Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. VI St. Louis, Mo., January, 1918 No. 1 
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD 
To the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden: 
We submit for your consideration a statement of the 
financial transactions for the year ending December 31, 1917. 
The results during the year have been satisfactory, the 
vacancies amounting to only $1,845.25, and the income 
from rentals, royalties, and interest exceeding that of 1916 
by $8,192.23. At the present time we have only two vacant 
buildings, the total rentals of which were $1,320.00 per year. 
A one-story brick addition was erected in the rear of the 
stores, Nos. 816-18 North Grand Avenue, at a cost of 
$1,848.82, increasing the rental $420.00 per annum. Dur- 
ing the year a new building was erected ‘at the southeast 
corner of Seventh Street and Washington Avenue, at a cost 
to the lessee of $75,000.00, and the lease extended for a 
term of ten years from March, 1929. 
The tract of land west of Tower Grove Avenue, known as 
Shaw’s Vandeventer Avenue Addition, has been improved, 
with the exception of that portion west of Newstead Avenue, 
which contains about 2,100 front feet. This improvement 
will embrace the making of Alfred Avenue, a street about 
450 feet long and 50 feet wide, a sewer system for blocks 4 
and 5, and some 435 feet of sidewalk on the south side of 
Lafayette Avenue, the total cost approximating $7,000.00. 
Sales of residence property during the year were as 
follows: 
Lafayette Avenue Addition . ‘ 1,220 front feet . $40,010 00 
Arsenal Street Addition . ; : 105 front feet. 4,065 00 
Vandeventer Avenue Addition : 1,152 front feet . 36,000 00 
$80,075 00 
A new residence was erected at the Garden for the use of 
‘the engineer, at a cost of $4,087.03, and general improve- 
ments were made in the Garden, costing $13,759.62. 
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