VOTES MONEY FOR
ZOO HOUSE.
Upper House Compromises on $15,-
000 -- Lower House to Act.
The upper house of the council last night compromised by consenting to vote $15,000 instead of $25,000 for the erection of an animal house in Swope park for the proposed zoo. The ordinance will have to be considered by the lower house.
Alderman G. E. Edwards said that there seemed to be a misunderstanding among some of the aldermen as to the import of the improvement.
"It is more than a bird cage; it is a building 135 x 88 feet and will be filled with animals of all descriptions," said the alderman. "The promoters of the zoo are from the ranks of the best citizens of Kansas City, and they already have had a number of animals offered them which they have been unable to accept on account of having no buildings in which to receive them."
