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Total Amount of Lowest Bids 
Ccheralm@onsint Chore =e ern | ee eee eee $140,288 
JB UCPN AD ANee 5 anc peatit aeetnr rl Mae eta een ue Ec cee hint 16,928 
IPANGiC am OTL aYS, xcs 2 OSE ce ta a On ee kaon a en 7,569 
$164,725 
Architects’ and Engineers’ Fees ............ FE ase ne 7,500 
ELC Gall Meri eso et re lke nos te Rene I $172,225 
New Walks——On March 5, the Board of Estimate and Appor- 
tionment approved plans and specifications of Olmsted Bros., for 
the construction of walks and drainage on the south addition, op- 
posite the Willinck entrance to Prospect Park, in the sum of 
$4,350, to be paid out of a balance of $5,012 on city appropria- 
tion C.D.P. 200K for the construction of walks. These walks, 
of bituminous macadam, are so arranged as to facilitate direct 
passage across the property between Washington and Flatbush 
Avenues, in accordance with the terms of the agreement of 
August 17, 1914, by which the land was transferred to the Insti- 
tute by the City for botanic garden purposes. The contractor 
was Louis J. Sieling, of Manhattan, whose bid was $3,762. The 
contract time was 45 working days from May 14, and the work 
was completed on July 15. 
Repair of Old Walks.—During September the walks laid by 
DiMenna & DePaolo in 1914 were reinspected by the landscape 
architects, and the contractors have made all the repairs indicated. 
The work has now been finally accepted. 
New Fence—As no unincumbered balances on corporate stock 
accounts of the City were available for the fencing in of the south 
addition, as a new appropriation for this purpose by the City was 
out of the question for 1915, and as the need of the fence was 
imperative, your Committee, at its meeting of February 3, 1915, 
authorized its chairman and the director of the Garden to make 
contracts for the fencing and turnstiles, the cost of the same to 
be met from private funds to be raised by subscription. 
On February 19 an order was placed with the J. L. Mott Iron 
Works for the construction of the fence, exclusive of turnstiles 
and gates, for the sum of $1,984.40. The work was completed 
on June 5. The contract included the removal of the old fence 
