St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-11
AT THE STATE FAIR GROUNDS.

A large number Of plumbers are engaged
in putting in the eXte nsion steam and water
pipes.
A. Messer and wife with party Of friend s
from New Hampshire visited the grounds
yesterday.
The horticultural board at its meeting
yesterday, made all necessary arrangements
for large display.
Thirty-two applicatio ms for space were
made on Monday. and several entries from
the Dominion of Canada.
w. NJ. Bushnell of st. Paul has accepted
the position of superinIen dent of the depart
ment of agricultural machinery.
The wind mill and pump on the bank of
Lake Chamberlain was completed yesterday,
and water turned on at IL o'clock a. m.
j. IT, Grimes of Minneapolis and Ditus Day
of Pennington Of the Horticultural society
executive board were in consultation with
Mr.. Elliot yesterday as to their display.
MIR. Wyman Elliot of Minneapolis. SUPER
intendent of the vegetable and fruit depart
ment, was on the grounds yesterday stirring
up Secretary Judson as to the Importance of
his speciality.
Mr.. Gould on Monday placed in position his
Common Sense incubator and introduced
under his patent hen her first setting of
sixty-1ve eggs. 1t is the intention to have a
certain number of chicks Matched each day
of the fair.
L. b. Groat, emigration agent of the North
ern Pacific railroad; James Smith, attorney,
and Mr.. Callahan, land commissioner of the
Duluth road, were on the grounds yesterday
securing space for displays along their
respective lines
The agricultural building is being con-
nected with machinery hall with line of
sbaft1ng. Machinery hall this year will be
used for its legitimate purpose and will be
devoted exclusively to machinery for manu-
featuring purposes.
Just now the secretary is deluged with ap-
plications' from gamblers to work their ap-
pllances on the grounds. The applicants
comprise all sorts, from the simpler wheel of
fortune" to the confidence man and buuko
steerer. None are admitted, as the manage
ment has determined that nothing of the sort
shall have place on the grounds.
The work of arranging the machinery and
appliances for water and steam supply is in
the hands of Mr. George Morton, engineer at
the state capital, who is also to have charge
of the machinery in Manufacturers hall dur
ing the fair. Among other attractions in this
hall, the Red Wing Stoneware company has
secured space and will have an expert manu-
featuring ware during the entire week of the
exhibit.
AT its regular semi-weekly meeting yes
terday, the executive board agreed to admit
the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad to the
grounds on an equal footing with the Mani
its tracks and depots at once, and this will
double the capacity for handling the crowds
expected to attend the fair. The railroad
companies will enlarge the passenger station
by al addition of siXtY-fve feet.
Additional steam pipes are being put in
running directly from the mammoth boilers
to the dining-hall, which will be furnished
with hot and cold water and steam. Water
mains are being laid to all the new barns so
that an nnfailing supply can be relied upon
for all the stock On the grounds. One hum
dred and fifty thousand gallons of water is
already in the tanks; two new tanks are being
erected, and when the fair opens there will
be supply on hand of fully 225, 600 gallons.
y Thus far the that only counties have en-
tered the contest for the best county display
| are Chippewa, Brown and Clay, but it is ex-
pected that there will be another county
| heard from about every day for the coming
| two weeks. The secretary wishes it i'm
pressed upon the minds of exhibitors who
can, that it will largely facilitate matters to
have as many entries in his Office by the 18th
inst. as possible. Early entries mean less ex-
pense to the management and greater SIM
pli6cation of clerical work.