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Zoological Park, and marked it by stone monuments. He also 

 did all the engineering work on the Riverside Walk, east of the 

 Bronx River, prepared preliminary plans for the boat-house and 

 public comfort building, and for an extension of the buildings 

 of the Service Yard. 



Beaver Valley Walk. — The completion in 1901 of the trunk 

 sewer in Beaver Valley made it possible to construct the long- 

 delayed walk leading through the forest in Beaver Valley, from 

 Baird Court past the Beaver Pond and Bear Dens to the West 

 Farms Entrance. With the consent of the Park Commissioner 

 this entire work was performed by day labor under the superin- 

 tendence of Mr. Beerbower. At the same time the main walk 

 leading from the Buffalo Entrance to the steps near the Buffalo 

 House was entirely rebuilt on scientific principles, and connected 

 with a branch along the base of the hill to Beaver Valley Walk. 

 As a whole, this improvement is of great value and comfort to 

 visitors, for it provides a direct route from the entrance to Baird 

 Court through a very beautiful portion of the forest. 



Mountain Sheep Walk. — Mr. Beerbower also superintended 

 the construction of a first-class walk along the western side of 

 the Wild Sheep enclosures, from the Sea Lion Pool to the 

 Antelope Walk. 



Bcar-Dcns. — The most important plans prepared by the En- 

 gineer were for the four new Bear-dens. Owing to the very 

 irregular nature of the rock and ground, this task was the most 

 difBcult piece of construction that has yet been performed in the 

 Park, and when fully completed it will reflect decided credit upon 

 Mr. Beerbower, and also upon Mr. Merkel, who superintended 

 the rustic-rock construction. The iron doors and fittings gen- 

 erally of the sleeping dens are much superior to those in the first 

 series of dens, and the guard rail also is a great improvement 

 on the old design. 



DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND GARDENING. — Hermann W. Mer- 

 kel, Chief Forester. 



General Maintenance. — As the collections of animals and the 

 number of visitors to the Park both increase, the amount of labor 

 involved in caring for the Park also increases. Each year calls 

 for additional service in the cleaning of the walks and grounds, 

 sprinkling walks, the removal of refuse from buildings and yards, 

 the hauling of food supplies, and also of live animals. The four 



