The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-03
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Communicated.
Mr.. EDiToR:--I see by your issue Of
Tuesday that two writer's have entered the
lists against Ready ON the subject Of re
moving or changing the site of our Fair
Grounds. The committee who recommended
the present site believed, at the time, that
the Straight Line Railroad would be COM
pleted, thus giving railroad for the transit
of people and articles for exhibition within
one-eighth ola mile of the ground; this road
has not been completed, and the benefits re-
sulting from such an easy mode of transit
have been denied the Fair; and thus the
committee have, like many other men, among
which "Citizen and "E might be num-
bered, been disappointed. have no doubt
but the committee did for the best. They
had no selfish ends to meet, but, like others,
they could not see into futurity. "Citizen "
seems to be possessed of a stallion, or have
love for the term. Well, suppose he has
one, and good stable to keep him in, but
no road, or at least very poor one, to and
from the stable, will the horse be of much
use to the public? he can feast his eyes on
the beauties of his horse, but the public are,
from the badness of the road to his stable,
denied that pleasure.
My old friend "E." has certainly lost a
great deal of that enlarged liberality for
which had given him credit. 1t is not for
the benefit of the city that we propose to
move the site of the Fair Ground, but for
the benefit of all who may wish to come to
the Fair, aud for the benefit of the Fair itself.
BY having the Fair Ground directly on the
railroad, it is made easy of access, and the
expense of going to and from the Fair is re-
dueed one-half The city will not have
halt so many visitors from the interior if
located on the railroad, as it would if the
Fair should be held on the present grounds;
but the number from the river visiting our
Fair and city would be increased two-fold,
hence giving great increase to the income
OF the Association. At our largest Fair,
the number of visitors has not exceeded
three thousand. Why not open this school
to six thousand, when by so doing the As
ISOLATION would be greatly benefited, and its
sphere of doing good enlarged? Besides,
the move will be a money making one to
the stockholders, if dollars and cents are
the objects of their love. Why then stick
to the old when the new is better? Phil
Hornbrook and Samuel Orr can be mistaken
as well as other men, and feel sure that
although they were on the committee that
selected the present grounds, they would
soon get over the chagrin that all men fee
who have made a mistake. Those two men
have done much for our Fair thus far, anG
unGer their management am told the AS
ISOLATION is not only out of debt, but tha
there is about four hundred dollars due t.
it on unpaid stock. !, for one, Mr.. Editor
am willing to help in this movement, be
lieving that We can purchase the INTENDED
site, and pay Tor it, if not by receipts b,
sale OF the land now occupied, and maxi
money by the move; and what is of mucl
more Importance, open our Fair to the thou
sands of poor, who, having no teams Q
their own, cannot afford to pay the higl
prices charged for travel to and from tin
ground, make these great Industrial school
available to the masses, and poor people will
be intelligent, practically if not theoretical
ly. Let the move be made, and withou
delay. ROUGH AND READY
AUGUST 3, 1859.