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cages are intended for birds that require moderate heat in cold 

 weather. 



Contracts Let in ipo^. — The foHowing is a hst of the contracts 

 let in 1905 and the amount of each, exclusive of architects' com- 

 missions and extras : 



Baird Court (western wall, north wall, steps, and 



balustrades), John V. Schaefer Company... $67,000.00 



Camel House, Peter Kiernan 2,800.00 



Feed Barn, William H. Wright & Son 15,316.00 



Glass Court (Bird House), George L. Walker 



Company 24,199.00 



Small-Deer House, Guidone & Galardi 41,543.00 



2 Toilet Buildings, east of Bronx, Gviidone & 



Galardi 8,385.00 



Public Comfort Building near West Farms, J. J. 



Buckley 19,200.00 



Entrance Pavillion at West Farms, William 



Home & Company 5,008.00 



Steps at Bear Dens, John Fury 1,569.00 



Furnishing Broken Stone and Screenings, Brown 



& Fleming Company 7,437.50 



Cement, John P. Kane & Company 933-75 



Sewer Pipe, August Bans 333-72 



Of the above contracts, three were completed in 1905. These 

 were the Camel House, the granite steps, and the two toilet 

 buildings east of the Bronx River. The contract for the walls 

 and steps of Baird Court is being pushed as rapidly as the 

 weather will permit, and in all probability will be completed by 

 June I, 1906. The contract for the Small-Deer House was let 

 so late in the year it was deemed inadvisable for work upon it 

 to begin until the spring of 1906. 



Nezv Entrance. — In order to meet the demand of the greatly 

 increased attendance to be expected from the new Subway ter- 

 minus at West Farms, the Zoological Society decided to estab- 

 lish a new entrance at the intersection of the Boston Road and 

 i82d Street. This undertaking — which is of great importance 

 to the visiting public — came to the Society as a new necessity, 

 and involved an important departure in the expenditure of funds. 

 The purpose of this entrance is to afford the public a more direct 

 approach into the centre of the Park from the new Subway ter- 

 minus, and it rendered necessary the construction of two impor- 

 tant lines of walk — as already described. 



