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The sectional scaffold designed for this purpose by Mr. deWell- 

 worth worked very well, the entire repairing, recovering and 

 repainting being carried on economically and without the slight- 

 est mishap. This work was finished on April 13, 1915, several 

 weeks earlier than we anticipated. The total cost of this work 

 was $1,300. 



Repairs on Pheasants' Aviary. — At the Pheasant Aviary, 

 seventeen cages were taken down and entirely replaced. The only 

 portion of the cagework found in good condition was the wire 

 netting. The sheet iron partitions were so badly corroded that 

 it was not possible to leave any of them, while the framework 

 needed a great deal of replacing or scaling, and for that reason 

 the repairs exceeded the estimated cost, but as the framework 

 was erected after a new design which will enable us to protect 

 all surfaces with paint, these cages should from now on need 

 very much less repairing than formerly. 



Large Bird House and Aquatic Bird House. — At the Large 

 Bird House all of the outdoor cages of the east side received a 

 very thorough overhauling and repairing at a cost of $316.15, 

 and the water supply to the in- and out-door cages here and in 

 the Aquatic Bird House received new pipes, valves, labor, etc., 

 to the extent of $469. 



Goose Aviary. — The entire southern half of the Goose Avi- 

 ary received a complete overhauling. One thousand five hun- 

 dred and fifty feet of new fences, on concrete coping requiring 

 1,500 cubic feet of concrete, was installed. 



The erection of the Hospital rendered necessary the build- 

 ing of a retaining wall mounted with a concrete coping at a 

 cost of $400. 



On the various Deer Barns, portions of the shingled roofs 

 and the gutters and leaders were repaired or replaced. The 

 cost of this item was $515. 



At the Rocking Stone Restaurant, a large portion of the 

 shingled roof was replaced, though this work was done partly 

 by Maintenance Fund, only $55.00 being charged to the Repair 

 Fund. 



All of the older Entrance buildings came in for a certain 

 amount of reshingling, at a cost of $360. 



Other work done under this fund was the drainage of the 

 dwelling at the Nursery, a certain amount of repairs to the cages 

 of the Small Mammal House, and to the fences of the Deer 

 Ranges and Mountain Sheep Hill. 



