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provcnient Fund for the erection of the necessary iron fences and 

 macadamizing what will provide a series of 24 open-air enclos- 

 ures, well shaded by trees. The average total depth of these en- 

 closures will be about 100 feet, with an extreme width of 50 feet, 

 gradually narrowing as they approach the building. Already a 

 large amount of stone has been accumulated on the ground for 

 the macadamizing of these yards, and a contract for the iron 

 work will be let immediately. 



West Farms Road. — In view of the numerous complaints that 

 were made by the residents of the territory lying east of the Zoo- 

 logical Park it was found necessary to improve the condition of 

 the road known as the West Farms Road, which leads eastward 

 through the southeast corner of the Zoological Park grounds. 

 Hitherto the road referred to had consisted of a track over a 

 high ledge of rock, ending in a swampy situation near the Park 

 boundary. Through the initiative of Park Commissioner Eustis, 

 and under the direction of Mr. Martin Schenck, Chief Engineer 

 of the Park Department, a contract for the improvement of this 

 road was let to the John P. Devlin Company, in the sum of 

 $5,495.00. This contract provided for the blasting out of a proper 

 roadway through the obstrvicting ledge of rock, and the con- 

 struction of a proper road and sidewalk of Telford macadam. 

 The walk bordering the road on the north side was planned to 

 connect properly with the Riverside Walk, and furnish a good 

 footway for pedestrians down to the bridge across Bronx River. 

 This work is now nearly complete. 



A special footway attached to the iron frame-work of the 

 Bronx River bridge should now be constructed for the further 

 accommodation of visitors to the Park and residents eastward 

 thereof who traverse this route to West Farms. It is hoped by 

 the Park Department that it will be possible to induce the De- 

 partment of Highways to construct the footway that is impera- 

 tivelv needed to enable pedestrians to cross the bridge without 

 the danger of being run down by vehicles on the roadway. 



WORK DURING THE COMIXG YEAR. 



It is believed that the year 1903 probably wdll witness the 

 greatest amount of progress of any year since the opening of 

 the Park in 1899. As already stated, the Antelope House will 

 be completed in the spring and immediately filled with animals 

 specially purchased for it. A contract for the Large Bird House 

 (for perching birds), to be erected on the northwestern corner 

 of Baird Court, will be awarded and actual work begun probably 



