REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1902. 
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 
SUBMITTED TO THE TRUSTEES JANUARY 14, 1903. 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
We herewith submit for your consideration, the financial 
results for the year ending December 31, 1902. 
We are pleased to state that the anticipated increase of 
$8,000.00 in our receipts from rentals has been almost 
realized, the exact amount being $7,963.34 and as every 
store and tenement is occupied and as no vacancies are 
anticipated, a still further increase of about $5,000.00 for 
the coming year is confidently expected. 
By reason of the recent condemnation proceedings in- 
stituted by terminal companies for right of way and other 
purposes, through the district lying between Main street 
and the Levee south of Washington avenue, in which sec- 
tion the Board has six (6) pieces of property, the Board 
has been able to dispose of one piece of 90 feet on the 
corner of Main and Vine streets at a satisfactory price, and 
in order to provide a home for the tenants we are now 
~ engaged in replacing some old and dilapidated buildings at 
the southwest corner of Main and Market streets, with a 
fine factory building to cost about $35,000.00, which has 
been leased for a term of years at a good rental. 
We are sorry not to be able to report further sales of 
residence property, but hope, with the largely increased 
but unsatisfied demand for houses, to make sales in the 
early spring. 
The city is at present engaged in the building of two 
large sewers in the neighborhood of the Garden, both 
badly needed, but which will, unfortunately, make a large 
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