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erected partly by the Park force, and partly by James Henderson 

 under a small contract for laying- the brick. The walls, pilasters 

 and gate-posts are capped with green tile to match the roof of the 

 barn, and the whole effect is very satisfactory. The w-all varies in 

 height from seven to nine feet, and its total length is 800 feet. 



The erection of the new barn rendered it possible to remove a 

 large assortment of unsightly temporary sheds, after which all 

 the ground surrounding the barn was macadamized, and surfaced 

 with tar. The completion of the barn and its enclosing wall have 

 made a great change in what previously was an unsightly spot. 



All f dope Shed. — The temporary presence in the Antelope House 

 of two elephants, two rhinoceroses, one hippopotamus, two tapirs, 

 four zebras, and a wild ass, all belonging in other buildings, has 

 had the effect of crowding out of that building a number of valu- 

 able antelopes. To carry the latter through the winter, it became 

 necessary to erect in the Service Yard, with all possible haste, a 

 shed about seventy feet long, and finish it before cold weather. 

 This structure was rushed into existence, and is now serving a 

 very important purpose. From end to end it is filled with valu- 

 able tropical animals which rightfully belong in the Antelope 

 House, and which will return thither at the earliest possible 

 moment. 



IVcsteni Boundary Fence. — Early in the year a new boundary 

 fence was erected along the western side of the Park, from 

 Pelham Avenue to i82d Street, a distance of about 3,000 feet. As 

 usual, this fence consisted of extra heavy steel wire attached 

 to heavy steel T-posts set on the stone retaining wall, or in con- 

 crete. 



Work on Baird Court. — The completion of the northern w'all 

 and steps to Baird Court rendered it possible to finish the surface 

 work on the north end of the Court, above the Sea-Lion Pool and 

 Fountain. The w^alks on all that area were paved with Telford 

 macadam, and tarred on the surface. The grass plat was filled in 

 with top soil and graded, and around the space which lies between 

 the Lion and FVimate Houses, about 650 feet of granite coping 

 were set. The sloping garden received about 500 cubic yards of 

 top soil. 



Beaver Pond Pipe-Line. — The plan for supplying a good 

 stream of water from the Bronx River into the head of the 

 Beaver Pond, undertaken in 1905. was completed in 1906 by the 

 erection of a stone dam across the old raceway below the water- 

 fall, and laving from it to the hydraulic ram about fifty feet of 

 twelve-inch cast-iron pipe. When this was finished, the ram was 



