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The positions of all sewers, drainpipes and waterpipes laid 
have been carefully plotted on a map, as determined by actual 
surveys as the work progressed, so that there shall be no un- 
certainty about this important matter in the future. 
Grading. 
Grading operations have been for the most part confined to 
work in the immediate vicinity of the buildings, the surplus 
material being utilized for filling, in the preparation of the 
subgrades for roads and paths. All buildings have been 
made secure against winter storms by establishing slopes 
away from them sufficient to shed water. 
The slopes about the Power House have been finished and 
planted and a temporary service road for coal delivery has 
been built from the rear of that building to the Southern 
Boulevard. The steep stone retaining wall at the south side 
of the Boulevard opposite the Power House has been masked 
by dumping earth against it so as to form a slope; this is not 
yet quite completed, but a few days work in the spring will 
finish it and thus remove a very unsightly and dangerous 
feature. 
The terrace around the Museum Building is nearly com- 
pleted, requiring only some shaping, top-soiling and sodding 
to finish it. The grading between the Museum building and 
the railroad station is well advanced and may be completed 
early in the spring in time for planting; the space planned 
for the fountain in front to the Museum has also been brought 
to approximately finished grade. Part of the filling required 
in building the two driveway approaches to the front of the 
Museum Building has been made, as well as a part of the ex- 
cavation. 
All this work of pipelaying and grading has been under 
the supervision of Col. F. A. Schilling, General Foreman 
since his appointment in July. 
Considerable work remains to be done around the Museum 
Building before the final surfaces are secured, but as much of 
it is rock excavation, some progress can be made during the 
present winter. 
