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Boundary Fences 
A contract of the Department of Parks with Guidone & 
Gallardi for the construction of a boundary wall and fence 
along the property line of Fordham University, referred to 
in my last annual report, was satisfactorily completed in the 
summer. After consultation with officials of the New York 
Central and Hudson River Railroad Company relative to the 
western boundary of the Garden, adjoining the right-of-way 
of that corporation, plans were approved by them, by the 
Board of Managers of the Garden, and by the Commissioner 
of Parks for the Borough of the Bronx, contemplating the 
construction of an iron and concrete fence along this entire 
boundary, except where it is broken by driveway entrances, 
and by the railroad station; the plans also include provision 
for the construction of an underground conduit, partly on 
Garden land and partly on land of the railroad company, to 
contain all telegraph and telephone wires now strung on poles 
along this line, the entire expense to be borne by the railroad 
company on condition that it be granted the use of a strip of 
land two feet wide extending from the Bedford Park Boulevard 
bridge about 600 feet south to the elevated railway station. 
The officials of the railroad company are now seeking to 
obtain the necessary authority from the city for such use of 
this two-foot strip of land. 
A rustic fence of red cedar was constructed during the 
summer along the southern boundary of the Garden from the 
herbaceous grounds eastward to the Bronx Park entrance. 
Telephone Service 
All the buildings of the Garden are now connected by 
underground telephone cables, and in accordance with the 
recommendation in my last annual report, steps have been 
taken to establish a central booth in the museum building for 
both this Garden service and for the local and long distance 
telephone. Two extension stations were established in the 
museum building late in the year, one on the upper floor and 
one in the administration office. 
