72 REPORT OF THK SECRETARY. 



Kxclutixjc v'ith Ncir '/talatid (/orenmicnt. — Tlie New Zoaland povcrniiicnt arran<j;i'(l, 

 throiif^li till' Presiilt'iil, to ()l)tain I'lk fmiii tlin lit'id in the Natii)iial Zoolofrical I'ark 

 in excliaiijic for otlicr aiiimalH. Trii t'lk are to lu' sent, and will l)e forwanU'd in the 

 autumn of 1J)04, after the horna are hard and \hv young have been weaned. 



Readjmtmtnl of boundaries. — The desirability of having the park bordered by high- 

 way.s along the eastern and western sides has bi-en urged at various times and brought 

 to the attention of Congress. A bill for the establishment of liighvvays adjacent to 

 till! park was submitti'd by the Conmiissioners of the District of Columbia during the 

 session of 190:5-4, and jjassed as given below: 



"AN ACT For llic nin'iiiiiK <>f coiiiioctiiiK li it'll ways on tlii- east and west sides of llic /ooloRical park. 



District of Columbia. 



" Z^r (7 nidctcd by Ike Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America 

 in CoiK/resK (isseinltbd, That within six moiitlis after the passage of this art the Com- 

 missioners of the District, of Columbia be, and they aie hereby, anthori/ed and 

 direct<'(l to institute in the supreme courtof the J)istrict of Columbia, sitting as a 

 district court, by petition, jtarticidarly describing the lands to be taken, a i)r(H'eeding 

 in rem to condeuui the laud that may be necessary for coimecting the north end of 

 .\dams Mill road in Lanier Heights with south end of I'ark roa(l in Jngiesidebya 

 highway fifty feet wide along or near the eastern boundary of the zoological i>ark, 

 also for connecting Cathedral avenue with Klingle road by a Ingliway fifty feet wide 

 along or near the western boundary of the zoological pai'k, all in accordance with 

 plans on lile in thcolliceof tlic I'Ji^iucer Conunissioner, District of ( 'ohnubia." rublic 

 act, April 28, ItlOI. 



The estimates foi' the jiarU for tiic yi'ar l(U)l-r), as submitted to Congress, contained 

 the following item: 



"Readjustment of boundaries. National Zoological Park: Acquirement of the 

 tract of land lying between the present eastern boundary of the National Zoological 

 I'ark and the new highway to be established by the District of Columbia from 

 Adams Mill road to Kenesavv avenue, and also of thi> tract lying betwei'u the i)resent 

 western boundary of said ])ark and the new highway to be established by the Dis- 

 trict of(;ohnnbia from (^athedral avenue to Klingle road, sixty thousand dollars; 

 and said land, when acijuired, to Ijecomea part of the National Zoological Dark." 



Congress took no action upon this estimate. 



I'hiiibit at Ijiiiisianii I'lirchase J'^.tposilion. — In view of the itniM)rtance of bringing 

 before the general j)ublic the aims and objects of the park it was thought jiroper to 

 l)ri'pare an I'xhibit of some extent for the Louisiana I'nrt'hase Exposition. This 

 consisted of a display of living birds confined in a flying cage occupying aground 

 space of 84 by 228 feet, and from 50 to 55 feet in Jieight. It was constructed by the 

 St. Paul Foundry Company, according to i)lans ])repared by the Supervising Architect 

 of the Treasury Department after preliminary sketches furnished by the jiark. The 

 cost of the cage was about $15,000. Its frame consists of light steel arches, covered 

 by a wire netting with thri>e-fourths-inch mesh. A longitudinal i)artilion divides 

 the cage into two jiarts, and a passage for the indilic 14 feet wiile exteiuls from end 

 to end. 



One side is occnjiied maiidy by marsh and water birds and has two swimming j)ools, 

 each from 50 to (10 feet long. The other side is occupied mainly by song birds and 

 small species noted lor liright iiluuKiirc, and has two smaller pools with a streamlet 

 (»f water tri»'kling from one to tlu' other, a distance of 90 feet, through a series of 

 small, shallow basins that affoid drinking and bathing jilact's for the little birds. 

 This side includes several moderati'-si/.ed growing tri-es which were left in their 

 natural situation. Besides these, many small trees and shrubs were i)lanted and the 

 surface was sodded. The cage was locati'd in a natural grove of trees not far from 

 the (iovernment building in the exposition grounds. All ground improvements, 

 including ^\ater sui>))ly, etc., wei'c furnished by the exposition company at its own 

 expen.se. 



The cost of stiH'king and uiaintainiug the cage was defrayed from the Ciovernment 



