The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-25
LQcAL MArrnaa.

The Central Agricultural s0eisfy.-The Exscu-
tive COMMITTEES Of this Society held meeting
atthe new Fair 6roundsDn Saturday last
and determined upon building substantial
sorting TO tents and temporary temples scat-
tered all over the grounds, as has beon the
practice Of most societies. This building ID to
ne two stories high in front The nrst story
viii be partitioned of into appropriate epart-
ments for exhibiting such articles 40 should
not oe exposed to the weather. The second
story Will be used as an audience room, for
puoiic addresses and society meetings, and will
Iurnish an admirable place for ladies and chill
dren to rest, when the sun is oppressive or the
weather wet. The first story of thia SUPER
structure is to have long wing reaching out
In the direction Of the horse lot, and q the
upon ii, so that such ladies' as do not desire to
occupy seats in the am phi theatre and yet wish
TO see the exhibition Of the horses can do so
rom this place. This building is, beyond
committeeha determined to erect and should
be built in substantial and durable manner.
The committee also determined upon neat
nonse for the horned cattle, the completeness
OF which Will at once strike all who see it,
instead OF stringing sheds along the fences, and
giving the grounds an unsightly appearance.
the plan Is to have them in a compact form,
and yet so well ventilated and arranged as TO
accommodate one hundred and sixty head Of
cattle IN comparative small space.
Ihe hog-pens-more than one hundred in
number-are neat and roomy, and SO arranged
as to make them entirely nnobjectionable. In
every respect.
The horse-stalls are also admirably propor.
toned, and will be all that exhibitors can de-
sire. AT one end Of them are feed rooms, where
grain. long forage, etc, will be kept, and like
the cattle pen, they are so constructed as to
save the necessity Of hauling feed about the
grounds during the time Of exhibition. In
front of these is an excellent we'll which fur
nishes an abundant supply of water
East of the horse stalls, is a carriage way
nifty feet wide, and extending round the
grounds and east of this, is y half mile trot-
tlng track, laid out in the most approved
style, almost level, and nearly finished for use
On the east line of the track is an amphithe-
atre, capable of seating twenty five hundred
persons, including crinolines, facing the
track, and giving visitors an admiral BILE oppor-
tunlty of seeing the fast horses, without being
in danger of runaways or other accidents
Under these seats are the sheep pens, all COM
Portable and well ventilated, and near them is
another fine we'll of water.
Outside of the grounds are innumerable
springs, the reservoir to one OF which cont tAins
| some fifty thousand gallons of as clear, pure,
cold water as the mountains of Virginia can
produce. Within the enclosure, are some five
| or six fine wells, each to contain a good pump;
but, as an additional security to guard against
a short supply, fountains are to be constructed
and supplied from the spring reservoir on the
| outside, thus making the place the best watered
| of its kind ever seen In Virginia
Under the direction of President Lyons and
! oeCIctuIy DlulluOch, tHt SIOuHus art DciHk Tt-
| pidly improved, and when completed, will be
| all that the most fastidious could desire. They
| are now well drained, properly laid off, and
| contain at least two beautiful groves, the
shades of which were most inviting during
| our visit. A more lovely spot for the purpose
can no where be found in Virginia for apart
| from its natural advantages, il is susceptible
of improvements that would make it the envy
and admiration of all who saw it,
We come now to another point, in which
our city readers are particularly interested
| for the Central FAIR is at last a Richmond Fair
| and upon our citizens must fall the burthen o.
| its support, to them will rebound the credit
! and profit of its success. The Society needs
/ and must have means TO complete its improve.
meats, and Richmond, in her corporate Ca
pacity, should come to her aid in liberal msf4i
| ner heretofore she has contributed largely
| 10 the agricultural iairs, and her tax payers
| have reaped the reward OF that Iiberality.
Her citizens. III their udiyidual capacity, have
subscribed S2u,OUU 10 the enterprise, and moi
one of them hos given less than SiVi, while
others have given S50o. II, instead of contrib
uting Sl200 annually, as she has heretofore
done, she were to plank down $4,000, all the
the success OF the Fairs would then be beyond
a peradyenture: Ofcourse the city's subscrip.
scription would be made conditional, US art
| those of individuals, ana II the enterpris,
failed and the grounds were sold she woulC
recover her proportion of the receipts; while
| # it succeeded, about which we have no doubt
| the city would be trebiy iInbursed in Il few
years, by the increased business Of its citizens
and the increased value of its western lands
| which would soon be made to bloom and bios
| som the rose.