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The Standard Union from Brooklyn, New York • 17

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Till: DAILY -STANDARD' UKlO-f jmOOKLYN. SUNDAY. JULY" 11. 1007. $25,000 a Yea Prospect Perl I a for Observatory in itytoPa Uahment of the TO DETERMINE STATUS OF GRAYESENQ AVENUE sironomical Observatory to Be Established in Prospect Park tttt 'tii" e.

ihelr track. In good inn tt W(i the of hi.i.ue oa adopted by the com. ill- Holiem iij, pointed under till act' of the Law. of 1SJS was allien. i 907 of the li.4, an.

th. amendetl a 'ii wooi! and 'on. Island ,1 any may In the 1 1 1 Ml 1 1 UK ttt money, the eUlp of pub he main. current Arte and alh to reieiv. apparatus anil il.i,., merit of both of tli.

(,,,, lie edueatleual "The builKet allxu.m,,,, fliI tenance of mueinnn year are aa follow "llrooklyn liiaiin.ni. Flatbush Local Improvement Beard Has a Record Calendar Nearly Two Hundred Petitions tor Work In Thai Section Are Reconmv led to the Board oi Estimate. io Appropriate Money lor Inception and Main It ha. been toiilrnded that Ihe aruenwood und t'oney Inliin.l Hull, road Company', right to the use ut Graveaend avenue for the operation of Mtifeum of irij, u.ii o-iatlon of their rail, mad una i rail not less forty js.u'i.Ib per linear yard, anil may opei, ite iMi mi am or other inotn" tenance ol This as Well as Botanic Gardens and Arboretum. mi leiuea, iwjwi, i 1 i i Natuial lllatory, Muneuin of Art, li.v,.,., Zixil.iali al I'nrk, ti ll Aquarium.

Uardeii, 176,000. lOpulltdU i Vui 'W York Hotanlcil car. and tralna on that highway la no legal, thl borouifh offlclala hae for power pni rum of their railroad lying in i 'i avenue and Nine Island beat h. warded a reuse- Uexthe i oriornt luu iiunael aklnK for an oplnlun iii th "In addition to the AVKNI liVEVI 'tr numerous attempts and what I Chaiitur of th of IK, the I (i.i.l- tlona for ntoltitemi'i. fa, S.WJ.75 for the ruri.

i "1 ik. an Tlil- tinner. ,1 fiooi t- ntn ei a. ,) "The riifhtu of i a Venn, ii i lultiiti' of Uloll 1 really ben lor, fight, the Brook-1 I. rulr, IrmUtuto of Arm and Hclflhces hii.I aiiDruDrUta tha inirt of I It! iistit.

ic la af- for to tie u-oI a- rl 1 1 ii a vi-: 'K At. a ni'-iiiiit' i.f merit 1 of the 1 the HoluUKll ll.lti It-rtiooli, r-" I'loSeniint Wet'- 1. Hoard of f. on Ihe fr conatruiUloit of buu.tii ki nuiaeuma anil other betteriii'nin iP h.n,i.r Illy secured tliu recommendation of l'roli't I'nrk ihrln cli-slicnaipil for 1" ran Park-iit r. tii.l.-a city official to the ealnlillahineiil ti nr.

together with the a Itn aitronomltnl obnervatury and a Itjtil atatua of the avenue KiiKiioei Charlea M. Ward, of the Mrooklyu Td-poarraphlcal HureaU. has Juat submitted the following report on this matter in j'ublle Works Cotiunlssloner iJeiiieoul Dunne: "In reply to your office letter of the Sth reuueaiinar a report on the legal status of tjruveeend avenue, froia Fort Hamilton avenue to Shell road, and as to the rights of the railroad therein, I submit the following rcir1 "(in May ls73 Ch. 631). the nlq garden und arboretum In I'ron- tnnual ln-'-n of the 'ur, which I expenill- II A LNt'I a 1-.

r-T rV. IN! atalments for tin-same, exceeds make, an ssareg lure of over ll.ooo.o. lei MtulillHhlnK anil iiimiKMining; unTr.in ii liolnnlr Kurilnn mill nborRtuin. U'Ikiicvit the Hrouklyn Inntlttiti- if ArIB and Hi'li'nreii hIiiiII have rulm-il or HCi'uri'il by private nulmiTllitlim the Bum iif within one tar fruni thu uhmiikh of ulit act, the principal t. a i I'ark.

Not only that, but the city appropriate money inward the i. lroad In Oraves-n transferred a W6 (Chap. lured the Comity of Brooklyn, u-r of the Mayor, or resolution i venue by rall- ii. track, along is eam motive t-ower to re- Ahlih shall Pi ihe free and -ud rlravesend ImvlnK the rights of item to nier-. .1 VI KHlt: a awe ,1 tiv.nua 1 tielwwsa I Illinium lit.

equipment und inn I "The annual liudg-' nil nea of theae department maintenance of the -nllilll III for Iho It IllHlltUtr since astronomical obsuvalory will 'of ft huh, or the Income thereof, lo Arts and Science-) ouaolidatlon front i. I In 1., i to inimure pafcu il an ni to open, lay -I Ii Ably be erected on Otwt-rvatiun be aet aparl and ud for the purchanc which la to the northwest of Hin'iif plantn. flowera, aliruha and Iriin in tor Of the two lakes In l'rospici i be set out In aald butnnlc Krden and for IWt7. The .1,1 iv, and iravesend avenue ling ap-! Hrld Improve construction of propnation tor tiio authorised fh- rail- subj'-c t-i to reguia'e the of roHd i-orporatl nalfl a ei-ii, tj power. 'I'liiH a.

a uio'e Jill Tiot my manii'-r interfr-unt -1 o--aeiiU" ll-i a "He rcK.tr.l. -a i I road ate a 1 1 "In t-urs i- nton I II tie on llit. ifs. Minuti" of Cotiimoii i r.soluf ion dir. -r of 'it Win as to ob.it and in Cravesiiid k.t.-V tiie-L m.

i liut.uMl i II. S'. cunr. 'i t. I i Nil- i tie facta are fully explained vr the1 eienuimao ui nil the mud therein Museum of Natural na, In- "(Jraveseml avenue was wlnif report to Controller Mdz by arliretmn, inn noarn 01 r.aiimuie aim Apportionment on the recommendation of the Hoard of t'ommlaelonerH of Public Parka may, In Ita dlacretlon, enter Into an agreement with auld In-atllute for the eatabMhln- and maln- lr" "i during nnened lo a width of 100 feet By ion tlii- Irlea H.

Hervey, (tupr rt'fsliiK Ktutla-1 ihe same decade, wi.ile Ui and Kxanilner: I 'v v-S 4 P. 40. for the maintenance of I'erk has Increased tha matter of two proposed aree- niowanie (lemuatlon ptoi ilings; tne retain 'ooiogU-al the commissioners of estimate und us to atasment, vvlio were apisiiuted In pur llotanlcal nuance to the above mentioned act. wh m-e these confirmed Kept. 1X74.

The map Is ta between the I'ltv of New York I tulniiiK of a botnnlc Karden and ar- $141,558.76, and that (i Jardeii from flO.boo to tha Brooklyn liiHtllulu of Arti andlboretum upon such lenna and Condi-j i. ST TU'KVTV FT ft KKT (Km- i Ti Vi i -I-'- I tllit I i ii 1 1 plt.ct H'tnin or 't iv, i i f--ti'iif i'ln. we-n ft t.i!i:f a'smr t--t until. -V It AVKM I -T s- ms 1 fif Mlilt II till' hlBT pr.n e.t.i- if.i.in aid v- ms--a rx i Vf.t rnj. st 'I UTII KTH K)V: I r'jrultt.

i-! rurh f. 1 lay -mrit 'i "it K-i'tr! Imi wrn in- i ft trtr ym r. ilA Id HTM rr pvo Kart )'( -(th en r- foun-iti lfi.Mi Aittnue tj ufi'l "lyui KNT TI FT KTf" KKT To nif, nt i-ilih nn T11 i Srwalki -n Vlfint Tw-f ty-fiflh t. find an'l 'urntrel I.vrof, STHHfCT -7-i ririUtP. irrarte, with fifpti.tlt i'li --n-t ftii.l lay cTiu'tit slfwalh in -I 1 fr-'ni a pin' about 125 rn Ptiut Itlake avTi ui nces autUortilnir a iiluinr In the 1 lions an may be agreed to.

adopt. -'I If- I use the rerrio'at n-iaying of the aetiue to rnn-I graileM of sail For the purpuHe or providing menus It. 1.11 for an astronomical observatory, I form to tin- eslablislu provlmnir for the eatabliahment mnlnlenunco of a botanical canli-n arboretum, which ncreementa went the matter of thtr upenlng does no' set apart any loitlon of the street for railroad purposes. "Section 13 of the above mentioned act reads In pint as follows: 'The Greenwood and Coney Island railroad company, organized under and venue two museums were i-Hiub i i i-1 Biotix Park In 1SU9. "The sup)ri In in part of botanical gardens In i-uhii.

parks to be accepted uB legitimate nbjii't of municipal ii.Ih tire, and, although practically an iiiimvation, the erection and malntenaii.v of an WI.S'Tliln ft, -in Uirhtli Kunl N.n-ij Ion to The Ahivor in hiH the I'oillli-ii. rlflt.d disapproved of this Kill To Irred to you for consideration and et. 31 rt at a mooting' of the Hoard of fur the establishment of the proposed botanic garden the law authorizes the Hoard of intimate and Apportionment to issue corporate stock to an amount aggregating IKsl.OnO, the proceeds lo be used for the construction and etiuipplnt; of euitable plant-houses and rooms for instrui lion In botany. "The law also authorlies the Hoard of Estimate and Apportionment and th" Iiitton. 'tating that these changes mate and Apportionment, held Feb.

Ii pursuant to chapter HO of the latin or should not mail n.iiii Ind by you referred to the Hureuu until stlt It time irrarp-d (see com- tronomlcal observatory giving tn-lK60 and the n-veral lets amenUatory the street Itself A Municipal Investigation and Statis- thereof, are hereby authorized to i-nn- jnunli-atlun from tin- Mayor, struct, maintain and operate their said of Common Council. Nov. 9 use, vol. Tlie report Is as followa: a Hi T'J I J-WUKA'i struction to slu-P-nts anil to the public in general woni-l 10 l.e in line with the liberal educational policy which the city is now carrying out. ladd agreementH were presented to -Pn Briatil inre or lot.

road as provided In the articles of as-1 4. p. tSfit S-V. tri Hoard of l-tlmate and Apporilon- fit' Wx lit. together with the following reso- sociatlon of said company, filed in the office of the secretary of slate Aug.

la. 1872. with a Single or double trak, ami The Plan Approved. Hoard of Alfiernien of the city of New York to make an annual appropriation for the care and maintenance of the proposed botanic garden and arboretum. The proposed agreement stipulates that said appropriation for Ion, which was passed by the I'ark rd at a meeting held Jan.

17: u. fiiU rn mnerete -n I tn avenue. ifli ri-'iliii. grarle, iav lament aide- -t a Rochester "Your. examiner is, therefore, of a B.u'"c,.

no. nnnnriM tn hn van! to. A resolution to gr ru a Onivejw-nd Jiv-'nue from Fort Hamilton avenue to Kiprht y-Mxt street, outside of the railroad tracks, with macadam pavement, wa offered at a me-tiiir of the Common Council dat'-d 7. IPfi. and was adopted Feb 23, lry7 i7.

col. 1, p. R02, but no work was don-" rl, i -i Resolved, That Uju agreement uu- opinion thitt tho propnsi'tl rontrat-tM be I lling a change In the Bite for an lather with tho rpsBary annual maintenance be expended for tween the city and Urn Hruoklyn Instl onomlcal obaervatory of the Urook- -ttt' tiit- i Li.iN-lCN and turnouts; provirlml, hms the care and maintenance of the said Inetitute of Arts and Sciences, and rv.w, iniui.in i Rctlri rn i i rnn rl rnniiuinv shall botnnlc garden and arboretum. Its the and maintenance of rovlde for the erection and miiln- cf at all times keep the ixrtion of said under authority of thJn resohiHnn." 1... t.v.

un l.e:. i. l' I i grounds, buildings, library and collec mce of said observatory, nccordiiiK lions, foe lighting and heating, for the I'hapter 637 of the Iaws of li06, and i i.h:r In i-: payment of salaries of a botanist and co r. 1 rue a ser -en i-'hes Sr and T-i Seiitrg foundation. T'i and J- fr I -'peldnt" nifi curb h- und Mvrr.K'jnaery agreement for establishing a nn astronomical observatory and a botanic (wrdon and arboretum in Prospect Park Hhould be approved by the Poard of Estimate and Apportionment, and a recommendation to that effect in herebv made, it havine been aereed -1.

i tnic garden and aborctum, author- n-l l.Kt t. I a -r l.t'itli his assistants, and necessary officers of administration, for the payment of wages of all employes, for the cost of by Chapter 618 of the Laws of V.W, WORK OF HIGHWAYS BUREAU nark lands of the Borough of Hrook- itr supplies of various kinds required In and for the earn of same, sub- lied by the Commissioner of Parks WKIUK AVRN'I'F as the final result of numerous con- Terences between the Controller and the Director of the Institute that no issue of corporate stock shall be authorized i FOR WEEK JUST ENDED the HorouKhs of Brooklyn ana connection with the work of said gar den, etc. Will Need $25,000 a Year. lens and the Brooklyn Institute or ura iiiy i- iri-nt alrt-( --n Bast 'vif-rit'f t. r-pM'-tf.

grale. l.H"F' ST it El urb I'D and Sciences, be approved and varded to the Board of Estimate Apportionment of the City of New i V'-i, f-'t ween '-(Strand at the present time, owinj? to tho fact that the eily'a bond resources are very limited." Following Is the resolution to be introduced before the Board of Estimate h.ri-i rr. -in ,1 i- o. i.ir.-is-l'-i1- r---S'li. fS'lIiEit AV1.XI T-i a In Si.

i rol t'-I-. 1 N-vv Mll.Vi.J.ili KTR1.ET-T-. nr.siruet '--r 11. awl. Irtteti n.

N'-w an S'-WT lr, M. Iu-. o-i scif-i l-' ti-i-n N- Vork at 'J Hw-rius; N--w V-ck llTet I. r.t-j.r. 1: coiil lr.

A. N- V--rk t'ni--n i-'e-i: --t- 1 1 cm Mnteriy a-. -nt --I teet in .1 jwme-s; i--tun Mi Tr-y in 1 rn-rv Alt-ill, an-! Tr-y s.i.i.1. in Trov i'nri-i; ar.J Ma- ami A f.Ti Ik for final action l'J''K prjdo. snt "Neither the law nor tho proposed agreement In relation to the botanic garden and arboretum specifies the amount of money that Is estimated to be required for its annual maintenance, but the director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences has Following Is the report of the Hureau I Broadway, from Monroe trei-t to of Highways of work accomplished f''-Paved Mot-roe street to Infield slreet.

east side; conciet-il during the past week: Winfield str-et to Covert stre-t, except Atlantic avenue, from Henry street intersections: grading street to Flatbush avenue Curb complete: i southerly for two blocks, east side, pavlnir complete on south side front Clay street, from Manhattan avenue The, Legal Authority. pertaining to this matter: KeMoived, That the agreement auth orizing1 a change in the site for an I ty an act of the Legislature of the ri-rre ami lay sidewalks i A It 'n u'f -n Kla avenue and Bni? street. ri.AE AUm place, h-twf-n Fi.i'ij-j,!!;! aicnut' and East Fortieth, St n'T NKW YORK AVE.VT'ETo regulate. rur! on and lay cement ilk Nn YTk a nue, from tha i- i 1-1 eat uf I'tka ciiue to Pit kill astronomic-nl observatory of the Brook of Now York, known as tnapier I of the Laws of 1906, the Board of stated to your examiner that said Flatbush ayenue to Court street, and to Commercial street A repairs one-quarter block between Court and and cleaning up. Clinton streets; concrete complete from Cumberland street, from IVKalb to I imate and Apportionment is author lyn Institute of Arts and bclences and providing for the erection and maintenance of said observatory, according to the provisions of Chap.

673, of the In its discretion, upon reeommen- lon of the Park Board, to t-tet aside Flatbush avenue to Henry t-trcet on i Lafayette avenue Curb all set; graded) K. ST south side. and ready for concrete. 'rospect Park the site therein deslg amount will probably approximate per year. Tho original legislation concerning the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and 'other mi-seums connected with the public parks of the city contained specific statements with respect to the amounts of money to be appropriated for the an in minti.

t-tMon i.i, N---W in I.iu.-n I-fferts aver e-, b--. -r. Ai li.tnv a- 1 Too I I'M an-t I -r st.i on 'he si-ie, and liant New V-nk no th--anier-iy Ho. iiwter fr-r. iviN.re.

parkway io N-- av.n-ta Y'-RK AVENTK--To open rv- pm "ana rule avenue i Tv, -r. 1 -n i 11 Ih Lull laws of 1906. and also the agreement providing for the- establishment and maintenance of a botanic garden and I'd for an astronomical observatory nxth administered by the Brooklyn In Degraw street, from to Franklin avenue Grading in progress. Division avenue, from Bedford to avenue Digging out old asphalt. arboretum, according, to the provisions lute of Arts and Sciences, said site of Chap.

613, of tho laws of 1906. on tg substituted for ono previously ap- I i-i siui.r.1 r- Douglass street, from 1. ndenhill tn Ived by the Mayor and the Park a'. Jr-t ashinfirton avenue Concrete iimlsaioner or the late city or 1.W -f-t h'1 i square yards complete. loklyn.

Upon condition that the t'r snd Jin! Bath avenue, from Fourteenth to Twenty-first street; Complete except asphalt and some grading and flagging: asphalt, complete except between Bay Seventh street and Fifteenth avenue, and on north side between Bay Nineteenth street and Twenty-first avenue. Bay Eleventh street, from Eighty-sixth street to Cropsey avenutt Grading nine-tenths complete. Bay Ridge Parkway, from Shore road to Seventh aviyiue Curb complete; cement sidewalk complete except half East Fifth street, from Fort Hamil loklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences nual maintenance thereof, but the Increasing demands of said institution from year to year have necessitated so much subsequent legislation In relation thereto that It has been deemed wise in the present Instance and also in the bill concerning the astronomical observatory hereinbefore mentioned, not to specify any definite sum. The II raise or secure by private sub park lands In the Borough of Brooklyn, which agreements were submitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportion-ment by the Park Board and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences at a meeting held Feb, 1, be and hereby are approved and that the Mayor be and hereby la authorized to execute said agreements In the name of the City of New York, the understanding being that no Issue of corporate stock ton avenue to Albomar.e road Heady for asphalt. East TwentyTnlnth street, from Xew- Iption lthln six months from EAST EIGHTH FTTIKET T-i construct Fat rtrf-t.

at the (-jrn'T rtf aiui et the Fft wt f-Oi nf Tv- nvr'-y 1 iuir. op(oHa v.iir-. Hbnckley place. EAT Kl'iilTil To VKUlste. era en T.i lay rptn.t fsld- na'e aphait -fr four.

iatsri East Eighth street, between p.niS c'hrfb E-VST TWENTY-NINTH PTRHTET To pav Tivr'ty-nlr th strent iih asphalt on foun-lvition, ft oni Foster avenue to Avert FIITH STHEETTo reguJAta, grade, r'irU 11 ave with asphalt on rt-te. and cement PldewaJks on Eirth between Avenue 1) and Ditmas passage of said act, the principal which, or the income thereof, is to used for the equipment of the pro- annual maintenance appropriation for observatory, the law authorizes the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci block. Park Board to construct and equip in tl.is: New York iVtiuf. TROY AVKNt'K To open Troy avenue from Omwn slrve: t-i the northern property line th- 11 iv Cr. js Cemetery.

BKVERLEV To i-i-nstruct a sewer basin th" of BeverJey ratt an.i Kast str-ri. NOSTIUS'D A VKNTi: corJtrurt sewer biimns nMliwst ri i s.tuthwfsi corner? nr.tl Cr.ur.h a--, f-n u-s. MALBuXE STKKKT T- nsiiuct a aw-r in M.iibor.r- ft: reel, from an unniiuif str-'s- ar-iut t'-isi L-C Nstrajvl avenue t.i Y'vk avenue. EAST SF-VONP rescind 1 lutmn ''f Nvemt'T 1. liwhi.

Inith.Ur..- pro- ti enstruet a st er In Kast for said museums shall authorized Bush street, from Court street to lobBervatory and transfer it to said ences has heretofore been limited by statute to $95,000, but a new law has until the financial condition of the city Dw Ight street Complete except pav- Itltute when means refor to be provided by the issue of Justifles It. ing; paving blocks complete. just been put into effect removing: such limitation. Iporate stock to an amount not ex The mflney required to be raised bv iling; tlGO.000. J' li'ho Board of Estimate and Appor- the Institute for the purpose of equipping the proposed museums, hment Is also authorized to enter kirk to Foster avenue Curb twt-thirds complete.

East Thirty-first street, from Avenue to Glenwood road Heady fnr asphalt. Plast Thirty-first street, from Flat-bufnavenue to Glenwood road Rcady for asphalt. Eighty-fourth street, from Fourth to Seventh avenues Curb complete except half block. Elton street, from Atlantic to Blake avenue Cement' walk laid Blake to Glenmore avenue; grading about completed. Farragut road, from Ropers aveirje to a point 3 10 feet east of East Thirty-fourth street East side curb complete: park curb two blocks complete; cement sidewalk complete except half block.

Fifteenth street, from Seventh avenue to Prospect Park West Curb complete between Seventh avenue and ANOTHER BAY RIDGE BOARD an agreement with the Brooklyn 000 for the astronomical observatory, and $50,000 for the botanical garden and arboretum, has been secured by private Itltute of Arts and Sciences for tho lilnistration of said astronomical MEETING TO BE HELD JULY 18 lervatory, the' cost of maintenance MARTENSE AVENUE To regulate, srrade, let curb or 1 concrete and lay cement sidewalk on Marterse aenue, between Bedford and Rjic-r f.vi nues. MAliTENSE A YEN! To pave with as-phrlt in cua-rete tour, iatlon. Martens ave fn.in Mtdfiril avenue to Rogers avenue FEATBl'SII AVENEE Tb regulate, grade, cujt on concrete, et brick gutters, lajr c--ir --r. anI jave with macadam. from Avenue to Avenue IT.

AVENUK To gnule, set curb on Jav t'rlck gutters antl cement side-fi! A cnue F. between Gravesend A Ftreet. A KNEE Ti oten Avenue from avenue to Went street. EAST NINETY-FGERTH STREET rebate and graile East Ninety-fourth street. from East New Yrk avenue to Linden and from v' feet p-nth of Ditmas awnua subscription, and ia now deposited with the firm of W.

A. A. M. White, of 6 Nassau street, New York City, ready to lie provided by the city under Sec- 613 and 624 of the Greater New Av-nue I' aru avt-Riie with spwer? in Avenue I'. b-wt-cn East and Kast Ftret5.

Ditma? avenue, hetweea Kaat Send strvet and Kast sxrei. KST SK'()n TRFET Tn a so-wcr in East Se.rM street, h.nwn Avp-rue' Dilinis av'nut an.l Avenue utlet t-r. in 1LI mas -tw East Ei-s; Third isv-eets: In Se'-nd street, t-tween Avt-nue and a t-nii'. CA.VAKSIE TjANE T-" a rev. er in Ca a rnie a e.

r. -1 a r. c3 N'ew Y-'rk awiiUPi, with an outlet swr lr; Charter. The amount to be ap- be turned over to the Institute as soon as the forms of agreement between the city and the Institute herein considered shall have been executed. Iprlated 'annually for the main-ance of the' proposed observatory hot specified either In the law or In On July 18, at 2:30 o'clock, the members of the Local Improvement Board of the Bay Ridge District will be called together for the purpose of considering the following calendar: "In addition to 'these two subscrip agreement, but your examiner has In officially Informed that said sum tions aggregating $75,000, Prof.

Franklin W. Hooper, director of tho Institute. Kant Th irt v-first et reel. t--twpe- ran.irpi--' II probably approximate $15,000 per Sea View avenue, and to et curb oitcon- lane and trie riarend'n and ti ext'Ti't 1 SBTTATOn STItraTT To requpat the Board r. ment sidewalks oppnaite the following de-acrlbed lota on Twenty-third avenue: On the northwest side, between Kighty-slxth street and liensnn avenue, known aa Nop 43.

48. 54. 57, 00. 03. 0.

(It. 72 and 1. Block 6383 On the northwest side, between Path and Cropsey avenues, known aa Noa. 35 and 39. Block 4S0.

On the southeast side, between Eighty-alxth street and Benson avenue, known as Nob B. 12. lid, 23. 26, 20, 32. 35 and 88, Block S1.

On the southeast side, between Benson'" and Bath avenues, known as No. 32, Block 0873. On the southeast side, between Rth and Pig-hth avenue; concrete 130 yardB complete. Fortieth street. '-from Sixth to Xew Utrecht avenues Complete except cement sidewalk: cement sidewalk two states that said instlttulon has already-had offered to it gifts of money and plants for the botanic garden to the value of over $20,000, and it is the belief Selection of the Site.

of Estimate and Apportionment to, direct the Corporation Counsel to discontinue so much of the proceeding pending to open Senator street between First and Fifth avenues as Ilea between First and Second avenues. SENATOR JSTREiCT- To construct a sewer in Senator street, between First and Second complete. By a similar act of the Legislature of the Board of Trustees and the officers of the Institute that on the estab- Ithe State of New York, known as the et-wi-r in Hiierle3 a.l. from East Thir-tv-seeond et ALTON PLACE- To construct a sewer tn Alton piare, rotween Flatbush avenue atnl East Fortieth firmer WINTHROP PTRK KT To Open street, from oenue to avenue. FORTY- FIRST STUEJ--T ef-nst in Forty-first siref-t, between avenue and West and a sewer basin the northwest corner of West and Fny-first Mreetp.

crr-te and lay ccitient sidewalks irom J--asi N-jw York Hvvnue tt Linien avenue, and from a ixjint SO south of Dltnms avenue to M. E.LST THIRTY-FIRST STREET To grade, ret curb on concrete, pave with xphait on cor.e-ete founlatlon and lay cement eMewalks 011 Eatt Thirtv -first street, between Newkirk cvenue atitj nad. DOHTi ESTER ROAl -To regulate, grade, ret curb on xnrrete. pave with asphalt oa concrete and lay cement sidewalks on roal. from East Sixteenth street tn the Kriffhtfn Reach Railroad.

Forty-nrst street, from Thirteenth to New Utrecht avenue Curb complete avenues, mXTY-SEVENTH BTKEET To construct a except corners and -10 feet; cement sidewalk complete. Cropsey avenues, known as Nos. 2, 23 and st-wer In Sixty-seventh street, between First and Second avenues. 31, Hiock BKS8. FIFTY-THIRD STREET To enclose with SENATOR SIXTY -SEVENTH IK aKTS a wooden rail fence six feet high the lot SEWER BUREAU'S WEEKLY REPORT lymK on ine nortnwest corner or ifty-third To rescind resolution of April 3, ll07.

Initiating proceedings to construct, sewers In Senator and Sixty-seventh street, between First SHOWS REMARKABLE PROGRESS Forty-fourth street, from Sixth to Fort Hamilton avenue Grading and cutting; curb. Forty-aixth street, from Sixth to Seventh avenue Cutting curb. Fifty-first street, from Second to Third avenue, etc. Curb complete; concrete complete except one-quarter block. Fifty-third street, from Sixth to Seventh avenue Complete except 300 feet cement sidewalk.

TftTN'TT-FIFTH STKKh i I construct a sewer East aire frm Clarendon road to Canarse lane MNDEN AVENL'K To aaiend resolution ef January 30. Initiating proceedmcf to oonatruot aewers in Iinden avenue, rth 5ile, from Nostrand avenue to East Thirty-fourth street; from East Thirty-rtfth street to Brooklyn avenue; and In the south side from a point 37rt feet east cf Nostrand avenue to Erpoklyn avenue, anil an outlet r-er In Nostrand nv-nue. between I-lndeu mreei ana mn avenue. Known aa o. 4 Block 807.

FORTY-NINTH STREET To amend rea-olutton of April 8, lt07. Initiating proceedings to construct a sewer in Forty-ninth street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth avenues, by having the limits of same read between the summit west of Fifteenth avenue and Fourteenth avenue. FIFTH AVENUE To set curb on concrete and lay cement sidewalks on Fifth avenue, between Sixtieth and Sixty-fifth streets. that the Bureau of Sewers Is accom- and Second avenues. SEVENTY-SIXTH, SEVENTY -SEVENTH, ENTY-EIUHTH STREETS To construct sewers in Seventy-sixth.

Seventh-seventh and Seventy-eighth streets, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, and in Seventy-eighth 3 treat, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth avrnues. FORTY-FIRFT STREET To grade to the level of the curb tha lot lying on the north Hide of Forty-first street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, known as No. till Block 818, FOHTY FIFTH STRESSr To gtie to the level of the curb the Jot lying on the northwest corner of Forty-fifth atret and Seventh ave mm known as No. 43. Block 740.

hhlns great results Is evident by a avenue and Martense Bvpnu-', by excluding Ince qX the progress of work accom- I herl and laid out shown In the week- -FIFTH AVENUETo pav Fifth avenue with granite block on concrete foundation DURCH EST ROAD To open Dorchester road, from Coney Island avt-nue to East Seventeenth street, except land occupied by th tracks of the Brooklyn and Bath Beach Railroad. DORCHESTER ROAD To nav Dorchester road with macadam or asi'haJt. on ooncreta, foundation, from East Twelfth street to Coney Island avenue EAST ELEVENTH STREET To pave, East Eleventh street with asphalt on con-j crete foundation, between Dorchester road, and Ditmas avenue. EAtT ELEVENTH STREET To open East Eleventh street, between Caton auadj Church avenues. OITM AS A YENEE To construct sewer basins In Ditmas avenue, at the northeast corner of Stratford road (East Elevenths street); at the southeast and southwest corners of Westminster road (East Twelfth street; at the northwest comer of Argyla' road (East Thirteenth street), and at north wet.

southeast and southwest oomsra-of Rus by road Esst Fourteenth street). DITMAS A EN EE To" pave Ditmas avenue with asphalt on concrete foundation, from East Fifteenth street to Coney Island avenue. EAST FOURTEENTH STREET (RrGBT miAH -To reset brick rutters on concrete I reports that are forwarded by Su-intendent James Dunne to Borough woiween mxtiein ana Ktxty-nrth strtets FIFTY-FIFTH STREET To nrvolnu nlih Eraamu and Itogei-a ave 80 I Ocwan Parkuny, westerly aide, between Baverly ri. and Ave, with outlet aewer, contractor ahut down i Flftletll between JSIghth and -f Fort Hamilton with outlet aewera; working Fiftieth at. and Eleventh excavating.

Fifty-third between Eleventh and Fort Hamilton not atarted. Forty-aeventh between New Utrecht ave. and Twelfth not atarted. dchenck at and Atlantic FORTY-SIXTH STltEET To grade to the level of the curb tha lot lylns on the north lament coler: Following la the rec- a wooden rail fence six feet high the iota lying on the south side of Fifty-fifth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, known aa Nos. 3S nd 37, Block.

833. of Bewer construction of tho tiast Fifty-fifth street, from r.leventh avenue to Kouwenhoven laneCurb complete; digging- trench for cement sidewalks end grading. Gelston place, from Eighty-sixth to Ninety-fourth street Compieco except curb, sidewalks and gainers at corners, some grading. Gravesend avenue, from Fort Hamilton avenue to Twenty-seconi avenue Curb complete except corners from Avenue to Caton avenue, less 250 a'd of Forty-aixh street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, known as Ho. 60.

Block -k: from the provisions tnereor sewer in mat portion of avenue lying between Nostrand and New York avenues LINTEN AVENUE To oonatruct a sewer In Linden avenue, between Nostrand and New York avenues NEW YORK AVENT'E To amend resolution of January 30. 1J07, Initiating proceedings to pave New Tork avenue on concrete foundation, between, Church and CIsrkson avenues, by excluding from the pro via tons thereof that portion of New York avenue lying between Church avenue and Martens avenue. EAST THIRTT-PEVENTH STREET To amend resolution of January SO. 107. initiating proceedings to open East Thirty-seventh FORTY-SEVENTH STRETTT To grade to th uvaI of tha curb th lot lvlne on the south 9 9 ftYvrtv-Mvimfh atr-Mt hat ween Second Is and Third avenues, known as Nos.

22 and 23, STREETS THAT WILL NOW BE REPAIRED Block 7w FORTY-EIGHTH, FORTY-NINTH STREETS Trt arrade to the levl of the curb the lots feet; oement sidewalk 3,300 feet complete between Avenue and Avenue C. trct between Pserdearat avenue and Fiat Gravesend avenue, irom nventy-seu- lands avenue, excepting the land occupied hv th tracks of the Lonf Island Rnilroad. tying on the north side of Forty-ninth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues; on the south side, of Forty-eighth street, between vimh nii Tnth avenues, and on the north ond avenue to Shell road Curb com foundation and pave with asphalt on con (shing; tunnel. Oowanua Ca-al; workinar Dearaw at. and plete from Shell road to Avenue F.

by excluding from the provisions thereof the Portions of East Thirty-seventh, street lying ompktns pi, 3.07 ement aidewaiK complete from ivrngs Highway to Avenue tj on west side. naam at aoutnweat corner; not atarted. Basin, southwest Madfaon at. and Btuyveaant v. not atarted.

Baatn, northeaat corner Oatca and Reld; not atarted. Hunttnuton from Henry fo Hamilton not started. Baain, aoutheaat corner St. Marks and Rogers vea. not atarted.

Baaln, eaat corner Tenth at. and Second not atarted. Manholes and appurtenancea on Heventy-atxth between Nineteenth and Twentieth, not atarted. 1 Fourteenth between Bev-enty-fifih and Seventy-ninth t. not started.

iy Kiver to weit or kin laying nubdraln at ranklin and Quay ts. and ittlnjr Pile 54 Borougrh President Coler purpogog to begin the paving or repavlnff of the following streets immediately: Albany avenue, "from Futon afreet to Eastern Parkway; aide of Forty-eighth street, between Ninth snd Tenth avenues, known aa Nos. and 1. Block 6o2fi, and No. Block Btiai.

FORTY-NINTH STREJfiT To grade to the level of ths curb the lot lying on the north of Fortr-ninth street, between Sixth snd Gravesend avenue, from Coney Isl and avenue to Uravesend avenue between Avenues ti and ana Between Avenue nnd Flatbush avenue AVENt'E 0 To construct a aewer In Avenue r. between East Thirty-fourth street and Hrv-vklyn avenue FENIMOUB STREET To- regulate, grsde, set curb on concrete and lay cement shle-w si kit oh Fenimore street, between Rosnrs Complete except asphalt; asphalt com Seventh avenues, known as No. 40, BkxK plete from uravesenj avenue to iviinin crete foundation East Fourteenth street (Rugby roadii, between Dorchester road and Ditmas avenue. R(tTLE ROAD (EAST FOURTEENTH? STREET To reset brick gutters on concrete foundation and to pave wkh asphalt on concrete foundation Argyie r-ad (East Thirteenth street), between Ditmas avenue and Dorchester road. HENTERFLT ROAD To open Hunterfly road, from Herkimer street to Atlantic avenue HUNTERFLY ROAD To regulate, grade.

set curb on concrete, pave with asphaJt on concrete foundation and lay csment sidewalks on Hunterfly r-ad. from Herkimer street to Atlantic avenue. t'TICA AVENUE To regulate, grade, see. ekerbocker altering, pairing and reconstruct Ing; orkin Johnwon. betwosn iiart and White ata.

6 ay from lummit south of immerce it. to Commnrra working Imlav outh THI-KXJ avjuauiv. 10 ajraae iq me i-m the curb the tots lying on the east side vf thirtv-five feet of Prospect avenue. Third avenue, betwean Eighty-sixth ft! arid Nostrand avenues pev iMOUK STREET To reconstruct (TlirhtT-seventn airseis. wma on tne norm Bedford avenue, from Division avenue to Hewes atreet, etc; Berkeley place, from Sixth, avenue to Plnza street; Berry street, from plvlslon avenue to North Fourteenth street; Clinton avenue, from Park to At- I1' Commerce, to Commerce.

70 100 at Eighty-seventh street, between Third nn.i Fourth avenues, known sut Nos. 1, 7 and 2. Elock 044. vivirrnKXTH STRRKT To lar cenv ni Seventh ave from Seventy. ninth to Ninety-second working Seventh Fourteenth Twelfth ave.

and Howard avenue, from Eastern Parkway to Pitkin avenue Grading and dressing curb. Bunts alley, from Henry street to the easterly terminuv ready for asphalt. Kenmore place, from Woodruff Caton avenue Complete except, a s-phalt. avenu. from Pt.

Johns plaoo to Eastern Parkway Curb st. rfdewalks opposite the tot lying on the exMitti v-avt pit roncrete inc crmenr li; 148 tfun sewer tn Fenlmore struct, front a point midway between Rogers and; Neat rand avenues to V'vstrnnd avenue. FEV1MORE STREET To psve Fentmore street with asphalt on concrete foundation, tHMw pen Koiters and avenuea. -F4SVT-. -TH1RH nrgulate, g--aV set curb on concrete and lay sMenallvS on East TMrtl strct.

between and Avenue ilntmj avennet, ES (' TH PT To fra-ie set curb on con rete. iy brick gutters i-ement sith'a Fat Fourth street, frf'm Avenue nadt to a point UHt feet, more or less, north of Avenue F. j. Inn tie avenues; Columbia Heighta, from Mtddagh to I Pierrepont streets; tJuanwick uaroen in uea- Kida of Ninetwntn oeiween ruin Slstn nvenue, known as No. 1, Block FJ FT ECON 1 PTRE ET To lay ce ment sidewalks on both shlesnf Flfty-S''" ond street, from Second avenue lo the Bulk tun ave.

and West Third kmnina northeaat and trthw-st corners, work-g Neptune, from Caual ulh IS 23 Jity-aeventh from Na-- 1 tl Heventh nve. brklnr Kighty-seventh, from to First av 1 97 y-flfth from Ninth to rt Hamilton nv.j working fty-flfth from Ninth lo vtr; working between Uardon and Eeavor at. it 44 01 umbt-rland street, from Park to At- D'tujiiass H1kb "to Itnder- 1 ITT V.V IllNr IS I f. I IO IVf Uillf v. i.

hlll av working fiasa to I'mli-r Ii.lt ave A Bl grsde. set or reset curb on concrete. Division avenue, from Bedford to Lec where not already uorie, on tica avenue, between Church and Flatbush avenues. LINCOLN PLACE To lay cement sld-watks opposite the follow Ing described lota on Lincoln piece: On the north sife. between Kingston and Brookivn avenues, known as Nos.

33, 3d, 4u 41 and Block On the south side, between Kingston and Brooklyn avenues, known ss Nos, ft, 18, 2U IT and 21, Riuck 1 -'4. On the north side, between Albany and Kingston avenues, known as Noa. 61 and S2 gutters th tee--1 miners laid, roncrete one-quarter complete. from Court street to Kkubu-h avenue Complete except navtiiir and cement sidewaik: navlna: DiwlKtPp: ranatl; work-in it (inttanm Canal witn-granne oiwr or mhhiv oiock venufs Ain ttundntlon and lav cement stdewStlks Jla-mllton 16.93 832 on Fifty-first street, from Second avenue to! tiRiuii tfnue, rrom m. Johng plare New Tnrk Hsy in nnn.

FORTY FIKTil PTH -To lay remf-ni FUtDllsn AVenuo. from Fifth Qx-- etf egivpt about one plot ce to Eightenth avenue Curb omp'ete iU sidv aik complete, except feet; cement sidewalk 1,770 aldewalkson the west aide of Finrt vne. fh aVetiupa and nlrl Tnun betwfvn Fifty-first and Fifty-serond utiw hith ata wr in ThiriMnth betwefn Fifty-third et. td New Utrecht mvm.i work g- y-flrat between Four-" frnt nrt Fifteenth tvi. hiklnir Fifty-third at.

and (ritenth Fif y-firt, (fm Kourteenth to v-flnrt from Fifth to (xtn itm working FORT PMi I la e- Bl. vtu k-ipkcT FLACK To lay cement eld- Haisey street, from Bedford to Ko- ment sidewalks opposite the tot lying on th amit Bids of Forty-eighth street, bet ween Main strcrt, irom to ir- reel i-ojnpteie. tenth au'iiue-Grading in SeA'enty-second "street, from Second XewkU nwrnif, from Flatbusii I aveinn- 10 Shore road Grad.i.g in pro-avnue 10 lUst Seventeenth street gres. Comptt rxcept wntie gntdlmr. Seventy-fourth street, from Fmir- Fifth and sixth avenues.

Known as o. 44, Him 77P 8 XT KTH BTBKET TO 1ST Cement U1- iit Emm Fifth to Hixih walks oipsite the lota lying en the south Ninetv-rfi nxm ourtn to teentn 10 eixiet-ntn si venue oraaing 1H 03 03 ifde cif Sixtieth street. blMii Third and Marine avoiius Curb naif bio: it com- iJp-fTTth from Fort Fourth avenues, known cs. 1, IS, IA 15. 2T and S4, Hlocte utr.nd itveiue; lUnry ptrett.

from Pierrepont atrs-et to Fourth plate; Jamaica avenue, from Pennsylvania ave "it to boroupri line; street, from Willow to Fulton streets: prospect Park, from Union to Flf-tecmh streets; Ieonsrd street, from Green point avenue to Broadway; waiks opposit the lying on the south side of Prrwp'Ct place, between Uroofatru ajid Kings-ion avenue, knttwri as Na 1, Hioek HT. Ait KS AVEVEE To lay cement side-mulks upposlt th lot lyins; on the south aide of St. Mark' av enue bet wee i ca an Rorh-ster avenues, known as No. 27, Blocs; HEM ITER STREET To irt cement efd-walks on the s.uth si i- of Snmptr street, between kinson snd Rm kaway avenu-'S. known an Voa.

11. 17. nnd 3fl. Ptock lWf. ii El FiA AVEM" 15 1 tncl -mm with at woc1eB rm-'l or ck-se fVnce six fet blah th hts on tbe eat et-le of Ue-lford av- TilvHte rtevscr, in Sifertrtan ave.

dlonmore and Conduit pv'ra, orklng tween and Conduit avea South' J-'ifth at. and Urigge appi rmt to WlUiamahurg Hrl.le woiking South Fifth, frniu to Bedford Flatbush from Mostrsnd to Ave, N. working FtaCands and af. Ave. and Kast Thirty-ninth East Third from IMimaS ve.

to Ave. with MutiPt in Dltmsa working Ave. and Dftmaa a vi- I Kfgera Wrna sv, to Ave. etc working Ret-eriy rd from Pdford to iHirchr-sier rd and Ktftppntf et working and Kaat Klftnth eta 44 Ww kirk iv between Tenf-aKth st and sve. -rWir; Rt Tw ad Itifters ave-.

99 Ave to ftiyf-h 4 'm 1 .1 from '''y rl nilMIH ive- rTVfnill wm-kln Eijfhty-fffth SEVENTY-NINTH STRKtCT To ce rarK pavT, TmTi ii.v-iirn.-i i piu rorx Hamilton to sev- falo avenue Oraiit jc. 21.53 40. S3 ment sidewalks opposite th lot lying the south sUi 'of Hrvnty-ntnth street, between Fort Hamilton arenue and Seventh In prnres. Seventh avenue, from Kay Ridpe avenue lo Seventy-fifth! s-tr- el Curb com sidewalk compu te ex ept mest side, between '-verity-second and Sev strwta. t'lica avenue, from Kast New York to Thureh anu Complete- exceoi 5nitihirijc frrade.

Hv place 10 y-t ti lr1 (., from Fouf-ih to Fifteenth romp avenue enue. Known sa fto ns, Hiock CttlHTT -FIRST STftKIirTo reculate. 1 tr EtBBtl-th fiom Sutter awnue, ftrm ri ird avenue to EmM rtfadm rtTH rnorn lrtt rrom Court to N.vin street; grade, eet curb on concrete and lay rmnt hlcwat on -Klghty-f lrt street, between Eighteenth and Nlnetienth svoufi. iit, bt we a wi 1 1 wiJ ti in piai'M, known ss 2 4 7, HLvk 12.111. and dreeing; curb, Sixty-pHHtid itret, frwn Fifth lo St.

J.ittb piace. rrom jarayette are JIA rt--i-7i 1 w.tn a wws i 1 1 I 8T STKFKT To opn siibI. from F-rfMinth llau( thwav to strsnr-t Jurb lu pJ-m txiard f-rc htirh Jpisttft avenue V'onu-te: srtt two i.lks complete. ht id' of Macon to jstiUweii avtiiie. exceptlns 'he land o-r n-ptcd i'V the ks of ProokSyn.

iMth to lirtenth avt. -nth avp ietrN-n H'x-tfih and Bfventy-fif ih nt nR Fourteemh ave. fro-g ni -fourth lo lvcnijf i at at art Hf-rthi t-n of rrrh fT W- minTcr ra -lirtf. hfi -r and iVlnunt' r4 -r f3raem t. rorlitiif irra tret, frn Third to Forth li-g piniy nsrn-iIctv4.

miract h-M up by it)unttka ne 1 Mnmj street; Sou'h nth stwt, from Wythe avenue i B- Sixih venue, from Aalantlc avenue to Il4(-e; Scvt 1i s.noe, Flatbush avenue to T-eUlh street. Fi'rf avsnue-Complets. n4 uti kawwa as' Ku.5 ayegue, frn Onvy i n4 fcc. Jr. Mir Ti-Tfil Itll gTH 'Td regwiste.

s1. cMt on wtirii is ni- et, ard tfwftlk it- tr4 rw between va so Oraveeend avciiue 11. -adyi of B. K. SveaUeth i4t, nm UlrecSit fur a-i hait 31 'St SevtmS tWaXIIsUiim AVtMb-Tx lay re-.

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