SUNDAY OPENING OF THE MUSEUMS 
IN THE PARK. 
Ata meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 
held at the office of the Mayor, October 30th, 1885, Mr. Morris K. 
Jesup, and other members of the Executive Committee of the 
American Museum of Natural History were present, in compli- 
ance with the following request : 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 
New York, Oct. 27th, 1885. 
Mr. M. K. JESSUP. 
Dear Sir: 
At a meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 
held this day, it was 
Resolved—That the President of the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory be invited to attend the meeting of the said Board, to be held on Friday. 
October 30th, at 3 o’clock, P. M., at the Mayor’s office, when an opportunity 
_will be afforded him to be heard relative to an appropriation for the said 
Museum. 
The Board desire some information relative thereto. 
Very respectfully, 
CHARLES V. ADEE, Clerk. 
In behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, under a similar 
invitation, there were present Mr. Daniel Huntington, Vice-Presi- 
dent, and other trustees, who asked Mr. Jesup, in the absence of 
their President, to present the case for both Museums, as the two 
Museums were alike in their objects and in their relation to the 
City. 
Mr. Jesup inquired of the Mayor if the only question to be dis- 
cussed in the matter of the appropriation for the Museums, was that 
_ of the opening of the Museums on Sunday. The Mayor answered 
- that it was. 
Mr. Jesup then spoke substantially as follows : 
ty. i Mr. Chairman : 
The question before us is one of much importance, and deserves 
“candid consideration. In May last the Board of Aldermen, and in 
il the Board of Park Commissioners, passed resolutions asking 


