tional asphalt pavement were laid on gravel walks and repairs were made to the old gravel walks, the area resurfaced, amounting to 156 square yards; 335 feet of cast-iron drainpipe were laid to drain the two fountains and one new draintrap was built. The iron post-andchain fence, consisting of 193 posts and 1,551 feet of chain, was painted.

Reservations 37, 40, 42, 43, and 44, Pennsylvania avenue, between Second and Seventh streets, SE.-A new cement sidewalk was laid by the District government on the Pennsylvania avenue front of each of these five reservations, and in doing the work the borders of the reservations were disturbed, requiring them to be resodded, and that work was done at all those reservations by the park laborers.

Reservations 45 and 50, Pennsylvania avenue, between Sixth and Eleventh streets, SE.-The borders of these reservations were sodded, and the bare places in the lawn surface of reservation 45 were sown with grass seed.

Reservation 47, Pennsylvania avenue, Eighth and D streets, SE.This reservation was graded and sodded with 90 square yards of sod. An iron post-and-chain fence, consisting of 16 posts and 145 feet of chain, was erected and the fence painted.

Reservation 81, Massachusetts avenue and E street, between First and Second streets, NE.-Two hundred and seventy feet of chain were run through the iron posts which had been erected around this reservation in April, 1902, and the fence was painted.

Reservation 82, Massachusetts avenue and D street, between Second and Third streets, NE.-Two hundred and eighty-nine feet of chain were run through the iron posts which had been erected in April, 1902, and the fence painted.

Reservation 84, Massachusetts avenue, Seventh and B streets, NE.The iron post-and-chain fence inclosing this reservation, consisting of 50 posts and 450 feet of chain, was painted.

Reservation 86, Massachusetts avenue, Ninth and A streets, NEFive of the iron posts were removed from the street parking adjoining the reservation, two of them reset in line with the boundary stones, and the chain refastened.

Reservation 126, Virginia and Georgia avenues and L street, between Ninth and Eleventh streets, SE.-The two old hydrants in this reservation were replaced with new hydrants.

Reservations 203, 204, and 205, Maryland avenue, between First and Third streets, NE.-The iron post-and-chain fences inclosing these three reservations, consisting of 166 posts and 1,090 feet of chain, were painted.

Reservation 213, Maryland avenue, Fourteenth and G streets, NE.— This reservation was inclosed with an iron post-and-chain fence, 21 posts and 181 feet of chain having been used for the purpose. The fence was painted.

Reservation 224, Delaware avenue and First street, between E and F streets, NE.-The rustic stone coping and the pyramid center of the fountain basin were removed, and a portion of the stones hauled to Lincoln Square for use around the new fountain erected there. Reservation 224 is one of those donated by Congress to the Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore Railroad as part of the site for the new Union Station.

Reservation 229, North Carolina avenue, First and E streets, SE.

Four hundred and sixteen feet of chain were run through the iron posts which had been erected around the reservation in May, 1902, and the fence was painted.

Reservation 230, North Carolina avenue, Seventh and B streets, SE.— This reservation was partially inclosed with a wire fence to prevent trespassing.

Reservation 231, North Carolina avenue, Eighth and B streets, SEThis reservation was inclosed with an iron post-and-chain fence, consisting of 16 posts and 127 feet of chain, and the fence was painted.

Reservation 232, North Carolina avenue and B streets, between Eighth and Ninth streets, SE.-The post-and-chain fence inclosing this reservation, consisting of 38 posts and 285 feet of chain, was painted.

Reservation 233, North Carolina avenue and A street, between Eighth and Ninth streets, SE.-The post-and-chain fence inclosing this reservation, consisting of 36 posts and 288 feet of chain, was painted. Water was introduced into the reservation.

Reservation 234, North Carolina avenue and A street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, SE. The surface was graded, surfaced with soil, and sodded; a post-and-chain fence, consisting of 19 posts and 160 feet of chain, erected and painted, and water introduced.

Reservation 255, Georgia avenue, Fifteenth and G streets, SE.-This unimproved reservation was partially improved. The surface was graded, covered with top soil, grass seed sown, and a border of sod laid; a post-and-chain fence, consisting of 44 iron posts and 358 feet of chain, was erected and painted.

Reservation 266, Tennessee avenue, Thirteenth and B streets, NEA new stake-and-wire fence 110 feet long was erected around this reservation in place of the old one.

CARE OF TREES ON SIDEWALKS AROUND RESERVATIONS.

On May 28 the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia suggested that this office take care of the tree spaces on sidewalks around United States public reservations under its charge, in connection with the care of the reservations themselves, and under date of May 29 he was informed it would do the best it could to look after them.

RESERVATIONS OCCUPIED FOR PURPOSES OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

In Public Resolution No. 41, approved June 30, 1902 (vol. 32, Stats., p. 749, sec. 5), the Secretary of War was--

authorized to grant permits to the citizens' executive committee for the entertainment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the use of any reservation or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the thirty-sixth national encampment in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries upon such reservation or public spaces or statuary therein.

Under this authority permits were granted by the War Department as follows:

September 10, 1902.-For the erection of two viewing stands on the south side of Lafayette Park.

September 13, 1902.-For the erection of tents and other structures in the White Lot (grounds south of the Executive Mansion) for reunion purposes, sleeping quarters, etc.

September 20, 1902.-For the erection of tents, scenery, paraphernalia, seats, and other structures on the Monument grounds for a display of fireworks.

September 20, 1902.—For the erection of tents on the northeast portion of the Monument grounds for sleeping quarters.

September 20, 1902.-For the erection of viewing stands, one on reservation 32, south side Pennsylvania avenue, between Thirteen-and-a-half and Fourteenth streets NW., and one on reservation 34, south side Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets NW.

September 29, 1902.—For the erection of tents on the northwestern corner of the White Lot for a division hospital.

In all of the foregoing cases bonds were given by the chairman of the proper committee for the restoration of the grounds to good condition after the close of the encampment.

A permit was also granted by this office, with the approval of the President, on September 25, 1902, for the erection of a "Presidential reviewing stand" on the sidewalk on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue in front of the middle of the White House grounds.

Under these permits the committee erected in September, 1902, the following:

Grounds south of Executive Mansion (White Lot).-On the ellipse, 5 large assembly tents, 1 platform, 1 flag pole, and 86 small tents around the edge of the ellipse for use as headquarters tents by the different army corps. On the Fifteenth street side, east of the ellipse, 54 tents for sleeping quarters, 2 post-office tents, and 3 press tents. On the Seventeenth street side, west of the ellipse, 90 sleeping tents. On the northwestern corner of the grounds, 45 tents for use as a division hospital. Six tents for water-closets were also erected, 2 in the ellipse, 1 on the Seventeenth street side, and 3 on the Fifteenth street side of the grounds, making 291 tents in all. Thirty electric-light poles were also erected, and temporary connections made for water.

Monument grounds. On that part of the grounds north of the Monument and between the Fifteenth street roadway and Sixteenth street roadway, frame work and scenery, 15 tents, 7 ticket booths, 39 electric-light poles, and seats to accommodate about 20,000 persons were erected and inclosed with a wooden railing, all for the exhibition of fireworks, the area of ground occupied being 38,000 square yards. In the northeast part of the grounds 219 tents for free sleeping quarters, 1 toilet room, and 10 electric-light poles were erected, the area occupied amounting to about 19,000 square yards.

Lafayette Park.-Two large viewing stands on the south side, each with a seating capacity of 1,215 persons.

Sidewalk in front of White House grounds.-One Presidential reviewing stand with 1,000 chairs.

Reservation 32, south side Pennsylvania avenue, between Thirteenand-a-half and Fourteenth streets NW.-A viewing stand with a seating capacity of 1,100 people.

Reservation 34, south side Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets NW.-A wooden booth for selling refreshments.

No permanent injury was done to the grounds by their occupancy for the foregoing purposes, but the provisions in the several permits that all structures were to be removed and the grounds restored by October 25, 1902, were not fully complied with, except in the case of the Monument grounds, from which park the structures were all removed by October 24, and the grounds cleaned and restored without

expense to the United States. On October 13 this office suggested to the chairman of the executive committee of the encampment that our park laborers perform the work necessary to restore the grounds to their former condition, the cost of the work to be defrayed by the committee. He replied, under date of November 10, that the committee had not only no funds in hand, but was actually behind in cash with which to pay bills. This office was therefore compelled to clean portions of the grounds at its own expense. Following is a brief summary showing when the grounds were vacated by the committee and the work done by this office in restoring them:

Grounds south of Executive Mansion (White Lot).-The removal of the structures was commenced by the committee October 10 and completed October 18. The grounds were afterwards cleaned and the débris removed by the park laborers at a cost to the United States of $150.

Lafayette Park.-The stands were taken down by the committee between October 10 and 25, but all the lumber was not removed until October 31. After the latter date the committee caused the débris to be removed, but this office was obliged to reclean the grounds at an expense to the United States of about $10.

Sidewalk in front of White House grounds.-The Presidential reviewing stand erected here was to have been removed not later than October 18. The work of tearing down the stand was commenced on the 17th (after a peremptory order had been given by this office for its demolition) and completed by the evening of the 18th, but the removal of the lumber and the dirt was not completed until October 31. All of this work was done by the committee without expense to the United States.

Reservation 32.-The removal of the viewing stand was commenced by the committee on October 10 and by the 17th all the materials had been removed from within the limits of the reservation.

Reservation 34.-The wooden booth for selling refreshments erected on this reservation was removed therefrom between October 10 and 17, without expense to the United States.

Henry Park-A tent erected on the north side of the park for use of the bureau of information was removed by the committee immediately after the close of the encampment on October 13, after which the ground was cleaned by the park force in the regular course of work, with but small additional expense, of which no separate account was kept.

Recommendations. It is recommended that hereafter when permission is granted by Congress for the temporary use of the public grounds for purposes similar to the foregoing, the persons to whom the privilege is granted be required, as a condition precedent to such use, to deposit with the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds an amount in cash which, in his judgment, may be sufficient to cover the cost of restoring the grounds to the condition in which they were previous to such occupancy, the work of restoring the grounds to be done by the park force employed under the said officer and the cost thereof to be paid by him out of said cash deposit, any balance remaining after said payments are made to be returned to the persons making the deposit.

POTOMAC PARK.

By authority of the Chief of Engineers United States Army, Lieut. Col. Charles J. Allen, Corps of Engineers, transferred to the charge of the office of public buildings and grounds, by letter dated August 12, 1901, the portion of Potomac Park between the tidal reservoir and the Washington Monument grounds and extending from Seventeenth street and Virginia avenue NW. to Maryland avenue and Fourteenth street SW. On October 30, 1901, this office submitted to the Department an estimate to be transmitted to Congress for an appropriation for improving the ground.

In sundry civil act approved June 28, 1902, Congress appropriated the sum of $70,000 for the work, and a project for the application of the funds was submitted to the Chief of Engineers under date of July 5, 1902, and approved July 10. This project provided for raising the revetment wall along the tidal basin 3 feet with concrete, adding to the masonry revetment wall where necessary, and building a macadam driveway with Telford base 50 feet wide, with cobble gutters and drains, traps, etc.

Work was commenced on July 14, 1902, and continued to June 30, 1903, except for a short time in the winter, when the weather was unfavorable for outdoor operations. Following is a description of the work done during the year:

Grading. This work was done by hired labor. About 20,000 cubie yards of earth, ashes, etc., were excavated from those parts of the ground above grade and used in filling low portions. In addition, about 14,550 cubic yards of material were received without expense to the United States and used for the same purpose. The ground on either side of the new 50-foot roadway was graded for a width of 20 feet the entire length (about 4,350 feet) of the roadway. Nearly all of the rough grading on other parts of the ground has been completed. About 3,700 square yards of sod were laid as borders along the roadway and walk, etc., and finished lawn surfaces.

Roadway. The roadbed of the 50-foot roadway has been graded for the entire length of the roadway (4,299 linear feet along center line) and prepared to receive the macadam pavement; 32 brick catch basins with iron grates have been built along the gutterways on the sides of the road and 1,116 feet of 6-inch terra-cotta drain pipe, 206 feet of 8-inch, 212 feet of 10-inch, 263 feet of 12-inch, and 236 feet of 18-inch laid to connect the basins with sewer. In addition to the grading of the 50-foot roadway, a piece of roadway 154 feet long and 39 feet wide has been constructed to connect the 50-foot roadway by a turn south of the propagating gardens with the Fifteenth street roadway in the Monument grounds at D street SW. One hundred elm trees were planted along the borders of the 50-foot roadway.

Macadam pavement and gutters.-On October 20, 1902, a contract was entered into for constructing a trap rock macadam pavement with Telford base of limestone, with stone gutters, on the 50-foot roadway, the length of the roadway being about 4,350 feet and the area of the pavement being, approximately, 21,550 square yards and the gutters 2,275 square yards. The Telford base has been laid on the roadway for a length of 3,750 linear feet, or 18,750 square yards. The roadway has been completed with the three top corners of trap rock and