FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 5 



entrance would oi^en — as a means of reaching the grounds in automobiles. 

 They prefer it to the rough pavement on Grand Avenue. This street is 

 also being paved and I understand will be paved a greater portion of the 

 distance within the next fev/ years. 



We have estimated the cost of these nine lots and the two houses there- 

 on at $2,750. In addition to this it would be necessary to extend the 

 storm sewer 160 feet, grade the new street, change the fence and put in an 

 entrance, all of which would cost not less than $1,000.00. 



Another improvement contingent upon the purchase of these lots is the 

 moving of Power Hall to a location just south of the street car entrance 

 and on the west side of the street leading to the new Dean Avenue en- 

 trance. In case the building is moved to this or another location it would 

 be necessary to put on a new shingle roof. The new roof would cost about 

 $1,000.00 and moving and replacing the foundation would cost, as esti- 

 mated by our superintendent of grounds, $1,000.00. The building is in a 

 good state of preservation with the exception of the shingle roof. This 

 year but 7,920 square feet of floor space in this building was rented, out 

 of the 12,540 square feet available. It is difficult to dispose of the floor 

 space on account of the bad condition of the roof and the undesirable lo- 

 cation. 



Another matter the board should not overlook is to make allowance for 

 approximately 18,000 square feet of cement walk. This w^ould include a 

 twelve foot walk from Rock Island Avenue to the west entrance to the 

 Women and Children's Building, twenty foot walks around the court, 

 along the west front and along the north side of the Women and Chil- 

 dren's Building. This will cost approximately $1,800.00. 



It will also be necessary to place the street leading from Rock Island 

 Avenue to the Women and Children's Building to grade. In order to have 

 it in keeping with the surroundings it should be curbed and macadamized, 

 or at least covered with a good layer of cinders and oiled. It would also 

 be well to consider placing a row of electroliers on each side of the street. 



Should the board decide to put in the coin controlled turnstile at all 

 outside gates it would be necessary to purchase 12 complete outfits at a 

 cost of $135.00 each, or $1,620.00. It would be possible to return two turn- 

 stiles and chopper boxes purchased in 1913 and receive a credit of $230.00, 

 reducing the cost to $1,390.00 plus the freight and expense of installing. 

 It might also be possible to dispose of some of the old turnstiles and chop- 

 per boxes to county fairs and thus considerably reduce the cost of the 

 change. 



The special National Cash Register manufactured for collecting ad- 

 missions at team gales, and which is used successfully at the New York 

 and South Dakota State Fairs, costs $410.00. Should the board adopt this 

 plan it would be necessary to have two machines, and three if the new au- 

 tomobile entrance is put in at the southwest corner of the grounds. 



The roof on the swine pavilion and the porch roofs of the Administra- 

 tion Building should have a coat of tar and gravel. We have consulted 

 two roofing concerns regarding this matter and they tell us that with 

 these repairs the roofs should be good for seven. years; otherwise they will 

 go to pieces within the next two or three years and would require an en- 



