details OF thus
work and the disastrous result OF the reductions
must make are set forth In the accompanying reports
OF Mr.. Oimstcd and Mr. Nunckwtz
REPORT or rng SUPERINTENDENT AND ARCHITECT.
The report ALLUDED 10 IN the concluding paragraph OF
Commissioner Martins paper is one which was re-
Gently submitted TO the Board Of Comm issoncrs by
Messrs Fred Law Olmsicad, landscape architect and
julius Muncckwitz superintendent tho Department
of Public Parks. The following extracts from this
document will be suffciont TO show what these gentle
men think on the subjcct:-
Under 'hs siro"mssances u Is best 70 avoid any radical
TEN involves temporary loss Of efficiency aud
Wisdom ably lies .hsoiofs IN reducng equally ali
OF mnenanee u h. course Is 70 10
90 which the attention OF tho Board should fa
given.
certain part Of the duties OF maintenance and thn.
part which ha, the most public attention which has
share Of the outlay for maincneuce Is simple ch arac.
those Of Hsepns the rssds and wsSs epasced
aud cc%ned the ess n place and in order, the houses
Neglect bad work in this class OF duties Is cIa,ey
co,npain nearly always may be readily brought home
70 the foreman c" rs.pC".ss . tor. ST it, Il = C0". ,n every
shnhnndcd Or pressed Tor time leaves other work nndone
that policy pushed further in tho interests
economy lie. in sse Tee, that when al the class o. da;
sahcasio OF The pnbe Y the pnrs. has been performed
pruirn, system Of municipal might bc .he
most costly par, S ,ne maintenance OF the parks ha
servation o. Me value in the 6sed property lodged IN
II PROBABLY within poun% 10 .sy that sSs
sum ~hicn the department cxpend during the prcsen,
owe per cent the capital whic thc cit, invested n
s @ ss .n ss a. s pcp sns w Tho 70
d9ns on sc is Integrity depends must be recognised
r"r rss.s n s.p rsr,rs.
available for Intelligent essmlnssicn OF the variou,
Ions been much less thar II should TO. Some OF
ss sass @Hss before s T pn % & .D sSs
iases is dapidas-d that is ase has been
have fallcn pieces fhc movable seats
hoa s matter Of ;sen"ny have fresh sos. - paint
annually What would cos. wcgid be than compel.
sourg .uS ,p,n,Srng q the woodwork The seats have
TIs sHss.cn q me msn.scmsp, ct ,h. eiau atoms 50
no, simply one between the performance aud the
fSosease good judsmeas psi.onsi INTEREST and faithful.
mss Of ~ The men who shall DO employed in certain work
indicated There are ,arons places in The Central rAi
board % es "Us OCCASION ."" tho s' ona
operation" Of maintenance such ~ inowing tho gathering
wseh No man cam ts sspecse to csero.s
who has not had good education gardener.
with some special education SUCH ordnary Nborev 10
capable VI receiving IN he motives Of design OF the .oca
e a ~SsS 80 and
on ~hicL dead leaves other plants than certain
grasses are blcmish over this u IL sirabc that the
manure should be evenly spread On another part
stsps S.. Which nature Sss ss
same rubbish which an injury 20 she adjoining srt
third pRr knoll between aud about the OF which
special soil has been placed for partculsr class o shrubs
aud plants. some Of which should trail out irreguarly
toward tho turf Over this ground shcrs should be
moving dead and rubbish should DO removed only
When excessive; then BY hand aud with discretion
To save the expense Of vork bc performed with Die
elimination, suoh thns indleascd thoasands Of