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basement, 50 feet of sewer pipe for new water closets in machine 

 shop, 200 feet of sewer pipe for the Superintendent's house 

 on Prospect Hill, and two new cess-pools were built, one at the 

 Farm House, 12 feet wide and 17 feet deep, and one at the Lake 

 House, 12 feet wide and 16 feet deep. These required 86 feet of 

 connecting pipe. 



SOME OF THE REPAIRS. 



The extensive repairs required on all the buildings in the Park 

 necessitated the employment of a larger force of mechanics than 

 usual, but the amount of work performed more than compensated 

 for the cost. Many beneficial results were obtained that will last 

 for years. Nearly every building in the Park has been provided 

 with modern sanitary appliances, which meet with the public 

 approval. These are the sanitary improvements : Picnic shel- 

 ter, Men's Boom, five new water closets and five urinals ; 

 Women's Boom, eight water closets and three wash basins ; 

 Shelter at Main Entrance, three new water closets and two wash 

 basins ; Superintendent's house, Prospect Hill, one water closet ; 

 Machine Shop, five water closets and three urinals. The amount 

 of pipe used in making connections in these buildings was as fol- 

 lows : One thousand one hundred feet iron and galvanized pipe, 

 one thousand three hundred and thirty-five feet of lead pipe, two 

 hundred and fifty feet of service pipe and seven hundred and ten 

 feet of gas pipe, making a total of three thousand three hundred 

 and eighty- five feet. The repairs in the plumbing line were as 

 follows : Taking out and replacing Winter plumbing at Lake 

 House ; repairing drinking fountains and display fountains in all 

 the parks ; repairing valves and hose connections of eighteen 

 sprinkling carts ; repairing large excavating pump and suction 

 hose ; repairing steam pipes and heatiug furnaces at Greenhouse ; 

 repairing twenty surface hydrants on Park drives and Boule- 

 vards ; repairs in Superintendent's house ; repairs to twelve 

 miles water main pipe in Prospect Park and on Ocean Parkway ; 



