The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
WORK DONE At
FAIR GROUNDS
Midway Has Been Com
pletejy Ma~cadamized--
Other improvements
Have Been Made
RLEACHERS FOR 1900

Grounds OF state F.ir Generally Pro
nounceG in Far Finer Condition
Than Ever Seen Before-Noticed
by Citizens at postmasters' Barbe-
cue. and Secretary Congratulated.
ON the occasion of the barbecue
at tie State Fair grounds the other
day. WHOA the ~postTnasters of the
State anG citizens of Raleigh Toasted
together on barDecued pig, Brunswick
stew and all the other concomltants
OF the regulation North Carolina cue,
it was noticed by all who were familiar
with the grounds whereon the North
Caroline Agricultural Society holds
the Great State Fair every year, that
marked Improvements had been made
on the grounds and about the build
ings.
Secretary Pogue was the recipient
of many congratuiatory words from
representative citizens upon the fine
appearance of the grounds, which
were pronounced to look in better con-
dition than they had ever been seen
before.
And the remark was no exaggera-
ton. The results OF much labor,
expenditures of money and thought
were evident all about. from one end
to the other. from the main entrance
to beyond the farther turn in the race
track. Everything looked clean and
clear anG shipshape. White paint
had been used with q lavish hand on
the restaurant booths and refresh
ment stands; the trunks of the trees
and the ratings around the race track
were all white with new~WaSh; some
telegraph poles that had e~ncroached
upon the midway space had been set
back and Whitened we'll up their
height, grass was short ana weeds
were not obstructive anywhere. having
been quclled right and left; the judges
stand inside the race track had been
remodelIed and all painted anew: a
new platform for some Of the free
~acrobatic acts was already constructed
and in place directly in front of the
grand stand; the lofty poles We're al
a up for the high wire stunts;
the race track even then was in ex-
celient condition.
But the most notable thing of all,
perhaps, was the smooth, macada-
IuiZed roadway of the entire midway,
which had been m~acadamiZed its en-.
tire length and more besides. from
the entrance to floral hall to and be-
You'd the grand stand. The macadanl
is Of the finest quality of stone for
the made from hard crystal
from GreyStone, first q deep layer of
the coarse rock, hen a covering of
the fine stone, the surface level and
solid as a stone roadway can be made.
There is weight enough to this kind
Of material to keep it from being
washed away in heavy rains.
The stone for the work of macad-
aiming the idWay was bought by
the North Carolina Agricultural So
ciety from GreystOne at heavy eX-
pense. for it is laid On deep. The
county furnished the labor for the
work and the road machinery. The
result viii be appreciated by the
thousands that walk over it at the
coming fair.
Another piece of matchmaking no
ticed was the walkway from the main
entrance to the grounds to the ma
chinery building, a great improve
ment.
New bleacher seats were to be seen
around the farther turn Of the race
track. These had been built since the
last fair. and will seat about twelve
hundred people. There is now seating
capacity on the bleachers in all for at
least twenty-five hundred persons out
side of the Grand Stand. All the
b~leachers overlook the race track di-
rectly.
There were many new hirse sta lis,
twenty-five additional having been
built since last year.
A striking change as one enters HI
grounds is in the main entrance to
Floral Hall. There is now a handsome
double rooted portice over the central
door. with columns and pedestals that
We're used in the states buildings at
the jamestown Exposition setting it
OF. The stairwayS on the outside are
ned solid and substantial and covered