Sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, appropriated the sum of $2.000 for purchase and repair of machinery and tools for shop at nursery. Under this provision the following machinery was purchased and installed in the shops building during the month of June, 1905.

One 24-inch planer belted to one 64-horsepower electric motor.

One 8-foot swing-frame saw belted to one 3-horsepower electric motor.

One 15-inch forge blower belted to a shaft run by an electric motor already in place.

One lawn mower sharpening machine belted to one three-fourths-horsepower electric motor.

One 1-horsepower electric motor belted to a lathe already in place.

One grooving machine and attachment for tin work.

One wiring machine for tin work.

One double reaming machine for tin work.

One forming machine for tin work.

RESERVATIONS OCCUPIED BY THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, 1905.

Under authority granted by the act of Congress approved January 17, 1905, the Secretary of War, in February, 1905, granted this committee permission to erect the following:

1. A reviewing stand on the sidewalk in front of the White House grounds. 2. A reviewing stand along the south side of Lafayette Park.

3. A reviewing stand on the north side of reservation 32, Pennsylvania avenue, between Thirteen-and-a-half and Fourteenth streets.

4. A reviewing stand on reservation 34, Pennsylvania avenue, Ninth and C streets NW.

5. A reviewing stand on reservation 35, Pennsylvania avenue and Louisiana avenue, between Eighth and Ninth streets NW.

6. A temporary wooden building in Henry Park just west of the Pennsylvania Railroad station and adjacent to B street north.

7. A temporary wooden building at the north side of the Pension building in Judiciary Park for use as a kitchen; also covered ways and approaches on the south and west sides of the building, all in connection with the proposed inaugural ball.

All of the structures above enumerated were erected under the direction of the inaugural committee during the month of February.

In addition to the foregoing a permit was granted for a display of fireworks on the ellipse in the President's Park on the night of March 4, and the necessary temporary frames for the display and tents for the storage of materials were erected.

Certified checks aggregating $1,600 were deposited with this Office to cover the cost of restoring the reservations to good conditions after the temporary structures were removed.

A permit was also given to place a searchlight on the top floor of the Monument.

Work was commenced March 6, under the direction of the committee, removing the structures, and by March 15 they were all down and the materials removed.

The grounds were cleaned up and the damages repaired by this Office, the cost being as follows:

Lafayette Park: Cleaning up and rolling sod

Reservation 32: Cleaning up and repairing breaks in asphalt walks
Reservation 34: Resodding borders and cleaning up grounds

Reservation 35: Resodding borders and cleaning up grounds

Judiciary Park: Filling up holes in lawns, and seeding, resodding borders, and repairing asphalt walks.

President's Park: Restoring lawns injured by pyrotechnic display

$6

100

50

The cost of the above work, viz, $169, was paid by the committee or contractors under them, deposited by this Office in the Treasury and the guaranty checks returned to the depositors.

HISTORIC STATUES PRESENTED BY INAUGURAL COMMITTEE.

Among the decorations in the "court of history," on Pennsylvania avenue, Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets, were portrait statues, symbolic female figures, and large vases, which were presented by the executive committee of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis upon the request of this Office for use, first in the inaugural ceremonies and later in the public grounds of this city.

After the court of history was dismantled the following described statues, etc., were turned over to this Office by Mr. Frederic D. Owen, chairman of the committee on street decoration for the inaugural ceremonies, and placed in the parks indicated:

Placed in President's Park.

Female figure: "Genius of Architecture”......{Bruno L. Zimon, New York, sculptor; Female figure: "Genius of Music". from palace of manufactures. Two female figures: "Victory." Michel Tonetti, New York, sculptor; from portico of palace of manufactures.

Placed in Potomac Park, Monument grounds annex.

Female figure: "Genius of Sculptor's Art"..(Chas. Harvey, New York, sculptor; Female figure: "Genius of Ceramic Art"...] from liberal arts building. Female figure: "Transportation by Sea" Antonio C. Spodik, sculptor; from Female figure: "Transportation by Land"..) portico palace of manufactures. Portrait statue: Andrew Jackson, hero of battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. L. Potter, sculptor.

Portrait statue: P. De Narvaez, Spanish explorer, 1470-1528. Adams, sculptor. Portrait statue: F. B. Marbois, negotiated sale of Louisiana, 1803. H. Herring, sculptor.

Portrait statue: R. R. Livingstone, negotiated purchase of Louisiana, 1803. A. Lukeman, sculptor.

Portrait statue: Anthony Wayne, commander in chief of Federal Army, 1792. J. Noble, sculptor.

Portrait statue: J. B. Le Moyne Bienville, governor of Louisiana, 1701-1718. Charles Lopez, sculptor.

Portrait statue: George Rogers Clark, patriot soldier; saved Mississippi frontier to United States. Elise Ward, sculptor.

Portrait statue: De La Salle, explorer, Mississippi Valley, 1681-82, L. Gudsproit, sculptor.

Six vases were also received from the committee.

A photograph of one of the figures representing "Victory" and a photograph of one of the vases accompany this report.

AMERICAN RAILWAY APPLIANCE EXHIBITION, MONUMENT GROUNDS.

On February 14, 1905, the Secretary of War, under authority given him by the act approved January 12, 1905, volume 33, Part I, Statut s, page 1275, granted a permit to the general committee of arrang ments of the above exhibition to be given in connection with the mec ing of the International Railway Congress for the use of the unimproved portion of the Monument grounds fronting about 1,240 feet on B street north, with a depth of 250 feet on the Fourteenth stree side and a depth of 600 feet on the Sixteenth street roadway side, the occupancy to continue from March 20 to May 25. The committee. entered into the grounds on March 20, first having deposited in this Office, on March 14, a certified check for $500 to insure the restoration of the grounds after they were vacated by them. Ninety buildings and structures were erected on the grounds for the purposes of the exhibition, which was formally opened on May 3. The exhibition closed on May 12 and the work of dismantling commenced the next day. The buildings were entirely removed and the grounds vacated by the night of May 24, one day in advance of the date mentioned in the act of Congress granting the use of the grounds. Work was at once commenced for their restoration by a force employed under the orders of the director of the exhibition, and by the 3d of June was entirely completed. The entire cost of the work, which amounted to $506.31, was defrayed by the committee of arrangements of the exhibition, and their deposit check was returned to them on June 6, 1905. The work of restoration was done in a prompt and most satisfactory manner. In fact, the grounds were left in a somewhat better condition than before their occupancy by the committee.

OCCUPATION OF RESERVATION 113 BY THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY.

On December 15, 1904, the Secretary of War granted a permit to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to lay four sidetracks into reservation 113, at the intersection of Virginia and Maryland avenues and C street, between Seventh and Ninth streets SW., to furnish accommodation for the delivery of building material and other freight intended for use in the construction of the new buildings for the Department of Agriculture, the National Museum, and the municipal buildings of the District of Columbia. On April 13, 1905, the company commenced to lay the tracks, and on May 29 commenced to unload stone. They also erected a tight board fence around the north and part of the east and west sides of the reservation.

STATUES.

There are now 24 statues in the public grounds under the charge of this Office and 7 in contemplation.

Lists of all these statues were printed in the annual reports of this Office for 1903 and 1904.