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Park Board of the NYC Dept of Parks , \ MINUTES OF THE PARK BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916 Commissioner CABOT WARD, President " THOMAS W. WHITTLE " RAYMOND V. INGERSOLL JOHN E. WEIER LOUIS W. FEHR, Secretary PRESS OF CLARENCE S. NATHAN, INC., NEW YORK. 711-16-75 (N) ~I INDEX A PAGE Acting President, designated by Mayor. .................................... 68 Aldermen, Board of, transferring transverse roads to Borough President .......... 46 American Museum Natural History, alcoholic storage stacks, Manhattan ........ 53,56 Animals, auction sale of, Manhattan, authorized ............................. 55 Apparatus, playground, Betsy Head, Brooklyn .............................. 39,41 Arsenal Restaurant, repairs, bids .......................................... 104, 105 Authorizing contract for hire of auto trucks, Bronx .......................... 92 Auto trucks, hire of. ..................................................... 92, 100 Awards- Central Purchase ........................................... 6, 26, 27, 32, 38, 41 Brooklyn ............................ 3, 6, 10, 27, 30, 32, 33, 39,41,42,44,51,52, 56, 57, 64, 68, 73, 75, 78, 80, 83, 94, 99 Bronx ........................... 6, 26, 27, 30, 38, 51, 55, 57, 61, 81, 88, 89, 92, 100 .. Manhattan and Richmond ........ 9, 10, 23, 24, 26, 32, 38, 41, 44, 51, 55, 56, 61, 69, 73, 88, 96, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 Queens. .. ....................................................... 27,73 B Balustrade, Speedway, Manhattan ........................................ 10 Bay Parkway, resurface, Brooklyn ............................... , ..... 74, 80, 83,84 Beef, Central Park Menagerie ............................................. 106 Belvedere-- General construction, Manhattan ....................................... 105,107 Plumbing, Manhattan ................................................ 105,107 Betsy Head Playground- Fences, curb, etc., Brooklyn .......................................... 33, 34 Apparatus .......................................................... 39 Cypress Arbor. ....................... 45,51 Bids received- Brooklyn ...................... 10,22,29,31,34,39,40,43,44,45,47,48,56,60,63, 66, 76, 77, 78, 83, 93, 101, 105 Bronx ......................... 25, 26, 34, 59, 66, 69, 76, 77, 83, 86, 89, 90, 92, 10.5 Manhattan and Richmond ........ 1, 4, 14, 17, 40, 53, 58, 66, 69, 98, 100, 104, 105 Queens....... .. 12,71 Central Purchase.............................. 1, 5, 6, 9, 14, 32, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46 Blue Prints for landscape architect purchase approved ......... :. 5, 23 Boat house, repairs to, Prospect Park, Brooklyn .......................... 60, 64, 85, 89 Boulders for Rock Garden, Brooklyn .......... '. • . 29, 30 Brancaccio Co., Frank, deposit forfeited refill for swamp lands, Bronx. 85, 87 Bridge, paving Breeze Hill, :prospect Park, Brooklyn. ... 56,61 Brooklyn Botanic Garden- Children's garden house .............................................. 47,52 Plumbing .............................................................. 47, 52 4th part of greenhouse. ...................................... 101 Plumbing ...................................................... 101 Heating ........................................................ 105 Bronx Park strip, modification re planting .................................. 33,50 Bronx Labor Council, re appropriation for music ............................ 31 Bronx and Pelham Parkway, repaving ..................................... 76,88 Bulkhead and jetties, Jacob Riis Park, Rockaway, Queens .................... 70 Bushwick Playground, retaining wall, Brooklyn ......................... 78,80 iii iv INDEX. c PAGE Caldwell & Murphy, re Brancaccio Co. bid for fill in Van Cortlandt ........... 81 Central Purchase Bill .................................................... 33,39 Central Purchase Committee-- Re hour for opening bids .................................... .41, 44, 49, 87, 106 Re withdrawal. ..................................................... 72 Central and other parks, repaving with asphalt mastic, Manhattan ............ 86, 88 Chelsea Park, high gas pipe and wire mesh fence, Manhattan ................. 69, 75 Coal- Manhattan ......................................................... 57 Bronx .............................................................. 5 Code, annotated, ordinances .............................................. 29 Comfort Station- Athletic field, Pelham Bay, Bronx. 69 Plumbing. 69 Fort Hamilton Park, Brooklyn. 76, 78 Plumbing. ... 77,78 Comptroller, re cancellation of advice of award for fill, swamp land, Bronx. 92 Concrete walk on 177th Street side Crotona Park, Bronx ...................... 77,82,83 Corporation Counsel, communication re amendment to Park ordinances.... ... 85,86 Crotona Park, Bronx, concrete walk, 177th Street ..................... 77, 82, .83, 92 D Delaney, D. L., extension time, water supply system, greenhouse, Van Cortlandt Park ............................................................... 83 .. Deposit forfeited on bid for subway lands, Van Cortlandt Park ............... 85, 87 Dredging, North River between 103d and 109th Streets, Manhattan .......... 4,8 E Echo Park, hexagonal block walks, Bronx ................................... 28,59,61 Efficiency reports, re Park Board employees ............................ 41, 80, 81, 83 Estimates for Budget, Park Board, 1917. 39 Estimate and Apportionment, Board of- Transportation, Bronx and Pelham Parks .............................. 18, 94 Estimates for 1917 .................................................. 40, 51 Extension time-- J. & T. Adikes, for forage, Queens ..................................... 97 Robt. Boyd, Red Hook gravel, Manhattan ............................. 89 D. L. Delaney Co., water supply system, nursery, Van Cortlandt Park. .... 83 Delson Cont. Co., improving Isham Park, Manhattan ................... 61 P. J. Duffy, removal earth and rock, Jerome Avenue side, McComb's Dam Park. .......................................................... 64 Doherty, C. J., curb, fence, coping, etc., Betsy Head, Brooklyn ........... 57,65 Di Menna, M., Const. Co., cement walks and steps, Isham Park, Manhattan .. 87,99 Gradwohl, F., Eng. & Cont. Co., concrete tunnel, Prospect Park, Brooklyn ... 94,101 Grauer, Adolph, walks and edging, Straus Park, Manhattan .............. 54 Harris & Co., Geo. D., coal, Manhattan ................................ 32 Horrocks, Joshua, metal animal cages, Brooklyn ........................ 11 Kalt Lumber Co., lumber, Manhattan ................................. 64 Knapp, Bernard, repairs to boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn ........... 85,89 Lennon Co., Frank J., Forage, Manhattan .............................. 51 Monahan, Edward F., paving Park circle ............................... 99 Norton Co., Chas. D., coal, Manhattan ................................ 30 O'Brien & Mulligan, wooden sheds, Prospect Park, Brooklyn ............. 92 O'Hara, M. J., paving Bay Parkway, Brooklyn ......................... 103 Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., glass for Metropolitan Museum Art ............ 104 Reynolds Cont. Co., T. H., siding, Queens .............................. 10 Smith & Theis, hot water heating, Zoo, Brooklyn ........................ 11 Sicilian Asphalt Paving Co., paving River Drive from 91st Street to 114th Street .......................................................... 52 Triangle Motor Sales Co., motor truck, Manhattan ...................... 44 Vought, Hy. H., for animal hospital, Bronx ...................... 8 INDEX. v ( F PAGE Fence, Morningside Park, Manhattan ...................................... 1,6 Fence, gas pipe and wire mesh, Chelsea Park, Manhattan .................... 69, 75 Fill, Shore Road, Brooklyn ............................................... 36 Filling swamp lands, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx ....................... 76, 81, 87, 90 Forage- Manhattan ......................................................... 51 Brooklyn ........................................................... 51 Bronx .......................................................... , ... 51 Forest Park- Paving, Queens ..................................................... 12,21 Water Supply, Queens ............................................... 70,73 Fort Hamilton Parkway, comfort station, Brooklyn .......................... 76, 78 G Galleries, bookshelves, etc., New York Public Library, Manhattan ..... 1,8 Gardeners- Supplies, Brooklyn and Bronx ........................................ 30 Re scale of wages .................................................... 54 Gatringer, Jos.- Rated............................................................... 9 Promoted ...... '. 20 Re salary ..................................................... 26, 29, 32, 43, 51 Golf, Mr. Beverly Harison of Gotham Club spoke, reo . 24 Golf House- Addition, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx .................................. 66 Heating, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx .................................. 66,105 Gravel, fine, Manhattan .................................................. 14,24 Grits, Bronx ............................................................ 26,30 Groynes, timber, Seaside Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn ...................... 93, 99 H Harris, Chas. D., & Co., extension time, coal, Manhattan. 32 Horrocks, Joshua, extension time, animal cages, Brooklyn. .. ... 11 Health Department re placard for distribution ..................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 60 Higginson, Arthur Ho, re trees. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0000.0.0 •••••••• 0 •• 00
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