32 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIERY. 
The Harriman Totem Pole and Alaskan House front have been 
erected on the Small Mammal Pond, opposite the Pheasants’ 
Aviary, and now form a feature of much interest to visitors. 
Much time and money has been spent during the year on the 
renewal of the cheaply built walks and paths constructed by the 
City in 1899. In addition to this, many new paths have been 
provided for the constantly increasing attendance and to afford 
access to new installations. 
WEST FARMS ENTRANCE. 
At the end of the year 1904 a report was submitted by the chief 
engineer of the Rapid Transit system, recommending the exten- 
sion of the Rapid Transit system by viaduct and open cut through 
the Buffalo Range and forests and rocks east of the Beaver Pond, 
crossing the Bronx River between the waterfall and Boston Road 
Bridge. This, of course, would have ruined this section of the 
Park, and the Society made every preparation to oppose the 
scheme. Before this became necessary the Rapid Transit Com- 
mission announced that no railroad would be constructed through 
a public park. 
The road over the proposed route, with its noise and dirt of 
several hundred trains a day, would have destroyed the seclusion 
and beauty of the most beautiful park in New York. 
In order to provide for the crowds which will arrive over the 
new Rapid Transit system, which now terminates at 180th Street, 
a pay entrance will be provided at the southeast corner of the 
Buffalo Range and Boston Road at 182d Street. From this en- 
trance a direct walk will take visitors to the Antelope House, and 
another road will be built along the wooded ridge in the Buffalo 
Range, leading directly to the Bear Dens and Baird Court by way 
of Beaver Valley. The Motor Road will be connected with 
Boston Road through the present Buffalo Yards, and when 
equipped with motor cars for public use, will afford a direct and 
cheap means of transportation for visitors to any point in the 
Park. 
During the year the City acquired the block bounded by Boston 
Road, 182d Street and the Zoological Park, which will ultimately 
be added to the Zoological Park, and enable the Society to provide 
an adequate entrance and approach to the Riverside Restaurant 
on Bronx River. Plans for this restaurant and recreation station 
are under consideration and the building will be constructed dur- 
ing the summer of 1905. 
