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$376.30, and on the miniature railroad, on contract of 25 per cent, gross re- 

 ceipts, the sum of $48.71, and received from sale of tickets sold to conces- 

 sionaires the sum of $68.00, agfjreerating a total received by me as superin- 

 tendent of permits and privileges of $8,120.26. 



I beg leave to present to your honorable body the following recapitulation, 

 as my report as your superintendent of permits and privileges, of cash re- 

 ceived and paid into your treasury, and ask credit for the same: 



Recapitulated Report. 



To amount received from concessioDs, exclusive of a per cent. 



To amount received from animal show, on a per cent 



To amount received from miniature railroad, on a per cent — 

 To amount received from gate tickets sold to concessionaires. 



By acrcrresrate amount paid to treasurer on above account. 



$7,627 25 



376 30 



47 71 



68 00 



$8. 120 26 



18. 120 26 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. K. DiCKIRSON, 

 Superintendent Permits and Privileges. 



GATES. 



C. A. TATMAN, Superintendent. 



To the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. 



Gentlemen: — I have the pleasure to report concerning the management of 

 the gates during the fair of 1901. 



The work was new to the management, and to nearly all the help. First of 

 all not a man was employed who was a citizen of Springfield, nor who had 

 acquaintance with many Springfield people. Second, no one was assigned a 

 regular gate. The men were changed each day, and often in the middle of 

 the day, at the pleasure of the superintendent or his chief. A man did not 

 know until the assignments were posted where he would work the following 

 day. 



The men were required to register out and register in, themselves record- 

 ing the hour and minute thereof, in a register provided for that purpose. 



The men were asked to assemble at the office each evening after supper to 

 receive instructions pertaining to the duties of their stations, and to relate 

 their experiences for the benefit of others. They were very willing to come 

 to these consultations at all times, and in fact to do any and everything in 

 their power to make the work highly successful. The rules were few and 

 simple. The instructions on the tickets were sufficient, and the men were 

 given no discretion. An inspector was on duty at the main gates from 6:00 

 a. m. to 6:00 p. m., and to him all irregular matters must be referred. The 

 men did not know even the officers of the association, and in several in- 

 stances halted the highest officials until properly identified. 



The objections by many Springfield people because they were refused ad- 

 mission without regular credentials was a matter of no little trouble. Huck- 

 ster wagons, drays, hacks, carriages, constables, justices of the peace, street 

 car men and those wearing almost any kind of a badge, etc., all clamored for 

 admission as a right, established by precedent. In one instance a constable 

 who was refused admission without a ticket or pass, arrested an inspector 

 charging that he was resisting an officer. 



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