TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. G9 



new kind of partition fence was invented and erected. It con- 

 sists of two lines of steel posts set two feet apart at their bases, 

 and sloping toward each other at the top. To these two lines of 

 posts several heavy horizontal T-bars, of steel, are firmly bolted. 

 On the outside of this invincible skeleton structure two lines of 

 extra heavy Page-wire elk-fence are securely bolted. This fence 

 is, we believe, as nearly horn-proof as any fence can be, except 

 a solid wall. Of these double division fences, 488 lineal feet 

 were constructed. In the corrals which they enclose 7,176 square 

 feet of ground was paved with tar-surface macadam. The two 

 small shelter houses for deer were placed upon permanent con- 

 crete foundations, and a shelter house eight by sixteen feet was 

 newly erected. 



El c pliant-Yard Walks. — Two new walks bounding the Elephant 

 House Yards on the east and west were built of tar-surface mac- 

 adam. They are twelve feet in width and their total length is 

 1,850 feet. One of these walks leads from the south door of the 

 Lion House to the end of the Elk Walk, and the other from the 

 door of the Primates' House directly to the Small Mamma! 

 House. 



Walk to Baird Court Approach. — A walk twenty feet wide 

 and 200 feet in length was constructed west of Baird Court, lead- 

 ing from the south end of the Aquatic Bird House to the steps of 

 the new cut-stone approach. 



Resurfacing Walks. — The improvement of the old walks by 

 resurfacing them with tar was carried on diligently. The Beaver 

 Valley Walk, leading from the Beaver Pond to the Primates' 

 House, the Audubon Court walks, Osborn's Walk, west of the 

 Aquatic Bird House, and the walk leading from West Farms 

 Entrance to the south door of the Antelope House, all were thus 

 improved. 



Guard W^ircs. — Guard wires were erected along 9,217 feet of 

 walks in various portions of the grounds. 



Tree-Storage Shed. — A new shed was erected for the storage 

 of our bay trees and other tall trees that can endure low tempera- 

 tures. Its dimensions are twenty by thirty feet in ground plan, by 

 twenty-five feet in height. This shed is heated by pipes connected 

 with the boiler in the greenhouse that is situated near. 



Crematory. — A crematory for the burning of garbage and the 

 bodies of dead animals was erected at the Nursery. It consists 

 of a double-shelled, water-cooled steel cylinder, so placed that 

 both top and bottom can be reached by wagons for the dumping 

 of garbage and the removal of ashes. It was erected upon a 



