Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-11
The STATE FAIR LOCATED
Majority of the State Commits
sion Favor White River Junct.
g. u, whitney, Disguised with Attitude
of Local Interests, Argues in Favor
of Connecticut valley Town
Oct, 4 TO .. the Date,

The location of the much discussed
state fair was settled on Saturday when
the State commission after looking over
the situation in Burlington decided in
FAVOR of Billings Park at White River
junction, Only about half of the members
of the commission were present, there
boing one commissioner for each county
and one commissioner at large beside
| Governor Proctor and George Aitken
president of the State board of agricul-
ture, who arc members of the commits
| sion ex-officio under the act providing for
a fair under the auspices of the state.
or these only eight were present. the
balance with one exception having in
Dictated their choice by mail
Shortly after ten o'clock the committee
appointed by the Burlington Commercial
club to cooperate with Representative
Maxwell Evarts in the effort to secure
| the location of the fair in this city met
| the members of the state coenmlss on at
| the Van Ness House. and the party drove
! in carriages to the different possible sites.
! The golf grounds were inspected, but the
| location in that direction which occupied
chief attention was section Of land ex-
tending from Shelburne road to Pine
sible sites on North avenue on which OPP
! lions had been secured. and there not
being time to inspect the other locations
the Hall farm and the Hathorne place, the
party returned to tho Van Ness for
| lunch.
! At two O'Clock the State comm ssion
held public hearing with reference to the
claims of different localities. Eek Governor
| l.. A Woodbury., being called upon to
| speak in behalf of Burlington, referred
! TO the accessibility of this city from all
parts of the State and showed that a
| fair held at this point would attract a
| large number of people from towns along
the New York shore of Lake Champlatn
| He spoke Of the many attractions Bur
| iington had to offer and thought most
people agreed that burlington was the
best location in Vermont FOR a State
! fair
! r F. Rrownell. who had officiated at
! both White River Junction and Rutland
was asked to say something with re-
| ference to the accommodations of those
| grounds. He thought the buildings and
tracks at both of those places would
need extensive repairs the stalls at
White River Junction being very small.
and he argued in favor of the selection
OF Burlington.
]. l.. Southwick spoke of Burln gton' $
excellent transportation facilities and Of
the fact that many people would combine
business and pleas by attending the
fair and by trading. The lake was an at
ira elton in itself. shown by the numer-
Gus excursions to g. He showed that
Burlington had done what was asked OF it
and more by raising a fund Of $1,000 AMI
he said IL the grounds Just south OF the
business part Of the city were selected, II
would unuuestonably be easy to raise $50, e
IO00. He said II that property We're select
ed. the project could be financed 80 as 20
bring the cost OF the land down to practi-
caliy that OF the cheapest sites, az real
esta men stood ready to help out the
project by taking lots facing the streets
entrance TO tine grounds being all that was
necessary as regards the street fronts.
! In reply to question by Governor Proc
tor Comm ssioner II. +. Noyes of Rutland
said Snce arriving in Burlington he had
received word that the Rutland people
would spend between $500 and $1,000 in
improving the fair grounds in that city #
he fair was located there.
]. J.. Bacon Of White River Junction said
the situation had not changed materially
since the last meeting of the commission.
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