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Painters. The walls and ceiling on the landing from the 
first floor of the museum building and on the second floor of 
the east wing were painted with three coats and stippled. 
All the exterior wood and metal work of the building received 
one coat. All the entrances and doors were scraped and 
painted with four coats of varnish, and all the iron work and 
skylights on the roof received two coats. 
The entire conservatory range below the gutter line was 
painted with one coat, and the gutters were cleaned and 
painted. Considerable glazing and other repairing was nec- 
essary during the year. The roofs of all the propagating 
houses were shaded in early spring, and also the exterior of 
all the houses except 5 and 6. 
All the uprights and gutters of the stable and the picket 
fence around the yard were painted with one coat. 
The exterior wood and metal work of the comfort station 
for men was painted with one coat, and the hardwood trim- 
ming on the interior was varnished. 
The exterior wood work of the power house was painted 
with one coat and the skylights and other iron work received 
two coats. All the wood work on the interior received one 
coat. 
In addition to the above, the painters have at various times 
engaged in emergency work in all the buildings, replacing 
broken glass, renovating garden signs, painting iron fences, 
carts and other machinery. 
Stone Masons. The construction of a wall and iron fence 
along the southern property line made it necessary to remove 
and relocate the steam heating connection and the sewer of 
the men’s comfort station. A trench was made 210 feet in 
length and 18 by 14 inches in cross-section, with concrete 
bottom, brick sides and covering of blue-stone flags, in which 
the steam pipes were placed, and a 6-inch sewer was laid out- 
side the brick work of this trench and connected with the 
main drain. A portion of the roof of the museum building 
was put in repair, 1,644 square feet of tile being taken up, 
and relaid in cement and concrete where it was found neces- 
sary. The gutters and leaders were put in good condition. 
