TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 99 
have had no attention for ten years or even more, should be 
resurfaced. This includes the entire Concourse, nearly the entire 
Service Road, Grant Walk, Osborn Walk, Buffalo Walk, Beaver 
Valley Walk, Bird Valley Walk, East Riverside Walk and many 
others. The sidewalk at the Concourse is now in so dilapidated 
a condition that it should be entirely relaid on a concrete foun- 
dation. The wooden Jungle Walk is entirely decayed and dan- 
gerous. A tar macadam walk should be substituted. 
REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS. 
Entrance Buildings—Of the older entrance buildings, an 
entire new roof is needed on the Bronxdale Entrance, and a 
large portion of the Crotona and Fordham must be renewed. 
All of these buildings should be supplied with new leaders and 
gutters in part. New flooring is needed in several of them. 
Primate House.—The outside cages, with the exception of 
the northern cages, are badly in need of overhauling. New 
water supply pipes must be put in this building. Gutters and 
leaders, especially cage gutters, need a great deal of attention. 
The small conservatory never was satisfactory and might well 
be abandoned. 
Lion House.—The roof gutters are in bad condition and 
require repairs, and the outside cage gutters must be renewed. 
The iron roof and floor girders must be scraped and painted. 
Large Bird House.—The replacing of a large part of the 
water supply system is necessary, and many of the heating 
pipes should be renewed. 
Aquatic Bird House.—The water supply system must be 
replaced, and the outside cage-work overhauled. 
Eagle and Vulture Aviary.—The boiler in the winter house 
of the Eagles and Vultures is unsatisfactory and expensive to 
maintain. A new boiler should be installed. The large Eagle 
and Vulture cages must be overhauled and repainted next sum- 
mer, and some changes made in the water supply system. Cop- 
per roofs must be placed on two or three of the large cages, 
for better shelter in winter. 
