No. 34.

IN ASSEMBLY,

FEBRUARY 4, 1904.

TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Commissioners of the State Reservation

at Niagara.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., January, 1904.

To the Honorable S. FREDERICK NIXON, Speaker of the Assembly, Albany, N. Y.:

Sir. I herewith transmit, for presentation to the Legislature of the State of New York, the Twentieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1903.

Yours respectfully,

CHARLES M. DOW,

President.

OF THE

COMMISSIONERS

OF THE

State Reservation at Niagara.

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FROM

OCTOBER 1, 1902, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1903.

Estimated receipts.....

Death of the Hon. Andrew H. Green, President...

Death of the Hon. Thomas V. Welch, Superintendent.

Résumé of improvements..

Requirements for ordinary maintenance..

Requirement for electric lighting and power.

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Engineer's estimates for completion of electric lighting system and
installation of electric power plant for Inclined Railway.

Proceedings of the meeting held by the city of New York in honor of

the memory of the late Hon. Andrew H. Green, on Wednesday,

December 30, 1903...

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Memorial address by the Rev. Henry Mitchell MacCracken, D. D.,
LL. D..

Last public address by the late Hon. Andrew H. Green concerning
the State Reservation at Niagara Falls, read before the convention
of the American Park and Outdoor Art Association at Niagara Falls,
July 7, 1903.....

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Memorial addresses upon the death of the late Hon. Thomas V. Welch. 107 By Charles E. Cromley, Esq.

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