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tion that had previously existed at that point. This end was suc- 

 cessfully accomplished, and one more malarious influence has 

 thereby been eliminated from that region. 



FENCES FOR PARK BOUNDARY AND RANGES FOR ANIMALS. 



In x\pril, 1899, a contract for wire fencing on steel posts was 

 let to the Page Woven Wire Fence Co., and on July ist that 

 company completed the erection of 27,855 feet of elastic steel- 

 wire fence, on heavy steel posts, a large number of which were 

 set in concrete. This contract enclosed all of the Zoological Park 

 which lies west of the Boston Road and south of Lake Agassiz 

 with a fence 7 feet 4 inches high, made of 25 wires of hardened 

 steel, each having a tensile strength of between 4,000 and 4,500 

 pounds. The end and corner posts are made of plate steel, the 

 heaviest ever made for wire fences, and are set four feet deep, in 

 a mass of solid concrete two feet in diameter. The same kind of 

 fence encloses each of the ranges for buffalo, antelope, deer of 

 various kinds, moose, and caribou. At a little distance, say 200 

 feet, the wire of these fences very often is absolutely invisible. 

 The entire work of erecting these fences and gates and connecting 

 them with buildings has been done in a most painstaking and 

 skilful manner, and they constitute a valuable, object-lesson for 

 other cities wherein zoological gardens are to be established. 



TOILET COTTAGES. 



For temporary use, until a regular outlet for sewage has been 

 secured via West Farms, four small toilet cottages, of wood, 

 were erected last October by T. W. Timpson & Co., and completed 

 before the Park was formally opened to the public. 



ENTRANCE PAVILIONS. • 



A contract for the construction of four entrance pavilions, with 

 rooms for gatekeepers, self-registering turnstiles, etc., was let 

 to John R. Sheehan ; but, while work upon them was well ad- 

 vanced by the end of 1899, they are not yet ready for use. These 

 pavilions are situated at the extreme corners of the enclosed area 

 of the Park, with the exception that the one nearest to West 



