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Drainage and Sewerage. 
The work to continue the 24-inch sewer which was com- 
pleted from Webster Avenue to the N. Y. C.& H. R.R. R. 
in 1902, was taken up in December, 1902, and 180 feet of 24- 
inch pipe laid parallel with the railroad past the power house 
to a manhole, and thence 170 feet of 15-inch pipe in an 
easterly direction and connected with the 15-inch pipe laid 
by the Devlin Company; it became necessary as a part of 
this work to build a manhole east of the railroad bridge 28 
feet in depth. Drain and sewer pipes from the power house 
were laid and connected with this 24-inch sewer. 
New catch-basins were constructed wherever found neces- 
sary for the drainage of the grounds, and 740 feet of 6-inch 
and 8-inch pipe laid to connect them with the main sewer and 
other drains. 
A drain was constructed partly of 24-inch pipe and partly 
of stone from the outlet of the lake near the south end of the 
herbaceous grounds, to the border of the Garden, and con- 
nected with a stone drain rebuilt by the Park Department; 
its surrounding areas were regulated and topsoiled for plan- 
tations. 
The drain from the cellar of the museum building to the 
upper lake is about half completed; work upon it is in 
progress. 
Ground was broken to build an 8-inch sewer to connect 
the drainage of the stable with a main sewer, 500 feet north 
of the driveway on the east side of the Garden. 
Water Supply. 
A line of 480 feet of 1-inch supply pipe was laid tempo- 
rarily on the surface of the ground along the service road 
from the propagating houses to the nurseries. 
To the extension of the herbaceous garden north of the 
new road, there was laid and connected 464 feet of 1-inch 
pipe with 6 taps for hose and sprinklers. A temporary 
watering station for horses has been established on the road 
along the east side of the Bronx River. 
