TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART V. 227 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 AUGUST 5-12. 1911. 



Executive committee met with all members present. 



The request of the Western Union Telegraph Company for the 

 privilege of establishing a branch office in the office of the Super- 

 intendent of Machinery in the new Machinery Hall was granted. 



Invitation was extended to the United States senators, members 

 of congress, state senators and representatives, and to aU state 

 officers and the governor's staff to be present on State Day, Wed- 

 nesday, August 23rd, and participate in a public reception to be 

 held in the Administration Building in honor of the United States, 

 senators, members of congress and state officers. 



The Studebaker ^Manuf acturing Company was given the privilege 

 of exhibiting moving pictures showing the process of the manu- 

 facture of E. M. F. cars in a tent on the grounds during the fair, 

 with free admission. 



Contract with Alex Sloan for the Ray Harroun racing team was 

 approved and signed, the consideration to be $500.00 for three ex- 

 hibition races to be put on Friday afternoon, September 1st, and 

 the privilege department to receive 25 per cent of gross receipts 

 from the moving picture show of the Indianapolis race under tent. 



SPECIAL COMmTTEE :\rEETIXG. 



August 8-12. 1911. 



In addition to the executive committee there were also present 

 the superintendents of the four live stock departments and the 

 superintendents of the machine and agricultural departments : 

 Messrs. Curtiss, Pike. Johnston, Summers. Mullen and Sheldon. 



The entries in all live stock departments having closed August 

 1st, the superintendents were able to determine the approximate 

 number of stalls and pens required to accommodate the stock en- 

 tered. The cattle and horse barns were found inadequate for en- 

 tries in those departments and arrangements were made for tem- 

 porary additions. It was also necessary to provide forty-six addi- 

 tional pens for the sheep department. 



