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The work on this contract was very unsatisfactory indeed to the board, and 

 the building was in great disorder and confusion at the time of the fair. 

 Temporary roofing had to be provided to cover the great agricultural imple- 

 ment and vehicle exhibit, which had alone contracted for the entire floor 

 space of the building, and was hourly arriving from every point of the com- 

 pass, and visitors were unable to get into the building, owing to the delay on 

 the work. The extensions were not completed until since Christmas, fully 

 90 days late under the contract. Your committee took the precaution to 

 have a penalty clause put into the contract with Mr. Allen for $50 per day 

 for each day late with the completion of the work, and has not had the time 

 to take up the matter of a settlement since the notification of its completion. 



The following statement will show the transactions of the committee up to 

 the first of this year: 



Your committee is gratified to report to the board that a complete and full 

 settlement has been made with the contractor for the Coliseum, and the bal- 

 ance above named has this day been ordered vouchered. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Geo. H. Madden, 

 A. D. Barber, 



A. J. LOTEJOY, 



J. Irving Pearce, 

 J. F. Prather, 



Committee on Construction. 



GROUNDS. 



2o the Illinois State Board oj Agriculture : 



Gentlemen— Your committee on grounds begs leave to make the following 

 report of improvements made upon the fair grounds the past year of 1901: 



The committee met upon the fair grounds in June to consider what im- 

 provements were necessary to be made. After a careful examination of the 

 entire grounds it was decided that the walks and drives required our first 

 attention. The drive leading from the cattle department east to the dining 

 halls was ordered widened from 33 feet to 62 feet, and curbed on both sides 

 with stone, and the drive to the east from the dining halls to the east gate 

 was ordered curbed with stones on both sides without widening. 



The next drive under consideration was a new one of a rustic nature, ex- 

 tending from the drive north of the art gallery where a depression or small 

 ravine crosses it, thence following the ravine in a westerly direction for a 

 distance of about 300 feet to a point south of the Coliseum where the ravine, 

 becoming very marked, continually growing deeper and deeper, winds to the 

 south passing under the iron viaduct, continuing in a southerly direction, 

 crossing the road dubbed "Happy Hollow drive," and connects with the 

 large ravine in the south part of the grounds. Our examination of this ravine 

 revealed to us that nature had nearly provided a driveway along its eastern 

 and southern bank, which could be put in good order at light expense by 

 our own teams and men regularly employed upon the grounds, but its fur- 

 ther consideration was postponed to a future meeting. 



