The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-02
POPULAR
Is the Verdict of the Agricultural
Society
Concerning the Location of the
New Fair Ground Site.
The Bonfeld Farm Wins by a
Majority Which is Sugges-
tive in Itself.

After Visiting the Premises those in Au.
shority Decide that There Should be q
First Glass Location, With an Excellent
Trsck-rhe Commissioners will Doubt
less Concur.
The slated programme arranged by the
horsemen and others Interested in the re-
movai of the fair grounds to the BoDfield
farm wns carried out without a skip ut the
msstipR OF the Board Of Directors of the
Agricultural Society Monday afternoon.
The Board returned from the Bonfield
tarm'About4 o'clock and at once proceeded
to vote on the resolution OF 5. A. Conrad
of hassillon, urging the purchase OF the
Bonfleld farm by the commissioners.
p. j. Palmer of this city, said that mas.
much as the Board had visited one site of
fered be thouget il would be DO more
than fair to go and see the others also,
before voting but his proposition was
iguored and the ayes and nayB called on
the resolution. The vote stood, ayes,
fourteen: Clay, Steiner, Dietz, Snetler,
Slower, Armstrong, Conrad, Sherer, Ack-
olson, Eison, Stambaugh, OberliD, Bow
man and Miller. Nays, five: Dagger, Pal
mer, Pontius. Lozer aud SweitZrr. Bors
asked to be excused from voting.
The chairman declared the resolution
carried and as far as the Agricultural
hereafter be situated at the BoDfield farm.
There Is still possibility that the
grounds will not 60 to the Bonflsld farm,
however, for the county commissioners
have to endorse the action of the society
first and negotiate the sale of the old
grounds, and the purchase Of new
taken. The fair grounds belong to
the county, and it rests with the commits.
sioners to say whether they shall be sold
and new grounds bought.
The resolution of Conrsd's called for
the purchase OF one hundred and ten
acres of the Bonfleld farm for any sum up
to s35 900, and for loan Of S25, 900 from
sne county to fix up the place. The
scheme is TO get fifty acres and use IL ex>
clusively for mile race track, Thus the
mile track project would cost about S17,-
500 to begin with for the land alone, then
five or six thousand dollars for the build
ing of the track, and another good slice for
necessary grand atands, etc.
There is great opposition being manitests
cd to the scheme of putting so much
money in "a race course, many OF the rural
supporters of the fair, and large number
OF others, cIstmipg shat O good half mile
track would coat much lese, take less
ground, and be more satisfactory Qeners
ally TO the people at large than mile
course.
In order for the county commissioners
to bond the county Tor $50 zoo to fix up the
grounds, a special bill would have to be
passed by the legislature granting
such permission. 1t is almost Ger.
! tain that the commissioners will
not look with favor upon the proposed
| change IL IL is going to take so much
money ns the terms now offered would
| contemplate. The probabilities are that
| IL the commissioners decide to make a
| change at all they will not feel like giving
more than about S25,cO0 for the Bonlleld
place instead of the S35, COO asked. There
are great many people of prominence In
| the county who pay taxes who are becom.
ing interested and who have expressed
themselves against the heavy outlay OF
| money and IL 10 doubtful what the out
| come of the matter will be.
II has been suggested that the matter oi
| q change OF the grounds and of the az
| preparation OF money to fix up with ant
| OF the kind of track to be constructed
he left to vote of the people of the county
and il is not at all improbable that such
will be the course that will be taken bS
| the commissioners,
Before adjourniug Monday afternoon
the Board of Directors appointed S. A
Cenrad and A. Pontlus to confer with TIT
commissioners on the proposed change.