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system of about 4 miles having been again resurfaced and 
the roads kept in excellent condition. Work was continued 
on the still uncompleted driveway at the north end of the 
long lake, where a very large embankment was required, 
which has now been nearly completed by being used as a 
dump for contractors having surplus excavation; reference 
has been made to this uncompleted driveway in two 
previous annual reports; it still remains to actually com- 
plete the embankment, to pave about 700 lineal feet of 
30-foot road, and to surface the whole uncompleted stretch 
of about one-third of a mile. As will be remembered, this 
driveway is planned to take the place, in part, of the narrow 
and dangerous road which runs immediatley past the man- 
sion and on which several accidents have already occurred, 
none of them, fortunately, very serious. 
The path system has been extended as elsewhere de- 
scribed.* The path running north from the iris garden to 
the herbaceous garden was completed, and furnishes, with 
paths constructed formerly to the north, an uninterrupted 
walk from Pelham Avenue to the Bronx River Parkway, 
longitudinally through the Garden reservation. It is 
oped that another longitudinal line of path may be com- 
pleted during 1918. As our plans now stand, the total 
path system would be completed by the building of about 
4 miles more. 
Considerable grading has been accomplished at various 
points, especially during the construction of paths, in 
building banks around the rose garden, and in preparing 
the school garden. 
All the masonry and concrete bridges in the path and 
driveway system were carefully examined during the season 
and repointed wherever necessary, but no considerable 
amount of work was required on any of them. 
The water supply system remains unchanged, except for 
an extension on the east side of the grounds of a 4-inch 
main and lateral connection to reach the school garden, 
* See Report of the Superintendent of Building and Grounds hereto appended. 
