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water, the pressure of this system being too low for service 
there. The mansion is supplied by a 2-inch pipe laid a 
number of years ago from a point on the 36-inch water 
main near the driveway northeast of conservatory range I 
eastward across the herbaceous garden valley and through 
the hemlock grove, passing under the Bronx River a little 
north of the gorge bridge, and branches from this pipe 
also supply the Park Department’s stables, a portion of 
their greenhouses, and their shop. The pressure in this 
pipe is sufficient to reach only the second story of the 
mansion, and that only somewhat intermittent 
There is a 2-inch water pipe which traverses ‘the addi- 
tional land west of the Bronx River from a point near the 
southwestern corner of the grounds north to near the 
southern end of the herbaceous garden. 
Buildings 
With the exception of the mansion, which came to us 
with the additional land granted by the city, all buildings 
are in good order and have required only ordinary repairs. 
The roof of the museum building, referred to in previous 
reports as requiring attention, was carefully gone over 
and most of the leaky places in it repaired, but there are 
still a few points which are giving trouble. A violent storm 
and high wind toward the end of December broke in about 
40 panes of glass of conservatory range I, the greatest 
glass breakage which has occurred in several years. 
Repairs to the mansion have included the partial re- 
building of its two porches, new shingles on about one third 
of its roof, carpentering work on floors, doors, windows, 
and trimmings, interior and exterior painting, which is 
still in progress, new sinks and other plumbing work, new 
gutters, and an entire replacement of leaders. Interior 
repairs on this building have been restricted to the base- 
ment and first and second floors, the third and fourth floors 
are still in a very dingy and dilapidated condition. The 
steam heating plant installed extends only to the second 
