ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. Jl 



Walls cDid Stairz,.'ays of Baini Court. — This contract was let 

 in 1905, to the John V. Schaefer Company in the sum of $67,000, 

 and a beginning was made in that year. Work was prosecuted 

 throughout the working season of 1906, and the contract was 

 completed in October. 



The Feed Barn, erected by William H. Wright & Son, was 

 completed in the summer of 1906, and immediately occupied. Its 

 cost was $15,316, and it forms a most valuable addition to the 

 plant necessary for the economical maintenance of the Park. 



The Glass Courts which is really an addition to the large 

 Bird-House, specially designed for American song birds, was 

 completed by the George L. Walker Company, at a cost of $24,- 

 199, and occupied in September with a very full collection of 

 birds. 



Two Toilet Buildings, east of the Bronx River, were com- 

 pleted earlv in the spring, bv Guidone & Galardi, at a cost of 



$8,385. 



The Public Comfort Building on the Boston Road, near the 

 Boat House and new entrance, suffered a misfortune. In the 

 belief that the contract awarded to Mr. J. J. Buckley in 1905 was 

 generally satisfactory, ]\Ir. Buckley promptly began active opera- 

 tions, without waiting for the formal approval of the contract by 

 the Law Department of the City. After a considerable amount 

 of work had been performed, the Corporation Counsel decided 

 that because of the adjournment for one week of the meeting of 

 the Park Board on the date set for the opening of bids, the con- 

 tract was invalid, and a reletting w'as necessary. This unfor- 

 tunate circumstance delayed the erection of this building for an 

 entire year. It stands to-day as it was left by ^Ir. Buckley 

 when the contract was disapproved ; but a new contract was let 

 in January, 1907, and work will recommence early in the spring. 



The Entrance Pavilion at the new W^est Farms Entrance was 

 not completed in 1906, but it will be ready for use early in the 

 opening of 1907. This contract is with W'illiam Home & Com- 

 pany, and the amount, without the registering turnstiles, is $5,008. 



Pelham Avenue Entrance, Concourse, and Western Approach 

 to Baird Court. — A contract in the sum of $58,379.50, which was 

 awarded in October to the John V. Schaefer, Jr., Company, em- 

 braces three important improvements, which, when completed, 

 will mark the practical finish of the northern end of the Zoological 

 Park. The new entrance is intended to admit carriages and 

 automobiles, as w^ell as pedestrians, to the Concourse, by which 

 to approach the broad stairways at the north end of Baird Court. 



