October 7, 2025
HAS REACHED WAITING STAGE.
Zoo Controversy May Be Dealt With
by Park Board.
Six red foxes, one coyote, one wild cat, two eagles, two monkeys, one parrot, four lions.
This is the collection of animals the city has already on hand for its prospective zoo at Swope park, but as to the particular time when they will find an abiding place in the buildings prepared for their comfort is simply a matter for speculation.
The buildings are completed, but the architect and the contractor are at odds over the payment of $7,000 in extras in excess of the contract. The controversy has reached the waiting stage. The contractor says the $7,000 in extras were honestly put in the building.
"They were not," replies the architect, and so there you are.
"Looks as if the park board will have to take possession of the buildings by force," said a park official yesterday, "and then let the contractor appeal to the courts for redress, if he has any."
Labels: animals, Park board, Swope park
