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servatories no. I and the stable and a number of door- 

 checks through all buildings, and replaced several of the 

 latter by new ones; built frame and door in subway, and a 

 stairway in power house no. 2; repaired bottoms of wagons 

 and carts, and a number of laborers' tools; built scaffolding 

 for the painters when wanted and did other minor repairs 

 in great variety. 



The painters and glaziers painted, in conservatories no. 1, 

 the lower portion of houses nos. 2, 3, 10 and 11, and at con- 

 propagating houses nos. 5 and 6; also painted shingled roof 

 and sash of the potting house. In the museum building 

 all galvanized iron work on central dome and flag poles, 

 three rooms and hallway in basement, and two toilets have 

 been painted, and the floor of the lecture hall oiled. 



The entire exterior of the stable has been painted one 

 coat. The iron fence on the southern boundary line has 

 been touched up; a number of garden signs were renewed; 

 wagons, carts, and all the agricultural machinery have been 

 coated, and the general repairs and glazing during the year 

 were attended to. 



The blacksmith made all minor repairs on wagons, carts, 

 machinery, and tools, and sharpened the steel drills used 



In stone masonry we have built seven catch-basins and 

 reconstructed of concrete, 1,050 square feet and eight inches 

 in thickness, the approaches for coal delivery of the two 

 power houses. 



Stable, Horses and Vehicles 



Only ordinary repairs were required in the stable; the 

 stalls have been kept clean and the horses in a sanitary 

 condition. The equipments are in good repair and one 

 new cart and set of cart harness has been purchased. The 

 vehicles and some of the agricultural machinery need minor 

 repairs; they all will be painted before being used. An ex- 

 ceptional quantity of good hay was obtained from the 

 meadows of the non-improved portions of the Garden last 



