New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-05
ASSURE zoo ENDOWMENT
New York Society Already Has
Raised $4,000 for 1t.
AIMS AT s350,0OO JULY |
Big Things Planned in Way Of
Scientific Exploration for
Park and Aquarium.

In a report issued yesterday by the ex-
ecutive committee of the New York Zoo
logical Society it was announced that slf6,-
100 had been subscribed for the $4,000 en-
dowment fund which is to be raised by
July /, 1910 The amount subscribed In
cludes three $4,000 contributions four of
$4,000, twelve Of 5000. one Of $1,000 and one
800. The names and amounts subscribed
follow:
Samuel Thorne. 5000; Jacob III. Schif.
$4,000; George r Baker, SIS, 90; estate of
Phoebe Anna Thorne $4,000; Cleveland H
Dodge, $4,000; Ogden Mills. $4,000: Levi P
Morton, $4,000: Edward S. Hardness, $500;
Andrew Carnegie. 5000; Miss Emily Trevor.
5000; Samuel P. Avery. $500; Frank X
Sturgfs, 5000; John L. Cadwalader. $500;
Percy r. Pyne, $500; George c. Clark,
5000; George ". Perkins. $500: Lispenard
Stewart. $500: a Friend" 5000; Robert
5. Brewster. 5000: f. Augustus SoheTmer-
horn. $1,000, and the estate of Marguerite
Carter 800.
It Is the purpose of the New York Zoo
logical Society 20 raise an endowment fund
similar to that which makes permanent the
work Of the Museum Of Natural History.
the Metropolitan Museum OF Art and the
Botanical Garden. 1t is eventually hoped
to obtain 81. 10000 and officers Of the society
are sanguine of raising $4,000 instead OF
$4,000 by July 1. The endowment fund fs
not only to insure the permanence of the
society. and thug of tho Geological Park
and the Aquarium. but also for the extern
sion of scientific exploration and publica-
ton and for the protection of animal life
as the society's part in the conservation
movement in the United States and other
parts of the world Pending the raising
of the endowment. one hundred members
Of the society, in addition to their previous
gifts. will contribute 1900 a year for five
years or until the endowment fund is COM
pleted.
According to the report issued, the at
tendance for twelve months at the go
ciety's two institutions was 5.41s454, as
compared with S5s1H at the Museum OF
Natural History and s37.SS3 at the Mu-
scum of Art.
A census of the animals in the Geological
Gardens shows there are now 5.348 speci-
mems. Eleven OF these were born in the
last year, which includes the three Rus
sian bear cubs and three buffaloes. Few
losses OF Importance among the animals
have occurred. the chief one being thu
death of Spoke a small African rtfnOc
! the animals and birds has been exceptional
No epidenfcs have appeared among them
Particular attention has been given TO ven
tilation IN all the houses. The number OF
reptiles in the collection is greater thar
it has ever been. The only valuable snake
lost in months was the king cobra, which
died some time ago.
The new administration building has beer
completed. and the national collection O
| heads and horns has been installed in It's
galleries The collection now number.
over ga specimens Owing to the amount
| of space the collection occupies the quar-
| ters are too cramped yet to open it Il
| the public. The erection OF a new build
| ing TO house Il may be necessary, and tn
! site from which the Rockefeller fountain
/ has recently been removed Is spoken OF a
one likely for the new structure Tn
| Rockefeller fountain has been removed Z
new site in the centre of the Concourse
| The society has recently submitted plan
| for the enlargement of the Aquarium &
| the Board of Estimate and Apportionmen
| and has made application for a prelimi
nary appropriation of s250.0o0 for the con
struction of part of the proposed addition
As planned, the enlargement would In
| crease the present exhibiting space ahou
three times and would mean an extension
| of the building on the landward side