SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 49 



Henry Jones, Archibald Thorburn and George E. Lodge in 

 England. 



BRONX PARKWAY COMMISSION, 



A most important step in the development of the Park, has 

 been the grant by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of 

 sufficient funds to begin the preliminary survey and work for the 

 great Bronx River Parkway, which will extend from Bronx Park 

 to the new Kensico Lake, a distance of thirteen miles, connecting 

 there with the state roads northward. If the Commission is 

 enabled to carry out its plans, the valley of the Bronx and its 

 waters will be protected from pollution, and the permanence of 

 the lake and river system of the Zoological Park will be secured. 

 This will be of incalculable value to the Park and to the public 

 at large. 



This initial appropriation amounted to $35,000. Three- 

 fourths, viz., $26,250, has been appropriated by the City of New 

 York, and one-fourth, viz., $8,750, by the County of Westchester. 

 The Commission is at present engaged in the completion of the 

 survey and the preparation of maps. 



EAST SIDE EXTENSION. 



After long and tedious negotiations and at the urgent in- 

 sistence of the officers of the Society, the forest lands lying to the 

 east of the Park, which were acquired by the City through con- 

 demnation proceedings, have been transferred to the Park De- 

 partment of the Borough of the Bronx, and the old village of 

 Bronxdale with its disreputable shanties, has been at last elim- 

 inated. 



A plan has been prepared showing a systematic development 

 of roads and paths for the whole district lying east of the Bronx 

 River and covering both the portions under the control of the 

 Zoological Society and that remaining in the hands of the Park 

 Department. It is believed that in the near future the City will 

 prefer to turn this over to the management and control of the 

 Zoological Society, so that it may be properly policed and its 

 superb timber protected. 



BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



Acting under the authority conferred by the By-Laws, your 

 Committee elected Mr. Watson B. Dickerman to the Board of 

 Managers of the Class of 1913, to fill the vacancy caused by the 



