ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 67 



"IVest Faiiiis Block." — For convenience this name is applied to 

 the recent addition to Bronx Park which was made at West 

 Farms. Owing to the fact that its surface Hes well below the 

 level of the Boston Road, which bounds it on the west, a very con- 

 siderable amount of filling is necessary to bring its surface up to 

 an acceptable grade. During the year about 5,000 yards of soil 

 were hauled to this spot and disposed of to the best advantage ; 

 but even with this, much more work remains to be done. Work 

 on this feature will be taken up actively in the early spring. Much 

 of the stone for the entrance walk that is to be built there is 

 already on the ground. 



The Large Buffalo Rangc^ from which, as a sanitary measure, 

 the top soil was removed to a depth of six inches, was worked over 

 and seeded down with red-top — a grass which it is believed will 

 be better for the buffaloes than the unwholesome mixture of old 

 grasses which originally covered the range. 



Miscellaneous Items. — Of the very large number of minor per- 

 manent improvements carried out during 1906, mention should be 

 made of the following : — 



Several thousand yards of top soil for the sides of the Con- 

 course have been hauled and stored at the eastern end of Cope 

 Lake. 



A flight of steps forty feet wide was built at the Fordham 

 Entrance, because of an important change in the level of the street. 



Cages for breeding birds were built around the outside of the 

 Breeding House, situated near the Aquatic Birds' House. 



A water gate, of iron and wood, was built and hung under the 

 Pelham Avenue bridge, to protect the interior of the Park. 



A concrete root-cellar was constructed in the Nursery. 



Two new drinking fountains were installed — near the Fox Dens 

 and the Aquatic Birds' House. 



Important alterations were made in the Pavilion lunch-room, at 

 the Rocking-Stone Restaurant. 



Concrete floors were laid in all the deer houses not previously 

 provided with them. 



The following figures give a summary of what was accom- 

 plished during 1906 on some of the lines mentioned above: 



Walks surfaced with tar 28,000 square feet. 



Walks resurfaced with stone 17,000 



New walks built . . . ., S'^oo 



Service roads built 3'6oo 



New fences erected ^ 3,850 lineal 



Guard wires erected along walks. .. . I7.'300 



