Dr. N. L. Britton, Director-in-Chief. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report for 

 the year 1909. 



Construction of Paths, and Grading 



After the partial completion of conservatory range no. 2 

 and its power house developments were taken up on the 

 grounds east of the Bronx River. Regulating about these 

 buildings was mostly completed, as far as practicable, before 

 the grade of the Bronx Boulevard, now under construction, 

 is finally established; the stone obtained by this excavation 

 was used to pave new paths laid out about the range, and 

 it remains to complete them with screenings. An approach 

 for heavy truckage to the coal bunkers of this power house 

 was constructed of concrete eight inches thick, and the path 

 leading to it was prepared to be used as a temporary road 

 for the delivery of coal; these paths as paved measure 475 

 feet in length. 



The paths east and west of the main driveway from the 

 Woodlawn Road approach to the Upper Bridge, partly 

 under construction in 1908, and a path in almost a straight 

 line from that point along the river to the bridge, and also 

 a connecting path in the fruticetum, measuring 2,125 feet 

 in length over all, were constructed and opened to the 

 public. This path work was continued east of the Upper 

 Bridge along the river road, a distance of 900 feet; the 

 Telford foundation was laid and the work is now ready to 

 be surfaced with screenings. From that point a path was 

 laid out, leading in a westerly direction, crossing the Bronx 

 River over a newly constructed temporary footbridge, and 

 connecting with the path opposite the Woodlawn Road 

 approach west of the river; a path was also laid out, 



