SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. 
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The schedule of work by the City that is imperatively necessary 
at the outset, is published herewith. The estimates of cost have 
been prepared with care by the Director, and with the aid of 
expert advice obtained in the City’s Departments of Parks, Sew- 
ers and Water, and elsewhere. The figures given are based on a 
premise of sérict economy, no useless expenditure, the work needed 
first to be executed pirst. 
SCHEDULE OF WORK, AND ESTIMATED COST. 
Rockwasplialt walks: .=) A = = 3 2s i. a p00 270 
Sewers... . ie 2) eae ee ee PHC 50 
Public comfort buildings. SM cif tee te, ee O00 
Benches. . . PA A A et Sees Ae ao UU 
Workshops Gavel sheds; so ce. Soy bo pase 3,000 
Burying an open sewer... ...... +... +, 9,000 
Serv ice. FOadswOE tealmSi%,2 . 2. . . «4% « . 4,800 
Ponds and pools... . ae eee ee ea, 9) 
Croton-water supply pipes Br Rte Vie ead Faye TL 
Reconstruction of dam.-... .*. ;.....< . ~ 1,600 
Hydraulic engines... . Soe oy Sl Ow 
Bronx-water supply pipes, to ponds. tS ine ee OS 
Fences for animal ranges. Py ee) a tana POO 
Boundary tence 98. 5 @ a te 2.0 ee © Ldo0 
Entrances... fae ee 8 8 8 oO 
Macadamizing yards. eA Pie ihe Ween ae Jee te, por ON) 
Gleantne Broux River... .....s.:. . 4,700 
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PREPARATION OF PARK AND BUILDING PLANS. 
Immediately after the enactment of this legislation, work was be- 
gun on the elaboration of the general plan of the Zoological Park. 
The Preliminary Plan, which had been prepared in 1896 by the 
Director, was submitted to a searching examination by the Exec- 
utive Committee. To make sure of meeting all scientific require- 
ments, and especially the needs of the animals, the Committee first 
invited two of the leading zoological experts of the country to care- 
fully examine the park in connection with the plan. The two 
gentlemen so invited were Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the 
United States Biological Survey of Washington, D. C., and Mr. 
George Bird Grinnell, editor of Forest and Stream. ‘Their re- 
ports are so valuable and suggestive that they deserve to be 
permanently recorded here. 
