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Mr. Tefft was at once authorized to prepare full-size plaster 
models for casting the bronze, and these were completed in Sep- 
tember, 1904, and delivered at the Museum Building. Specifi- 
cations calling for bids for the bronze, setting it in place, and for 
necessary minor works connected with it, were at once drawn up 
by the Department of Parks, advertised, and the contract was 
awarded by the Commissioner of Parks on December 29, 1904, 
to the Roman Bronze Company, the design being approved by 
the Art Commission of the City of New York, January 10, 1905. 
The contractors finished their work at the end of May, Igo5, 
at which time the fountain was satisfactorily mounte 
late XXVIII shows the general character of the work and 
its position in relation to the Museum Building. 
. L. Britton, 
Durector-in- Chief. 
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, PATHS AND BRIDGES. 
In July, the attention of the Commissioner of Parks for the 
Borough of the Bronx was called to the condition of the wooden 
“Blue Bridge’? over the Bronx River at the north end of the 
Hemlock Grove, its flooring needing repairs. The Commissioner 
submitted to the Corporation, whether his Sepacnent was require 
to defray the expenses of such repairs, to which the following 
affirmative opinion in reply was returned : 
_ LAW DEPARTMENT, 
( Office of the Corporation Counsel.) 
New York, August 22, 1905. 
Hon. Henry C. SCHRADER 
Commissioncr of Parks, The Bronx. 
Sir: Tam in receipt of your communication bearing date July 
25th, enclosing copy of report of N. L. Britton, Director in Chief 
of the Botanical Garden, asking your department to repair the 
bridge over the Bronx River in the Botanical Garden, known as 
the ‘‘ Blue Bridge.” 
