SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 65 
SUMMARY OF LIVE ANIMALS ON HAND ON JANUARY I, 1902. 
Species. Specimens. 
VA iraabttall So 2080S i ee ear yaee mata sheet I41 503 
BUGS ere eearhaac’ 2 aot ie eRe ees Su aie 193 680 
IC PEM ES tone Sale GAC mea ee ores. S I14 772 
Ota. cay) See aN RIS oS 448 1,955 
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION.—H. FR. Mitchell, Chief Clerk. 
The additional room afforded this department by its new 
quarters in the Service Building has been fully appreciated during 
the past year. The centralization of several departments under 
one roof, and the placing of all buildings in direct communication 
by telephone with the Chief Clerk’s office, has greatly aided the 
thorough systematizing of the many details connected with the 
purchase, receipt, and distribution of the great bulk of materials 
and supplies required annually in the maintenance and develop- 
ment of the Park. 
The Rocking Stone Restaurant.—Early in the past season the 
patronage of the Restaurant increased to such an extent as to 
warrant the engagement of a competent steward and head waiter 
to take immediate charge of its operation. Mr. Leo Fradkin, an 
experienced caterer, was employed for this position, and took 
charge the latter part of June, thus relieving this department of 
the details of the Restaurant service. A careful supervision, 
however, was maintained, and full daily reports, with remittances, 
made to the Chief Clerk’s office, where a complete set of books 
are kept covering the operation of this privilege. Under this 
arrangement good service was maintained. Special care was 
given to the purchase of food supplies, and as far as possible 
all supplies were of the best quality obtainable. 
Early in May the dining-room was found to be inadequate 
to accommodate the increasing patronage on Sundays and holi- 
days, and it became necessary to equip the South Pavilion as a 
dining-room annex. In order to supply service to this annex, 
doors were cut in the south end of the kitchen, and a passage- 
way constructed leading thereto. The expense of additional 
equipment for the enlarged dining-room, coupled with a long 
period of bad weather in the latter part of the season, converted 
the early gains to a net loss for the year. In one respect, how- 
ever, we may count the year a successful one, since the first object 
