Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-06
THE STATE FAIR.
4 STOCK EXHIBIT THAT PROM
ISEs &c BE VERY FINE.
Preparations for the Opening To-
pight-The Ticket Business
Started on New Basis.


zechanical and live stock exhibition,
under the auspices Of the State Board of
Agriculture, opens to-day in this city. In
many respects it promises to be the most
notable of any in the history of the State,
and naturally so, as the commonwealth is
yearly charging its scope in all branches
Of industry. Indeed, so great has become
the stock-breeding industry, for instance,
that the accommodations at the Park are
now wholly inadequate TO the demand for
housing space for cattle. horses, sheep,
swine. etc, intended for exhibition. Yes
terday no less than eighteen carloads of
live stock arrived in the city, and every
train that arrives Today and tomorrow
will bring more. The State Society is now
amply provided with pavilion room for
| exhibits of the industrial and mechanical
arts, but there are already upward of 100
applications on file for the space at the
| Park in excess of the number of stalls TO
be disposed Of 1t is apparent to all
familiar with the situation that by next
year there will be required from 200 to 800
more stalls than the Society now owns, for
| lile accommodation O4 tAllDllOio i've
stock. The State is growing. and the
| society must keep pace with it,
| il its annual exhibitions i'll the future are
to be such as will do justice to the States
continued development of its almost limit
| less resources. The Board of Agriculture
| has however-owing to the improvements
made of late years, both at the Park and
| the Pavilion-some $4,000 of obligations
outstanding, and it is not in a position to
go ahead and make the desired and really
necessary Improvements. There should,
| therefore, be liberal appropriation made
| by the State for improving the stock
grounds increasing their capacity, and
| placing them on a par with those Of other
and less prosperous States. If this were
done, the State Board could soon pay off
its Indebtedness and then be squarely on
| its feet" These annual State Exhibitions
| have become recognized and important adj
| iunctS TO the development of the resources
of the commonwealth. Bree ers of fine
stock now come thousands of miles to COM
pete for the State premiums and TO find
market for their cattle, horses. sheep, etc,
| thus stimulating a spirit of emulation
among the citizens of this State. The
same condition of affairs exist in regard to
manufactures and other industrial callingS.
| The Directors of the State Board OF Agri-
!
| time and talents to furthering the material
interests Of their ow-citizens-receiye no
| pay for their services; and outside of their
sacrifices of time ETC., it probably costs
each a sum yearly, out of his own means,
| equivalent to a fair salary Their labors
are in the interests of the agriculturist,
stock breeder, merchant, manufacturer and
workers in the field of fine arts; and it
| should be the duty of all such citizens to
help foster the institution and place it upon
such permanent foundation us to insure
| the grand results aimed at. 1t is proper at
this time-just upon the eve of the inaugu-
ration of an important annual exhibition
to call public attention to these
facts, for there have been times
in the past when the very citizens
in position to reap the most direct and sub
stantial benefits from the labors Of TIE
State Agricultural Society, were either
lukewarm in their advocacy of its interests
or thoughtlessly aided in obstructing its
progress. In short, these State exhibitions
are for the public benefit, and not, like
| those conducted by private institutions, for
mere mOneymaking purposes. All the peo
pic Of the State are benefited by them either
| directly or indirectly, and every dollar re-
ceived is disbursed among the industrial
and laboring classes.
NOIES VI EREIAkAIlON.
Matters at the stock grounds will not
reach an interesting condition for a couple
of days yet, and in the meantime the Off
! GERS of the society will do everything posi-
BILE to meet the wants of intending exhibit
ors. The Pavilion, however, will be thrown
open tonight, Notwithstanding the fact
that several exhibitors are behindhand in
getting their goods in proper order. It
seems next TO impossible to devise plan
that vii bring exhibitors in on time, and
the society can only make the best of the
situation, which is about the same every
year. 1t will require perhaps a day or two
vet to get all the exhibits in order, but in
the meantime people will find the new ex-
position building pleasant place to visit.
There will be quite q number of new
and novel features connected with this
fair that cannot fail to interest and elicit
the admiration of all visitors. The Pavil-
ion has been amply and tastefully deco
| rated for the occasion, and of evenings
there will be q perfect food of light from
no less than eighty electric lamps and in
Vulnerable gas Jets. OF the former, thirty
| will be Of the Brush patent 5000 candle
power each), and fifty, of 1900 candle
power each, will be of the Vanderpool
| patent such as are used in Chicago. The
| latter system, which is said to be a very
fine one, has never before been tried on
this coast. More space than usual has
been provided for county displays and fruit
exhibits in these departments more than
| ordinary excellence will be attained.
THE NEW TICKET SYSTEM.
There has been so much trouble in past
years about admission to the Park and Pa
vilion, that this year the Directors have
adopted a new system in regard to season
tickets, which they hope may cause less
confusion and annoyance to visitors, and
at the same time prevent imposition upon
the society. To explain the many shifts
and methods resorted TO each year to
beat" the society would require more
space than can be spared for the purpose,
albeit the exposures would not only inter
est but astonish the average reader. But,
for the information of persons attending
| the present fair. the features of this years
! system are explained as follows:
Single admissions to Park or Pavilion
| will be 50 cents, as usual, on which no re-
turn checks will be issued.
| OF season tickets there are two kinds
double and single. They are alike in all
respects. except as hereinafter explained
On the face of each is printed the follow
ing:
Park - Morning 10, II, II, 13, IL 49, 10, Il, Is
-Anernoon-9, 10, Il, i, IL, H. l5 10, II. IS.
Pavilion 6, :, s, g. TO- H. T. Is, A. 10, 10, II, 49,
When the holder of the ticket presents it
at the Park in the morning or afternoon,
the gatekeeper punches the figures CORE
spending with that day, and the same
thing is done at the Pavilion, except that it
is good for both day and evening at the
latter place. When punched at the Park
gate the ticket cannot again be used until
tie time for the next admission arrives, and
therefore cannot be passed to some person
on the outside and used to admit him, as has
so often been done with the old-style tick
cts. On the backs of the double season
ticket are printed the following instruc-
tons
This tieketwill admit the owner, accompanied
by any lady, and one child under fifteen years
OF age, to the Park morning and afternoon. and
the Pavilion day and evening" during the State
! Fair of 1856. 1t must not be presented by any
! person other than the original owner, under
penalty OF forfeiture, the name is NOT TRANS
| FERABLE in any sense 1t must be signed on
the face, by the owner, at time of purchase.
The single season ticket admits one per-
son only under the above conditions. In
other respects it is like the double season
ticket The price of the latter is s., and of
the single season ticket So. The tickets are
inclosed in pasteboard envelopes, on the
outside of which are printed these explana-
tons
Life membcrShip--..--.---.---.: %
! Double Sexson Tor annual membership