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grounds has been removed and is now being used for the 
erection of a fence along the Southern Boulevard. Posts 
for this fence have been set for a distance of 900 feet. The 
western porch of the mansion has been rebuilt and numer- 
ous repairs were made to the doors and closets. Consider- 
able repairing has been done in the museum building, com- 
fort stations, and the stable. 
The main and rear hallways of the mansion and all the 
pipe fence through the hemlock grove have been painted. 
The exterior of houses I, 12, 13, 14, and 15 and all doors on 
the interior of conservatory range I were painted. Thirty 
signs for the direction of visitors and for the protection of the 
grounds and shrubbery have been repainted and lettered. 
All broken glass in conservatory ranges I and 2 and in the 
propagating houses has been replaced. 
Necessary repairs to the plumbing system throughout 
the buildings were made by our men. The fountains, 
water system, steam system, and two large patches in the 
roof of the museum building were repaired. A concrete 
bench 80 feet long was constructed in house 5 of conserva- 
tory range 1. During the summer, the following repairs 
were made in power house 1 by contractors: a blower 
system was installed in the five boilers and small-sized 
grates in boilers 3, 4, and 5, in which we are now burning 
buckwheat coal, were also installed. We are using No. 
2 nut coal in boilers 1 and 2. 117 tubes were replaced 
in the boilers. Numerous repairs were made in the 
power houses and conservatories by our steam engineers. 
Grounds 
In addition to our own guards, on Saturdays, Sundays, 
and holidays from the last Sunday in May to the last Sun- 
day in August, the Garden was patrolled by five uniformed 
city officers and two detectives, who successfully enforced 
the park ordinances relative to the destruction of shrubbery, 
scattering of paper, and general vandalism. About 80 
arrests were made and the offenders were fined from one to 
