Arizona republican., 1912-09-27

 FAIR GROUNS
Improvements Going on With Feverish Haste That They May Be in a State of Readiness for Ari- ZOna s Greatest Fair

The fair grounds look more like a busy town than fair grounds The sound of the saw and hammer is heard at all times and the air is filled with the smell of fresh paint. The grounds are being put into shape under the i'm mediate direction of D. c. Aiken who has had charge of them for the last seven years and in that time has learned much about the way of doing it. The work is carried on under the general supervision of c. B. Wood sec retary of the fair commission.
 The extension of the grand stand and boxes has been almost completed The grand stand is made sixty feet longer and it is estimated that it will accommodate between 5000 and 5000 people. The space beneath it will be utilized for a commodious office build ing, something that in previous fairs has been lacking.
 The new dairy building is now well under way and it is believed will be completed within a week. It is a large, well built and ornate brick structure and will be by far the handsomest building on the grounds, though by next year it is possible that there will be others of the same general type for the need of permanent buildings is now realized.
 AT that Is lacking now in the cream cry building is the ceiling and the ce- ment floor. The dairy building is sit uated nearest the main entrance. It has become necessary to move the ostrich pens in order that the cement walk from the grandstand may be ex-
 tended to the new building. A con- tract has been let for a cold storage plant and such other equipment as is
 found in modern creameries.
 The main building just now is the
 chief perplexity. It is a large rOOmy
 but not ornamental structure and it is
 now found to be not rOomy enough
 The fair last year had OutgrOwn it and
 this one is going to be so much big
 ger that the management is wondering
 what is to be done.
 The need of more and better build ings is recognized and it is probable that by another year there will be an agricultural building and then main building, that will be a credit to the state The fair has grown to be SC much of a success and has added SC much to the resources of Arizona that | the tax payers would no doubt stand i for liberal outlay for the proper inn | prOvement of the grounds.
 | The improvements this year have l been forced by the growing needs. Ii was found that the 175 box stalls fol race horses would not be sufficient | though at the time they were built, il was thought that it would be many years before hey would be filled There are already more than 1OC l horses on the grounds with those Ot 1 the Canadian northwest, of the Pacific 1 coast and scores from the east yet tC | come, within a month from tomorrow 1 At the late meeting of the commission 1 twenty five new stalls were ordered | but it is certain now that while they ! will relieve, they will not remove the | congestion.
 The race rack is sharing in the gen eral improvements. MT. Aiken has put 1 it into finer shape and has slightly changed the grade at the third quar- ter so that now at the turn the in cline is about eight per cent. There is another improvement in