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A new concrete loading platform was built in the rear of the 
Service Building, at an expense of $200. 
The walks to the new Bear Dens, which are to be finished 
with concrete, were graded, and the foundations were put in 
place. This work will be finished early in the spring. 
Several new corrals were built in the lower Buffalo Range, 
costing about $900. 
The Zebra yards and walks, and the walk in front of the 
Eagle Aviary were graded, necessitating the hauling of about 
3,500 yards of soil. Although no telford has yet been laid, a 
large quantity of stone is on hand, and everything is in readiness 
for the completion of these yards and walks in the spring. 
A small shelter shed was built in one of the goat corrals, 
ten by twenty feet, at a cost of $100. 
An eight-inch partition wall was built in one of the large 
rooms in the basement of the Administration Building, and a 
fire-proof vault was erected in the basement hallway of the same 
building. 
On account of the order issued last year by the Water De- 
partment, prohibiting the use of city water for sprinkling pur- 
poses during the water famine, a small gasoline pump was 
installed on the shore of Lake Agassiz. This enabled us not only 
to keep the vegetation of the concourse and the Italian garden 
in a flourishing condition, but also permitted the use of the 
Italian fountain on the concourse, and for a time this was the 
only public fountain playing in Manhattan or the Bronx. 
MAINTENANCE WORK 
As in previous years, the maintenance work consisted chiefly 
in keeping the grounds and buildings in order, supplying food, 
hauling refuse, policing the Park, and regulating the crowds of 
visitors. 
The work of substituting concrete and steel for wood was 
continued in the Reptile House and the Aquatic Bird House. In 
the Aquatic Bird House the entire central and east side cages 
were supplied with concrete floors and foundations, completing 
this work as far as this building is concerned. The roof of this 
building also received extensive repairs. In the Reptile House 
the series of large serpent cages were supplied with concrete 
floors and supports. In one large cage in the Lion House, 
wherein the floor had entirely decayed, a cork and asphalt brick 
floor was substituted for the wooden floor. If this proves entirely 
satisfactory, other cages will be so equipped. 
