Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-07

Ideas for the enlargement and inn
i.provement of tho local plant. have
returned from trip to Fort Dodge
and Spencer, where they obtained
many valuable ideas. The committee
| will not make a report TO the fair di
rectors until it has visited the new
plant ut Davenport, REGARDED as on,
of the best and most complete in
/ Iowa.
| The committee hopes to report
| definitely on plans and the fair as
s6Ciation then may plat the grounds
this fall preparatory TO work of inn
iprosemept early next spring.
Incendiaries at Fort Dodge.
/ The Fort Dodge plant. which was
i found much more convenient and
! satisfactory Of the two plants visited,
was seen at Disadvantage one Of
/ the large cattle barns having been
destroyed byffire . night or two be
| fore the committee went to Fort
! Dodge Three fires of inccntiiary orig
| in We're comhated in one night. and
| one OF these blaZea proved costly.
| The new Fort Dodae plant is said
To have been built az a cost Of S325 :
oao 10 $3.50 900. but this sum includes
! SIT 900 spent for the eishty-acrp site
land q rather heavy outlay for ground
1 Improvement II was necessary to d.
considerable filing to bring the
4 grounds to grade.
j The arrangement OF the stock pa
viiian and show barns appealed 10
1.-THE committee. altho not on q scale
large enough properly to handle live
stock exhibited at the local fair. The
| arrangement is such that stock can
be moved easily from the barns to
exhibition rings in the winter time.
] The barns ere close to the pavilion
and connected with the latter.
Neither Plant Completed
| Neither the Fort Dod..e nor Sped
GER plant is completed. a'tho the lat
| ter has beet under construction for
! four years, The stock pavilion at
Spencer is in the form of n hollow
square and did net appeal to the
! committee. "A fifty-foot ring for show
purposes occupies the center of the
| square. This arrangement was adopt
ed to shut off the wind from all
quarters. the pant being so located
The pavilion al both places will seat
about 1000 people each and can be
fused Tor general purposes. At Spencer
the seats are numbered and may be
sold as reserved seats
The construction of the two plants
did not appeal greatly 10 the COM
imittee. the complaint being made es-
tpeciaily9 with reference to the Spcn
Ger plant. of the light construction.
At Spencer sS."no has feen expended
I in making q flash front. the,en-
trance bein. laborate but not Of any
practical service.
Hollow Tile Construction.
i. The construction al Fort Dodge is
better. most of the sidewalks of the
building beins of hollow tile. with a
3p'aster finish TIE hollow tile con-
structinn Appealed to most of the
committee memhers and it is argued
that tho hollow lie. can be employed
in building here with a cement or
pebble dash finish.
The amphitheaten and hleachers at
Fort Dodge seat 1000 persons but the
criticism is made that the grand
|
might prove fire trap. The commit
tee probably will favor an amphi
theater of steel and concrete for the
local plant.
The grandstand at Fort Dodge is
about fifty-ene feet from the track
and officials there regret that it was
I not placed at a greater distance. II
has been suggested to the committee
that should 81 .erandstand with q
large seating eapacitv be decided on,
1T should be placed 100 feet from the
track.
The committee will not visit the
| Perry plant which is so far from
completed. Pemberton has visited The
plant, as a judge, and says that WORK
is not far enough along to warrant
the committee making the trip. The
"sit to the Davenport plant probably
Will be made late this month.