THE MAINE MONUlIENT ERECTEDTO THE SEAMEKWHO PERISHEDIY THE MAIXE, 1898. Funds for the erection of this monument supplied by the school children of the U. 5. MAINE NATIONAL MONUMENT H. Van Buren Magonigle, Architect. SIZE Total width over all, including Park Entrances, 280 feet. Width of each Side Entrance over all, 68 feet. Each of four G& Houses 9 feet square by 12 feet 6 inches high. MONUMENT PROPER Height exclusive of top group, 44 feet. Total heiglzt from ground to top of laurel branch in the hand of the figure of Columbia in top group, 63 feet. Width of face of pylon at bottom, 17 feet 9 inches. Width of face of pylon at top, 15 feet. Width of side of pylon at bottom, 15 feet 6 inches. Width of side of pylon at top, 13 feet. Base of pylon over &-face, 21 feet 6 inches, side, 19 feet. Total length in plan over all steps, etc., 74 feet. Total width in plan over ell steps, etc., 55 feet. COST One Hundred and Sixty-he thousand Dollars ($165,ooo). COMPLETION Corner-stone laid February 15, 1912- completed September I, 1912. DEDICATION May 30, 1913. TABLET On the t4UO SideS of the shaft or p Jon are two panels each 7 feet 4 inches by ao feet 3 inches, in w&h the names of aEl who lost their lives in the catastrophe are carved. These names are taken from Rear Admiral (then Captain) Charles D. Sigsbee's personal nar- ratwe of the "Maine" disaster. BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND RICHMOND ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1912 CHARLES B. STOVER, . Commissioner LOUIS F. LAROCHE, . Examiner JOHN H. BEATTY, . Superintendent EDWARD A. MILLER, . Chief Engineer JAROSLAV A. KRAUS, . Architect WILLIAM J. LEE, . Supervisor of Recreation MRS. HENRY PARSONS, . Director, Children's School Farms J. J. LITTLE & IVES CO. 425-435 East 24th Street, New York DEPARTMENT OF PARKS City of New York PARK BOARD, 1912 CHARLES B. STOVER, President Commissioner for the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond THOMAS J. HIGGINS Commissioner for the Borough of the Bronx MICHAEL J. KENNEDY Commissioner for the Borough of Brooklyn WALTER G. ELIOT Commissioner for the Borough of Queens CLINTON H. SMITH, Secretary CHARLES DOWNING LAY, Landscape Architect BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND RICHMOND The administration of the Park Department in the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond was carried oil during the year ending December 31, 1912, along the lines followed in 1910 arid 1911. Additional space in the parks was set aside for recreation purposes for both children and adults, and the playgrounds already established were *added by the opening of several grounds which had been under improvement. These improved grounds contaln field houses, with baths and toilets, and playrooins for use in bad weather, and are models of their kind. The landscape features of the parks proper were not neglected. Poor lawns and plantations in all the parks were renewed, especially in Central Park, where the great work of restoration in progress during the previous two years was continued. Progress was made toward the solution of the roadway question in Central Park and Riverside Park, by the laying of a modern up-to-date pavement on the West Drive, Central Park, for which a special fund was granted by the Board of Estimate. This pavement was determined upon as the result of the observation of the four experimental sections laid the previous fall in Central Park. The reclaiming of the water front of Riverside Park continued throughout the year. Thousands of yards of filling were deposited at the three points along the shore, 79th street, 96th street and 129th street, where free dumps were established for contractors and builders under department permits. A considerable area was added at these three points as the result of the filling. At both 79th street and 96th street sufficient space was added to allow baseball playing, giving pleasure and healthful kxercise to added thousands of boys and young men who used the diamonds laid out there by the department. The larger appropriation granted for music in the annual budget for 1912 permitted a return to the generous policy regarding the number and class of concerts given. In Central Park during the summer season the orchestral concerts by well-known leaders were continued and the number increased. The evening concerts were resumed, concerts being given every night in the week except Sunday and Monday, in addition to the regular afternoon concerts on Saturday and Sunday. Orchestral concerts were given also at Curtis High School field in Staten Island and the number of concerts in the Borough of Richmond was greatly increased. In general, greater use was made of the parks and playgrounds during the year . 1912 than ever before. The details of the work accomplished during the year are found in the accompanying reports of the officials in charge of the various divisions of the department. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. -4ccessions to the collection at the menagerie, Central Park, during 1912 numbered 332. divided as follows: Donations ......................................................159 Purchases ...................................................... 159 Exchanges ...................................................... 3 Births .......................................................... 11 Total.. ..................................................... 332 332 Losses during the year were as follows: Deaths ......................................................... 115 Exchanges ...................................................... 5 Soldatauction .................................................. 10 Total ....................................................... 130- 130 Netincrease ................................................ 202 7 The department flock of Dorset horned sheep was increased by the birth of twenty- one ram lambs and thirty ewe lambs. At the annual auction sale of surplus stock all the ram lambs were sold, together with thirty old ewes and two rams. There were also included in this sale seven fallow deer and three English red deer, and eight hundred and thirteen pounds of wool. The receipts of the sale amounted to the sum of six hundred thirty-two dollars eighteen cents, which was placed to the credit of the special fund for the purchase of animals, etc., for the menagerie. Following is the list of donations, purchases, etc.: 1 Phalanger 5 Magpies 3 Owls 24 Cutthroat finches 14 Pigeons 12 Rhesus monkeys 2 Opossums 2 Mandrills 2 Marmosets 2 Lemurs 1 Guinea pig 1 Green monkey 13 Rabbits 1 Olive baboon 3 Alligators 3 Pigtail monkeys 75 Song birds 1 Dorset horned ram 4 Parakeets - 5 Parrots 159 Total 8 Song birds 1 Red fox 1 Cockatoo 3 Canaries 1 Axis deer 2 Doves 1 Llama 1 Wolf 3 Lions 1 Black bear 3 English red deer 1 Ocelot 2 Fallow deer 1 Quail 1 Elk 2 Silver pheasants - 1 Rose cockatoo 11 Total 15 Ducks 1 Angora goat 1 Crow 1 Fox 7 Fallow deer 1 Skunk 3 English red deer 30 Horned Dorset ewes 159 Total 21 Horned Dorset ram lambs 2 Horned Dorset rams 813 Pounds of wool 12 Mexican tropicals 6 Cockatoos 6 Golden eagles 10 Mexican parrots 2 Angora goats 1 Bald eagle 1 Zebra cow for wool 12 Parakeets 2 Lions and 275 dollars for one zebra 12 Blackbirds 6 Rose parakeets 2 Guinea hens 24 German canaries 7 Eagles ti Mexican jays 2 Gray foxes 6 Mexican orioles 16 Parrots 4 Toucans 1 Gull 1 Hyena 1 Mouflon 2 Leopards 1 Tigress 1 Condor 2 Opossums 4 Swans 2 Toucans 3 Snakes 1 Red deer 1 Raccoon 2 Storks 8 Small birds 1 Brazilian sheep 1 Red fox 1 Ocelot 3 Parakeets 1 Nylghau 1 Black bear 2 Owls 3 Pheasants 1 Angora goat 1 Axis deer 1 Eland 1 Marmoset 40 Monkeys 1 Gander - 1 Cockatoo 115 Total 1 Lion The collection of monkeys on exhibition was made more interesting to the public by the character of the specimens purchased. These included mandrills, lemurs, and pigtail monkeys, no specimens of which had been in the menagerie for a great many years. The bird collection was greatly increased, over one hundred specimens being received from donations above. Of this number, seventy-five were received from one donor. The specimens added during the year were mainly birds of brilliant plumage, many of them of odd shapes, making a highly interesting collection; probably the best ever on exhibition in the menagerie. Plans were made for the improvement of the buildings and enclosures in which the collection is housed, and the work started by the reconstruction of a concrete alligator tank of artistic design to replace the old wooden tank formerly in use. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Authoriza- tions and Expendi- Unen- Title of Account. Additions tures and cumbered during Liabilities. Balance. Year. AMERICANMUSEUM OF NATURALHISTORY. Equipping, finishing and construction of addi- tions thereto. .......................... $511,092 .OO $510,793.61 $118.39 Furnishing and equipping. ................ 101,027.86 100,393.75 634.11 Construction of foundations for southeast wing and Court Building, and architects' fees for entire work. .................... 200,000.00 88,191.23 111,808.77 Equipment and construction of permanent im- provements ............................ 65,000.00 54,566.35 10,433.65 Aquarium Building in Battery Park, im- provement of, Borough of Manhattan. .... 71,856.26 71,511.76 344.50 Cathedral Parkway, between 5th and 7th avenues, Borough of Manhattan, widening and improvement of.. ................... 73,730.56 63,912.42 9,818.14 - Authoriza- tions and Expendi- Unen- Title of Account. Additions tures and cumbered during Liabilities. Balance. Year. Construction and equipment of playgrounds in Central Park.. ....................... Completion of storage yard and manure pit in Central Park. .......................... Construction of a comfort station in Madison Square Park, Borough of Manhattan.. .... Construction of improved toilet facilities in City parks and rebuilding Bank Rock Bridge in Central Park, Borough of Manhattan. .. Department of Parks, Manhattan and Rich- mond, plans and specifications of permanent improvements. ......................... Department of Parks, Manhattan and Rich- mond, Chelsea Park, sub title No. 1, surveys, plans,etc .............................. Department of Parks, Manhattan and Rich- mond, construction of a new comfort sta- tion ..................................