St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-25
How Big Building Has Sprung Up AS
If By Magic.
Interesting Points on the Progress of
the Work--Important Notes.

Like some monster of the deep, which
rises before the eyes of an innocent but un-
suspecting fisherman, the Exposition build
ing now rises above the surrounding country
in nearly completed condition, telling in
silence of the push and energy of Mime
apolis. Where year ago was a dreary
waste, ornamented with piles of wood, tin
cans, rocks and general debris, now stands
the largest building of its kind in the
United States. and it goes without saying
almost that it will be the most handsome
one extant. Yesterday morning the small,
and not SO small either, army of workmen,
was engaged in putting the finishing touches
on various points of the building. There
are at present employed in and about the
building 500 men and some fifty
| teams. Many of these teams are
engaged in the grading on the
getting things in shape for soddlng. The
green sod and serpentine walks on the
west side present most handsome appear
anee, and give the beholder faint impress
sion of what the whole will be when COM
pleted. The hill has been finely terraced,
aud is as much different from what it was
year ago as white is from black.
Inside the large structure the scene is a
| busy one. Men and teams are scattered
around, the teams engaged in hauling dirt
from one point TO another and the men en-
gagged in grading, painting. setting glass,
putting shafting in place, and a thousand
other things, which will allow the EXPOSE
ton to be opened as advertised on the 23d
of August. In the art department huge
boxes containing statuary lie around I'M
opened. the rooms not being finished suffi-
GENTLY to allow of the casts being put in
place. The room for the pictures is nearly
| incloSed, and by Tuesday next the work of
| placing statuary and hanging pictures will
commence. The fireprOoting in these rooms
is nearly finished and will be entirely so
| by Monday night. In the east side of the
building the floor is being laid as fast
as men can put it down. Grading is going
on rapidly inside the building, and it will
not be many days before all the flooring Is
down. The machinery rods are nearly all
| in place, as are the line shafts To see the
huge wheels and bright steel rods reminds
one torcibly of a gigantic machine shop,
and the illusion will be complete when in a
| few short weeks the three heaters and the
three dumps, now up in the boiler-room.
| are put in operation. The main steam
| lines are now up, as are also the main eX-
| hauSt lines. The saSheS are nearly all in
place, and GLACIERS are putting in the glass
so fast that inside of few days all the
windows will be secure. The carpenters
have finished work on the roof, the skylights
on the art gallery were finished Friday
evening. and the work of tarring the root
will be completed by Monday or Tuesday
evening. The elevator men are here and
will commence on the lower elevator the
middle of the week. The material is all on
hand and no delay is anticipated.
The big tower looms up tall and majestic
and but six feet more of brick work is
needed to complete it. Some ffty-one feet
of woodwork is to be built yet, and then
the tower will be completed. The putting
in of the glass is minor consideration, and
can be done at any time. 1--WE will have
the building completed on time" said
Supt Bowers, as he directed half dozen
men. THAT is" he added, unless we are
delayed because of the non-arrival of some
of the stock. One of the hardest worked
young men around the building is A. n.
Libby, timekeeper.