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4 additional catch-basins and connect them with the main 
drains, 210 feet of 6-inch and 8-inch pipe being required, 
and 125 feet of 3-inch and 4-inch drain-pipe was laid under 
the grass plot between the driveway and path at the curve 
leading to the herbaceous grounds, to catch the spring water 
by which the road was constantly overflowed last winter. 
Water Supply 
One drinking fountain for man and horse was placed in 
August at a point near the junction of the two roads on the 
high ground opposite the stone hut on the west side of the 
river, and a waste pipe connected to the 12-inch drain. 
One fountain for man was placed in July east of the her- 
baceous grounds near the road to the hemlock grove, and 
connected to the supply by 120 feet of 34-inch pipe, and the 
waste pipe, 100 feet in length, connected with the brook. 
About 75 feet of 3/-inch pipe was run along the wall of 
the new propagating house, with 2 taps for the water supply 
of the same. 
All the hosetaps for sprinklers on the herbaceous grounds, 
22 in number, have been replaced by new ones and enclosed 
in 8-inch concrete boxes lined with cement and covered by 
cast iron caps. 
Quarry 
Nearly all the soft rock in the rear of the museum building 
has been excavated and used for Telford foundation of the 
paths at the court of the conservatories and elsewhere. 
A quarry was opened just northwest of the museum build- 
ing on the high hill, which is now furnishing about 12 cubic 
yards of stone daily, and this is being hauled to the subgraded 
part of the driveway near Newell Avenue east of the Bronx 
River. 
Miscellaneous 
The catch-basins, 121 in number, have been inspected and 
cleaned at intervals, several along the driveways requiring 
constant attention; otherwise the drainage works to perfec- 
tion. 
