The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-18
HUNT
MADENEW RECORD
Great Exhibit Building at Fait
Grounds to Be Delivered
Ahead Of Time.
PERMANENT AND SECURE
Practically All Floor Space Al
ready Engaged for State
Fair Display.

All records for rapid building con
! struction for this section have pceu
broken in the erection of the new adj
ministration building at the Virginia
State Fair Grounds Three clear days
will sec the structure finished and
ready for the installation Of exhibits
and the coming Of fair visitors.
Erected in just fifty working days
the great structure of brick, steel and
concrete, fire proof throughout occ.
pics what is approximately a city blocl.
from the curb line. Its outside meas
urement is go by $50 feet Built for
exhibits. 1t has the largest clear floor
space of any building in Richmond.
the train sheds and tobacco ware
houses not excepted. The side walk;
rise twenty-siN feet from the ground,
with ornamental entrances, and are
surmounted by ornamental but;ress.s
and flag poles for the flags of all the
States. These walls are surmountea by
an oblong dome, rising forty-tive feet
above the top line of the brick work
Two rows of steel columns down the
centre of the building are the only OBJ
struction to the enormous floor space.
HeSe COAulilHS SuppOTl tie uOllt. WIZ
steel truss 106 feet in length, the
length of this vaulted centre BENG 2lu
feet.
Record for Steel Work.
The contract for the building was
signed June "a. The steel work was
all detailed. hustled out at the mills,
shipped here, fabricated, painted. and
completed in less than sixty working
days The Fourth of July, Labor Day
and almost solid week of rain In
| tervened. The time limits of the con-
tract for delivery of the building COM
| plete is Saturday, but Contractor Gill
bert j. Hunt said yesterday that his
workmen would be out by "Wednesday
| or Thursday at the latest.
1 The structure was designed by En-
sineer Il. w Scarborough, who has
Il given personal supervision to the
construction. Contractor Hunt said
Yesterday that Building Inspecto,
BECK. who has been in charge of the
work Tor the Grounds and Buildings
Committee Of the City Council ha6
been of the greatest assistance In ex.
peolting the work, and that he had co.
operated In every way to have tn.
building ready on time.
me building is erected by the citv
Which owns the Fair Grounds. the con
'fact price being $4,000, ana II Is -
ne leased to the Fair Association n,
term OF Years at per cent on the
oos, ana SLIGO year. in addition re-
which the Fair Association agree. ~
Keep 1t in order and provide c.,s
taker. The Fair Association has az.
sumed the architects fees of ahn,ii
sl,ao0. and the bill for extras IN ~
Mork. amounting to about s15On
rather. than risk exceeding the An,
propriation made by the Council, =
May Have Many Uses.
me building has running water . nd
. .,,a, is lighted with cleo.
tricity throughout, but has M ~
vision for heating ~ pto
BESIDES being used for exhih,tIo,
purposes at fair times, the civ hs
,he right to put it to other ,,ses 49,.
lns the year. Contractor Hin, ~.
carefully studied It's plans and no. .n
oliities, and says that 1t would r,,,,,..
a. iaeal place for indoor athle,,e
anest ts' horse snow equal to the
', .r,o or even three-ring circus.
,on -. oao space between the posts
Ivy pS 2lo feet. If the cement nn,.i,.
were covered With tan bark "a ~
give an ample ring, while t,ers =
seats might be erected in the greo
concourse on all four sides
1eneral Manager Mark r, Ilnvd u
me virginia State Fair Associate on. re
POTTS that practically all of the no,,
space IN the building has been Leased
Tor TINS fair, and that merchants an,
manufacturers are eagerly awnitin,
the time when they can move in an[
arrange their wares. b !
Eighty-eght spaces have bee1
marked off for booths, With amp,
walliways, most Of them twenty Foe
IN width, to insure against undL.
crowding. 5s
Fireproof Throughout.
Erected of steel, brick ana concrete
the building is tireproof throughout
save for what may temporarily be pu
IN the exhibit stands, 1t is on leve
with the ground and ample door.
have been provided on all four sid :,
to afford exist In case of any panic o,
alarm Considering that the srea
palaces at all Of the worlds fairs have
been but lath and plaster, erected bn
for summer. and that in some case,
disastrous fires have swept the grounds
the new administration building viii
give the fair a permanency and stabil.
ity equaled by few permanent exnibi
lions In this country. Already the fail
promoters are talking of adding other
buildings to proposed permanent
group, including large rest pavilions
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