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There is now in the course of construction an 8-inch 
branch connected with this 12-inch drain, which is to drain 
the bottom of the trench of power house 2. About 108 
feet of this branch is laid and covered. 
Paths 
A path to feet wide and 617 feet long was completed 
ready for trap-rock screenings through the pinetum to the 
flower gardens at the eastern entrance of conservatory 
range I. On the east side of Bronx River, near the 
syphon, we have completed a 1o-foot path 655 feet long 
with a spur of go feet, and this is also ready for screenings. 
We have also dug and laid line-stones for a path 303 feet 
long with a spur of 127 feet, on the east side of the river near 
the syphon, and this is now ready for paving. 
A 10-foot path 814 feet long, with two branch paths 8 
feet wide and 61 feet long, has been graded on the east side 
of conservatory range 2, and a 10-foot path 135 feet long 
has been graded on the west side of this range. We also 
have ready for paving a 10-foot path go feet long at power 
house 2. All the line-stones for paths around conservatory 
range 2 are laid ready for paving. 
Buildings 
Many repairs were made to the roof of the museum 
building this year. On the west side of the walk to the 
museum building, the balustrade was rebuilt for a distance 
of 50 feet; and a 20-inch ventilator was built over the steam 
trench on the terrace in front of the west wing of the 
museum building. 
In addition to the usual repair work, the carpenters 
built two herbarium cases, extended shelving in publication 
storage rooms, made a pair of doors for the main entrance 
to the museum building, two pairs of doors and six large 
sashes for the vestibule at conservatory range 1, two cold 
frames near the propagating house, fourteen rustic cedar 
benches, and a hay barrack that will hold twenty-five tons 
