94 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Walk Repairs. 



The most urgently needed walk repairs, amounting to about 

 126,000 square feet, were made on the roadway of the Concourse, 

 the Service Road from Southern Boulevard to the top of the 

 Buffalo Hill, the East Elephant Walk from the Service Road to 

 Baird Court, the walk north of the Wild-Fowl Pond, the walk 

 surrounding the Small-Deer Corrals, and the one connecting the 

 same with the Service Road past the west side of the Small- 

 Mammal House, and certain portions of the Service Yard. These 

 walks were resurfaced, after repairing and bringing to grade any 

 depressions or breaks in the old surface, with distributing trucks 

 for both the tarvia and screenings. This was conducted ex- 

 peditiously and cheaply, though the wet season caused some de- 

 lay and additional expense. 



The Service Road west of the Lion House, leading from 

 the Main Service Road to Cope Lake and the Concourse, which 

 never had been brought to grade and surfaced, was repaired, 

 brought to its proper level, and given a coat of tarvia. It now, 

 for the first time, is in a satisfactory condition. 



A portion of the sidewalk of the Concourse in front of the 

 east steps was ripped up and relaid upon a proper foundation 

 with concrete and brick. 



SUMMARY. 



As may be seen from this report, comparatively only a few 

 items can be stricken from the long list of urgently needed re- 

 pairs and replacements that were mentioned last year, and sev- 

 eral new items must be added to the list. 



Possibly, the most troublesome of these is the roof of the 

 Reptile House. This roof, which rests upon iron braces, is built 

 of wooden beams and purlins, with an inside wood ceiling and 

 outside roof boards. Serious decay has taken place in a great 

 deal of this woodwork. The building is subjected to a tempera- 

 ture of approximately 75 degrees and contains much exposed 

 water in its various pools and tanks, with the air continuously 

 surcharged with moisture, which, together with the presence of 

 many skylights, is undoubtedly the cause of a great deal of this 

 decay. The heavy outside skylights, with very thick glass, have 

 become too great a burden for the weakened woodwork, so that 



