TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 35 



Two Public Comfort buildings on the east side of Bronx River 

 h^e been completed and accepted, and are now ready for use. 



The Tortoise and Lizard Yards at the east end of the Reptile 

 House have been built, and were utilized during the past summer. 



During the year a large portion of the boundary and interior 

 fences have been renewed in a very thorough and substantial 

 manner, and it was also found necessary to reconstruct several 

 miles of walks and roads which were built by the City when the 

 Park was first opened. These old paths and roads were in every 

 case replaced by permanent and thoroughly drained roadbeds of 

 Telford macadam. A number of important new roads and walks 

 have been constructed, notably from the new Boston Road En- 

 trance, which has been designed to meet the requirements of vis- 

 itors using the Subway. This new entrance will be located at 

 Boston Road and i82d Street, and will admit visitors directly 

 into the Park through two broad walks in the old Buffalo Range ; 

 one westward along the boundary plantations to the Antelope 

 House and the other northward along high ground to the Buffalo 

 Barn and the Beaver Valley Walk will supply a short route from 

 West Farms to Baird Court, and from there to Osborn's Walk 

 and the Northwest Entrance. This new system will serve to dis- 

 tribute the crowds and will take visitors at once to the exhibits. 



The path between the Bear Dens and the Rocking Stone Res- 

 taurant has been lowered some four feet by the cutting away 

 of the summit rock, and handsome steps of granite have been 

 substituted for the former steep steps of undressed bluestone. 



A new walk from the Beaver Pond northward to the waterfall 

 and the new entrance at Boston Road Bridge have been con- 

 structed, taking visitors through a practically untouched forest, 

 which your Committee propose to leave in an absolutely natural 

 condition as a wild plant and flower preserve. In order to protect 

 the roots of the trees and to leave undisturbed the forest under- 

 growth this walk has been built largely of planks, and it is in- 

 tended that this portion of the Park shall not be utilized for 

 animal exhibits. 



Following out these improvements the bed of Lake Agassiz 

 has been cleaned out and deepened some four feet, and a large 

 amount of work has been done on the northern portion of the 

 Park beyond the Lake. This section had not been treated and 

 required much planting, grading, and fencing. 



