San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-02
IN SHIP SHAF.
A Scene of Activity at the Fair
Grounds.

| n Scene OF Activity at the FAIR
Grounds.
There are few parks or grounds in
the great southwest that are more
beautiful than our natural fair
grounds with the prairie hills to the
north and east and the winding San
Antonio river with a pecan grove,
forming horse shoe, to the west and
south.
The road that leads to the grounds
from Garden or South Flores streets
are in good condition most of the
way, and affords a pleasant, cool
drive.
The grounds themselves are reached
after a short, shady drive through
the pecan groves of the Riverside
park.
Entering the large gate busy sight
presents itself. Wagons are unload
ing the plows and graders to give the
grounds q final touch up. Dozens of
men are swinging hammers, working
saws and performing other labor
about the buildings. The spacious
auditorium is going up rapidly. 1t is
situated east of the main building but
connected with it, forming one con-
tinuous wing. You can step from the
main building, after you have
satiated your eyes on the beautiful
exhibits, into the great music hall,
through wide opening. There you
can rest your weary limbs by taking
seat in the large gallery and enjoy
ing at the same time, some of the
sweetest music that was ever heard
in this section of the country. In
but few weeks and this building
will be complete and ready TO receive
almost any sized audience.
Inside of the main building q
corps of workmen are taking down
the old stands, repairing and over
hauling things in general. The paint
ers are stirring the oil and paints to
apply the brush when and " herever
ored men are hard at work dissolving
twenty-five barrels of lime with
which they are going to whitewash
every plank, every picket, every
stable and every stall on the grounds.
While this work was going on
around the buildings, the stables and
the race track were full of life. Some
horses were going about on their
died and others were standing in the
midst of the jockeys apparently
listening to the conversations, as
though they belonged to the family
and understood it all.
The Fair grounds are no longer the
dead, deserted spot that they
| were several months ago. They
have been turned into regular
in
just outside of the gates, boarding
house is also In the park. The main
building is filed with the cots of the
carpenters who are working there,
and the stables where the jockeys
and men who tend to the horses,
sleep and cook, look almost as roman
| tic as a construction train that car
| ries dozen Mexican families.
A most important point that must
not be forgotten is the fact that the
| McCrillis rapid transit road, that
will be completed in a few days, is
laid within twenty-five feet of the
| entrance to the ground.
A few newspaper fellows went out
| yesterday in the afternoon and were
| given general look at things from
| the seat of their surrey.
Among the lmproVemenGs Cney sug-
! gested is the laying Of fine plank
walk from the exposition building to
the stables and stock pens and this
Mr.. Workman will have laid in time
| for the fair.
Secretary Workman inspected the
whole place yesterday afternoon, and
expressed himself as pleased with
the progress and confident that all
will be in ship shape for the open ing
of the great fair on September 30th.
STRAIGHT REpITRIICANS