Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-27
Commissioners Make statement.

Commissioners Make statement.
TIE following is the signed state
ment of the commissioners:
In presenting the financial state
ment OF the 1914 New Mexico state
fair the following conditions must be
taken into consideration:
"of the $f,S75.19 balance from
the 1918 fair as shown IN the state
ment, t414.15 was expended for the
drawing OF plans for laying cut the
new fair grounds ON the mesa, and
s142.25 was paid Cor expenses in
CURED by the 1913 Iar aud which
had not been included m the pre-
Nous statement.
owing to the general Gissaiisfac-
ton ut the last previous fair 10 the
quality of baseball furnished as an
amusement feature ana The com
plants about cutting cut harness
racing, the commission believed II
advisable to dispense with baseball
and feature horse racing as its prin-
cipal attraction, offering purses
which the racing committee felt sure
would attract a large number Of en-
tries, the fees from which would
greatly help pay the purses. Ia This
they were disappointed, as in several
cases barely enough on'ries We're
made 10 allow the race to go, al
though the purse had TO hs paid with
but the few starters.
THE continued rains during The
latter part OF August ana the ffst
part OF September necesstated heavy
expense on the track and ground ana
long drain bitches had to be dag II
several places In order TO carry the
water from the stalls whIca We're
flooded and from the track and cen
ter field on which the water stood
several inches deep The heavy rains
Friday night, Saturday and Saturday
night Immediately preceding the fir
again made the fair grounds log
aud cinders dirt aud SHAY ings Lad
10 be hauled In and spread before
the opening Of the fair
"The large number III exhibits IN
the various livestock departments
required the building Of stables. pens
and corrals far In excess Of any pre-
vious year. Last year the rnce
horse stables were used for housing
the exhibition stock, but as these
were used this year for the race
horses II was necessary to build sta
bles 70 accommodate the exhibition
stock When considered that over
eighty head of dairy cattle. fifty mead
of mules and fancy horses maIy Of
them powerful stations requiring
large and strong box stalls. Desl les
the sheep, goats. hogs ana p5iiiify,
some idea OF the increasing interest
In livestock production in the state
may bc arrived at. But It was nee
ossary to provide accommodations
Tor all of them and this labor and ex-
pense IN an annual loss under exist
ing conditions. The entire expense
of necessary repairs at the fair
grounds must be borne by the COM
mission as long ass the present
grounds are used
Another indication OF the interest
shown by all parts of the state was
the splendid exhibits In the agricul-
tural and horticultural departments
no display TO equal It having been
made since the irrigation congress in
1908 The commission appropriated
$4,000 for premiums for the various
departments aud of this amount ovei
$4,000 was awarded to competing ex-
hibitors.
THE frontier sports, roping and
riding contests which have come to
be attractive features Of many OF the
large fairs and celebrations OF the
west did not prove to be a drawing
card here and We're much of a dis
appointment to the management
both on account of the lack of enter
tanning value and on account of the
expense of staging the games.
The salary expense this year is
nearly $500 less than previous years.
A loss of about $500 was sustained
through the Montezuma ball which is
much the same report of previous
years, although last year il was al
most self-sustaining.
The unfortunate accident to the
aviator, through no fault nor urging
on the part of the management nat
urally caused a great loss In gate re-
eeipts, although the aviator was paid
only for what flying he did.
subscriptions by the merchants
and citizens OF Albuquerque fell ST.
/ 900 short of last year and many of
them are still uncollected The fall
ure of the original carnival company
contracted with 10 fulfill its agree-
ment caused USUAL source Of reve-
nue. from S500 to $500 of former
years TO be loss in this years fair
of nearly 5000 ON account of 1t being
necessary 20 pay a bonus 10 a carni-
val company TO attract them to
make the long jump. Albuquerque
being the only town of the Santa Fe
circuit To have carnival for the eV-
ening entertainment OF the visitors.
Every expenditure was paid by
voucher showing the purpose for
which the voucher was issued ard
requiring the Signature OF the lecipi-
ent as a receipt TOR the account as
stated IN the voucher The report
has been made out 10y expert certi-
fled accountants who hays done ex-
tensive work of this Kind since COM
ing into the state several years ago.