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. As a 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 about 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 



