88 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
Fill across valley, Ontario Road—The administration has been 
considerably embarrassed by the great quantity of earth and débris 
that is washed down into the park from Ontario Road after every 
heavy rain. The Commissioners of the District were authorized to 
extend Adams Mill Road across a deep valley at the foot of Ontario 
’ Road, and this has made necessary a very heavy fill of loose earth 
that is readily excavated by rains. Attempts have been made to 
arrest this flow, which amounts to many tons of earth, but the means 
at the disposal of the park are inadequate. 
Additions to the collection.—The park is greatly in need of certain 
well-known animals to make its exhibit more complete. I do not 
refer to those which are excessively rare, but to those that are common 
objects of interest to the public. The anthropoid apes, including 
the gorilla, the orang, the chimpanzee, and the gibbon, should be 
shown; also the rhinoceros, the East Indian tapir, the giraffe, the 
eland, the Beisa antelope, the koodoo, the East African buffalo, and 
a series of mountain goats and sheep, including those from the 
Western States. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Frank Baker, Superintendent. 
Dr. Cuartes D. Waxcort, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
