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REPORT OF THE 



of Chapter 443 of the Laws of 1895. This leaves a balance of 

 $3,534.53, to the credit of the account. 



The Park Improvement Fund was increased $100,000 during 

 the year, by the sale of bonds, making the total amount avail- 

 able, #195,000. Of this sum, $42,629.86 were expended for the 

 building of a sandstone wall on Prospect Park West, with lime 

 stone pedestals at the Third street entrance, the construction of 

 a granite coping and marble pedestals in the Vale of Cashmere, 

 and the making of a number of minor improvements of a per- 



THKEE ARCH r.RIOOE, PROSPECT PARK. 



manent character in the Park. This leaves a balance of 

 $152,370.14 to the credit of the fund, against which are con- 

 tracts with Frederick MacMonnies, for bronze work to decorate 

 two of the entrances to Prospect Park, and a contract with W. & 

 T. Lamb, for the construction of a granite entrance to the Park 

 at the Plaza, and a contract with Mr. A. P. Proctor for bronze 

 panthers at the Third street entrance. 



For the improvement of the East Side Lands there was a 

 balance of $50,000 left from last year. Of this sum, $47,094.01 

 have been expended in leveling off and clearing the land, a task 



