to the Legislature of the State of New York of the statement of the affairs of the party of the second part, as required by its charter, shall contain a concise statement of the purposes and objects upon which the income from said fund has been expended since the time of the last preceding report." In August, 1907, the principal was invested in 4 per cent. gold bonds of the city of New York. The total income from the fund during the past year, from interest on deposits before investment and from interest on bonds since investment, has been $330.77 and has been disbursed for the following purposes: 1907. Jan. July Oct. 13. Polhemus Printing Co., 2,000 envelopes 13. Polhemus Printing Co., 2,000 Letchworth 13. Polhemus Printing Co., addressing and 13. Postage on same. 24. Tiffany & Co., engraving corporate seal.. $6.50 43 10 7 60 20 00 100 00 675 42 90 19. Secretary's traveling expenses to Letch- 29. J. B. Lyon Co., 200 extra copies Annual We renew the expression of our hope that appreciation of Mr. Green's great public services, and of the value of this Society as the instrumentality planned by him to carry out some of his most cherished ideas for the public welfare, may lead to the augmentation of this fund, or the establishment of similar funds for the carrying on of its growing work. STONY POINT BATTLEFIELD STATE RESERVATION. The Stony Point Battlefield State Reservation consists of thirtyfour acres of land on the peninsula of Stony Point on the west shore of the Hudson river, twelve miles south of West Point Military Academy. It is in the custody of this Society. For the purchase, improvement and maintenance of the reservation the State has thus far appropriated the following sums: Year. Law. 1897 764 Purchase* 1900 408 Improvement and maintenance. 1903 599 Improvement and maintenance.. Improvement and maintenance.. Amount. $21,500 00 3,500 00 3,600 00 1904 641 6,600 00 In addition to which the Society has spent about $5,000 of its own funds in improvements, dedication and oversight. The principal improvements made since 1900 have been as follows: Driveways: Right of way, 1,989 feet; other drives, 4,050 feet; total, 6,039 feet. * Paths: 2,200 feet. Chapter 764 of the Laws of 1897 appropriated $25,000 for the purchase of Stony Point, but only $21,500 was required. The balance was reappropriated by chapter 408 of the Laws of 1900. 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, ncar 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, c.ment 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. |