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Construction of Roads and Paths. 



We have graded and paved 786 feet of road, 25 feet in 

 width, prepared to be covered with trap rock and screenings ; 

 also paths 10 and 11 feet in width, as follows : 680 feet from 

 drinking fountain to the herbaceous grounds; 2,240 feet on 

 the herbaceous grounds ; 656 feet from the museum to the 

 West Lake ; 180 feet between the East Lake and the Bronx 

 River; 680 feet in addition to paths constructed in 1900, 

 north of southern boulevard ; total, 4,436 feet now completed 

 for screening cover. 



A road 350 feet in length and 15 feet in width has also 

 been built in the rear of the museum, leading to the delivery 

 door. 



An excavation of about nine thousand cubic feet was made 

 east of the museum building, and filled with top soil. 



Water Pipes. 



During the year we have laid and made connections for 

 water pipes as follows : 896 feet of six-inch black pipe from 

 a spur about 100 feet south of the museum to the lakes ; 2,875 

 feet of two-inch galvanized iron pipe, connected with the six- 

 inch black pipes at the west lake and leading to the propa- 

 gating houses ; 486 feet of two-inch galvanized pipe, leading 

 from the six-inch pipe and connecting with the public com- 

 fort station ; 180 feet of one-inch to the stables ; 140 feet of 

 one-inch (temporary) to the nurseries ; 54 feet of two-inch 

 along the walls of the railroad station ; 4,631 feet, total. 



There were also completed, one six-inch and three two- 

 inch water-gates, with man-holes. 



There have been hung and laid 4,210 feet of electric tele- 

 phone wire, connecting museum, barn and propagating 



houses. 



Drainage. 



Nine catch basins were constructed and connected with the 

 main drains ; seven of them were built of hard brick and 

 portland cement, and two of twenty-four-inch double-strength 

 sewer pipe ; all six feet in depth with cast-iron covers. 



