Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirty-First Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the Common Council of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Transmitting the Reports of the General Superintendent, City Engineer, Clerk, Chief Inspector and Cashier for the Year Ending April 30, 1904 May, 1896, to October. 1897. October, 1897, to January, 1898. January, 1898, to May, 1898. May, 1898, to May, 1899. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.