The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-09
State Fair Grounds Will Have
Many Conveniences.
Will Remind One of Well
Regulated Municipality.
PREPARING FOR BIG CROWDS
Management Is Looking Out
for Comfort of Visitors.
Is Much Work to Be Done Be-
fore September s.

The State Fair grounds, September
S-12, will have the appearance of
well regulated city. There will be a
thousand and one conveniences that
are provided in an Incorporated town.
Police, fire and street cleaning de-
partments will be maintained. A post
office will be established for the con-
venience of the visitors. The West
ern Union Telegraph company will
have an office, and the express COM
panies will do business on the
grounds.
Representative of the railroads
will be on hand to furnish informa-
| ton relative to freight and passenger
rates. There will be a telephone sys-
tenn installed for the convenience of
| fair officials and visitors.
There will be a supply of plenty of
good pure water. as the city water
works system has been extended
through the grounds. Twenty auto
matte sanitary drinking fountains
have been ordered and will be placed
at convenient places here and there.
ern type. A stream of water will
bubble up from a small orifice and
fall into a bowl below.
Water on Grounds.
The race horse and stock barns
will have city water connections. This
fact will be appreciated by the Wis
itors.
over in the woods on the south side
of the grounds will be a city of tents
where many people from out of town
are expected to enjoy camp life Fair
week. While there will be no grocery
stores on the grounds, dairy, grocery
and meat wagons will visit the
grounds daily, making it possible to
procure supplies without inconven-
fence. The ice man will also be a
regular visitor.
Other conVeniences on the grounds
will be rest rooms provided with at
tendantS, a check stand, an informa-
ton bureau, emergency hospital and
barber shop.
At the information bureau which
will be maintained by the Commercial
club there will be a list of boarding
and rooming houses where fair WIS.,
itors may be accommodated.
VIII Feed Multitudes.
Arrangements are being made to
feed as many as ten or fifteen thou
sand persons daily right on the fair
grounds. Ten large dining rooms
and more than a score of small lunch
stands will be maintained. One of
the largest of the eats establish
ments will be maintained by the
women of the First Methodist church.
The women of the First Christian and
Swedish Lutheran among others are
making plans Tor running lunch
rooms.
The grounds will be kept in a SAM
tary condition. All buildings will be
disinfected daily. An inspector will
see to it that no red lemonade is
sold that does not conform to the
state requirements.
The railroads will run special trains
Fair week and the street railway COM
pany expects to maintain adequate
service to handle the record break
ing '.rowds that are expected each
day.
Topeka people are talking about
the State Fair at Topeka more than
ever before and they are following
out the suggestion made by H. L.
Cook, secretary of the Fair, that they
write to their friends over the state
and invite them to come to Topeka.
The Engagement wants to make Fair
week great homecoming time for
former residents of Topeka. There
are still thousands of postcards at the
office advertising the fair that may
be had for the asking by those who
care about sending them ont