REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



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Messrs. Rogers & Blydenburgh, general contractors, of Babylon, Long 

 Island, is 60 feet by 35 feet, and consists of two stories, cellar, and 

 attic. It is built of brick in Italian Renaissance style, with framed 

 partitions and floors above the cellar. The roof is of tin. Iron lath 

 is used and the floors are covered with asbestolith, so that the build- 

 ing is semi-fireproof. The front elevation is shown on page 26 and 

 three floor plans on plates 1,2, and 3. 



Biological 

 laboratory 



BROOKLYN 

 INSTITUTE 



COLD SPRING HARBOR 



Fig. I. — Plan showing main plot of ground, buildings, etc., Cold Spring Harbor 



Station. 



In the cellar, which has windows on the east half, are a work-room, 

 a coal-room, and a room for the storage of food and agricultural 

 implements. In the unilluminated half are a photographic room, a 

 refrigerator room, and one for cave studies on both terrestrial and 

 aquatic organisms. On the ground floor are two large rooms for 

 breeding terrestrial animals, one for aquatic animals, one for prepar- 

 ing food, and one small work-room. On the second floor there are 

 five research rooms, a secretary's room, a small library with a capacity 

 of 1,000 books, and a large glass-covered room for breeding plants 

 and animals. In the attic is a single room 39 feet by 14 feet and 6 



