TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART 1 19 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 April 9-10-11. 



The committee met with Messrs. Cameron, Mullen and Corey present. 



The committee visited the fair grounds with Mr. Fogelsong and dis- 

 cussed improvements to be made at the Grand avenue and Walnut street 

 entrances; also the planting to be done on the grounds this season. 



The committee instructed the secretary to have Keffer & Jones pre- 

 pare sketches for covers over turnstiles and exits at Grand Avenue, the 

 plan to provide for four entrances, turnstiles and one exit on the south 

 side and one exit and one six-foot gate to be used as an exit on the north 

 side of Grand Avenue. 



The committee also approved the plan for extending the cement walk 

 on the north and south sides of Grand avenue to the pavement on East 

 Thirtieth street; also the walk on the north and south sides of Walnut 

 street entrance to the pavement in place on Thirtieth street. 



The secretary was instructed to prepare plans and specifications and 

 advertise for bids on the cement walk, cement floor in the Exposition 

 Building and approximately 1,000 feet of four-foot storm sewer. 



The superintendent of grounds was directed to proceed with the build- 

 ing of 32 county booths in the Agricultural Building; also 28 booths for 

 individual farm exhibits. 



Mr. Fogelsong was instructed to proceed with the planting of shrubs 

 and street trees "and beautify the entrances at Grand avenue and Walnut 

 streets as per plans submitted. 



The committee approved the contract submitted by Mr. Herbert Kline 

 for the "Garden of Rides." 



The committee had a conference with Mr. C. D. Nichols and purchased 

 his property at 3209 East University avenue for the sum of $2,800.00. 

 The secretary was also instructed to negotiate with Mr. Norgar, Mr. Aul- 

 man and Mr. Manfredo and to purchase their property if the same could 

 be secured at a figure consistent with the appraisement made by the 

 committee. 



The committee met with Mr. Sloss of the Des Moines City Railway to 

 ascertain if it would be possible to bring three carloads of government 

 exhibits in over the Thirtieth street line and switch them to the side- 

 tracks along the south side of Power Hall. They also discussed with 

 Mr. Sloss the possibility of building a sidetrack and an unloading plat- 

 form inside the fair grounds along East University avenue. 



The secretary presented a proposition for the Mahaffa Orchestra, con- 

 sisting of twelve girls and boys between fourteen and seventeen years of 

 age, the orchestra to play four hours a day for seven days for the sum 

 of $225.00. 



The committee accepted the proposition and instructed the secretary 

 to make the contract. 



The committee also met Dean Schooler and C. C. Van Vliet, president 

 and secretary of the Des Moines Automobile Dealers' Association, at the 

 fair grounds and made arrangements to locate the automobile, truck and 



