Keeper's house and museum: A two-story and basement, rustic stone and frame house, 271⁄2 x 45 feet in size, near entrance, costing, with filling and grading, $4,074. Museum contains two mortars captured by Anthony Wayne from the British and an interesting collection of war relics. Large pavilion: A roofed, floored and open-side shelter with stone foundation and rustic stone columns, near Work O*, commanding a fine view northward of the Hudson river. Cost of construction, $1,200. Summer houses: Four summer houses or summer seats as follows: (1) Circular open seat of rustic stone and concrete, without roof, 16 feet in diameter, on Work D. (2) Octagonal summer house, 13 feet in diameter, with rustic stone foundation, eight rustic stone columns, cement floor and shingled roof, near Work F. (3) Square summer house, 13 feet square, stone foundation, 4 stone columns, cement floor, shingled roof, circular stone seat in center, on Work J, the highest point of the Reservation. (4) Rectangular summer house, 9 x 16 feet, on "Iron Hill" north of Work J; stone foundation, four stone columns, cement floor, shingled roof, wooden seat. Cost of all four, $1,250. Drinking fountain: Rustic stone fountain for man and beast at intersection of driveways near center of reservation. $72.50. Cost, Water supply: Laying 3,150 feet of water pipe, with necessary hydrants, connecting with Haverstraw Water Supply Company's service. Markers: Stone markers and flag-poles on thirteen fortifications indicated on British military map and identified by United States Engineer Corps in topographical survey of Reservation. Hitching posts: Rough stone hitching posts with iron rings in various parts of the Reservation. * Reference is had to the sites of British fortifications plotted by United States engineers from West Point on topographical map of the Reservation. A steamboat dock. Bathhouse, necessaries, and various minor improvements. The four summer houses above mentioned have been completed during the past year. The number of visitors actually counted by the keeper from April 1, 1907, to April 1, 1908, was 14,781; but as there is no turn-stile at the entrance and many visitors must have escaped observation, it is estimated that the actual number was nearer 20,000. The annual inspection of the Reservation took place on Saturday, July 13, 1907, the most convenient date near the anniversary of the capture of Stony Point by General Wayne (July 15-16, 1779). Addresses were made by Mr. Gordon H. Peck, of Haverstraw, chairman of the Stony Point Committee; Dr. George F. Kunz, of New York, president of the Society; Hon. Thomas H. Lee, of Stony Point, Major Robert A. Widenmann, of Haverstraw, Mr. Townsend Wandell, of New York (descendant of one of the captors of Stony Point); Rev. Nelson P. Dame, rector of St. Paul's Church, Ossining; Mrs. John C. Marin, of New York, of the Women's Auxiliary to this Society; Mr. Edward Weiant, | occupant of the Joshua Hett Smith House, of Stony Point; and Mr. Edward Hagaman Hall, the secretary of this Society. Financial Statement. Following is a statement of finances from April 1, 1907, to April 1, 1908: Under Chapter 641, Laws of 1904. DEBIT. Balance on hand April 1, 1907.... $219 07 1907. Aug. CREDIT. 6. James Kilby, Nyack, insurance on pavil- $10 00 |