TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 99 



have had no attention for ten years or even more, should be 

 lesurfaced. This includes the entire Concourse, nearly the entire 

 Service Road, Grant Walk, Osborn Walk, Buffalo Walk, Beaver 

 Valley Walk, Bird Valley Walk, East Riverside Walk and many 

 others. The sidewalk at the Concourse is now in so dilapidated 

 a condition that it should be entirely relaid on a concrete foun- 

 dation. The wooden Jungle Walk is entirely decayed and dan- 

 gerous. A tar macadam walk should be substituted. 



REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS. 



Entrance Bnildijigs. — Of the older entrance buildings, an 

 entire new roof is needed on the Bronxdale Entrance, and a 

 large portion of the Crotona and Fordham must be renewed. 

 All of these buildings should be supplied with new leaders and 

 gutters in part. New flooring is needed in several of them. 



Primate House. — The outside cages, with the exception of 

 the northern cages, are badly in need of overhauling. New 

 water supply pipes must be put in this building. Gutters and 

 leaders, especially cage gutters, need a great deal of attention. 

 The small conservatory never was satisfactory and might well 

 be abandoned. 



Lion House. — The roof gutters are in bad condition and 

 require repairs, and the outside cage gutters must be renewed. 

 The iron roof and floor girders must be scraped and painted. 



Large Bird House. — The replacing of a large part of the 

 water supply system is necessary, and many of the heating 

 pipes should be renewed. 



Aquatic Bird House. — The water supply system must be 

 replaced, and the outside cage-work overhauled. 



Eagle and Vulture Aviary. — The boiler in the winter house 

 of the Eagles and Vultures is unsatisfactory and expensive to 

 maintain. A new boiler should be installed. The large Eagle 

 and Vulture cages must be overhauled and repainted next sum- 

 mer, and some changes made in the water supply system. Cop- 

 per roofs must be placed on two or three of the large cages, 

 for better shelter in winter. 



