Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1834 (page_0006)

The sluice under Indian Ridge appears to be of
doubtful utility. _if intended to carry off the
water from the low land upon one side and to
fill a pond upon the other, the drain must be
taken up and relaid lower; this would be an
affair of very considerable expence, and for
which there appears to be no immediate require-
ment._ as however it may be thought requisite
at a future day, when a larger number of Lots
shall be required for sale, it is recommended
to desist putting more gravel into the chasm
under the bridge, as it might all have to be
removed again, and the bridge should be
made safe and passable by immediate
repairs._

The views of your committee, as to
the improvements in the Garden, have been, as
will readily be perceived, confined within
very narrow limits; they have thought it advisable
to advance by degrees, with small expenditures,
until it shall be made capable of furnishing not
only all the trees, shrubs &c wanted for the purposes