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unsatisfactory condition, was smoothly surfaced, 1,225 square 

 yards in all, at a cost of $1,000.00. 



A new walk and a flight of concrete steps were built in 

 the woods betM'een the Boston Road and Bronx Lake, necessitat- 

 ing the laying of 978 square yards of tar-macadam. This is 

 the beginning of a walk on this beautifully wooded hillside which 

 ultimately will extend from the Boat-House to the Bronxdale 

 Bridge. The cost of the work mentioned above was $1,650.00. 



Two feeding platforms for waterfowl, of stone and tar- 

 macadam, were built at the Wild Fowl Pond and Lake Agassiz, 

 at a cost of $150.00. 



The contemplated erection of the two permanent brick 

 buildings for shop and service purposes necessitated the removal 

 of the storehouse, Forester's shop, slaughter-house, stable and 

 morgue. Temporarily these disturbed industries have been 

 cared for by the erection of removable buildings in the Service 

 Yard. 



In forestry and planting the most important work was 

 the planting in Bird Valley, consisting of groups of evergreens 

 around the north end of the Eagle and Vulture Aviary, of a 

 great number of shade trees in connection with the new walks 

 and yards, and of shrubbery and perennial planting east of 

 the Aviary. Opposite the Zebra Yards, in Bird Valley, a large 

 pond and two pools were excavated, and it is our intention to 

 establish there a marsh and water garden, which will be com- 

 pleted early in the spring. A number of shade trees were 

 planted along the various walks, and the rhododendron planting 

 along the Elephant House was extended southward. 



On 182nd Street, from the Boston Road to the Southern 

 Boulevard, 48 Norway maples of large size, were planted, each 

 one being supplied with three to four yards of good earth, and 

 protected by an iron tree-guard of our own design. This plant- 

 ing will materially help in screening the numerous high flat 

 buildings south of the Park. 



For the first time since the establishment of the Park, a 

 great deal of work was done on the east side of the Bronx River, 

 in draining, filling and grading. The marshy fields at West 

 Farms and at Bronxdale were thoroughly under-drained, using 

 2,162 feet of pipe, and now they are dry enough for mowing 

 machines to pass over them. About 12,000 cubic yards of good 

 earth were deposited there. This was used to fill two 

 low, marshy fields, one at Bronxdale, and one at West Farms, 



