New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
A BILL TO AID SCIENCE.
ron THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
rpY1Nc 10 GET AN APPROPRIATION OF 100000
-opfNroNs OF Mr. JEsUP AND Mr. ROBE.

TRYING 10 GET AN APPROPRIATION OF 100000
OPINIONS OF Mr. JEsuP AND Mr. RoBB
/. hi has been introduced In the State Legslst-
ara by senator Ives providing for an appropriation
"a 100000 to complete the annex to the American
Museum OF Natural History. For five years the
.,.stess of the Museum have been striving to get
sh,tr new building under way, and IN the meantime
-. collections have boon gradually accommodating
.tu the present structure is crowded with exhibits
tered away In garnet and cellar for want Of room
!. s,sulay them Two years ago the Legislature
,horzed the Controller to issue bonds TO the amount
- sAoo 900 for the Musuem. The contracts
asn made and the work on the foundation is now
advancing rapidly with the favorable weather of
this winter.
.,A n viii form the first portion of the completed
- a the Museum, facing the south with hand
80 facade. 1t viii contain lecture hall that
al seat 1900 persons, and win afford space besides
a. more than twice the number Of collections now
an ambition. The contracts awarded provide only
An the structure without the interior work or the
soudpment Of the building. The appropriation pro-
vSsd for by Senator Ivess bill will be for the equip
uet lighting, heating, and ventilation of the entire
structure and the grading and making Of the grounds
and the approaches the building. The bill is as
follows:
Section 1.-The Department Of Public Parks Ks Po s9s
AZ Esfimate and Apportionment, is hereby authorized
20 complete the censtpson Of the sddn lon S 70 Ro
Msaan and d %Snrs sd a ana pcuP eo %
as the grounds IN the He6orhood Of Museum
and to construct proper drives pathways and az,
If S ss no Of Parks on
he asth day Ct March, 1883, as the same may be
pnSc parks and The trustees Of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History. and to equip tho said ba
nn m separs he Original building now occupied by
said Museum as the said Commissioners and drnSsss
ssSITss Of TIE architect architects out Of the
@ u n . sse sgO S ca Ha snail
ali the and fittings required tor the prepafsS oo
and other property Of the Museum that are now o., OF
may DO within the building and SrS sns a;S
and display Of fhs collections in the exhibition halls
carrying into eject the provisions Of this act shall
be the duty Of the Controller, upon being themnDro
and ss but me not = less than Sr a Rsf
0o DSas Of 9r sOeh 81 in the
now provided by law payable fror taxation, out no'
exceeng in the Aggregate N ad95Se 70 b suns s Of
s4Oo 900, bearing interest at rate MOI eNesenns
per centum per annum ana TeeeenS as from the
section All acts or parts Of acts inconsistent
with The provisions of this act hereby repealed
Section 4-Ths act shall take effect immeois'eiy'
The Museum is now opened on two evenings week
and on the evenings Of public holidays to the pubic
The entire building when completed VIII be lighted
with electricity President Morris K Jesup, OF the
Museum says that the lcctrehall will be completed
and opened next fall for the lectures in the course
which Professor Bickmore has established for public
school teachers, although the main building VIII not
be ready for another year. The original designs he
SAID involved subiolned building on the south side
Of the old structure The plans also included I'M
provoments before the building, such an approach
and aSfractfely ladout grounds The estimated cost
was 10 be some 100000. The money secured was
sufficient to begin and complete part OF the new
building without in any way interfering with the de-
mands of the plans Accordingly work was begun
upon the and central part The trustees how
over found that IL sufficient appropriation could
be secured to complete the building according TO the
whole plan. some 10 or Is per cent would be saved
on the ultimate cost.
ave need' said Mr.. Jesup, @much more
room than we have, and the whole new
building as called for IN I1,.o the ol plans
NOW NOW, Be n propery ssssneed for lack space
We need departments for many Of them We are con
IS the desire Of the trustees to make the Museum
place only for exhibits but for scientific study:
The number OF scientific people who daily go mere ios
research and study is gratifying to the trustees ana
We want 70 make the Museum complete ana w ens
the approval Of the city authorities, the Park Board
and Che Mayor and the public shows what Interest
there has been there on the nights when they have
been opeD.S ~, r.s
said yesterday that he fully approved the bill and that
the appropriation was needed 10 finish the Museum;
aThs original blll" he added should have provided
for sufficient amount to construct the annex to the
Museum. II VIII be great public educational In;
over the country. The city can well afford TO deal
literally with such work, and especially when 10 Is
under the control Of men like the trustees, who have
given their time and money TO mako the collections
81 the Museum the most complete and valuable OF
their kind IN this country