Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-19
I'm ARMY Of H0RkNEN
TO PLACE THE FAIR GROUNDS IN
READINESS FOR THE COMING
EXHIBITION.
LIGHTING OF THE GROUNDS
VIII BE an Immense UndertalinE-A
Complete Plant to BE Put in Posi-
tion-Big Search Lfghts-The yau-
deviile Performance and Special
Features-0ther Matters of Inter-
est.

The State Fair grounds VIII present
| a busy appearance tomorrow, and all
| of this week, owing to the fact that an
army of workmen will commence wir-
ing and arranging matters for the big
electrical Examinations which are to
be features of the night sessions of
the coming exposition and State fair.
The work of wiring the grounds viii
be done by men In the employee of the
Mountain State Electrical Company,
which secured the contract for the job
some time ago.
A complete electric plant will be
erected on the grounds, and with the
hundreds OF arc iightsandt of
incandescent lights to be distributed
about the grounds, the scene presented
will be one OF animated beauty. In
front Of the grand stand and along the
quarter stretch there will be a score
Of brilliant arc lights. and along the
new promenade, through the extensive
midway in the German village, and,
in fact, everywhere, will be strung col
ored incandescent lights, which will
make a scene never to be forgotten.
In the center of the race course
there will be stationed two or more
powerful search lights. each of 10000
candle power. These will be used to
show the movements Of the horses in
the races, and with them it Is expected
that the night races win be of as much
interest as those during the day. The
novelty will tend TO make them more
interesting.
The night programme will consist of
running races, chariot races, trapeze
performances, the German village,
with its immense seating capacity,
large stage and continuous vaude-
vile performance, second to none ever
given in Wheeling. Secretary Hook is
hard at work signing the best talent
| obtainable for this feature of the big
show, and has already succeeded in
landing several stars of a national rep
| utation. 1t is the intention of the as
ISOLATION to make the German village
a place where the father may take his
| entire family for an evenings pleas
ure and enjoyment, and there is no
question that the arrangements will
be carried out along these lines.
The midway features will be in their
glory day and night, and, OF course, the
festive fakir, who never fails to fol-
low the fair, will be in his element.
| Tho olln%+nI IN ha xrrilI
be taxed to accommodate all that have
been booked, and there are new ap-
plications being made every day. Only
| the best are being selected, and instead
of the same old faces there will be
| new shows this year, which is one
| good thing the night sessions has ac-
| complished
| The work of wiring the grounds will
| probably consume all of this week. As
| soon as it is finished, the public will
| be invited to be present at the test
| which will be made in order to see that
everything is in good working order.
The date will be printed in good time,
SO that everybody will know when to
| expect it.
| The indications for the most success
| full fair in the history of the associa-
ton was never as good. and from ev-
erywhere comes the word of the great
est interest being taken in the dates.
| The farmers seem particularly inter-
ested and the inquiries received by
Secretary Hook concerning space for
exhibits of various kinds indicates that
! the rural districts will be we'll repre-
scented That the fair will he we'll at
tended is evidenced by the prosperous
| condition of the times, which has new
er been surpassed in this section.