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Beyond this work, the steam heating plant has required 

 only ordinary maintenance, and it is believed to be in capital 

 condition at the present time. 



4. Propagating Houses. These small greenhouses have 

 required only ordinary repairs. 



5. Stable. Only minor repairs have been necessary in- 

 cluding painting and the reflooring of stalls. 



6. Public Comfort Station. This building, erected three 

 years ago, has not yet been opened the public, although it is 

 ready for operation at such a time as the road and path system 

 in its vicinity shall be constructed. It is meanwhile serving 

 a very useful purpose for storage. 



7. Tool House. No changes have been made at this 

 building. 



8. Approach to the Bronx Park Station of the Manhattan 

 Railway Company. Early in the year, the Manhattan 

 Railway Company made arrangements to extend its elevated 

 structure from Fordham, north to the southwestern corner of 

 the Garden, and requested that arrangements be made for 

 the establishment of an entrance to the Garden for their 

 passengers at that point. This was unexpected, and required 

 a very careful consideration of plans, and of an agreement 

 with the Manhattan Railway Company. After a thorough 

 study of the subject, an agreement, plans, and specifications 

 for the construction of such an approach were adopted by 

 you and by the railway company. The plans and specifi- 

 cations were prepared by Mr. John R. Brinley, landscape 

 engineer, and by Mr. R. W. Gibson, architect, and were 

 duly approved by the Commissioner of Parks for the Borough 

 of the Bronx. The agreement provides that the Manhattan 

 Railway Company shall pay the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den the entire cost of erecting the approach, and for its pro- 

 per maintenance, the Board of Managers of the Garden re- 

 taining the right to close this entrance at times when the 

 Garden is not open to the public, and to cause the removal 

 of the approach in case it should become dangerous, or for 

 other sufficient reasons. Construction was begun on this 



