FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR liOOK— FART I 35 



MEETING OF BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914. 



Board convened at ten o'clock a. m. with the following members 

 present: Cameron, Olson, Corey, Tribby, Phillips, Reeves, Curtin, 

 Tow, Curtiss, Mullen and Pike. 



Minutes of the meeting of the board on December 12th and sub- 

 sequent committee meetings were read and approved. 



The board discussed at length the following proposed improve- 

 ments for the year 1914 as presented by the secretary. 



ESTIMATE OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1914. 



Finishing Women and Children's building $ 5,000.00 



Walks from Rock Island to Women and Children's building. . . . 1,750.00 



Additional land, southwest corner of the grounds 2,650.00 



New entrance and 160 feet storm sewer, southwest corner 



grounds 1,000.00 



Repairs to swine pavilion, administration building, roofs.... 3,850.00 



Fourteen cash turn stiles 1,300.00 



Section brick cattle barn 5,430.00 



Addition to street car entrance 2,600.00 



Subway under tracks 6,043.00 



Paddock for race horses 10,000.00 



One hundred lawn seats 190.00 



New fence east of camp grounds (150 rods) 750.00 



Moving and new roof on power hall 2,000.00 



Miscellaneous improvements by superintendent of grounds, in- 

 cluding such items as painting roofs on agricultural and 

 administration buildings, painting structural steel work in 

 swine pavilion and grand stand, building ten booths in 

 agricultural building for county exhibits, cinder hauling 

 and work on streets and other miscellaneous improve- 

 ments 3,500.00 



Total improvements $ 46,063.00 



Balance on hand December 1, 1913 18,500.00 



Total anticipated $ 27,563.00 



Mr. Curtin moved that the estimate of repairs and improve- 

 ments submitted by the executive committee and outlined by the 

 secretary be approved, and if in the discretion of the executive 

 committee any of the repairs can be held off until after the fair, 

 they have authority to do so. Seconded by Mr. Phillips. Motion 

 carried. 



