Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-11
Making Ready for Dairy Show.

The plant of the Eastern States expo
sition in West Springfield, Mass, is rap.
idly assuming something Of the form II
will present when the gates arc thrown
Iopen to the crowds next October on the
occasion of the national dairy show.
With the coming OF fine. weather, an I'm
mense amount of work has been done on
the park and the buildings are beginning
to present enough of themselves to give
an idea of their great size.
This is especially true of tho coliseum,
the chief of the group. This structure
will be 800 by 200 feet. It's roof will be
supported by 10 arches of 200-fset span,
only 10 feet shorter than the longest such
arches ever erected In this county. These
great steel frames are now in place; their
crowns are 80 feet sbove the ground.
When completed, the coliseum will con-
tain an unobstructed arena. or show
ring, 200 by 100 feet. This is 1914 square
feet larger than the floor of Madison
Square Garden In New York.
1t 10 In this arena that many OF the In
teresting events in connection with the
| national dairy show will be held. In
order that people may witness these in
comfort. there will be about $500 seata
about the ring, rising in tiers. The col
iseum will also be the administration
building of the exposition, containing
lecture halls, offices, etc.
West of the coliseum will be the ma
chinery hall. This is. another notable
structure. It's longest side is 301 feet.
Two other sides are 220 and 234 feet and
the fourth side, which presents an angle,
ie ah4 hn hno
afforded is some hundreds Of square feer
larger than mechanics building In Bos-
ton. It contains 226 spaces for exhibits.
the bulk of them 16 by II feet. OF these
all have been sold to exhibitors except q
few that are being reserved for New
Englanders. There are in the hands of
W. E. Skinner, general manager of the.
dairy show, applications for space to
more than exhaust all that remain. This
fact is in itself new record.
East of the coliseum will be the horse
show building and the cattle barns. To-
gether they will this year accommodate
about 1900 head of dairy stock. The
total shown at the last national was 740.
OF Holsteips alone there are likely to be
more than 500 this year. The Jersey and
all records, and the Guernsey and Brown
Swiss admirers will not be wanting In
numbers.
The woman's building will be located
in the northwest corner of the court of
honor. This will this year be used for
the boys and girls clubs exhibits.
Though It contains above 10000 square
feet of floor space, 1t Is not thought that
this will suffice, and good many of the
exhibits will be placed In tents. Since
the gathering of boys and girls on Octo-
ber Is will be far the largest ever
brought together, 1t will present a num-
Der of new problems, and 1t was thought
best not to erect the permanent boys
and girls building until the architect
and the special committee should have
the benefit of this years experience to
guide them iu their designs. Prepara-
tions are being made for an attendance
of perhaps 10000 young people on Octo-
Der 1S.
The race track Is substantially finished.
For more than month large force Of
men, under the supervision of 40 expert.
have been ct work, and the exposition
management has purchased . number OF
machines OF special design which will
keep the course In fine condition at all
times. A short time ago the foremost
track builder in the country spent half
day on the exposition track, and pro
nouuced 1t the finest In the United States.
This is because OF the unusual combina-
ton of soil conditions and location over
standing water.
Carpenters are erecting the racing
stables, the judges stand and ths black |
smith shops, and within few days work |
will begin on movable bleacher seats for |
IL, 900 people. The ultimate seating |
will be q, 200 to $4,000, when |
the huge grandstand IL completed.