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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
GROUNDS 
To THE DiRECTOR-IN-CHIEF : 
Str: I have the honor to submit herewith my report for the 
year 1907. 
Construction of Roads 
The driveway bordering the river on the east, extending 
from the long bridge to the northern entrance of the grounds, 
was completed and thrown open to the public November 25. 
Stone for the completion of the foundation was hauled from 
the quarry back of the museum building during the previous 
winter and construction was resumed early in March. 
A road extending northward from the plaza near the stable 
to the site of the new conservatories has been laid out, paved, 
and made ready for surfacing. Grading has also been com- 
menced on the continuation of the driveway from this plaza 
southward. 
The portion of unfinished road on the lake bridge and its 
approaches, about 500 feet in length and 40 feet in width, has 
also been completed during the year. 
The new grades established for the Southern Boulevard 
made it necessary to raise the roadway and paths adjoining 
the southern entrance about a foot. 
Building of Paths 
Much progress has been made during the year in the com- 
pletion of paths already begun and in the construction of new 
ones. 6,525 feet of paths measuring 11 feet in width, which 
were paved in 1906, as mentioned in a former report, were 
surfaced and opened to the public in 1907. 1,400 feet of 
pathway about the lakes and extending to the new boulder 
bridge were also surfaced and opened, after certain sections 
of unfinished paving were completed. 
A woodland path goo feet in length, extending from the 
herbaceous grounds to the southeastern boundary of the 
Garden, was completed in October; also two paths, together 
