SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 89 
accepted the position of Cashier, and entered upon his duties 
shortly before the close of the year. 
Privileges.—It is now perfectly evident that in our plans and 
provisions for catering to the needs of the visiting public, we 
have considerably under-estimated the rate at which attendance 
would increase. Asa consequence, demands for increased service 
come from all directions. Our facilities have by no means kept 
pace with our actual needs from year to year, and we are now 
beginning to realize that practically all our present quarters will 
be outgrown within a few years. 
The problem now confronting us is to find locations where 
adequate provisions can be made for the satisfactory and proper 
serving of large crowds on Sundays and holidays throughout the 
crowded summer season, without permitting this service to en- 
croach seriously upon other and more important features, or 
become so conspicuous as to suggest commercialism. The solu- 
tion seems to be to develop some new centers of attraction that 
are now nothing but open or undeveloped spaces, and when 
rebuilding in a permanent way the present temporary stands, 
to so locate and plan them that service can be expanded in at 
least one direction. : 
Privilege Building.—For several years the Privilege De- 
partment has been in very great need of a service building, 
to provide headquarters for its various branches, and machinery 
for manufacturing needs. Tentative plans for such a building 
have been under consideration for some time. Late in the year 
a suitable appropriation was secured for this purpose, and 
serious study was immediately commenced on the general plans 
and specifications. It was hoped that work under a contract 
might be commenced during the open fall weather, and progress 
so far as to permit interior work being done during the winter. 
This, however, was found to be impossible, owing to the many 
complex problems that required to be carefully worked out. It 
will be out of the question to let a contract sufficiently early to 
complete the building in time for it to be of any service during 
the season of 1912. 
The building proposed will be abovt 30 by 110 feet, two 
stories high, of brick construction, and will be given up entirely 
to the purposes of the Privilege Department, with the exception 
of providing quarters in the south end for the Maintenance De- 
partment cook room. It will be located on the extreme eastern 
side of the Service Yard, running at right angles with the present 
