Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. V St. Louis, Mo., January, 1917 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 finan- 
cial transactions for the year ending December 31, 1916. 
The income from rentals and investments exceeded that 
of 1915 by $7,660.94, and vacancies during the year 
amounted to $2,287.00. However, at the present time there 
is but one vacant building, the rental of which is $1,800.00 
per annum. 
A piece of income property, known as No. 211-12 North 
Levee, having a frontage of 49 feet by a depth of 95 feet, 
was disposed of for $15,000.00, and the residence property 
at the northeast corner of Flad and Tower Grove Avenues 
—fronting 100 feet on Flad Avenue by 123 feet on Tower 
Grove Avenue—was sold for $6,250.00. 
The improvement of the tract of land at Kingshighway 
and Arsenal Street, known as Shaw’s Arsenal Street Addi- 
tion, which contains about twelve acres, has been completed, 
and about 200 feet has been sold. The tract of land west 
of Tower Grove Avenue, known as Shaw’s Vandeventer 
Avenue Addition, containing about 5,500 front feet, is like- 
wise being improved, and about 600 feet has been dis- 
posed of. 
A piece of property at the northeast corner of Grand 
Avenue and Soran Street, fronting 163 feet on Grand 
Avenue, and containing a one-sto uilding occupied by 
stores, cafes, etc., was bought for "$160,000.00, the follow- 
ing property being transferred in partial exchange: two 
pieces of ground on Grand Avenue—one, being 232 feet 
front by a depth of 266 feet on Shaw Avenue, for $50,000.00, 
and the other, 55 feet front by a depth of 200 feet on De 
Tonty Street, for $10,000.00. 
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