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old house on the property has been fitted up as a workshop for 

 the carpenters' and plumbers' department, which was very badly 

 needed. The frontage on the eel pond is especially valuable 

 for future development. (2) The Laboratory also purchased the 

 grounds and house known as the Ritter property, 78^/2 by 100 

 feet, adjacent to the Whitman house, and opposite the lecture 

 hall. The house furnished much needed enlargement of our 

 dormitory facilities. (3) The old "Homestead" hitherto used 

 as the matron's and helpers' house, adjoining the mess, was torn 

 down and replaced by a much larger, modern and attractive 

 dwelling house with accommodations for 43 persons. As all of 

 this space was not needed for the mess, part of it was used for a 

 woman's dormitory. We owe these three splendid additions 

 to the facilities of the Laboratory, as I need hardly say, to the 

 continued generosity, and thoughtfulness in the matter of all 

 Laboratory needs, of the President of the Board of Trustees, 

 Mr. Crane. Other improvements during the year were as follows: 

 The steamer Cayadetta was thoroughly overhauled and her deck 

 raised 18 inches at a cost of over $2,000, so that she is a much 

 stauncher and more seaworthy boat than ever before. The filling 

 in of the Laboratory harbor frontage, including the Yacht Club, 

 has been completed; this will be graded and planted in the 

 spring and the building moved to the east end of the frontage 

 away from the center of the new laboratory building. Very 

 considerable additions were made to the kitchen and laundry of 

 the ri^ess, power machinery electrically operated being installed 



for all the major operations, such as dish-washing, washing and 

 drying of laundry, freezing ice-cream, etc. The work has thus 



greatly lightened and facilitated. The Laboratory also 

 transferred a 4O-foot strip at the extreme north and west end of 

 our Eel pond frontage to the town of Falmouth for the purposes 

 of a boat landing, which has now been built at a cost of about 

 $1,500, equally divided between the town and Laboratory. 

 This was in pursuance of an agreement entered into with the 

 town at the time of the construction of the drawbridge over the 

 Eel pond entrance. It is therefore now possible to use the Eel 

 pond as a harbor, and to secure delivery of supplies by this back 

 entrance to the Laboratory property. 



