Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-03
R[ARRANGE GROUNDS.
Next Two Years Will See Great
Many Changes in the State
Fair Grounds
PERMANENT BuILDlNGseoING UP
Some Big Exhibitors Are Building Sub
stantia Buildings of Their Own In
Which to Show Their Goods-Na.
tional Harvester Company Putting
Up $1,000 Structure.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican,.
/ Des Moines, July "a complete re-
arrangement of the grounds at the
state fair will be affected within the
next two or three years by the carry
| ing out of plans which the directors
have made. Conspicuous In the plans
will be several large permanent brick
and steel buildings to be erected by
various implement concerns. The 1n-
terlalora al Harvester Company will
build one of these next year at a cost
of $4,000. The era of permanent build
ings at the state fair has but COM
menced.
Since the legislature made the State
Agricultural Society department OF
the state government, it has been the
idea to make the buildings all perma-
nent Only two permanent buildings
have thus far been completed, the stock
pavilion and agricultural and dairy
building. This Year permanent cat
nent building for the dining halls.
The changes in the grounds decided
upon will remove the machinery de-
partment to the space west and south
of the amphitheater and the rectangle
of ground now used for the farm ma
chinery department will in two years
be devoted entirely to privileges. The
International Harvester Company will
next year put up a $1,000 building on
the ground. to be used permanently for
machinery, and the Avery Threshing
Machine Company. John Deere Plow
Company and Moline Wagon Company
are only waiting for the Anal decision
as to the grounds and the plating to
erect similar permanent buildings foS
their use The directors have purchase
ed part of the ground lying between
the present grounds and the C. r. l. &
p tracks, and will in time purchase
it all. The present old sheds used for
horse barns are to be entirely removed
inside the nexs two or three years and
permanent brick and steel horse barns
erected a little further south.
The hog men, who have been 80
anxious for a new steel pavilion. are to
be given ground still further SOUTH
and will have a pavilion that will do
ample justice to all needs. and then
some. The hog men are to be given
the entire southwest corner of the
grounds. when the balance of the
ground between the tracks and the fair
grounds is purchased. The sheds will
be erected on a permanent and greatly
increased scale as the number of hogs
exhibited is every year increasing, and
the present sheds are entirely made
quate to care for all the swine that Is
each year offered
The cattle barns will occupy the
ground now occupied for cattle arms
but will be very much larger and viii
in time be all permanent Of steel and
brick and will be so commodious that
visitors to the fair will have better
opportunity to get around. When these
plans have been finally perfected all
the open space now lying north of the
street car grounds and to the left as
one enters the grounds by the street
cars, will be taken up with permanent
steel and brick buildings for the ex-
hibiting of farm machinery. The space
to the right of the tracts which now
does not belong to the state will be oc-
cupied by permanent brick and steel
buildings for the hogs. just south of
the gate when the visitor now energies
from the street cars to the fair grounds
will be occupied by brick and steel
barns for the horses. All the little
shows that now operate in the grounds
south of the amphitheater will be put
in the rectangle east of the race tracks
and kept together, making a sort of
Midway.
1t is confidentally expected that the
next legislature will take care OF the
fair in better shape than the last one.
The last legislature made appropria
lions for but one year. The next leg
islature will have the revenue Of the
state for two years to draw upon.
There was conflict too at the last
session between the swine men and the
other interests OF the state. The swine
men who are recognized as being very
numerous and influential. wanted a
$4,000 pavilion and large number OF
Legislators who came to the General
Assembly last winter from swine grow
ing counties were pledged In advance
to vote for swine pavilion II there
was to be any appropriation for thu
state fair at all. Directors of the state
fair refused to stand responsibility for
the wooden amphitheater and asked
for steel amphitheater. In the con-
flict the fair got neither.
The permanent character Of the
buildings now going up each year 1t is
believed will lead the legislature to as
sist by putting up the amphitheater.
which is the chief revenue drawing
feature Of the state fair. The machin-
cry men also last year asked for big
appropriation for permanent exhibit
ton building. These three things, the
machinery hall, swine pavilion and
steel amphitheater are the three i'm
portant things next to be erected which
the state will likely make appropria-
lions for The horse barns. cattle
barns and the like viii be erected out
of the profits from the fair. The next
few years 1t Is expected will see this
entire transformation.
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