(95) 
There being an unexpended balance to the credit of the 
Park Department from the funds for the improvement of 
parks, parkways and drives, application was made therefor 
by the Board of Parks, and notice thereof given to the Secre- 
tary of your Committee by the following letter dated Decem- 
ber 15th, 1897. 
At a meeting of the Board of Parks, held on the 13th inst., ap- 
plication was made to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
for an issue of. bonds to the amount of $15,000, under the provi- 
sions of Chapter 194, Laws of 1896, ‘‘An Act providing for the 
Improvement of Parks, Parkways and Drives,” for the purpose of 
constructing driveways and paths in the New York Botanical Gar- 
den grounds, north and east of the Southern Boulevard in Bronx 
Park. 
Respectfully, Wiiriam Leary, 
Secretary. 
On December 17th, the Secretary caused a map to be made, 
taken from the general plan, showing the proposed plaza, 
and driveway running east from Bedford Park Station, to- 
gether with the estimates of the amount of material necessary 
for its construction, and these were transmitted to the Board 
of Estimate and Apportionment by the Secretary of the Park 
Department to illustrate the above application which was 
thereafter allowed, as stated in the following letter to the 
Chairman of your Committee, dated December 27th, 1897: 
At a meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, held 
December 23d, 1897, a resolution authorizing the issue of $15,000, 
for expense of constructing paths and driveways in the Botanical 
Garden in Bronx Park was adopted. 
Very respectfully, Cuas. V. ADEE, 
Clerk. 
Under authority from your Committee the Chairman and 
Secretary, on December 17, 1897, approved for the Com- 
mittee a bill of R. W. Gibson, architect, for $8,675.47, being 
214% upon the amount of the contract awarded to the John H. 
Parker Company, $347,019, and transmitted it to the Board 
of Parks, by whom it was approved, as appears from the fol- 
lowing letter to the Secretary, dated December 22, 1897: 
