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Lieutenant-Governor Bruce and later Lieutenant-Governor Chanler were 

 earnestly in favor of the adoption of such a phm. When, to meet the needs 

 of the fair, it became necessary to build a new and larger Liberal Arts 

 Building, it was generally felt that only after such a general plan had 

 been adopted should the state be asked to spend a large sum in this way. 

 Governor Hughes, who, like his predecessors since Governor Flower's day, 

 was a guest at the fair, felt this so strongly that he vetoed the appropria- 

 tion for this much needed building in 1907 and asked the special session of 

 the legislature of that year to make an appropriation for a commission to 

 call for plans in competition. An appropriation of $10,000 was made, of 

 which $6,000 was turned back into the state treasury; a competition was 

 held and the plans of Green & Wicks, architects of Buffalo, were accepted, 

 and later received the approval of the legislature. The legislature at its 

 next session made an appropriation of $22o,000 for the new Liberal Arts 

 Building, the first to be constructed in accordance with this general plan, 

 and this building was dedicated at the fair of 1908', a great one-story 

 structure with two wings, 160 by 500 feet, having 90,000 square feet of 

 floor space, constructed wholly of steel, brack and concrete and of a design 

 which will make it fit in harmoniously with the other buildings. This build- 

 ing was dedicated by Governor Hughes during the fair. 



The commission erected in 1909 race horse stables, State Institutions, 

 Grange and Dairy buildings at a cost of $210,000, under chapter 160, 

 Laws of 1909. The total cost of the new state fair, to be constructed in ac- 

 cordance with this plan, as shown in the diagram facing page 506, is $1,- 

 800,000. This will provide for improvements and these principal buildings: 

 Administration Building, 5,000 square feet, $40,000; Manufactures Build- 

 ing, 90,000 square feet, $225,000; live stock pavilion, 184,000 square 

 feet, $180,000; show horse pavilions, 75,000 square feet, $150,000; race horse 

 pavilions, 75,000 square feet, $75,000; covered judging ring, 63,000 square 

 feet, $157,000; Dairy Building, 24,000 square feet, $61,000; Horticultural 

 Building, 62,000 square feet, $156,000; Poultry Building, 20,000 square feet, 

 $24,000; Art Building, 10,000 square feet, $34,000; Woman's Building, 10,000 

 square feet, $34,000; State Grange Building, 9,000 square feet, $25,000; 

 restaurant, 10,000 square feet, $40,000; model farm barn, 5,000 square feet, 

 $10,000; open air theater with peristyle, 20,000 square feet, $41,600; sani- 

 tary buildings, $10,000; Police Building, 4,000 square feet, $10,000; railroad 

 stations, $25,000; State Institutions Building, 21,000 square feet, $64,000; 

 Domestic Arts Building, 21,000 square feet, $64,000; band stands, 10,000 

 square feet, $12,000; main entrance, $"25,000; fountains, pools, canals, etc., 

 $25,000; grounds, grading and planting, $125,000; roads and walks, $50,000. 

 Under an act of 1908 the fair is now controlled by la commission composed 

 of seven members, five of whom are appointed by the governor for three years, 

 the lieutenant-governor and commissioner of agriculture being members e.K- 

 olRcio. The members of the commission are: Lieutenant-Governor Horace 

 WTiite, Commissioner of Agriculture Raymond A. Pearson, Charles A. 

 Wieting, Ira Sharp, Abraham E. Perren, DeForest Settle and William Pitkin. 

 Stanton C. Shaver is secretarv and Albert E. Brown treasurer. 



