36 

 AUDITOR. 



E. B. DAVID, Auditor. 



lo the State Board oj Agriculture: 



Gentlemen — As auditor for your honorable body for the year 1900, I take 

 pleasure in submitting the following report: 



1 have approved vouchers numbering from 717 to 1,452 inclusive, excepting 

 No. 1,084 for $10.50, making in all 734 vouchers. 1 have also countersigned 

 warrants on the treasurer of the same numbers, the total amounting to 

 $60,192.60, which were distributed as follows: 



Department of Agriculture $ 8.886 3t 



State Fair 30, 3 19 95 



Fertilizers 650 00 



Live Stock 258 10 



Permanent improvements 20, 078 24 



Total $60, 192 60 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. B. David, 



A uditor. 



BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 



A. J. LOVE JOY, Superintendent. 



lo the Illinois State Board of Agriculture: 



Gentlemen — Your superintendent! of buildings and grounds would re- 

 spectfully submit the following report for the year 1900: 



FENCES. 



During August a severe windstorm blew down the entire north fence, ex- 

 cepting that part supported by shed stalls in the northeast corner of the fair 

 grounds. The open shed storms on the west were entirely destroyed, and the 

 lumber so broken that it was impossible to rebuild them out of it. Your su- 

 perintendent had the old fence surrounding the schoul house, recently pur- 

 chased by the board, taken down and erected on the north line of the grounds, 

 making a line of practically new fence about 500 feet in length. After the 

 storm referred to, it became necessary to build about 1,000 feet of new fence 

 to close the gap made by the wind. The storm also blew out a number of 

 panes of the large, rough glass in Machinery hall and Exposition building, 

 which had to be replaced before the fair. 



The fair grounds are now bounded on all sides by a good substantial fence, 

 which will last for years if properly cared for. Your superintendent par- 

 chased the paint and had all the wire paling fence on the east, south and 

 west sides, including that on the south side of the race track, given a good 

 coat of paint. This was necessary to arrest the rusting of the wire as well as 

 for the preservation of the paling. Your superintendent would most earn- 

 estly recommend that all the frame buildings and the metal cornices on the 

 brick buildings be given two coats of paint without delay, and that some pro- 

 vision should be made to meet the annual outlay on account of repairs to 

 buildings and roads, and thus relieve the earnings of the fair, which are 

 needed to meet the premiums and expenses of the fair proper. 



