Excerpts from report about -- need for a Health Building, examination of European methods of garbage disposal, stadium plans for the Jerome Park Reservoir site, plans for a Bronx Health Exposition; and dust and soot from the United Electric Power...
Resolution on the death of Louis A. Risse, the engineer who prepared the plans for the Grand Boulevard and Concourse. Also, early information on a bridge to connect the boroughs. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 14, pp. 37-38.
Stadiums; Traffic; Transportation; Streets and Avenues
Includes references to Yankee Stadium area improvements; the Grand Concourse traverse road and traffic. In--Minutes of the Directors Meeting, Vol. 10, pp. 266-267.
The Board advocates for increased transportation facilities for the Bronx, including bridge approaches, railroads, subways, and even a dock and ferry at E. 138th St. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 3, pp. 15-18.
Hospitals; Fire Insurance; Events; Police Dept.; Military Training
Describes needs of Fordham Hospital, reduced fire insurance rates, an orphans outing at Clason Point, police activities along Third Ave, armory military lectures and a training camp at For Schuyler. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 5, pp....
Street Conditions; Spies and Enemy Agents; World War I
Notes concern for anti-littering, and Mott Ave. street laying. Also noted is a resolution about the treatment of spies and enemy agents. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 6, pp. 34-35.
Awarding of gold medal to John L. Wade, tug boat captain, for his role in saving life on the occasion of the burning of the steamer General Slocum on June 15, 1904. Also included is a verbatim copy of the text of Capt. Wade's first hand account of...
Calls for securing title to land to lay out the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, a plan endorsed by the Fordham Club. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 1, pp. 80-82.
Streets and Avenues; Colleges & Universities; Schools
References to the Grand Concourse; location of Hunter College; and property for Theodore Roosevelt H.S. In--Minutes of Directors Meetings, Vol. 11, p 214.
Hospitals; Nursing School; Streets and Avenues; Stadiums; Recreation; Baseball; Football; Incinerators; Garbage Disposal; South Bronx
Notes the selling of Lincoln Hospital to New York City and plans for a nursing school; Grand Concourse traverse road; Yankee Stadium expanded seating; the problem of refuse and the need for incinerators, land dumps and a plan for garbage...
Wars; Lewis Morris; Gouverneur Morris; Morris Family; Monuments; Declaration of Independence; U.S. Constitution
Two resolutions to erect monuments--one for honor Civil War soldiers from the Bronx; and the other to honor statesmen Lewis Morris and Gouverneur Morris. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 2, p. 20-21.
Verbatim transcript of discussion on the proposal to create a new county in New York State for the Bronx. Includes the vote taken by Board members in which the majority voted against the proposal. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 4, pp. 1-29....
Verbatim transcript of discussion on the proposal to create a new county in New York State for the Bronx. Includes the vote taken by Board members in which the majority voted against the proposal. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 4, pp. 1-29. ...
Verbatim transcript of discussion on the proposal to create a new county in New York State for the Bronx. Includes the vote taken by Board members in which the majority voted against the proposal. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 4, pp. 1-29....
Notes the recent death of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), former Riverdale resident; and dedication of park named for the author Joseph Rodman Drake. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 7, p. 180.
Schools; Parking; Peddling; Sex Offenders; Steel Shortage; Libraries
Minutes reflect issues of concern--school prayer, double parking, itinerant street peddling, allocation of steel for West Farms library construction; and the need for legislation to address the problem of sex offenders. In--Minutes of Directors...
Executive Comm. calls for attention to transportation in the lower Bronx; and supports home rule and Bronx representation the Board of Education. In--Minutes of Meetings, Vol. 3, p. 22.
