St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-27
THE ICE PALACE.
How the Structure of Ice Is Gradually
Rearing Its Glistening Walls
to the Clouds.
The American Flag Will Float From the
Top of the Central Tower
Monday Morning.
Over Three Hundred Uniformed Men
to Leave the City on Excur-
sfons Tonight.
An Appeal to the Citizens Of st. Paul
For Hearty Corporation Win
the Carnival Association.
m will Re Done ON Time.

H Will BE Done ON Time.
More than one hundred men are en-
ployed on tie ice palace and Central park
is about the busiest place in st. Paul.
Those who have not seen the palace in a
week will be surprised at the rapidity with
which the work has been done and struck
with the magniiicence that the structure
presents. even in its unfinished condition.
THE front side was finished last night, ex-
cept, perhaps. few finishing touches with
the axe in rounding the battlements and
trimming the big blocks near the top. By
noon to-day the east and west wings, with
their massive curved corners and swelling
turretS will also be completed and by Thurs
day night the rear wing will be finished.
The central portion has reached height OF
seventy odd feet, leaving but about twenty
five feet more to be done, and the workmen
are rapidly reducing even that distance.
Il will have the palace completed and all the
debris removed in ample time for the opening
Monday" said Mr.. Brodie, the builder,
yesterday, and it will not be necessary
to work Sunday to do this. No night work
will be done on the palace; it would be
dangerous and is not necessary. The der
riclls, tackle, ice chips and other unsightly
stuff will be taken away in the night, and
with the American flag flying from its high
EST turret.
A WRONG IDEA.
A somewhat erroneous idea seems to
have gone out as TO the nature of the palace
and its intended USE Numerous remarks
are made and more especially by those who
are from outside the city, from which il Is
inferred that an idea is abroad that the
sports, in part are to take place within the
palace. A glimpse at the interior of the
structure will rapidly dissipate this idea.
1t is literally as cold as an ice house in
there and. as was remarked by one who
went inside and shivered for a few minutes
yesterday, lone might as well think of
dancing III a refrigerator as inside those
walls And yet the beauty of the palace
is not all to be seen from the
outside. At some slight risk of getting a
200 pound block of ice on the head. after
fall of sixty or seventy feet. the interior
was explored yesterday. 1t is decidedly
gloomy, and the very walls have chilling
aspect. The great chunks of ice, through
which the light comes cOlored green, reach
ing straight up seventy feet and the voices
of the woTkmen up there sounding indis-
tinctly down like some kind of echos, make
the inside as gloomy as dungeon. Yet
the big arches over the dOorways by which
the various rooms are reached, the rough
surfaces of the ice blocks, and the many
icicles that have formed as the water has
run down as the blocks were cemented. and
a few snowfakes that drifted in through
THE OPEN TOP,
made an impression that can not be I'M
pleasing to any one who has caught the
carnival craze and is waiting for the advent
Of the ice king next Monday. Inside the
palace. even more than outside. the struc-
ture seems TIE natural home of Jack Frost
OF King Winter, or the Snow King
or whoever else the story books
have invented as the symbol of the
cold season. 1t seems the most natural
thing in the world, when looking through
the icy rooms to turn up ones coat collar
and pick the icicles from the beard. and yet
probably thermometer would register little
lower there than in a shaded spot outside.
Central park elf has also undergone a
notable change within week, beyond the
work done on the palace hundreds of ever
green trees have been placed about the park.
A long line Of them has been placed on
each side of the driveway leading from
Robert street to the palace, and along the
sides of the paths running to the various
centers Of interest similar rows have been
placed. Others have been scattered through
the park and will be arranged symmetric-
ally. Two or three frame buildings near or
upon the grounds are rapidly being put up
and two or three private booths are in
process of construction near the entrances.
TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS.
Manager Waite of the roOm-renting de-
partment of the carnival association has
contracted for several rooms throughout the
city, to be rented to visitors during the car
nival. He says that arrangements have
now been made for the accommodation of
1000 people outside of the hotels. A large
number of rooms have been secured in the
King block. corner of Seventh aud Cedar
streets. These rooms are newly furnished
in elegant style, heat with steam and lighted
with gas. and the rental will be very reason
able. In this block alone there will be ac-
commodations for more than 100 people.
Acker Post, q. A. r., No. 81, has offered
its hall. at the corner of West Third and
Exchange streets, for cots, and the offer
has been accepted. This hall will accom-
mOdate a large number of visitors. A
large room in the chamber of commerce
building has been secured for cots ard III.
S. Fairchild will devote part of his eX-
tensive offices for the accommodation of
sleepers. Mr.. Waite says he has been at
the carnival the past two years in
Montreal and knows that every inch of
sleeping room that can be secured will be
occupied, that the people of the city have
no idea of the crowd of visitors that will be
here. So far as he has investigated, he
says this city has accommodations and ia
cilities for caring for visitors that Montreal
does not possess, and the tables that are set
by the boarding houses and hotels he es-
pecially praises.
COST OF LIVING.
One serious drawback to carniyals or
great expositions and one thing that pre-
vents people from visiting them is the cost
of living while they are in attendance. Ar
rangementS have been made indirectly by
the carnival association, which will enable
visitors to live here during the carnival very
cheaply. All stories of exorbitant prices
that will be charged for board and rooms
are untrue. A single person can obtain a
nicely furnished room near the heart of the
city and board in the same house for $40
per week. The room will be we'll cared
for and heated with steam. OF course if one
wishes to practice economy he can live
much cheaper than this even by sleeping
on a cot in well-heated and ventilated room
and boarding at restaurant paying
from 25 to so cents for each meal.
and he can board much cheaper than this
even, if he is willing to sit on a high
stool and pick his food from a lunch
counter. In this way he could easily cut
his expenses down to less than one dollar a
dag. Of course at this time of the year
it will be necessary for visitors to sleep
under a roof. The parks are trife too
cold to be comfortable. Consequently the
visitor will not enjoy all the open air
advantages that the visitor to the New
Orleans exposition did, but he can live as
cheaply and as well as the people who
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