C73) 
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT 
OF GROUNDS 
To THE DiRECTOR-IN-CHIEF. 
Sty: I have the honor to present the following as my re- 
port for the year 1905. 
Buildings 
Propagating house. The flat tin roof of the potting shed 
at the propagating house having been in an unsafe condition, 
some of the timber being rotted away, this roof has been 
taken off, the side walls raised about 2 feet, and 2 gables 10 
feet high and a gable shingle roof put on with 4 bulkheads, 
5 sashes and 1 door; the defective beams have been removed 
and replaced by new timber, and a yellow pine floor has 
been laid and a stairway built from the first floor. This 
modification provides a spacious attic, available for various 
purposes. 
Stone hut. The structure has been put in repair, a con- 
crete and cement floor putin, the roof repaired and made 
watertight and the old sash and shutters replaced by new ones. 
Minor repairs were necessary at the power house, conser- 
vatories and stable. 
A fence inclosing the stable yard, of which the posts were 
set in 1904, was finished and painted. 
Construction of Roads and Paths 
The main road to Williamsbridge on the west side of the 
river, in course of construction in the year of 1904, has been 
surfaced, rolled, and totally completed up to the north end of 
the lake bridge, and west of the museum to the N. Y.C. & 
H.R. R.R. station. Lamp-posts were set along the line by 
the Department of Parks and the road was opened for the 
use of the public on December 24. The road from the 
Newell Avenue entrance southward along the river to the 
long bridge has been graded, telford laid, and trap rock put 
on about one half of it. The road connecting the plaza 
near the stable with the east side of the long bridge has been 
