8 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
The improvements begun upon this tract, known as 
Shaw’s Lafayette Avenue Addition, last year, have been car- 
ried from Spring to Grand Avenues, and are finished at an 
additional cost of $39,881.52, thus enabling us, without 
further expense, to dispose of about 10,000 front feet of 
very desirable residence property. 
We have still left in this tract about 20, 000 front feet, 
some of which is partially improved, which we can fully 
improve at our leisure, as the outside streets are all made, 
when there is sufficient demand for it, at approximately 
an additional cost of $150,000.00, which sum, with other 
amounts, will come back to us by increased values as the 
property is sold. 
We have expended during the year the following amounts 
for street improvements: 
Lafayette Avenue Addition . Sundries . . . . . . $39,881 52 
Kingshighway . . . . . Roadway... . . . ~~ 9,427 56 
Arsenal Street. . . . . Roadway... .. . 6,971 85 
McRee Avenue. . . . . Roadway... . . . 18,743 -06 
Vandeventer Avenue. . . Sidewalks ioe eee 1,621 24 
Total ee ee re cee ST 
During the past year we have disposed of vacant prop- 
erty, as follows: 
Lafayette Avenue Addition . 2,743 Front feet . . . $107,816 75 
Flora Boulevard Addition . 320 Front-feet .=. . 22,510 00 
Total ee eae . . « .« $380,826 75 
We have, in addition, a contracts for the sale of ad- 
ditional property, which will shortly be closed, for 1,054 
front feet, amounting to $70,000.00. 
In our opinion we have almost reached a point where 
no further street improvements can be forced upon us by 
ordinance, with the exception of the following, which we 
may be compelled to make this year: 
Shaw Avenue, west of Tower Grove . . . . . . . $14,000 00 
Thurman Avenue, north of Shaw . . . .... ., 10,000 00 
RIUOWEIKE, @UNGTIOR 2.0... ek a 5,000 00 
$29,000 00 
