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the roof of the well were replaced with an iron structure of 

 strength, attractiveness and durability. There were fourteen 

 feet added to the height of the chimney, which was then cleaned 

 and painted. A fire-box was built under the furnace, and the 

 back walls rebuilt. The roofs of the engine house and the coal 

 shed, together with the gutters, were repaired and painted, and 

 asphalt walks were laid in the yard. The floor of the coal shed 

 was also asphalted. The total amount of water pumped for the 

 year was one hundred and seventeen million seven hundred aud 

 thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifty gallons. The reser- 

 voir is ninety-five by seventy feet and fourteen feet deep. Its 

 capacity is six hundred and ninety-eight thousand two hundred 

 and fifty gallons. The amount of coal consumed during the year 

 was three hundred tons. During the Summer, a contract was 

 entered into with the New Utrecht Water Company, and in July 

 a six-inch water meter was placed in connection with the main 

 pipe on Ocean Parkway, near Gate 4. Four connections 

 were made with the Park Main on Ocean Parkway, one six-inch 

 pipe at Avenue L, one four-inch at Avenue Q, and one four-inch at 

 Little Neck Koad and one six-inch near Gate 4. The total 

 amount of water supplied from July 5th to December 1st, was 

 two million five hundred and thirty-three thousand three hun- 

 dred and fifty gallons, being an average of one hundred and fifty- 

 eight thousand three hundred aud forty-three gallons per day. 

 The meter was set in a brick basin, ten by six feet and eight feet 

 deep. 



Back of the new shed, a stone wall was built, ninety feet long, 

 five feet high, and in the rear of the machine shops a wall was 

 constructed, two hundred and five feet long and seven feet high. 

 The stone for this work was gathered from various parts of the 

 Park and the East Side Lands. Altogether three hundred and 

 fifty loads of stone were used. About the greenhouses, two 

 hundred and sixty feet of new walks were constructed. 



