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the pressure of more important work, but it is still desirable, 
in order to improve the drainage of the north meadows. 
Water Supply 
The 6-inch main along the north and south driveway east 
of the Bronx river was tapped at a point north of the lake 
bridge, about 1,500 feet of 6-inch water-main laid from that 
point along the south side of the east and west driveway, ex- 
tending to the plaza near the Bleecker street entrance; from 
this point a 4-inch water-main was laid along the east side of 
the driveway approach to the new public conservatories, a 
distance of about goo feet, thus furnishing water supply at 
these buildings. A rI-inch galvanized iron water-pipe was 
laid from near the New York Central Railroad station, a dis- 
tance of about 500 feet parallel with the railway to the 
Mosholu parkway approach, in order to supply facilities for 
watering the steep driveway at this point, which proved in- 
convenient for the watering-carts. About 400 feet of 1-inch 
pipe was laid in the Economic Garden. 
It is very desirable that the water-supply system should be 
extended as rapidly as possible, in accordance with the gen- 
eral plan. About one-half of the 6-inch and 4-inch main 
planned for the grounds has been laid from time to time along 
the driveways and paths, so that a good beginning has been 
made. The driveways have been kept watered by the Park 
Department whenever watering-carts could be spared from 
the parkways and other parks, but the service has not been 
sufficient owing to the very large extent of driveway to be 
cared for in the park system of the Bronx. The method of 
watering Telford-Macadam roads by watering-carts is not an 
economical one, because it requires a large number of men 
and horses which are not continuously occupied; very often 
in rainy weather during the summer the roads require no 
water for several days at a time, and again in dry weather 
they require almost continuous sprinkling in order to keep the 
surface in good order. 
In the original plan for the water-supply system as de- 
