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Carriage Concourse, which has been designed for vehicles to carry 

 visitors to various points in the area devoted to collections. An 

 extension eastward of about 900 feet will carry the line to the 

 Boston Road, and an extension 1,400 feet northward will reach 

 the proposed terminus of the line at the carriage entrance on 

 Pelham Avenue. 



GRAVEL WALKS. 



On account of the numerous fillings required in constructing 

 the walks made last year it was deemed inadvisable to surface 

 them with asphalt until their foundations had settled as much as 

 they ever will. It was therefore decided that for the first year, at 

 least, the walks should all be finished as gravel walks, which was 

 done. Between March ist and November ist, Mr. William Mas- 

 terson constructed, under the terms of his contract, 9,750 lineal 

 feet of gravel walks, varying in width from 10 to 20 feet, with a 

 total surface of about 140,000 square feet. From each of three 

 entrances a main walk 20 feet wide leads into the grounds, until 

 it divides; and nearly all other walks are 12 feet in width. The 

 system completed last year carries the visitor through the Park 

 diagonally from southeast to northwes't, branching ofif midway 

 to the southwest entrance, and reaches all of the twenty-six build- 

 ings and other enclosures which contain animals. During future 

 years this system will be extended to the Northeast Entrance, 

 Baird Court, the Carriage Entrance, and, in fact, all other por- 

 tions of the grounds, on the lines laid down in the Final Plan. 



WATER LINES. 



By dint of great effort, both on the part of the Park Depart- 

 ment and the Zoological Park force, water-pipes were laid not 

 only to the large buildings, dens, and aviaries, but also to every 

 range for animals. The two mains which have been laid into the 

 grounds from the Southern Boulevard are large enough to pro- 

 vide adequate protection from fire, but a very moderate fraction 

 of their capacity is sufficient for the ordinary needs of the Park. 

 Strict injunctions against unnecessary use of water have been laid 

 upon the Park officers. 



The total length of water-pipe of all sizes laid in the grounds 

 last year was 6,110 feet, the greatest amount being of i;^-inch 



