The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-15
TO ORIENT SHOPS
AND FAIR GROUNDS
Movement to Buy Grounds
Given Fresh Boom.
S. [. NELSON 7 AL K S
Tells of New Street Car Line
and A. {. StiIIWelI.

The movement to secure the fair ground
and establish a permanent fair, which
would give two or three race meetings
each year has taken fresh start since
the coming of Commodore Nelson. Sew
eral parties interested in the movement
held a meeting in the law Office of S. 3.
Amidon yesterday and another meeting
will be held in the near future.
President of the fair association, c. NJ.
Irwin. was in Topeka yesterday and one
or two other parties interested were abb
sent and that was the reason that action
was postponed to a future meeting. 1t
is the intention to have better street
car line to the fair grounds if the grounds
arep urchased by the organization and
that was how the coming of Commodore
Nelson gave the movement a fresh BOOM
Mr. Nelson said last night that he
thought the best way TO insure the sue
cess of this movement was to get TWEEN
ty-five responsible business men to put
in one thousand dollars each and buy
the grounds He said he would be one
to be that the grounds could be bought
for ten thousand dollars. Then they
could take five thousand to improve the
grounds and have five thousand left for
q premium fund. We would also have
club house built on the grounds for the
accommodation of the horsemen. When
asked if he would build new street
car line TO the fair grounds Commodore
Nelson said:
Just as soon as We see that an or
ganization is formed that will insure the
success of the fair we win build the new
line. Our improvements will be perma-
nent and We want to see a fair that
promises to be kept up with a prospect
of getting the state fair. l believe that
this think viii be a permanent benefit
to the bushes men of the city. 1t will
bring people 20 the city and when the
merchants come from other towns they
will visit the wholesale houses and in
this way they will get great many new
customers and they viii hold them when
they get them. People who come VIII
also buy of the retailers and the right
kind of a fair will bring great many
people to the city during the year,
IF this movement to establish a good
fair promises to be successful it is not
our intention to rebuild the street car
line on Main south of Harry street. We
would build west on Harry to Palisade
or Gold street and thence south to the
fair grounds. The reason for takinfi
this route is TO have a line that will
reach the fair grounds and the Orient
machine shops. We would not cross the
river but run TO the bridge that will be
built at that point
I'VE are making our calculations just
the same as if the Orient shops were
built and that means that we have fun
confidence that they will be built l do
not think there is any question about
A. f. Stillwell doing just what he has
promised TO do here. Disarransement of
money matters might cause him to de-
lay the matter for time but he will
ct there finally and Wichita will get the
machine shops.
L intend TO have the line built and
a loop inside of the fair grounds and
have the loop inclosed with wire screen
like the banks have and then people
could pay their fare and go in and take
their seats in the cars and conductors
would not have to push among the pas
sengers to get the fares when we would
be hauling big loads.
Il believe that if the right men will
take hold of this fair business II will
be one of the most profitable investments
Wichita people ever made. They ought
to have two or three race meets every
year and n regular county fair and then
go after the state fair Wichita is al
ready city and every time l come here
] am astounded at the growth of the
place 1t is the place for fair and a
good one. The people will patronize it
literally if you give them entertainments
worth the money they will pay for it,