NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONERS

OF THE

STATE RESERVATION

AT NIAGARA.

For the Fiscal Year from October 1, 1901, to September 30, 1902

REPORT.

To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York: The commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara, as required by law, submit their report for the fiscal year beguu October 1, 1901, and ended September 30, 1902, this being their nineteenth annual report.

The important improvements made during the fiscal year end ing September 30, 1902, have been the installation of a system of water pipes for the Reservation grounds and buildings, the cutting away and grading of the banks at the approach to Goat Island, the installation of an Automatic Safety Brake for the Inclined Railway, the removal of the office building from Green Island, the removal of the Cottage dwelling house from Goat Island, the removal of the gate house adjacent to the entrance to the steel arch bridge, the grading and planting at Prospect Point and at the American and Horse-shoe Falls on Goat Island.

ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.

The following is our estimate of the receipts for the fiscal year