The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-10
Would Be at Fair Grounds for
Sale Purposes.
WIDTH OF 400 FEET.
Seats for Several Thousand PeO'
pie to Be Provided.
Might Also Be Used for Indoor
Football Games.

ion on the fair grounds. The building
will be four hundred feet in diameter
and will be cornmodious enough and
suitable for live stock shows of every
description. 1t is proposed to maintain
the building for the use of live stock
breeders free of expense and if erected
will bring Topeka the sales of vast
number of head of fine live stock of
every description. There is now no sale
pavilion in the state of Kansas the
nearest being in Kansas City, Mo. The
members of the exposition will make
this building the next addition to the
improvement of the fair ground. If
possible its construction will be COM
menced this winter. 1t is desirable
to have it for use at the earliest time
possible.
Henry w. McAfee, a director of the
Exposition company, laid the idea be-
fore the Topeka Commercial club at
its meeting Wednesday night and Sc
cured the appointment of a committee
of three from the Commercial club to
confer withsa committee of equal num-
Der from the Exposition company in
regard to means for securing the
building. 1t is proposed that the Com
mercial club lend its assistance and
Mr. McAfee has suggested that the
money pledged by the club last falI
for. the benefit of the state fair be now
collected and devoted to the new pro-
ject. OF the $1,000 pledged by the clup
not more than 81 900 was raised last
fall 1t is believed that the committee
will agree upon a report under Whlch
the cost of the building should be
shared equally by the two ofgan1za-
TONS Such a pavilion as is desired
would cost at least $4,000. The mem
bers of the committee from the Com
mercial club are T. ]. Anderson, H w.
McAfee and Frank Foster.
In form the building proposed Will
be an octagon. It's greatest width
throughout will be about 400 feet.
through II, the center of this would run
parade arena for the exhibition OF
stock This arena would be $50 feet
wide and have exits at opposite sldes
of the building. On either side would
be arranged seats for several thousand
people, A large number of stalls for
the accommodation of blooded horses
during fair time and for any stock on
sale at other times would be provided
for around the circumference of the
building beneath the highest seats OF
the amphithea ter. With this aecommo-
dation Topeka would be possessed OF
every facility for successful winter
horse shows. AS far as size goes the
arena of the pavilion would be large
enough to accompodate football
gridiron so that games might be
played under shelter. as in Chicago.
Mr. McAIee Is urgently DOOHllHS the
pavilion proposition and is confident of
its success. Speaking of the project
last night he said:
with a sale pavilion Topeka will be
able to take care of live stock sales of
any size and will secure as many of
them as she would want. 1t is to the
interest of breeders in making public
sales to place them on the market I'M
der the most advantageous circum-
stances. Although there are many live
stock breeders of consequence in this
end of the state, there are no sale pa
vilions nearer than Kansas City. Most
breeders would be anxious to pay the
expense of bringing their stock to To-
peka from any reasonable distance on
account of the added advantage of get
ting their stock before the purchasing
public. Sales held at farms are al
ways under disadvantage. For in
stance, take the sale on the NJ. A. Low
ranch at Horton last week. There is
but one train in the morning to Hor-
ton. A party of six breeders who were
obliged to come via Topeka to get to
the sale missed train connections here
and missed the sale entirely. At Hor-
ton there were only poor accommoda-
lions for taking care of the visitors
Considering the value of the business
that might be brought tc Topeka the
cost of the pavilion would be inconse-
Quential and 1 do not anticipate much
difficulty in getting support for it. We
want 1t at once, and I hone there NAV
Live stock sales are in progress every
month in the year. and the sooner we
commence getting them here the bet
ter for u.s.
President John E. Frost of the CONNER
cial club last night named H. w. McAfee
the meeting of the National Live Stock
Breeders association at Portland, Ore,
during the e., coming month MI McAfee
ings are attended by from 1,500 to 1900
stock men in all departments of the bust
ness and from every part of the country.
1t is an influential organization for the
promotion of the live stock industry.
pF90asipnal G4ntract With the PARKER
| agreed in by the Commercial club last
night looking forward. to the Semi-Cen-
by members of the club. It is desired
house ground during the week of the cell
ebration. There will be at least ten sep
ton. The Commercial club will use its in
fluence with the city council toward Sc
curing advantages of exclusive rights for
show purposes during the week from May
80 to June 4
The following new members were ad-
mitted to the club last night: The Gatlin
Drug company. the August Clothing COM
pany, Eckert & Walker, grocers, and w
F; Bellman, restaurateur;
tee consisting of % printed pages. bound
with paper, were distributed among the
members OF the CluD last night. Inc
substance of this report has hitherto been
published.
During the next week a special commit
tee of the club will prepare its recon-
mendation of nominees for the offices of
the club. These names will be posted for
fifteen days before the club meeting. This
is the new arrangement for making NOM
nations for all offices as decided upon
at a previous club meeting.
Langley Offers Explanation.
Washington. Dec. 10.-Dr S. P. Lang
ley, whose aerodrome failed to fly yes
terday said today: Il can not state
now lust what is the damage to the