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park under the Calvert Street Bridge, repair of walks leading in 

 from Adams Mill gate, repair of bridle paths, drainage for zebra 

 house and yards, paving in zebra yards, a new policeman's box 

 at Klingle gate. The old wooden ties of the fence of the large 

 elephant yard were replaced by an iron fence to match the perma- 

 nent sections already constructed. A number of large wire recep- 

 tacles for rubbish and 100 new park benches were provided. 



IMPORTANT NEEDS. 



Alteration of the western houndary. — By an act approved June 23, 

 1913, Congress appropriated $107,200 for the purchase of certain lots 

 and parcels of land between the western boundary of the National 

 Zoological Park and Connecticut Avenue, from Cathedral Avenue 

 to Klingle Road, this land, together with the included highways, to 

 become a part of the park. The appropriation was not a continuing 

 one and lapsed at the end of the following fiscal year, before pro- 

 ceedings for the purchase of the land were completed. Items for the 

 reappropriation of this sum and for the additional amount necessary 

 to meet the figures fixed by the court in proceedings of condemnation 

 were submitted to Congress in the following years, but were not 

 favorably considered. Following a suggestion made by the chair- 

 man of the Appropriations Committee at the hearing on the bill for 

 1919, the item for the purchase of this land was revised in the esti- 

 mate for 1920 to include only a portion of the property originally 

 appropriated for in 1913. The land asked for in the estimates sub- 

 mitted for 1920 and, failing approval, again included in estimates 

 for 1921, includes 250 feet each side of Jewett Street, fronting on 

 Connecticut Avenue, and all of the land inside the unnamed road 

 between Connecticut Avenue and the park, excepting one lot. This, 

 with all of Jewett Street, and the included portion of the unnamed 

 street, would satisfy all the important needs of the park and give a 

 frontage of over 600 feet on Connecticut Avenue. One of the princi- 

 pal entrances to the park will always be from Connecticut Avenue 

 and the importance of a frontage on that thoroughfare at and border- 

 ing the gate can not be overestimated. The necessary land can now 

 be purchased for about $80,000, and should be acquired before it is 

 too late. 



Alteration of the southeastern boundary. — The question of the pur- 

 chase of a narrow strip of land between the park and Adams Mill 

 Road, from Clydesdale Place to Ontario Road, still in private owner- 

 ship, is now brought forcibly to our attention because of improve- 

 ments being made at that point by the District government. As this 

 newly developed section of Adams Mill Road will doubtless become 

 one of the most used highways connecting the park systems, and as 

 the privately owned strip is within a few feet of the Adams Mill 

 Road entrance to the park, the need for public ownership can not be 



