THIRTEENTH. ANNUAL REPORT 
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tering around the elephant cages. In November the removal of 
the largest animals to the Elephant House enabled us to give the 
whole interior of the building a thorough cleaning and painting. 
The cost of work in the Antelope House for the year was about 
$650. 
At the Bird House, besides many minor repairs, the entire 
parrot hall and its cages were overhauled, and new and heavier 
wire netting put on the cage fronts. A brick wall was built in 
the cellar, to shut off coal gas from the Curator’s office, at the 
same time making a room that was afterward put into use as 
a storage room for heads and horns. The roof and gutters have 
needed almost constant attention. Several partitions of plate 
glass were put into outside cages, and a great deal of repair 
work was done around these cages. The entire building was 
painted inside and outside, the total cost for the year being 
about $825. 
At the Primate House a great deal of woodwork was removed 
from the vicinity of the large cages, and a number of panels be- 
low the fronts of the cages were taken out and replaced with 
glass panels. The ceiling lights, which were in danger of fall- 
ing, were fastened up with wire. The heating plant was entirely 
overhauled, one new boiler being erected, and necessary repairs 
were made on the other boiler. A great amount of repair work 
was necessary on the cage fronts. The cost of the labor and ma- 
terials expended in this building was $875. 
At the Lion House the heating plant required extensive repairs, 
one entire boiler being removed and replaced with a new one. 
All of the iron work of the inside cages was painted, and also 
part of that of the outside cages. The roof and gutters also re- 
ceived some attention. The ceiling lights, which were found to 
be in a highly dangerous condition, were made safe. This build- 
ing will require further repairs next year, especially in repoint- 
ing brick and terra cotta work. The cost of the work was about 
$500. 
At the Mammal House it was found necessary to replace parts 
of many of the inside cages; and the whole interior and exterior 
of this building was cleaned and painted. Two new sections were 
placed in the boiler of this building, and the drains were over- 
hauled and cleaned several times. The total cost of the work 
in this house was almost $1,300. 
Repairs and additions to other buildings, and the cost thereof, 
were as follows: At the Aquatic Bird House the new net, the gen- 
eral repairs, and the inside and outside painting, cost about $200; 
the Pheasants’ Aviary was painted at a cost of $375; installing 
