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with from the remaining $63,000 of the improvement fund, re- 

 cently appropriated, is the levelHng of the top of the hill in Baird 

 Court, between the Lion House and the Monkey House. The 

 material removed will be used as filling for the low ground along 

 the eastern side of the glade, where it is very necessary for the 

 requirements of the Monkey House. 



Stated in the briefest manner, the quantities of work contracted 

 for by the city on December 22d, and to be performed in 150 con- 

 secutive working days, are as follows: 



Gravel walks to be constructed 134,000 square feet 



Service road of macadam 1.253 lineal feet 



Water mains and supply pipes 6,660 feet 



Sewers and drains for walks and roads 6,050 feet. 



Stone steps '. 2,000 feet 



Macadamizing of animal corrals 3,700 square yards 



Mr. John P. Schermerhorn, Assistant Engineer, has been spe- 

 cially detailed by Commissioner Moebus and Chief Engineer Ulrich 

 to take charge of all the Park Department's work in the Zoological 

 Park, and, in order that he may be able to exercise constant super- 

 vision, an office has been provided for him within the grounds. In 

 this connection the Director takes pleasure in recording the fact 

 that all three of the officers of the Park Department named above 

 are in full sympathy with the work of the Zoological Society, and 

 join very heartily in the task of developing the general scheme of 

 improvements so that it will fit the ground perfectly and satis- 

 factorily. 



On March 9th a contract for the construction of all the steel- 

 wire fences for the animal ranges, corrals, and boundary of the 

 Park, west of the Boston Road, was let to the Page Woven Wire 

 Fence Company, of Adrian, Mich., at $10,802, and the whole work 

 will be completed about July ist. As fast as these range fences 

 are erected these important enclosures can be stocked with ani- 

 mals, in order that the Park may be opened to the public in July. 



ANIMALS OFFERED AS GIFTS. 



The following live animals have been offered to the Society as 

 gifts for the Zoological Park : a Grizzly Bear, a Polar Bear, two 

 Ocelots, two Gray Wolves, two White-tailed Prairie Dogs (very 



