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was awarded by the Commissioners of Parks on December 29, 
1904, to the Roman Bronze Company, of Greenpoint, New York ; 
the contract price, which includes casting the bronze and setting 
it in place, together with a slight modification of the marble 
screen already built, and supplying the requisite water-piping and 
water-heads, is $7,500, and it is expected that the work will be 
completed by midsummer. This bronze fountain is built from 
the moulds prepared by Mr. Carl E. Tefft, sculptor, who won the 
work in a competition of fifteen sculptors in 1903, his model 
having been deemed the best, and also having been highly praised 
by the distinguished committee of sculptors, appointed by the 
National Sculpture Society as a jury, at the request of the com- 
mittee of the Board of Managers having the matter in charge. 
The models also have been approved by the Commissioner of 
Parks, and by the Art Commission of the City of New 
The contract for completely constructing the cut granite, 
bridge, enue? - Mr. John R. Br — Landscape Engineer 
to carry the main park driveway over the valley of the: lakes, 
northeast of the oe Building, has oe awarded by the Com- 
missioner of Parks to Jos. Gallo, at a cost of about $37,000. This 
is the last of the large bridges contemplated in the general plan 
for the development of the Garden, and is of a monumental char- 
acter, providing a single stone arch and balustrade railings. It 
is hoped that the work will be completed during the year 1905, 
which would permit the practical completion of all the driveways 
provided by the general plan within the same period. 
The total precipitation in the Garden during December, 1904, 
amounted to 3.51 inches. Maximum temperatures of 43° on the 
6th, 39.5° on the 16th, and 48° on the 23d, were observed ; also 
minima of 4° on the 11th, 3° on the 15th, 13° on the 22d and 
13° on the 20th. 
