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As bearing on this subject the following letter is filed: 
DEPARTMENT OF PuBLic Works, 
Commissioner's Office, 
150 Nassau STREET, NEw York, July 14, 1896. 
N. L. Brirron, Esa., 
Director-in-Chief, N. ¥. Botanical Garden, 
41 East 49th Street. 
Dear Sir: J am in receipt of your letter of 11th inst., 
referring to mine of the 7th, and beg to say that as the 36- 
inch water main near Bedford Park is the only one at present 
convenient to Bronx River Park, there is no objection to fur- 
nishing a reasonable supply of water from that main for the 
New York Botanical Garden, and this Department would ap- 
prove a proper plan for making connection with the main for 
that purpose. Very respectfully, 
Howarp Payson WILDs, 
Deputy Commissioner of Public Works. 
23. Sewage Disposal. 
The Williamsbridge sewer, recently constructed, affords 
ample opportunities for connections from any part of the 
grounds. It is proposed to run an 8-inch sewer from the First 
Horticultural House past the Museum Building, connecting 
with the Williamsbridge sewer just before this leaves the Gar- 
den; a branch from this 8-inch pipe serves the head gardener’s 
house, and another the Museum Building; a subsequent con- 
nection may readily be made with it to reach the Second Hor- 
ticultural House, planned for the tract south of the Southern 
Boulevard. A six-inch sewer is proposed to connect the 
director’s house, second gardener’s house, propagating houses 
and stable, with the pipe-sewer running from Sheridan Street 
to the Bronx, where this empties into the Williamsbridge sewer. 
24. Grading. 
For so large a tract of land, and considering the roughness 
of the country, comparatively little grading will be required. 
