LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Night Picture of a Portion of Prospect Park Showing Effect of New Lighting System. Thirty Minute Exposure on a very Dark Night. Old Office of the Commission on Green Island... Administration Building, Present Office in Prospect Park. Old Pavilion in Prospect Park, Removed.. Old Gate House in Prospect Park, Removed... Natural Condition of Prospect Point about 1875. Prospect Point in 1898. Prospect Point in 1905... Removing Stone Retaining Wall along the Riverway. New Stone Bridge to Goat Island. Old Wooden Stairway to Terrapin Point. Present Sloping Pathway to Terrapin Point. Old Bridge from Goat Island to First Sister Island. New Stone Bridge from Goat Island to First Sister Island.. Old Wooden Stairway to Luna Island.... New Stone Stairway to Luna Island.. New Bridge to Terrapin Point.... The American Fall Illuminated by Searchlight.. PAGE. Frontispiece 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 30 30 48 52 To the Legislature of the State of New York: The Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara have the honor to submit herewith their annual report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1907, as required by law. RESIGNATION OF HON. ALVAH K. POTTER. The personnel of the Commission remains the same as at the time of our last annual report, except that there is a vacancy caused by the resignation on January 30, 1907, of the Hon. Alvah K. Potter. Judge Potter was appointed by Governor Odell, November 27, 1903, to succeed the late Hon. Andrew H. Green, who died November 13, 1903, and during his term of service ably co-operated with his colleagues in the discharge of their duties. SUMMARY OF YEAR'S WORK. The principal incidents of the past year's administration are mentioned in the report of the Superintendent, appended hereto. Briefly summarized, there was an unusual storm in January, 1907, with its consequent damage; sundry repairs to bridges, railings, and buildings; the checking of landslides; the completion of the electric lighting system; the installation of an electrio heating system in the Administration Building; the removal of over-head electric wires; some slight additions to the working equipment; the construction of a drilled well on Goat Island; the construction of a new road and paths; a fatal accident at the Inclined Railway; a lesser accident at the Cave of the Winds; the illumination of the Falls from the Canadian side; the presence of a million visitors; and the usual routine work. The financial affairs of the year are embodied in the Treasurer's report which is appended hereto. |