THIRTEENTH ANNl'AL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 2;^ 



engaged in the care of stock. I am sure this would be appreciated by our 

 exhibitors and inasmuch as we have provided wash stands for the stock 

 it might be well to give the human being a little consideration along 

 this line. 



There is another matter of improvement that I believe the board should 

 give consideration at this time, and that is changing the street car en- 

 trance as contemplated in our permanent ground plans. We now have 

 a deed on fite for fifteen of the thirty-five lots that it will be necessary 

 for the department to acquire in order to make the change. About one- 

 half of the remaining lots will have to be condemned and the balance 

 will be purchased by our agents as soon as titles can be perfected. In 

 making this change we will gain the use of 224,650 sq. ft., or a little more 

 than five acres of land. Over one-half of this ground is now occupied 

 by street car tracks, loop and station, and the balance would be added 

 by the twenty-seven lots purchased along Walnut street. The fact that 

 we would gain five acres of ground in the most congested district on the 

 grounds, which could be used to advantage for concessions, machinery 

 exhibit, etc., should command your attention. This change would greatly 

 improve the transportation facilities between the grounds and the city, 

 as the plan calls for storage tracks where cars may be set out during the 

 slack in traffic in the afternoon. We are all familiar with the present 

 arrangement whereby the street car company stores cars on the main 

 track during the afternoon and evening. This necessitates discharging 

 passengers near the drug store and requiring them to walk 800' feet along 

 a string of cars and over a narrow cinder walk to the street car entrance, 

 or else walk up Thirtieth Street to the Grand Avenue entrance. 



STATEMENT SHOWING AMOUNT OF INSURANCE IN FORCE ON 



BUILDINGS, AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS, AND DATES 



OF EXPIRATION. 



