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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
To THE DirEecTOR-IN-CHIEF. 
Str: I have the honor to submit the following report on 
buildings and grounds for the year ending December 31, 
1904. 
Buildings 
Barn. In order to obtain additional stalls, considerable 
carpentry work was done in the autumn; all the old stalls 
were refloored. The whole of the interior was painted and 
stained. Additional ventilation was provided. Posts have 
been placed for the enclosure of the barnyard, and the fence 
will be constructed as soon as the weather permits. 
Power House. ‘The construction of machinery to remove 
ashes, now in progress, made it necessary to make changes 
at the southerly doorway and fanlights. The woodwork was 
painted and other minor repairs were made. A cement 
ashpit, 24 x 24 feet square, was constructed just south of the 
building. 
Construction of Roads and Paths 
The driveway in course of construction at my last report, 
commencing at the plaza near the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. 
R. station and extending to Newell Avenue, Williamsbridge, 
a distance of 3,950 feet, 40 feet in width, was graded, Telford 
laid and stone broken, up to 250 feet from the north gate. 
The building of this road used up a large heap of broken 
stone which we had stored west of the museum building, and 
considerable taken out of the quarry north of the conserva- 
tories; two thirds of this work was covered with traprock 
ready for the steam roller. 
The curbstones on the Newell Avenue bridge were set and 
backed up on the sidewalk with a 12-inch fill of ashes. 
Owing to the early winter and heavy snow storms, the com- 
pletion of this work had to be deferred. 
Paths. A path east of the northern section of the herba- 
ceous grounds, on the hillside leading from the driveway 
