. Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . f the War. Immediately upon the outbreak of the war the board took measuresso that its property was constantly guarded by a patrol on the water-side, as well as on land. In addition, flood lights were installed withpowerful projectors so that the light would be thrown diagonally andlight the shipping alongside the piers and the mouths of the slips. Tothe north of the Ferry Building there were placed at Piers 43 to 35,six powerful ficod-Iight projectors of 100 watts each, and seven of 400watts each. To the south of the Ferry
. Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . f the War. Immediately upon the outbreak of the war the board took measuresso that its property was constantly guarded by a patrol on the water-side, as well as on land. In addition, flood lights were installed withpowerful projectors so that the light would be thrown diagonally andlight the shipping alongside the piers and the mouths of the slips. Tothe north of the Ferry Building there were placed at Piers 43 to 35,six powerful ficod-Iight projectors of 100 watts each, and seven of 400watts each. To the south of the Ferry Building, from Piers 26 to andinclusive of 46, there were installed five large projectors of 100 wattseach, and ten of 400 watts each, so that all the piers from 26 to thechannel were well lighted. Fire Insurance. The legislature of 1915, in pursuance of recommendations by thisboard, increased the maximum of fire insurance permitted from $700,000to $1,200,000, but the board con^jders this wholly inadequate, as the 16 REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. n. REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. 17 value of the property under its jurisdiction and destructible by fire hasgreatly increased since then, and will therefore ask the coming legisla-ture to increase this amount to $2,000,000. Statement of Revenue for Biennial Periods. Total revenue, fiscal year 1910-11 $1,301,536 43 Total revenue, fiscal year 1911-12 --— 1, 98 Total for biennial year 1910-12 $2,629,721 41 Total revenue, fiscal j^ear 1912-13 $1,450,077 75 Total revenue, fiscal year 1913-14 . 1,516,963 10 Total for biennial year 1912-14 $2,967,040 85 Total revenue, fiscal year 1914-15 $1,700,897 45 Total revenue, fiscal year 1915-16 1,909,353 71 Total for biennial year 1914-16 $3,610,161 16 Total revenue, fiscal year 1916-17 $2,020,523 09 Total revenue, fiscal year 1917-18 2,317,170 55 Total for biennial year 1916-18 ,693 64 New Construction. The accompanying report of the chief engineer de
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