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as rolling; uplands, dixidcd l)> liroux Ki\cr, and characterized 

 by ()jx;n meadows, open woods, and moderately dense woods, 

 all of the finest character. In order to ol)tain a full under- 

 standing- of the character of this site, it is necessary to consider 

 its various points in the same order as adopted for \'an Cort- 

 landt. 



1 . Acci:ssiBii,iTY. — At present South ]>ronx Park is reached 

 by means of the elevated roads on .Second and Third Avenues, 

 to r_".>th Street, and from thence b\- two electric surface rail- 

 ways, one via Third Avenue and Boston Road, and the other 

 by way of the vSouthern Boulevard, to West Farms. There the 

 visitor lands within four ])locks of the south-eastern entrance 

 to the Park. The runnino;^ time from the City Hall to 129th 

 Street is 32 minutes, from that point to West Farms, -"50 minutes, 

 and there are two five-cent fares to pay each wa}'. 



The extension of the Third Avenue elevated road now ter- 

 minates at 177th Street, which is.'>,7()n feet, in a straight line, 

 from the south-west corner of the Park. An extension of this 

 line of (),S00 feet would carry it due north to Pelham Avenue 

 and thence to the main entrance of vSoutli Bronx Park, from 

 which visitors to the Zoological Park would need to walk only 

 000 feet to reach the main group of Ijuildings. 



In the event of South Bronx Park being chosen as our site, 

 and occupied, I think two things may be expected with reason- 

 able certainty: — ( 1 ), that the Third Avenue elevated road 

 would very promptly be extended (5,800 feet to reach our main 

 entrance at the corner of Pelham Avenue and the Soul^hern Boul- 

 evard; and (2), that the cars of the two lines which now stop at 

 the West Farms cro.ssing of the Bronx River, would innnediately 

 be run 1,000 feet farther north along the Boston Road, to what 

 would be the southern entrance to the Zoological Park. With 

 these two short extensions, the Park would be accessible, 

 not only to every inhabitant of the entire eastern half of New 

 York and the Annexed District, but to the residents of Brook- 

 lyn as well. All people coming from Brooklyn across the 

 bridge, would but need to step from the bridge-train to another 

 train. 



