Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
FOR THE BIG SHOW
Work at the State Fair Grounds Being
Pushed Along.
EVERYTHING TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME
cities of the state Invited to Join
the Great Parade that VIII
he Upon the streets
Mt Night.

Work goes bravely on at the Nebraska
state fair grounds. and more and more It
looks as If the inaugural meeting here in
September next was going to totally and
incontinently eclipse any previous fair ever
held in the state, If not in the west. The
new White City is assuming an air of com
pletion that is enhancing to behold and the
state board is deserving of the fullest need
of praise for its hustling qualities. The
members have used the best Of discrimina-
ton and judgment in all their work so far
ana have been ~untiring in their determine
tion to push things along to a finish. They
are immensely pleased at their success. If
the state board is pleased. however, the
board Of directors, which constitutes the
immediate local management, is irrepressibly
jubilant over the glorious prospects for this
magnificent autumnal jubilee, and each days
revolutions see 1t spurred on to renewed
activity and diligence. Its reward lies
in the fact that it is accomplishing great
things for the general people; that it is
giving Omaha a boost that promises to lift
her bodily and forever from the slough of
dependency and hard times.
The local board consists of z. T. Lindsey,
president; Will X. Bennett, G. w. Kelly,
Frank d. Brown, William Krug, Oscar Pic
ard, j. e. Baum, j.. S. Montgomery and G.
N. Hicks, with j. e. UT as an advisory mem
Der. They are on the go from early till
late, assiduous and energetic in everything
that is calculated to augment the prospects
Of the fair and the fall feast and to en-
nance the general interests of the common
wealth.
FOR REACHING Fl GROUNDS.
A glance outside the bustling confines of
the White City shows an approximate degree
Of push and accomplishment The railroads
are all engaged preparing their lines to and
from this jollifcation metropolis in an
ticipatlon of the stupendous influx of people
here in September. The hitch with the
Missouri Pacific has been amicably and salts
factorily adjusted, and this road, with the
Union Pacific, the Elkhorn, Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
and Burlington, all have access to the
grounds. Everything between the fair
people and the railroads has been fully con
summated and every line will be in operation
by September l, and this means hundreds Of
thousands of visitors for Omaha. The street
railway, too, Is on deck, and has already be
gun work on it's line out Leavenworth street
TO the grounds. The company is putting In
crossings over the Union Pacific tracks anG
clearing the line for its tracks. There is t
be a loop formed by L~eavenworth and Center
streets, the first to be completed within thu
next six weeks and to be known as the
Leavenworth street section. The Center
SNIttl Ilut VIII pt COlsNluCltu early utA
spring, when a complete system of electric
transportation will have been established.
There need be no apprehension entertained
as to the supply of delicious water for thu
White City, for this indispensable a%ccessor!
has been already provided for. The watel
works system will consist Of six large drive
wells, two of which are already in operation
located at convenient points on the grounds
There Will be huge iron tanks, into which
the water will be pumped, and from which
the piping throughout the enclosure viii
radiate. The one at the fisheries building
will be the largest Of the series, as a vas
quantity of fresh water will be required
here daily. Commissioner Lew May is de
termined to make this department the mos
interesting OF all the great display. TIL,
water obtained from the two wells alread,
driven is voluminous in quantity and par eX
cellence in quality-clear as crystal, cold ant
refreshing.
WHEN THE GROUNDS ARE OPENED.
Along about September l it is the presen
idea to dedicate the White City and ground
to the public. For the entertainment Of thu
crowds that will flock there on this auspiciou
day a card of races will be arranged. Thes,
races are TO have the very best LEGAL nags
as well as several of the cracks from abroad
Sufficient inducement will be offered to sc
cure these, as 1t is the very commendabli
intention on the part CT the management t
see that nothing is done by halves on thes,
grounds.
On dedicatory day all the buildings will b.
in the highest state of finish and ready 70
occupancy, the railroads will all have com
pleted their lines, and each will run an eX
c~ursion, besides the special arrangement
that will be made by the street railwa.
people. This is all to be done before tn,
grounds are turned over to the State Boar
of Agriculture, for it must be borne in min
that all this expenditure of time and none,
is not solely in the interests of the state fair
which has been located here for five years
but with the idea of supplying a perpetua
place Of resort, a place for espositions, inter
state demonstrations, encampments and :
on and so forth, ad ininitum.
The Omaha Driving Park association
RAPIDLY completing one Of the best regulation
mile tracks In the world, not merely for tn
state fair races, but for annual racing SEES
sions, trotting and running, both spring an
fall. The association has spent S4O 600 |
excess of the original allowance for the en-
terprise, simply because the stakeholder
foresee in 1t great benefits to Omaha.
The state board is industriously engage
In advertising the fair. One hundred thou
sand copies of Bulletin Nos. ! and 2 hay
been issued, and this week 200, 600 copies G
No. 8 will be distributed broadcast over tn
country. The big show bills, hangers, litho
graphs ard other advertising matter will b
forthcoming as rapidly as possible. In
annual passes have been sent out and al
newspapers throughout the state which nav
not been supplied with an annual will b
furnished daily admission cards on applica
ton. There is no disposition on the part G
the management to be niggardly in this re
gard.
=. Ex-Governor Furnas has designed a nea
invitation card in silver and gold. Throug
the card are stuck two pins, the golden hea
of one being an ear Of corn and the other
sugar beet, while in the four corners ar
announcements of the state fair, the Feast
Mondamin, the Nebraska parade and tn
5 coronation Of King Ak-sar-ben.
OUTSIDE CITIES INVITED.
The Nebraska parade committee has In
vlted each of the principal cities in the stat
} to furnish a float, representative of the
r especial interests, and to raise the standar
T OF these contributions the Omaha Bushes
Mems association offers a cash premium fc
e the two best productions, $3.50 to the first an
SIS to the second, Douglas county not con
petlng.
e The management Of the Douglas Count
Agricultural society, according to Bullet
No. 8. in view of aiding in every possib'
way the coming state fair, has among i
special attractions, the finest classihcatio
: and most extensive list of premiums evt
q offered by any agricultural society in II
country, east and west, for a baby shoN
The premiums are donated by the Omaf
a merchants and business men and ran all Il
, W6y in value from 81 TO $25, and are re