St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-24

capital stock. The stock was brought within
the reach of the whole people. and almost the
whole people have subscribed, as may be
seen by the several thousand persons present
to-day wearing the stockholders badge. Al
ready about SlG6,0 900 in cash has been paid in.
In January this location was selected.
The committee accompanied by the chosen
architect, E. A. Hodgson, whose skill and taste
must not pass unmentiOned to-day, inspected
the principal Exposition buildings of the
country. The plans finally adopted have
passed into the great edifice around US,
which is a better illustration of their charac-
ter than ] can make with words. But my
duty to-day would be only half done if
should fail to mention the mechanics, con-
tractors and other assistants, without whose
energy, zeal and falthfulness we certainly
should have lost this race against time. Some
of their names should have a record in this
days proceedings, and among the first should
be Jonas Bowers, superintendent of con-
struction upon the ground, and w. F. Brooks,
secretary and assistant of the building COM
mittee. With the exception of the boilers
which are 1000 horsepower, built by the
Heine Safety Boiler company, and eight fire
proof vault doors, half by Hall and half by
Macneale & Urban, all labor and material has
been
FURNISHED FROM THIS CITY,
chiefly under contract let to the lowest bid
der. The excavation was done by Tobin s.
OBrien; the stone work by Ring u Tobin; the
brick under the superintendent of the vet
eran Stephen Jones' assisted by Charles Bick-
nell. To H. n. Leighton 81 Co. belongs the
very high credit of the carpenter work; to NJ.
n. Crittenden and the firm of Grygla & Selden
the roofing, fire proofing and skylights; to
Smith Il Wyman the acre of windows glazed;
to Wheaton & Reynolds the outside steps.
the panel partitions and maple floors; to the
Minneapolis Sash and Door company, the
wainscoting, and to John F. Wilcox the turn
inc Of Johnson g. blriI al tho
main stairway in sixteen days, taking the
material in the rough, the stringerS even in
the log in the river. The Pray Manufacture
ing company furnished the shafting; Union
iron works the truss rods and the cast iron
work; Crown iron works the anchor rods;
North Star iron works the exhaust
pipes; Porter Steam Heating company
the piping; NJ. w. Glenn the chimney
stack; E. T. Sykes the plumbing; w
III. Craig the hand elevators, Janney Bros. the
kitchen fixtures, Vernon Bell the electrical
protection, the Minnesota Brush Electric
Light company the electric lights, the Her.
zog Manufacturing company the iron eye
beams and wire guards for elevator. / wish
there was sufficient length of catalogue to
embrace the additional names of all who have
done valuable gratuitous service for US, and
especially the names of all the faithful work
men who so many times have heightened the
weary labor day into the night, and stretched
Saturday clear over till Monday that this
great work should be finished in time. I will
assume to tender here and now the thanks of
all the friends of the Exposition to these I'M
named ones. Mr.. President, my task is DONE
In behalf of the construction committee / de-
liver this edifice with its equipment through
you to the Minneapolis Industrial exposition.
May it stand a hundred years as our acropolis.
PRESIDENT WASHBURN'S ADDRESS.
W. d. Washburn, replying to Mr.. Gale,
spoke as follows,
Mr. Chairman: The very pleasant duty has
been devolved upon me by the directors of