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then pushed the bill with vigor, and, after a 

 prolonged contest, he succeeded in forcing it 

 through by dint of some of the hardest work 

 done at Albany that year. 



The Society was organized May 7, 1895, ^"^ 

 the first board of managers contained the 

 names of nine Boone and Crockett Club mem- 

 bers, including the vice-president and both the 

 secretaries. 



Nearly a year was spent in the considera- 

 tion of various sites, and the southern end of 

 Bronx Park was finally found to possess al- 

 most the exact landscape features deemed es- 

 sential by the experts to whom the available 

 locations were referred. In Bronx Park, mea- 

 dow, glade, forest, pond and river were so 

 distributed that buildings could be located and 

 collections installed, practically without injury 

 to existing trees. 



After a searching inquiry into the question 

 of accessibility, drainage and kindred matters, 

 the Zoological Society approved this site, and 

 on May 21, 1896, formal application was made 

 to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund 

 under the terms of the Society's charter. 



The question was under consideration by 



the city authorities for nearly ten months, 



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