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EstrMATEe oF Cost or ApDITIONAL BurtpiInc Now Urcentiy NEEDED 
Central section of Laboratory Building and the section connect- 
ing it with the wing already constructed ..........eeeeeeeeee $ 69,500 
Some ste lalate ISG. acdcts o-aivis Vetta ces sata eleiemys were ; 
Soystiinnitecienleisiate dalolbito. 5 en te One oT On Oooo outs 18,000* 
INGmUa ee Ebie Iolo ina San ere aA Gsconcdoons 15,000 
“Toy tl bg cle MON A ce eae nnn rae ae er ar ere GREE or reer ce $128,500 
Subsequently to making this request the items for the comple- 
tion of the plant houses were withdrawn, leaving only the first 
item, amounting to $69,500, and in view of the fact that there re- 
mains of the original appropriation of $100,000 an unexpended 
balance of $5,789.31, the amount of the additional appropriation 
requested has been reduced to $65,000. Up to December 31 no 
final action had been taken on this request by the Board of Esti- 
mate and Apportionment. 
Extension of Chimney—The stack of the heating plant was 
originally planned to be 79 feet high from the floor of the boiler 
room, or 59 ft. 6 in. from the roof of the boiler room. On ac- 
count of the unsightly appearance of so tall a stack, located so 
prominently and near the laboratory building, the suggestion was 
made to reduce its height to about 50 feet above the ground (or 
roof of the underground boiler room). By an error in the re- 
vised plans the height was reduced to 50 ft. from the floor of the 
boiler room, and this brought the top of the stack below the roof 
of the main building. As no funds were available from the city 
to correct this error, and as the correction was absolutely neces- 
sary, the financial responsibility was assumed by the chairman of 
the committee on botanic garden. The order was transmitted by 
architects, McKim, Mead & White, on December 12, 1913, to 
e M. W. Kellog Co., 50 Church St., New York City, to raise 
the stack by 20 ft., at a cost of $453 for all necessary labor and 
materials. The dimensions involved are given in the following 
table. 
act 
Digs 
(ae) 
HeicHts of CHIMNEY FROM BorLer Room 
Height of stack as planned, from boiler room floor .......... 70) tite 
Height of stack as planned, from boiler room roof .......... 59 ft. 6 in. 
Height of stack as built, from boiler room floor ............. so ft 
* This includes the service basement under these two houses. 
