St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-05
THE SPACIOUS STRUCTURE.
The Size of the Exposition Astenishes
Even the Directors.
Still More Space Required--Notes of
the Progress of the Work.

Yesterday morning the board of director
of the Minneapolis exposition visited the
building in a body and inspected the whole
thing from top to bottom. One or two of
the gentlemen have been on the grounds
but once or twice since the corner stone
was laid, and it would have astonished even
their most intimate friends to have heard
their expressions of surprise and admira-
ton.
81 tell you what it is, boys" ex-
claimed one of the gentlemen after he re-
turned from tour over the immense
structure. Il tell you if we ever go back
to monarchy again, the ruler will not
up rooms in the Exposition and then lay
over all the ancient castles on the Rhine, or
anywhere else for that matter.
Speaking of directors, two of the prom
inent photographers of the city, who will
have on exhibition handsome works of art,
have extended an invitation to each officer
and director of the Exposition to call and
have his picture taken free of charge. This
all the gentlemen will do, and when pic
lures OF all have been secured, they will be
grouped and large picture taken of the
| whole. 1t is proposed to have one hang
| ing in prominent position in the build
ing, so that all who attend may see what
| the gentlemen who have been the means Of
giving Minneapolis the Exposition look like.
There is one thing troubling the directors,
however, and that is, they do not know
which gallery to favor, for of course the
man who does the work will be getting a
| fine advertisement out of it, and the direc-
| tors want to hurt the feelings of no one.
1--WE want to use Minneapolis people as
foir Coid oc
| he chewed the end of his blonde mustache
and looked sad; land if they had done as
we requested in the first place, many more
of them would be represented as exhibitors.
A long time ago they were told to send in
their applications if they wanted space.
| Well, some of them have put it off, until
now it is too late, and firms from other
cities have got in ahead of them. There
| are now some 800 or 400 applications in for
| space that we cannot find room for. l am
sorry, but-yes. I'll be there in a minute,
Mr.. Kelly" and the handsome secretary
walked rapidly across the room.
1t would be not at all surprising if next
year the size of the building should be in
creased to almost double what it is at pres
ent. There is ground enough there to do
it, and in case this should be found advisa-
BILE, as it undoubtedly will. the addition
will be built on the Main street side, with
stores and offices under it. There is big
slope to the street, which is about 400 or
500 feet distant, and that much added to
the building it would indeed present an
imposing appearance-even more than it
does now.
Exhibitors will pay So for tickets, admit
ting them at any and all times. Their as
sistants will be charged but So for season
| tickets.
There are now nearly 500 men at work
on the building, which is going to be COM
| pleted at the stated time and opened as adj
vertised. Out of the twenty-four hours,
there is not one but during which workmen
can be seen around the building, paintpot
or hammer in hand.
The finishing touches are being put on
the art gallery room, and the setting up of
the stairway and the hanging Of pictures
will commence in few days.
Secretary Byron states that the call made
few days ago by the financial committee is
being responded to nobly.
81 The lumber piles and debris which has
for so long disfgured the east side of the
grounds will be removed in few days and
the ground sodded.
Yesterday morning the work of removing
the two small buildings on the northwest
corner of the grounds was begun, and in
week not trace will remain to tell of what
once stood there.