SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 49 
Henry Jones, Archibald Thorburn and George E. Lodge in 
England. 
BRONX PARKWAY COMMISSION. 
A most important step in the development of the Park, has 
been the grant by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of 
sufficient funds to begin the preliminary survey and work for the 
great Bronx River Parkway, which will extend from Bronx Park 
to the new Kensico Lake, a distance of thirteen miles, connecting 
there with the state roads northward. If the Commission is 
enabled to carry out its plans, the valley of the Bronx and its 
waters will be protected from pollution, and the permanence of 
the lake and river system of the Zoological Park will be secured. 
This will be of incalculable value to the Park and to the public 
at large. 
This initial appropriation amounted to $35,000. Three- 
fourths, viz., $26,250, has been appropriated by the City of New 
York, and one-fourth, viz., $8,750, by the County of Westchester. 
The Commission is at present engaged in the completion of the 
survey and the preparation of maps. 
EAST SIDE EXTENSION. 
After long and tedious negotiations and at the urgent in- 
sistence of the officers of the Society, the forest lands lying to the 
east of the Park, which were acquired by the City through con- 
demnation proceedings, have been transferred to the Park De- 
partment of the Borough of the Bronx, and the old village of 
Bronxdale with its disreputable shanties, has been at last elim- 
inated. 
A plan has been prepared showing a systematic development 
of roads and paths for the whole district lying east of the Bronx 
River and covering both the portions under the control of the 
Zoological Society and that remaining in the hands of the Park 
Department. It is believed that in the near future the City will 
prefer to turn this over to the management and control of the 
Zoological Society, so that it may be properly policed and its 
superb timber protected. 
BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
Acting under the authority conferred by the By-Laws, your 
Committee elected Mr. Watson B. Dickerman to the Board of 
Managers of the Class of 1913, to fill the vacancy caused by the 
