BEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 99 



drainage gutters at antelope house; new fence along hilltop below 

 children's playground and sand boxes near the Adams Mill en- 

 trance; and repairs to road between Klingle entrance and the upper 

 ford. The reconstruction of the old outdoor chimpanzee cage into 

 quarters suitable for a grizzly bear and the re-covering of the large 

 outdoor cage for the California condors were both well under way, 

 and would have been completed before the close of the fiscal year 

 but for the fact that the cement and wire needed in the work could 

 not, at that time, be obtained in Washington. 



Alteration of the western boundary. — This item has been consid- 

 ered in the annual report for many years, and it is therefore espe- 

 cially gratifying now to be able to report actual progress on the 

 purchase of the land necessary to protect the western entrance. 

 The sundry civil act for 1921, approved during the past year, carries 

 an appropriation of $80,000 for the purchase of all the land between 

 the western boundary of the park and the unnamed street connecting 

 Cathedral Avenue with Klingle Road, excepting one small lot at the 

 southern end, together with 300 feet each side of Jewett Street front- 

 ing on Connecticut Avenue. All of Jewett Street, which now con- 

 nects the park with Connecticut Avenue, and the included portion 

 of the unnamed street running parallel with Connecticut Avenue are 

 to become a part of the National Zoological Park, and a 50- foot 

 roadway at each end of the area to be purchased will be taken over 

 by the District of Columbia to connect the unnamed street with Con- 

 necticut Avenue. The area appropriated for includes 209.050.5 

 square feet, and the park will now be bounded at this point by 

 public highways instead of privately owned property. The frontage 

 on Connecticut Avenue, including the former Jewett Street, will be 

 625 feet — ample for all purposes. 



IMPORTANT NEEDS. 



Restaurant. — As mentioned in the last annual report one of the 

 most urgent needs of the park is a suitable public restaurant. The 

 present refreshment stand, entirely inadequate and in a bad state of 

 repair, is unsuited to the present-day crowds of visitors. It is be- 

 lieved that an up-to-date building on the present site, 50 by 100 feet in 

 size, and of two floors, one opening onto the lower slope to the west, 

 would meet the requirements and would pay the Government a fair 

 income in rent. Preliminary plans for such a building have been 

 made by the office of the municipal architect; the present estimated 

 cost of construction is $65,400. 



Alteration of the southeastern boundary. — The District government 

 has now opened Adams Mill Road from the southeastern entrance of 

 the National Zoological Park to Harvard Street and a narrow strip 



