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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
GROUNDS 
To THE DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF. 
Szr: I have the honor to present the following as my 
report for the year 1906. 
Construction of Roads 
Work was resumed on January 2 on the Mosholu Parkway 
approach connecting this driveway with the driveways of the 
Garden, where 3,200 cubic yards of loam had been filled in in 
1905, and the fill was completed up to the grade. The walks 
were covered with 3 feet of ashes obtained from the power 
house, and the grass plot with three feet of top soil hauled 
from the north of the museum building and from building 
lots outside of the Garden. On May 3 the subgrade was 
completed, with 4,261 cubic yards of fill, the necessary stone 
having been quarried north of the museum building. 
The driveway from the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. station 
to the plaza north of the lakes connecting with the Mosholu 
approach having been left in an unfinished condition owing 
to the inclemency of the weather in November, 1905, was sur- 
faced, screened where it was found necessary, and the ap- 
proach and said road were rolled and entirely completed. 
This driveway is 1,855 feet in length and 4o feet in width. 
Owing to the delay in setting lamp posts, the road and 
approach were not thrown open to the public until August 27. 
Work was begun in May upon the continuation of the 
above driveway from the crossing north of the lake over the 
five-arched bridge to the plaza near the stable, stone having 
been hauled from the quarry in winter, and it was completed 
August 15. After lamp posts were put up, the road was 
opened September 2, this portion measuring 1,050 feet in 
length and 4o feet in width. 
The Woodlawn Avenue bridge approach, after retaining 
wall and steps for walks were constructed and also partly 
