40 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SSOCIETY: 
and the construction of the Monkey House is now proceeding 
under the direction of the Park Department, and the Society’s 
Architects, Messrs. Heins and La Farge, have nearly completed 
the plans of the Lion House, both which buildings the Committee 
is satisfied will receive well-earned approval, both for arrange- 
ment and taste. 
Careful study is still given to the sculptural and artistic treat- 
ment of the buildings. 
Mr. A. P. Proctor, the well-known animal sculptor, has exe- 
cuted the sculpture upon the Bird House and Reptile House, 
in consultation with the Architects, and has been engaged for 
similar work on the Monkey House. Mr. Eli Harvey, upon 
our invitation, has come from Paris to prepare designs for “ sen- 
tinel lions,’ heads, a frieze and panels upon the Lion House. 
These will be submitted to the members of the Municipal Art 
Commission before their adoption. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. 
ATTENDANCE. 
The attendance at the Park, in spite of the difficulties of ac- 
cess, has been so large as at times to seriously crowd the build- 
ing and paths, and the Society will have to devise means to pro- 
vide for the increasing attendance in the near future, as the 
knowledge of the Park becomes wider. When the Rapid Transit 
system is completed to West Farms in about two years, the walks 
and paths, to say nothing of the buildings, will be taxed to the 
utmost to accommodate the crowds. 
Attendance stOtalsor TOO... <7... 3/516 sis) ste 525,928 
Month of greatest attendance, May...... 94,965 
Day of greatest attendance, May 3oth.... 20,134 
ELEVATED RAILROAD. 
The Elevated Railroad is about to extend its system to Ford- 
ham, and an elaborate scheme of boulevard development around 
the southern, eastern, and western boundaries of the Park is under 
contemplation by the Park Department. 
