REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 103 
The attendance by months was as follows: 
SR ye eee: ee ee ee ne A ee ee ee ee ae ee 231, 754 
SAI OES Gt SEAL AES SEITE SI SEE) EMR OEMS Ae ee a ae 357, 300 
Sentenineiy eat eb ees ee 98 es ee 2 tye gl 249, 600 
(QT tite ee ee Eee Se Es 8 ee es ee ee es Sener? ae 108, 000 
INCh Cale) ese So Boe SEA oe ee ed ee ee es en eee! ean 138, 300 
I DYES TA Oy a aot ARS RO ke ae NO RA Ee a 79, 925 
SPRUE REEMA as ie aah ph a aw etn yt ea a SE eae dE de abn 68, 200 
LSS GWU O EN a I a ee Rie Sy a Se 112, 825 
WS WeCE SY bs cee Si OM Ey OR ig ols are glk ae Sid Bag pda be oe BY eee ee Sy 147, 950 
AN| OY eA WS SES Ss eee a en ee ee ee ee ee eee ee 397, 300 
INTER 72 = ape se Mbt otar en sa NAS htecerc 5 Aileen RES toy seated cies) Seat Wet Saleen saber se Retiae 343, 500 
syiUnnereen seek SlAR «NDS OM INDE CLE . AG SOL hg a 2838, 250 
ANG BTI TSR OO eh he ee eee ee ee eee 2, 512, 900 
Schools, classes, and similar organizations, recorded among the 
visitors, number 309, with a total of 24,309 individuals. Schools 
came from points as far distant as Maine and Illinois. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
The necessity of making extensive repairs to buildings and other 
structures and to roads, during the year, allowed only a small 
expenditure to be made for new work. 
A new toilet building for men was constructed near the Adams 
Mill Road entrance to replace one which had become inadequate and 
unfit for use. 
The boundary fence of the park was rebuilt for a distance of about 
1,360 feet. 
A new drainage system for the cages and walks on the south side 
of the lion house was put in and 300 feet of large pipe laid to connect 
it with the main sewer, the original drain being now altogether 
inadequate. 
The roadway from Adams Mill Road entrance to and around the 
administration building was rebuilt, with some modification to pro- 
vide a better grade. 
A large amount of repair to roofs was done during the early part 
of the year, the felt with which they are covered having deteriorated 
with age. Several of the buildings, especially the bird house, leaked 
badly. 
Grading was begun along the new western boundary of the park, 
near Cathedral Avenue. The highway which forms the boundary 
there had been excavated in connection with building operations on 
adjacent land, leaving for several hundred feet along the park line 
an abrupt bank 10 to 30 feet high. A survey of the region showed 
that at least 9,000 cubic yards must be cut from the bank to make 
a slope that would be permanent, while considerably more excavation 
