The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-07
FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK.
CASH RECEIPTS.
Total .............s7 s, 24s.s5 ses,ee5,6o

Preparations 1OT Inc MlnneSCtd Sldle
fair Of 1904 began to-day. There are three
important wants which the management
is anxious to fill by next fair, that are
seriously troubling the fair management.
and these are the poor transportation &C
commodations, the lack of space in sew
eral departments, particularly In the horse
department, and the matter Of securing
better attendance on Mondays and Satur
days. The opening day exercises will be
advertised as feature of the fair. Some
speaker Of national Importance will be
engaged and some attraction equal to
Dan Patch will be secured.
1t has been practically decided that Sat
urday will be set apart for the fraternal
organizations and will be known as Fra
ternal Day" Drill teams will be invited
to compete for valuable and handsome
trophies, and in various ways the organ
izations will be encouraged to make their
best showings.
Financially the fair has been tremen-
dous success. The net profits will be
about $4,000. All the obligations, aggre-
eating about $4,000, have been paid and
every exhibitor left the grounds with alb
solutely a clean slate against the Mime
sofa State Agricultural society.
With the surplus from the fair of 1903
and the balance in the treasury, the fair
management will be able to accomplish
much.
There are a large number Of new side
walks to be laid, considerable grading to
be done and several of the buildings will
have to be reroofed.
New stables will also have to be erected
There Is most pressing need of additional
stables in the speed department. While
the owners of fast horses were very pa
tient and good-natur over their accom-
modations this year, the fair management
was compelled to give some of the valua-
| BILE horses most inadequate accommoda-
| lions, and the officials Of the association
are determined that another year they viii
! have speed stables to accommodate al
the horses entered in the speed depart
ment.
More stables are also needed in the cat
tie department, the swine and sheep de-
partments, and, in fact in almost every
department for the exhibit Of stock.
1t is practically certain that there will
also be erected this fall or early mex
spring several other small structures, on,
of which will be building to take tn,
place of the women's club house, which
was burned last Saturday. This build
ing will not be built on the site Of tn
burned structure, but more convenien
location will be picked
Next spring work will probably be start
ed on the new 100000 manufacturers
building, appropriation for which wa
made by the last legislature. This will b
for the exhibits Of Minnesota manufac
turers, and it will be creditable additio
to the larger buildings on the fair grounds
7 Secretary e. w. Randall urges the PEG
pie generally and the commercial bodie
| of the twin cities to keep up agitation 70
better transportation facilities to the fai
ground. While the street car compan
T did all that was possible, it could nc
begin to give adequate service. Says MI
, Randall:
"One thing which is needed before an
other fair Is held Is another street car lin
| to the fair grounds. A track could b
run across from Hamline and that woul
do away with the congestion whic
marked the situation at the fair ground
7 last Friday More adequate facilities fc
, getting the crowds to and from the fa
1 grounds must be provided before the fa
Is held again.
With these three questions CONSTANT
, before them, the managers Of the stat
| fair will be busy lot from now until tn
first Monday in September, 1904.