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reclaimed; there still remain a few areas in these meadows 
where additional filling can be used. South of the boulder 
bridge, a back-set of the river was filled, eliminating an 
unsightly feature. At conservatory range 2, along the 
Bronx Boulevard, a considerable area was regulated and 
graded, and work on rock excavation is going forward 
there during the winter. Some rock excavation was 
accomplished in the rear of the museum building. All 
the rock excavated is being used in the building of paths 
and all the earth excavation was used in filling. 
To obtain more satisfactory road drainage, the grass 
gutters were lowered along several hundred feet of road 
edge. The gradual wearing down of roads and the wash 
of road detritus into the gutters makes the lowering of sod 
borders necessary from time to time, but they are far more 
attractive than stone or concrete gutters and thus worth 
the trouble of caring for them. About 250 feet of drain- 
pipe connecting with drains previously built were laid 
during grading operations. 
Roads and Paths 
No new road construction was done during the year. 
It has not been practicable to surface the unfinished road 
in the arboretum, because the new Bronx Boulevard, into 
which it opens, is not yet paved. 
Considerable progress was made in the extension of the 
path system, including the opening of a path through the 
pinetum from the eastern end of the flower gardens 
at conservatory range 1 leading toward the museum 
building, and a loop of path at the south end of the north 
meadows, east of the Bronx River and paralleling the river 
for over 600 feet; preliminary work on paths about 430 
feet long in the north meadows and on paths aggregating 
about 1,100 feet in length near conservatory range 2 
has been accomplished by grading, and the Telford rock 
foundation for this is now being excavated. 
The maintenance of roads has been accomplished by 
