The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-09
State Fair Lost Two
Days, but Equaled Last
Years Record.
WEDNESDAY WAS
THE LIFE-SAVER
Settlement Made With Aviator
tombstone for $4,000, Which
( Was satisfactory-Rebates
Here and There Reduce
! Losses, and Week Will
Show Profit.

Roughly speaking. 1 should say
that we will come out as we'll as we
did last year, in spite of two days OF
rain" said Manager Mark II. Lloyd, OF
tho Virginia State Fair Associations
after the grounds had c!csed last
night. Yesterday and to-day have
hecn practical failures, although some
hardy people Yentured in the grounds,
but from the records / have been able
TO secure SO far, 1t seems that the
attendance on Wednesday and Thurs
day 80 far exceeded those days IN
1909 that the total receipts for tho
week will not be less than those OF
last year.
T at is difficult to make direct COM
PARSONS for the reason that the pro-
fits OF last years fair were put into
permanent Improvements and build
ings. This year we have spent about
$4,000 on the Industrial Building. in
addition to tho $4,000 tho city spent.
Our expenses in some departments
have greatly Increased. while in other
departments they have been pruned TO
strike about an even balance. We
get rebate for the fireworks We were
unable TO set of tonight and last
night because OF the rain, and there
are other small savings which partly
Offset the loss Of the past twosdays.
Settled for Acceptance Flights.
1.-THE acroplane was by far the most
expensive attraction we have had this
year, the total cost being $500.
We settled with Aviator tombstone
tonight. allowing both the flights of
this afternoon as full flights, although
In the first lie was not up two minutes.
md in the second less than five, while
tho contract called for ten minute
flights. However. he had done so well
In his first three flights. and in view
of the circumstances surrounding the
accident to the car when Mayor Rich
ardson was a passenger, we Thought
1t better to raise no question, but to
allow fot all the flights made. john
stone only loses one fiight-that of
Thursday. when the car was too much
broken, and when gusty winds would
probably have prevented flying even
had 1t been N good order.
Mr. tombstone expressed himself as
entirely satisfied with the settlement
made on the basis OF five successful
ton and Richmond people had treated
Mr.. Johnstonc was out at the grounds
in driving rain last night. personally
experimenting the removal of the
aeroplane to a special car on which
1t was loaded for shipment to Bel
mont Park. New York. The front con-
troll and the steering gear were folded
inside and the oblong biplane. mounted
on a pair of wheels, was rolled through
the grounds by gang OF negroes as
though it We're wheelbarrow.
AZ Good ms New.
"She is as good as she ever was
said tombstone. putting HIS hand low
'lngly on the car to steady 1t through
r. deep mudhole on the Midway
When looked 1t over after the crash
on Wednesday 1 never thought 1t
would show tho starch it has shown
In the lights this afternoon. The
motor was practically uninjured, and
An other ways the flights OF to-day
chow that the car is as good as new"
The Midway last night presented
1cene of desolation which the glare
of the electric steamers was unable
TO cover. Even the oiled roadway.
which had withstood one day OF rain.
gave way, and became dark ooHe OF
mud. The crowd yesterday was NOT
rs large as that on Friday, probably
not more than 5000 people entering
the grounds. When there was no let
up In the rain 1t became necessary to
abandon the fireworks and other dis
play features Of the night and early
In the evening the show was declared
closed. and the bankers began to take
down their tents.
BY 10 o'clock many of the sideshows
had packed their belongings and gone.
leaving nothing but framework to
show where their gaudy palaces had
stood. The shows divide between q
number OF small fairs. some going to
Danville. others to Salisbury, N. c., and
while many are preparing to be az
the Raleigh fair next week.
Concessions Made Money.
But for the rain we would have
had the greatest bill we have ever of
fered" said Manager Lloyd regretfully,
as he looked over the wreckage. I'VE
had aSdouble bill Of races, two aero
plane flights, and a double fireworks
exhibition scheduled that would have
anything we have offered.
Had tonight been clear the Midway
shows would have reaped a harvest"
Even as 1t Is, most of the conces-s
sion holders admit that they have
made money on the fair. Some or the
most prosperous have been those con-
Quoted by churches and charities SELL
Ing eatables. The manager OF the
larger Of tho Wild West shows adj
mitted that no had taken in more
money on "Wednesday than for manE-stJ
Hay, enough, In fact. to stand a loss
of the rest OF the week, had that been
Most OF the concessionnairesl
paid up their fair assessments and left
The grounds with a CHEEKY word, de-
spite the disappointment Of the last
,wo days.
Charge for Lights.
1.-THE whole story has not been told
lbout. the charge made to concessions
laires and exhibitors for lights" said
ianager Lloyd lastnight. TT has been
'rlnted that we pay the Virginia Rail
way and Power Company 20 cents and
harse go. Bit no mention was mada
Il the fact that we rebate 40 cents on
teturn OF the globes, and that we, not
he lighting cOnlpany do the wiring. L