Annual ReportThe Department, 1915 |
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Página 269 - Lake, on. . .June 23, 1906, on the occasion of the unveiling of a tablet at that place by the Daughters of the Revolution of the state of New York in commemoration of the furnace and of the making of the chain.
Página 315 - It is expected that this work will be completed in the early part of 1916.
Página 106 - It is a beautiful tree in both form and foilage and its bloom is delightful in fragrance. The tree is thoroughly hardy, succeeds under the adverse conditions of a city street and is a rapid grower, yet takes kindly to severe pruning. The Linden has received a bad name in New York because many of the varieties which have been used lose their foilage in the warm weather of July and August due to the attacks of the red spider. If the true Tilia vulgaris is used this trouble will usually not be experienced....
Página 146 - The tree used to be from lj to 3 inches in caliper, straight of stem and symmetrical in form, of vigorous growth and provided with compact and fibrous roots. Trees used in any single block shall be pruned at the time of planting to secure similar height, shape and size, and no lateral branches shall be left which shall be lower than 7 ft. from the surface of the sidewalk. 3. Stake: Chestnut or oak stake 2j ft.
Página 151 - December 31, 1915. HON. JOHN PURROY MITCHEL, Mayor of the City of New York. Dear Sir: In compliance with the provisions of the Charter, I send you herewith the report of the work undertaken and accomplished in this Department for the year just closed.
Página 133 - December 31, 1915, of All Appropriation Accounts for the Current Year, and of Appropriation Accounts for Prior Years Having Unexpended Balances.
Página 8 - ... a landscape architect, skilled and expert, whose assent shall be requisite to all plans and works or changes thereof respecting the conformation, development or ornamentation of any of the parks, squares, or public places of the city, to the end that the same may be uniform and symmetrical at all times.
Página 108 - It would probably be necessary for the city to propagate the trees in its own nursery to make certain of the sex of the trees used. The following additional list is suggested as comprising trees which might, under the most expert attention be grown successfully on Manhattan streets, but only on streets where conditions are most favorable. Such conditions would be found on wide streets with generous gravel or grass parkings, good depth of soil and where the buildings are moderately low and the traffic...
Página 203 - York, the President of the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Página 267 - American troops as they manoeuvered and fought for the passes at Kingsbridge, and afterwards occupied by the British, as they, by weight of numbers, gradually forced the American defenders back. During one period of the Revolution the house was the headquarters for the Hessian Jaegers. In one of the rooms Captain Rowe, of the Pruicsbank Jaegers, expired in the arms of his bride-elect, having been mortally wounded in an engagement with the patriots in the Tippett Valley. Close by the Van Cortlandt...