Brooklyn, Museum's New Wings Will Soon Be Finished; Great Art Treasures Ready to Fill Extehsio; One of Brooklyn's most important civic improvements, halted In Its progress by the war, will soon be completed when the final contracts are given rout for the finishing or wings and of the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway. -A few more details, which are being hastened by Park Commissioner John N. Harman remain to be ad justed and announcement was mads yesterday that the Board of Esti mate has approved the form of contracts aa submitted by the Park Department. The Park Commissioner ii authority for the statement tnai actual work may begin before the fall. The 'trustees of the Museum among whom are Messers.

Edward G. Blum. Qeorge D. pratt, uavia a. uaDoott.

Walter H. cnttenuen. Jer man Stutter, Samuel P. Avery and oeonge W. Brush are satisitea mat everything possible is now being done to- accelerate the completion ot a work which has been a matter of concern to them ever since 1917 when the advent of war prices put a stop to tneir plans.

The outer ehells of the two wmgra are now standing. To all appear ances they seem to be completed and useful adjuncts of the main Museum tmiming, as they jut tneir classic pillars and ornate facades Into Washington avenue. But inside they are bare and not even plastered, raw bricks and rafters being all that greets the visitor's eye. Down In the sub-cellars of the Museum are scores of packing cases and crates filled with priceless treasures of rt, modem and ancient, and of natural history specimens that have never been viewed by the public. Some this accumulation was on hand even before the outer construction wings and was begun.

Since then, acquisitions have been added by purchase and gift, and It is even doubtful whether the two new- structures when completed will be large enough to accommodate the piled-up exhibits, despite the fact that the wings are 206x157 feet in dimension. The outer construction of the two buildings was completed about 19li at a cost of nearly $400,000, from plans drawn bv McKim, and White, the architects. after, the i Board of Estimate, then directed by the Mltchol Administration, was petitioned for an appropriation to finish the Interior of the two wings, and $900,000 was out aside for the purpose. The or Doth material and labor, however, had by that time risen to euch'a point HUat the bids received ror the worK so lar exceeded the original estimates that the faoed: with unprecedented expenditures -in other because of 'the forld conflict, was unable to spare the money. In consequence, the $900,000 appropriation was rescinded.

The gentlemen connected witb the Brooklyn Museum, though eager to see the wont completed, retrained from urging the matter under the then existing circumstances. Recently. however, wheni orlces had begun to approach monA normal rates, the trustees the Museum and Park Commissioner Herman so-operated In reviving the; ucltatlon. The architects were conuvunicated with and they managed to draw up new estimates tnat appealed to tne city authorities aa reasonable. As a result, an appropriation ot $1.018, bOO was recently made, the old plans were completely revised and com inlssioner Harman the new contract forms to the Board of Esu mate, havinr received assurances from its members that the approval would be a mere matter ot The mural and other Interior nn Ish nf tha two structures, including the decorative scheme, wllf probably cost $789,000, the installation of the ventilating and heating systems is flo-nrcd at.

annrnximatelv SX50.000. and the plumbing and gaa fitting Will not cost more 'nan xne architects' fees are based on a contract entered into In 1917. The present appropriation does not Innliida fm-nlshlnsra. but once the buildings are finished it is confidently expected that the compaiatlvoly small sum for furniture, exhibit cases, hangings, will be forthcoming without much delay. The trustees of tne Museum are planning a civic eelebration on the day that the two new wings are opened to the public, and it was stated at the Museum that the public will be amased at the wealth of art and natural treasurts that will ba disclosed to its eves once the contents of the packing ca In the cellars have been tnansferred'to their new and permanent home.