Lanterna Rally

Author: State Reservation At Niagara

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-09

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9780364192801

Excerpt from Fourteenth Annual Report of the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara: For the Fiscal Year From October 1, 1896, to September 30, 1897 The work -of the year has been mainly in continuance of the system of improvement and restoration which the commissioners have had in view, and in accordance with their previously adopted plan. The river shore at different points has required grading, filling and planting, and this work has been carried on notably between Port Day and First street. The crib work on the southern shore of Goat Island has been covered with soil and planted so as to make it invisible from the island The shore of Bath Island has been graded, planted and rip-rapped. A loop driveway at Port Day has been constructed, graded and gravelled. A stone arched bridge has been erected at the overflow below First street, and another stone arched bridge has been erected at Port Day. The river road between Falls street and Niagara street has been macadamized. Seventh street from Buffalo avenue to the river road has been widened. This is not intended as a complete state ment of the year's work, details of which are contained in the re port of the superintendent, appended to this report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.