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Wm. C. Osborx $1,000 oo 



Abram S. Hewitt 1,000 oo 



Mrs. John B. Trevor 1,000 oo 



H. McK. Twombly 1,000 oo 



James C. Carter 1,000 oo 



Henry O. Havemeyer 1,000 oo 



Henry H. Cook 1,000 oo 



George F. Baker 1,000 oo 



James B. Ford 1,000 oo 



Roswell P. Flower 1,000 oo 



Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes 1,000 oo 



Joseph Stickney 1,000 oo 



Lispenard Stewart 1,000 oo 



Walter H. Burns 500 00 



Eugene G. Blackford 500 00 



James H. Higginson 500 00 



Samuel D. Babcock 500 00 



Woodbury G. Langdon 250 00 



Cash 100 00 



$130,550 00 



On February 17, 1898, a certificate of deposit for $100,000 was 

 placed in the hands of the Board of Parks, with a request that an 

 application be made to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment 

 for the fund necessary to the proper preparation of the grounds. 

 Pending the result of this correspondence, and in full reliance upon 

 the good-will of the city government toward the Zoological Park, 

 the Executive Committee ordered construction work to proceed 

 on buildings and dens for animals, which would cost $30,000. The 

 necessary plans for these improvements having been laid before 

 the Board of Parks, and approved by that body, bids were called 

 for, and in due time contracts for the work were executed. 



work of the zoological society. 



On May 4th the Executive Committee of the Zoological Society 

 authorized the expenditure of $30,000 on the construction of the 

 Elk House, Bear, Wolf, and Fox Dens, Winter Bird House and 

 Flying-Cage. On July 1 working drawings and specifications for 



