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whole of South Bronx Park as a site 
for the new zoo. 
After careful consideration, and close 
scrutiny of Mr. Hornaday’s preliminary 
plan for the development of a zoolog- 
ical park, the use of the land was granted, 
and an agreement entered into by which 
the city pledged itself to prepare the 
grounds and maintain the park if the So- 
ciety would spend $250,000 of its own 
money for the erection of buildings and 
the purchase of animals. 
Forthwith the Society began the prep- 
aration of its final plan, and of plans for 
its various buildings. The Board of Man- 
agers, 360 in number, consisting chiefly of 
men of wealth and influence who have 
subscribed liberally to the funds of the 
' Society, placed the direction of the So- 
ciety’s affairs in the hands of an executive 
committee of 8 persons, clothed with ab- 
solute power. And that executive com- 
mittee is a standing wonder to those who 
are familiar with its work. Although all 
its members are men heavily burdened 
with demands upon their time, not a 
member of the committee is ever too 
busy to discharge any duty which falls 
upon him in connection with the Zoolog- 
ical Society. With such an executive com- 
mittee, no reasonable enterprise could fail! 
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Following are the names of the men 
to whom New York is indebted for its 
new institution of zoology: Henry F. 
Osborn, chairman, professor of zoology 
in Columbia university; ex-Gov. Levi P. 
Morton, president of the Society; Madi- 
son Grant, secretary; Philip Schuyler, 
JonumSsebaresewonm ib. Cadwalader, 
William White Niles and Charles E. 
Whitehead. 
From the first, the executive committee 
has exercised a diligent direction and 
supervision of everything accomplished 
or undertaken. It has also secured by 
subscription $138,000, which is now be- 
ing expended for buildings and animals, 
and which is being constantly increased. 
The official plan of the Zoological Park 
is» merely ~a carerul-elaboration of, Mr. 
Hornaday’s preliminary plan, with the 
addition of a carriage entrance on the 
North leading to the Lakeside Restau- 
rant. As the Society’s zoological expert, 
the director prepared the preliminary 
plans of all the buildings, dens and cages 
for animals, which were then taken in 
hand by the architects, Messrs. Heins & 
La Farge, who have developed their 
architecture in excellent taste. Thus far 
all the plans submitted to the city by the 
executive committee have been so carefully 
