The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-20

It HE Utah state fair will in future
be held at Calder's park, and
that beautiful resort in the south
eastern part of the city will be t~ans-
FORMED into a regular fair grounds. to
De used for that purpose for all time
10 come. The officers of the Deseret
Agricultural q Manufacturing So
ciety have secured this magnificent
property at a cost of s35, 900 and will
at once begin the work of making if
one OF the most beautiful fair grounds
IN the United States. The old Agricul-
tural park on the west side will he
/ sold and the proceeds OF that sale. to-
gether with the S30, 600 received from
tne city for the exposition grounds in
the eastern part of the. city, will be
used in the construction of a magnifi-
cent exposition building.
IhIs announcement will be joyful
news to those who have for years been
working for the up-building of the
state fair. 1t means a Tremendous
STRIDE forward for this institution and
the holding of some of the best ex-
hibitions TO be found on the continent
1t means first class horse racing. as
there is good half-mile track al
ready on the ground: it means a show
ing in all the lines of human industry
in keeping with the magnificent prog
ress OF the state.
Deal Was Closed Yesterday.
The deal for the purchase of Callers
park was practically closed yesterday,
but there are many details yet to
work out, and a few uniTnpOrtant legal
snags TO be surmounted; this will re-
quire time. but will not interfere with
the carrying out of the proposition.
! When 1t was discovered that A. w.
McCune was willing to sell Calder's
park Tor the amount stated, and the
proposition was laid before the officers
and executive cnnlmfffpn IF no aG
cation, there was the most enthu-
SiaStic body of men that had assembled
IN this city for many a day. Governor
Wells was informed of the proposition
and he was just as enthusiastically
in favor of it as any one of the asso-
citation He saw at a glance the wis
dom of the move and pledged himself
to Go all in his power to push the mat
ter through.
The legal snag that arose was the
fact that the State Fair associate
was not in position to pay cash for
the property. This was surmounted
with the proposition to lea Sc Callers
for five years with the Option of buy
ing at the end of that period. and this
Will no doubt be the plan adopted. The
question was also. raised as to whether
the association could erect buildings
on the property before it had a clear
tiSse to it, but this is minor problem
that it is thought can be easily solved.
Attorney General Breeder has been
consulted in the matter and he sees
no serious difficulties ahead on that
score.
Advantages of New Site.
The great advantage to the associa-
ton in the purchase of Ca.der's park
is apparent at a glance. In the first
place it embodies twenty-seven acres of
beautiful ground lit has one of the finest
race track in the west and there is an
unconquerable demand for horse rae
ing at the state fair. 1t has a good
gr. nd stand already erected, together
with a number of stables for horses.
1t has beautiful little lake, an abund
ance of shade and good water and all
the necessary requisites for making an
ideal state fair site. In addition to al
this, the place is now reached by two
good street car lines, the one on
Seventh East and the other on Ninth
East, and the possibility of the COM
pany building a spur to State street
at a very slight cost 1t is within
three-q quarters of a mile of the Rio
Grande railroad tracks and switch
could be run in for the accommoda-
ton of exhibitors at a slight cost. 1t
is also understood that more ground