Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-30
TIL OPENING.
DEDICATION OF TIE EXPOSITION
BUILDING
Brilliant scene and Great success-The
Charity Ball and Entertainment
to be Repeated Tonight.

to be Repeated Tonight.
Notwithstanding the drenching rain last
evening, and in consequence the muddy snd
slippery condition Of the streets, fully $500
of Sacramento's people assembled at the
grand charity and dedication entertainment
at the new exposition building. The enter
tainment was given for the benefit of the
Howard Benevolent Society, Catholic Banev-
client Society, Protestant Orphan Asylum
spacious building was decorated in the highest
degree Of the decorators art for the occasion,
and brilliantly Illuminated with gas. The
band, of twenty pieces, under the leader.
ship Of Charles Neale, rendered as excellent
music as ever entertained Sacramento audi
enca. The different booths were elegantly
decorated and spread about the capsc;ous
building, reminding one rather of the brilliant
shops Of large city than the booths of a
| charity fair. The ladies of some Of the
/ booths, particularly that of the Turkish,
| dressed in costume, and were uutlrlng in their
| efforts "to make a penny for the poor"
! At $50 the band played Tsnhsuser (Wag
ner) after which r. Dale, President of the
! Executive Committee, introduced Hon. Z. A.
Finisan, President of the State Board of
Agriculture, who spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We have met here to-
day for the purpose Of formally accepting this new
| Pavilion. Ia passing, | have to say that the State
Capitol Commissioners, and the State Agricultural
Society, TO whom committed the trust OF erect
| ing this builtmg, have, after due consideration,
! formally accepted the same We have here, as in
everything that the State Agricultural Society un-
dertakes to 40 the results as If it for in
| divijua account. We have a building that cost
! so 600 and 1t cannot be duplicated for less than
500 300. With pride say, this is the first public
building ever built in California that gees on record
| as this building does The contract price for the
! erection Of the building including material, was
| under $4,000 We, therefore, have grand public
| building erected without suspicion or faint Of cd-
| latlou 1t Is proper that this should be So it is
intended to conserve the interests Of the honest.
Woodworking industrial classes of the State Your
| presence has been invited for a double purpose.
/ First-That you, too, inspect and criticise the
! work done by public officers And the two public
bodies to whom was committed the work Of super
| intending, cordially and most earnestly solicit
/ thorough scrutiny and thorough and unfiinchng
sire from every source, faithful honest and inteli.
gent criticism and complaint, also, if need be.
Secoui-lf you feel free 20 commend the work OF
YOU aEents we desire an expression Of lust salts
faction in the work DONE and cordial and profound
and active sympathy in the cause here represented.
That the completion and acceptance OF this Pa
yiiion inaugurates new era in the history of our
industrial interests, will DENY, and there
fore ask that you may now give momentum TO the
grand enterprise by enthusiastic support Of all the
well conceived plans Of the State Agricultural So
cety and the industrial interests Of the State Of
California. We now accept this noble structure
a State building and the presiding officer Of the
occasion, | express the heartfelt thanks Of the Sc
ciety to the good people OF Sacramento and to all
the taxpayers WHO have aided US so Literally in &C
comprising this grand purpose.
Hon. b. NJ. LaRue Chsirmsn of tbs
Bull ling Committee OF the Society, was next
introduced. He said that the State had long
| needed comnodious structure where could
be properly exhibited the industries of the
State. The present building, he said, was Gn
ornament, not only to Sacramento, but to
the Ssste, ard one that any State in the
Union NIGH be proud of. He briefly gave
an outline Of the passage of the bill at the
last Legislature, of the assistance Of the
I city and county of Sacramento. He
said that g, 900 people could assemble
within its walls fully 900 could be accom-.
modated in It's galleries. There has been
! used, be said, in the construction of this i'm
meuse building, $50, 900 test of rough lumber,
IS, 600 feet Of rustic. 50 600 feet of wainscot-
| ing, 10000 feet Of Fl oring, COO eco shin
giles. 800 yards plastering, IS tons or 112 900
| pounds wrought iron, y tons or q coo pounds
cast iron, 500 kegs or 80 0OO pounds nails,
SO coo square feet of glass, y COO feet of gas
! pipe, 15C0 to 1900 gas burners, TO-
coo extra bolts, in addition to
those required by the specifications,
In painting and elszing 15OO gallons OF oil
was used, 10 $50 pounds Of lead I, 80 pounds
OF putty. Thsre are 800 windows, exclusive
OF skyhyhts. The dimensions of the build
ing are as follows: Hight from floor to caves,
% feet; from floor TO apex, SO fest; to top of
dome, I29 feet; to top of flagstaff, 100 feet.
Weight Of dome trusses, which were raised
at one time, 40 tons. Tue floor rests upon
6IS brick piers, laid in cemeu', independent
OF the foundation walls. The upper flor
rests upon cement piers also, independent of
| lower fl Dor or walls. The area Of the floor
surface Is: Main hall, Is, $50 square feet :;
| horticultural bail, 1900 square feet; ma
| chinery hall, II GOO square feet; in
dustrial hall, Y O00 tQuare feet ;
art gallery, 1900 square feet
| couservatorieC. Il. 500 feet grand promenade
/ gallery, Il 600 feet; total h,or surface,
l24, 000 feet. Ga this gallery can ). 900 people
/ promenade st enc tine, or l, 600 csn be coz.
| ye1iently seated around the balcony, and
allow sufficient space for 1000 persons to
| promenade. L. W. McKillican, contractor,
was pail for the building complete, exclusive
OF plumbing and gas fitting, S74 1868; arcai-
tect and superintendent fees. IS, 100; adver-
tising for plans, etc, S30S 50 boring for
foundation. $40 gas and water mains, 81,
1SS 20 ; total, $50, GEO. In addition to this
sum, through the hberality Of the Super.
visors IF this county in giving Us the whole
proceeds Of the sale Of the old Pavilion, we
have been enabled to make and pay for the
following additional expenditures:
Plumbing and gas fitting. ......-....... s2,735 50
Z ErT q SIX Y IFlt
Painting gas pipes and oiIug ioor....... 100 90
New sidewalk on Fifteenth street ........ 6gl 90
Filling cOnseryatOries and around the
building with earth. Observation-Disclosures. 572 70
Extra ladders, windows and hose reels. 3G3 90
SiN hundred feet fire Instantaneous. 3j6 p
Total adj litiona expenditure. =, 2Si 81
Grand total. PSI 81
Joseph Steffens, President Of the Board of
| Trade, was next introduced aud addressed
the people. He made most eff Give and
telling address aud was warmly spplaUded.
He referred first 60 the initial meeting out Of
which grew the success % the new pavilion
rex, % the vast area Of the sp.eEdid stiuct-
ure. and with wisty allusiIls, adding /:
What q school-room is this in which to
educate Us all to the proper appreciation Of
industrial exhibitions. Here are to he the
| fore-ruuuers Of the Worlds Fair at San
FraucisC) in 1887. Success TO that enter
prise, which is already quite assured if Mar
Gus y. BJruck stays with the proposition as
in time past he has stayed by Sacramento
and the State Fair" He made al appeal to
men Of wealth to place in tie great building
/ works Of art, to rasrk the productions Of de-
seryiug genius, and in passing paid a
I tribute to d. O. Mills for his spleu-
did gift 70 the State of the s:stu-
arv that grace4 the rotunda Of the
Capitol. He next extended the thanks TO
the Governor Of the State, General Stone
man. for his share in the great work and the
care he and the Capitol Commissioners had
Ok sroised 10 its supervision. TC President
Eiaigsn, Of the State Agricultura, Society,
20 Architect Burrell and to Contractor Nc.
kliicsu he paid graceful tribates Tor wuEk
we'll done. Referring generally to / he united
efforts that had brought about the c1rsUU-
nation then being celebrated, he said that
/ Sacramento ever remembers her friends, and
added: IL o success she is as liberal as she
is happy. Ia her enterprises she is earnestly
8 ersevering aud st this very time she turns
( from this work, fiaished by the united Efforts
/ Of different interests, aud insists on the coz
[ iuusd good faith Of sll parties TO the stu
peud1us undertaking, the coMpletion Of the
/ California and Oregon Railroad. Applause. J
/ lie closed with an eloquent spestrophe 70 the
new temple, dedicated to Industry and agri'
{ culture.
/ Hon John Q Brown, Mayor Ct Sacrs-
mento, was nsxs introduced, and spoke as
/ follows;
/ Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: The cir
gumstauCgs under which we meet To night should be