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Society by the Page Woven Wire Fence Company. The total 
cost of this fine improvement was about $3,500. 
The remainder of the work of the Construction Department 
consisted of a great number of miscellaneous tasks, such as the 
following examples: 
The erection of the Soda Fountain Pavilion. 
Erection of twelve iron folding gates, and improvement of sixteen 
exit turnstiles at the entrance pavilions. 
Construction of new walks around Polar Bears’ Den, Restaurant, 
and in front of first Bear Dens. 
Construction of temporary lunch-room and kitchen. 
Construction of shelter-house for pelicans and cassowaries. 
Construction of winter stalls and doors in Buffalo Barn, for trop- 
ical deer. 
Erection of permanent metal guard-rails around Polar Bears’ Den, 
areas at Bird House, and near Northwest Entrance. 
Erection of four flagstaffs on entrances. 
Laying of water lines to lower Buffalo Range, Polar Bears’ Den, 
and Soda Water Pavilion. 
Barrier erected at waterfall, to protect Park. 
Stone coping laid under about two miles of fences. 
Sewer constructed at Polar Bears’ Den. 
Fences erected at two entrances, for Wild Turkeys’ Enclosure, 
at Fallow Deer Corral, and in Ducks’ Aviary. 
Gutters of brick and cement constructed near Bear Dens. 
All cage work in the Park repainted, also all shelter-houses in 
animal ranges. 
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.—George M. Beerbower, 
Engineer. 
The amount of work to be done by the Park Engineer continues 
undiminished, and the demands upon Mr. Beerbower have been 
so numerous that thus far it has been an impossibility for him to 
complete the large map designed to show all completed improve- 
ments. During the year Mr. Beerbower prepared the plans and 
specifications for the Polar Bears’ Den and Soda Water Pavilion, 
surveyed and platted the extensions of the Motor Road, about 
4,500 feet of new walks, the entire sewer system between Baird 
Court and West Farms, the Elephant Enclosures, and the site of 
the Service Building. For about six weeks his time was devoted 
