Rider's Washington; a guide book for travelers, with 3 maps and 22 plans . t. This building, thefirst of the group, was completed in 1898. V. The National Zoological Park The * National Zoological Park (PI. Ill—C2) compris-ing about 175 acres, is situated in Rock Creek valley about 3 W. of the Capitol, with its main or W. entrance on Connecti-cut Ave. Reached by Chevy Chase Line, from 7th St., to Con-necticut Ave. and Jewett St. (N. W. entrance) ; 7th (marked Rock Creek Bridge) to Lanier Place (fiveminute walk to S. entrance) ; or Connecticut Ave. Line(marked Mt. Pleasant) to Har
Rider's Washington; a guide book for travelers, with 3 maps and 22 plans . t. This building, thefirst of the group, was completed in 1898. V. The National Zoological Park The * National Zoological Park (PI. Ill—C2) compris-ing about 175 acres, is situated in Rock Creek valley about 3 W. of the Capitol, with its main or W. entrance on Connecti-cut Ave. Reached by Chevy Chase Line, from 7th St., to Con-necticut Ave. and Jewett St. (N. W. entrance) ; 7th (marked Rock Creek Bridge) to Lanier Place (fiveminute walk to S. entrance) ; or Connecticut Ave. Line(marked Mt. Pleasant) to Harvard St., at intersection of16th St. and Columbia Road (five minutes walk W. onHarvard St. to S. E. entrance). History. Numerous unsuccessful attempts, chiefly commercial, hadpreviously been made to establish some permanent exhibit of liveanimals in Washington. It was not, however, until 1887 that thefirst serious movement was started by Prof. S. P. Langley, Secretaryof the Smithsonian Institution., in the form of an appeal to Congress THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 445. 446 RIDERS WASHINGTON for the establishment of a National Zoological Park. Professor Lang-leys interest arose primarily from the fact that an important numberof the larger native American Mammals, including the Buffalo, Mooseand Wapiti seemed doomed to extinction within twenty years, unlessprotected in adequate government preserves. A secondary argumentwas that the Smithsonian Institution had been for years embarrassed withpresentations of foreign animals, birds and reptiles which, in theabsence of suitable quarters, it was forced to present to some of theState Parks. In compliance with Professor Langleys appeal, Congress madean appropriation of $200,000 to establish within the District of Columbiaa Zoological Park for the Advancement of Science and the Instruc-tion and Recreation of the People, and also abundant space, wherethese native animals that were threatened with extinction might liveand perpetuate thei
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