New-York tribune., 1896-01-07
THE ANIMALS SHIVERED.
LOW TEMPERATURE N THE PARK
MENAGERIE.
SOME ACCIDENT TO THE BOILER CAUSED THE
TROJ' 'BIE-BIG BEASTS WARMLY
WRAPPED

TROI BIE-BIG BEASTS WARMLY
WRAPPED Up.
The Central Park menagerie. since the disablement
OF the main boiler OF the apparatus for heating its
animal houses has been visited by many nqu!stiye
individuals. anxious to see the animals arrayed in
Arctic costume. The quidnuncs who braved the
wintry blasts expected to feast their eyes on
monkeys wearing car-muffs, mittens. sanitary
underclothing wooen socks and fur-lined moo
rasins lions done ~ in shcepskins. elephants clad
in swaddllng clothes. hippopOtami smuggling costly
and coyly IN downy nests. and, in fact, the whole
animal outfit swathed in warm coverings with
necks and Jaws baudaged Ike lot OF mump-
stricken waits in an orphan asylum. What actually
occurred and what the benumbed curiosity seekers
really saw was narrated TO Tribune reporter yes
terday by John W. Smith ihe veteran director OF
n. menaReI.e. who
Talks famiiiarly OF roaring lions
As maids Of thirteen DO OF puppy dogs.
AT G.20 O'Clock New Years Eve. said Mr..
Smith. 1T discovered that several OF the tubes
of the main boiler were leaking badly that the
engineer was compelled TO draw his fires Steam
was got mp NJ OH the small boiler. which -
intended for only in spring ana falL Arrange
mentS We're made Tor repairing the main boiler I'M
mediatcly but before the work could he done the
cold snap So, in ON Thursday the day before the
really cod weather came on. rad the monkeys
removed from their old house to their new and
larger quarters near the boler.ooIG. In IN" base-
ment Of the Arsenal whore they could have lem
p.ra iiirc less than ~ degrees which is neces-
sary Tor their safety
on Friday ihe brihouse was closed 20 me pun
i.c. a. We oou.d not set the temprratur" above -
degrees. The temperature IN the elephant hous-'
which J. faithesl from the boilers. ran down to ''
degrees. when Il ought 20 be not less than ." 10
gree>. ths elephant AMI rhinoceros. when are us
only occupants. carefully covered with heavy
blankets ami got extra bedding OF stA" In th-
lion house the temperature went down 10 ~ 1'-
gre-s when should have been rot ."ss than ~
degrees blt the lions tiserS and snillas aninaa-s
were made tanly COMFORTABLE with eogl srph,y
Of extra heedins The hippopola'nl su.nrisn ,n'
but also warm waiei and We nave {" use scar" ''
take the ch.l from tn water ia their TANKS
Gangs OF he. er-makers worked on th- 'iisabt
boiler lay and night from Thursday morning I'LL
saturday morning. We wcT" able 10 starr th' hlE
nave yep, up ~" nr,IS'h,' 49, otro, 80 bs,l,t
about eight moHth- oil Johanna. ihe BIZ ehimpaa-
zee. VINO is not no" o1 exhibition. dli not suirf
from the cold. as she has nn". warm room ~ th-
Anoiher in,orman. sad. Tie six polar bears
out heat or bedding \ pAtriarcha. member Of The
shaggy sexlet erinningly remarked to th@r keeper
fine w-ather since We LEFT Gr"enlands fey noun
iains' Ana rne keeper replied. Icy. see. bur
erinds ont a mcasrc liv 'iAooi by grinding hand-
m6nh.,S sah yc,, s,f@ that he riecfliiy saouei
"Tanka Golda. d" coda no kila de monk' Per
hAps ~. mos impJr.anf occurrenc" during ir"
scaufy supply OF steam was Ia tn" Ion house sh,i"
the lions. iiger-. etc. held several indigrhtio"
meetings assembling closely together - the
Units 81 their would permit and talking
roar!agy % one another -ort o, cIos'ois- ,hrouEh
restraining hars Tney proposed 20 organize Tor
mutual protection against similar mshHps and 30
inSi" ;h. animals in the other houses 10 '"op"rai"
with them in forming s,Ne'al societies. amDnf
which nero mentioned Metropolitan Society o'
Monkeys. a City and County Organization ~ BE
phants RhinCccroscs aud HippOpotan, General
Committee ~ Lions. ana an Anti lhmmaiY "
socation % Tgcr- Whe" the fuI heat was again
turned on. hOwever. ar exciting session which va.
I'm urogrcsr was quickly aliourncI sine lie. and
after gOrging Themselves with raw meat Che com
plainanis cOmp.dc.niiy went 70 sleep pefcharc" TO
dream OF ma c,1u davs when they r3aWed Their
native iuns."s seeking what ana whom they m's'i