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as soon as they are completed and approved by the Commit- 
tee to the Commissioners of Public Parks. 
On January 20, 1897, the plans for the buildings, designed 
by Mr. Gibson, were formally transmitted to the Commission- 
ers of Public Parks, as well as a copy of the General Plan, 
previously adopted by your Board. On March 22, 1897, the 
plans for the first horticultural house and propagating houses, 
prepared by the Lord & Burnham Company, architects, were 
accepted and adopted by the Committee on Plans, subject to 
any needed modifications in detail and ordered transmitted to 
the Commissioners of Public Parks and they were so trans- 
mitted on March 31st. On May 27, 1897, the Secretary was 
advised by the President of the Commissioners of Public 
Parks that a special committee, whose opinion had been re- 
quested by the Department of Parks, did not approve of the 
site of the buildings and that the Commissioners deemed it 
wise and expedient that a meeting should be held with that 
Committee, with a view of coming to an agreement as to the 
site of the buildings at as early a date as possible. 
At a meeting of the Committee on Plans, held May 28, 
1897, the following letter was adopted and ordered to be 
transmitted by the Chairman to the President of the Board of 
arks: 
Dear Sir: 
We accept with pleasure the invitation contained in your favor 
of the 27st inst. to meet your special committee with a view, as 
you suggest, of coming to an agreement as to the site of the pro- 
posed buildings. 
The importance of prompt action is great, as otherwise the entire 
season may be lost. We therefore hope that an early date may be 
fixed by you for the meeting at your office, and we trust that the 
members of the Park Board may be present. 
Yours respectfully, etc., 
The Commissioners of Parks arranged to meet your Com- 
mittee on Plans on June 7th, but the meeting was postponed 
until June roth, at which time the report of the Park Board’s 
special Committee was read, and it was resolved that the 
