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on that sum being raised by other parties), to subscribe $25,000 
to the Society's loan, on condition that all malt, vinous or 
spirituous Liquors shall be forever excluded from the prem- 
ises occupied by the Society, and that no exhibition of ani- 
mals be given, came before you for consideration. At 
a meeting held on the 2d of November, 1874, you accepted 
the proposition by a vote of 681 in favor, to 18 against it. 
Since that time the proper steps to obtain the alteration 
in your charter necessary to meet the requirements of the 
subscription have been taken. The charter has been duly 
amended by the Court, and before your annual meeting will 
have taken place, Mr. Cope's liberal subscription will be in 
our hands. 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
The permanent improvements erected during the past year 
have been important and costly. Chief among them is the 
northern part of a Carnivora house, designed by Messrs. Col- 
lins & Autenreith, including Keeper's room, north-wing and 
one-half of main building at a cost of $19,320.08. The re- 
maining part of the building is now under contract to be 
completed by 1st of September, 1875. When finished it 
will be 200 feet in length by 38 feet in width, and with out- 
side open air cages, will cost $50,865 93. There have also 
been erected, a barn and store-room, enclosures and houses 
for Bear cubs and Racoons, a Skating House, a temporary 
Restaurant, an Aviary, an Eagle Aviary, Pens for Foxes and 
Wolves, ornamental Shed over Pump, and new Pump ; a 
Steamboat Wharf has been built, Deer Paddocks extended 
for Elk, and Rustic House for same ; Buffalo House and 
Pens ; three Dams and Swan Pond made on the Creek, and 
a large Lake for Aquatic Fowl and Skating, with an island 
therein. The Boundary Fence has been removed and a new 
fence erected on 35th and 37th streets, and on the north and 
south ends of the Garden. Board walks have been laid from 
steamboat and Ferry Landings, from north Entrance to Car- 
nivora House, and from Carnivora House to Restaurant ; from 
Eagle House to Skating House ; in 35th street from Penn- 
sylvania Rail Road to south Entrance, and from Girard Ave- 
nue to north Entrance. The drives on 35th and 37th streets 
have been graded from Pennsylvania Rail Road to Girard 
