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  2 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  Building. 
  — 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  many 
  delays 
  excellent 
  progress 
  

   has 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  contractors 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  

   new 
  wing 
  on 
  Columbus 
  Avenue 
  (South 
  Section 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  

   Facade). 
  About 
  ninety-five 
  per 
  cent, 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  

   and, 
  if 
  the 
  financial 
  conditions 
  permit, 
  the 
  building 
  will 
  be 
  

   finished 
  early 
  in 
  1908. 
  

  

  The 
  ruling 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  authorities, 
  whereby 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  new 
  

   construction 
  and 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  new 
  cases 
  can 
  be 
  charged 
  to 
  

   the 
  building 
  fund, 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  many 
  needed 
  

   improvements. 
  Under 
  this 
  arrangement 
  fourteen 
  fire-proof 
  

   storage 
  rooms 
  have 
  been 
  constructed 
  in 
  the 
  attic 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  

   Wing, 
  occupying 
  space 
  which 
  heretofore 
  has 
  been 
  practically 
  

   useless; 
  a 
  hand 
  elevator 
  has 
  been 
  installed, 
  making 
  the 
  storage 
  

   rooms 
  accessible, 
  and 
  the 
  backs 
  for 
  ten 
  of 
  the 
  habitat 
  groups 
  

   have 
  been 
  made. 
  

  

  At 
  relatively 
  little 
  cost 
  a 
  trench 
  has 
  been 
  dug 
  connecting 
  

   the 
  Power 
  House 
  with 
  the 
  new 
  wing 
  and 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  

   pipes 
  and 
  wires 
  necessary 
  to 
  heat 
  and 
  light 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   building. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  amount 
  of 
  repair 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  attended 
  

   to, 
  including 
  the 
  pointing 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Facade, 
  the 
  

   reconstruction 
  of 
  several 
  sewer 
  lines, 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  new 
  

   connections 
  with 
  the 
  water-mains, 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  ad- 
  

   ditional 
  fire 
  pumps, 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  storage 
  cases, 
  cab- 
  

   inets, 
  etc., 
  and 
  the 
  repainting 
  of 
  179,890 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  wall 
  

   space. 
  

  

  Attendance. 
  — 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  visitors 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  twelve 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  number 
  

   of 
  visitors 
  is 
  well 
  beyond 
  the 
  half-million 
  mark, 
  the 
  total 
  

   being 
  537,894. 
  The 
  children's 
  lectures 
  were 
  attended 
  by 
  

   26,312 
  pupils, 
  while 
  2,233 
  were 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  special 
  lectures 
  

   given 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Roesler. 
  The 
  attendance 
  at 
  the 
  public 
  

   lecture 
  courses 
  was 
  35,068. 
  The 
  Members 
  will 
  be 
  pleased 
  

   to 
  learn 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  

   teachers 
  and 
  classes, 
  not 
  alone 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  

   schools 
  of 
  the 
  City, 
  but 
  by 
  many 
  from 
  neighboring 
  towns 
  

   and 
  cities. 
  

  

  