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work will evidently be necessary during the coming year in 
order to maintain this standard. 
Detailed accounts of construction and maintenance will 
be found in the report of the Superintendent of Buildings 
and Grounds hereto appended. 
Approach to the Bronx Park Elevated Railroad Station 
During the summer, it was found that the cement surface 
of the approach to the Bronx Park station of the Inter- 
borough Rapid Transit Company required repairs, owing 
to a slight settlement of its foundations which had caused 
some cracks and made the surface uneven. ‘The agreement 
between this railroad company and the Garden, dated 
April 29, 1902, provides that this platform shall be main- 
tained in good order by the Garden and the Company will 
from time to time repay the reasonable expense of main- 
tenance. Estimates for the work were obtained from three 
contractors, and on September 29, the work was awarded 
Robert R. Fox, for the sum of $375.00. It was completed 
in October, the contractor paid in November, and the sum 
of $375.00 was refunded to the Garden by the Interborough 
Rapid Transit Company in December. 
Boundary Walls and Fences 
The completion of the Park Department contract with 
Louis Koenig for the construction of 2,000 feet of boundary 
wall and fence along the Bronx Boulevard, together with 
suitable entrances, has greatly improved the eastern boun- 
dary of the Garden, and satisfactorily protects it from intru- 
sion on that side. The available funds were not sufficient 
to enable us to construct this fence the entire length of the 
eastern boundary, about 300 feet more being required at its 
southern end. 
The wall and fence built some years ago on the south- 
western boundary from the elevated railroad station to the 
Southern Boulevard entrance is in good condition and is 
being repainted this winter. The fence along the Harlem 
