﻿REPORT 
  OJT 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  

  

  91 
  

  

  VISITORS 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  attendance 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  daily 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

   park 
  shows 
  considerable 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  and 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  visitors 
  from 
  every 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  Union. 
  

  

  Attendance 
  by 
  months 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1928 
  

  

  July 
  236, 
  971 
  

  

  August 
  196, 
  200 
  

  

  September 
  265, 
  550 
  

  

  October 
  211, 
  550 
  

  

  Novem. 
  er 
  78, 
  050 
  

  

  December 
  184, 
  100 
  

  

  1929 
  

  

  January 
  64, 
  650 
  

  

  February 
  105, 
  700 
  

  

  March 
  366, 
  500 
  

  

  April 
  295, 
  339 
  

  

  May 
  275, 
  350 
  

  

  June 
  248, 
  750 
  

  

  Total 
  for 
  year 
  2, 
  528, 
  710 
  

  

  The 
  attendance 
  of 
  organized 
  classes 
  of 
  students 
  was 
  30,886 
  from 
  

   497 
  different 
  schools. 
  

  

  IMPROVEMENTS 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  house 
  has 
  been 
  

   completed, 
  outdoor 
  cages 
  have 
  been 
  constructed, 
  and 
  an 
  attractive 
  

   approach 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  building. 
  Snow 
  guards 
  have 
  been 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  

   skylights 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  has 
  been 
  paved. 
  

   In 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  house 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  lay 
  285 
  feet 
  of 
  pipe 
  

   to 
  a 
  culvert. 
  

  

  The 
  lion 
  house 
  and 
  the 
  antelope 
  house 
  have 
  had 
  their 
  roofs 
  recov- 
  

   ered, 
  in 
  part 
  with 
  asphalt 
  shingles, 
  and 
  also 
  new 
  gutters 
  installed. 
  

   It 
  was 
  also 
  necessary 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  put 
  plastic 
  coating 
  on 
  the 
  

   roof 
  of 
  the 
  hay 
  shed, 
  the 
  old 
  elephant 
  house, 
  the 
  old 
  bird 
  house, 
  the 
  

   zebra 
  house, 
  the 
  property 
  house, 
  and 
  the 
  buffalo 
  shed. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  

   cages 
  at 
  the 
  old 
  bear 
  yard 
  has 
  been 
  renovated. 
  The 
  office 
  has 
  been 
  

   painted 
  and 
  redecorated 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  26 
  years. 
  

  

  Having 
  received 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  suggestions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  bridle 
  

   paths 
  throughout 
  the 
  park, 
  several 
  consultations 
  were 
  held 
  with 
  those 
  

   interested 
  in 
  riding 
  and 
  their 
  suggestions 
  followed 
  out 
  as 
  closely 
  as 
  

   possible 
  in 
  altering 
  these 
  paths. 
  

  

  An 
  appropriation 
  of 
  $220,000 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  

   a 
  reptile 
  house 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1930, 
  and 
  considerable 
  work 
  

   has 
  been 
  done 
  on 
  planning 
  this 
  building, 
  which 
  will, 
  when 
  completed, 
  

   enable 
  us 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  collection 
  to 
  include 
  reptiles, 
  batrachians, 
  and 
  

   insects. 
  This 
  building 
  will 
  fill 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  need 
  at 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  reptile 
  house, 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution, 
  from 
  its 
  private 
  funds, 
  sent 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  

   park 
  and 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Harris, 
  municipal 
  architect, 
  to 
  Europe 
  to 
  study 
  

   certain 
  zoos. 
  Special 
  attention 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  planning 
  and 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  reptile 
  houses, 
  but 
  other 
  features 
  were 
  studied 
  and 
  much 
  

  

  