The morning call., 1890-11-11
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Chicago Votes 1000, 900 for the
ShOw-Success Guaranteed.
Lake Front Still Unsettled-Grand Geological
Palace-Planetarium System of Worlds
to Be Produced
From THE CALLS Special Correspon dent.

CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 1S9O.-The election is
now over and the directors Of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition are now placed on
solid footing. Chicago has voted 100000
for the advancement of the enterprise the
nation intrusted to her management. The
contract with the National Government is
now fulfilled. All and more than was ever
anti cipated will now be successfully carried
out. The result demonstrates that the citi-
zens are unanimous in their determination
to have the greatest exposition the world
has yet seen. President Harrison will now
be enabled to issue his invitation to the ma
lions of the earth to come and participate.
Progress from this date will be rapid. A
number of important questions hinged upon
and had to wait the election. This fact was
not generally known.
In the meantime all possible preparations
were being made and all the wheels will
now be set in motion and each department
put active with its respective work.
THE LAKE FRONT FILLING
Is still an unsettled question. The figures
that accompanied the bids exceeded the ex-
pectations of the D rectors. The result was
that none were accepted. The specifications
have been changed and advertisements for
ublicl!Ou HclO anu III wv i1oot-
ern papers. The main difference is, instead
of the made land to be raised nine feet,
they only call for six feet above datum.
This alone will reduce the cost 100000. 1t
is now thought that the pling Will be aban-
doned- and all the space filled This will
make the result permanent improvement
to the city, The owners of the prone2Ity
facing the lake front are endeaTHsh ac-
secure the removal of Illinois CentrTindom
road tracks east Of the prop sed fillingViAG
to prevent the erection of any permanent
buildings on the present park and to-be-
made ground. The penalty is $500 Tor each
day the work is not completed after day OF
contract, and q premium OF $500 per day is
offered for every day the work is completed
before expiration of contract. 1t is now
proposed to have the great Crerar Lincoln
monument placed on the lake front.
The officials are necessarily planning to
expedite business and reduce expenses. 1t
has been decided to abolish the committees
and that their work be done by eleven
bureaus These shall be established as the
work progresses and the occasion demands.
Bureaus performing the work of the Ma
tional Commission will be paid by the FED
eral Government, and the others from the
funds Of
THE LOCAL DIRECTORY.
Speaking of expenses and salaries, figures
at best are dry, but to answer questions
that come 10 headquarters from every point
of the compass excuse us ii We drop few
here The salary list of the Board of Direc-
tors reaches about 5000 per annUm. or
this President Gage gets 5000, Niee-Presi-
dent Bryan So, eco, Secretary Butterworth
$4,000. The National Commissions salary
list reaches 100000 per annum. OF this
sum the Directur-General gets $4,000, Pres
Ident S12000, Secretary $1,000, Vice-Chair-
man SS000. The remainder goes for sundry
expenses.
The Centennial buildings at Phila-
delphia, in 1876 covered 90 acres and accom-
modated 0,000 exhibitors. They were open
159 days. had 9,9l0996 admissions, averaging
62,333 daily attendance. Paris Exhibition
buildings of 1889 covered T515 acres, a COM
mUdated 10000 exhibitors. were open 1S3
days, had 80, 354, Ill admissions, averaging
ISL, 40 daily attendance. In point of eXhi-
billions in the history of nations, France has
been decidedly the most successful. How
ever, Judging from the present outlook, the
Columbian Exposition now bids fair TO out
do all its predecessors The buildings will
cover double the number of acres, and the
daily attendance, at the most conservative
estimate, viii reach over 2O0,00
Mrs. J. Ii. French of Massachusetts and
Mrs. Mary A. Hart of Cincinnati have been
nominated as lady managers. Mrs. ID. X.
Robinson, alternate of Of Ainugatraue, N.
mittee meets November 18th. Committees
on Fisheries, Fish Culture, Tariff and
Transportation meet November 18th.
In Texas, December 10th, State Conven-
ton will be held 10 arrange for grand dis
play at the fair.
THERE Is AN ORGANIZATION
in Rock Springs, Wye, that proposes to col
lect Western curosities to place at the eX-
position Their idea is TO get several car
loads Of Western animals Of every kind,
FOSSILS mineral, also those that have been
petrified and carboniZed.
William Mathprp Of Cincinnati 70 tn
have special building, consisting of four
divisions. in which to have "Glass Floral
Garden" The interior would be artistically
decorated with glass flowers, while vases of
the same would be placed along the walks
and at either end would be glass fountains.
BY having all these connected by wire and
sending an electric current through them
the scene would be at once magnificent.
c. +. Ritchel of Connecticut has offered
plans Tor a telescope tower, which, if
erected, will astonish the world. The first
base would be about 400X500 feet, by 100 feet
high. Rising from this about IA feet would
be another section, leaving margin on first
base of % feet From the top of this base
would rise another structure $50 more.
These sections would form the base of a
gigantic monument-shaped tower. Now, in
the base would be erected a telescope struc-
ture, consisting of steel tubes, within tubes,
placed in circles joined to each other by
powerful pumps in such manner that. at a
SLdbtu llllt every udN uuIIHS luc tAbOSlliuD,
the pumps would be started and this steel
tube-structure would slowly rise until, at
the end of two or three hours, it would
tower like mighty monument, 1000 feet
high in midair. On the first section there
would be n drive way; on the second
bicyceway, and on the small end OF the tel
escope
A RESTAURANT
With galleries around it. 1t is now
proposed 20 establish mammoth Zoo
logical Palace 1t is to be the greatest
animal collection beneath the sun. Into the
palace they will bring a specimen of every
creature Except man that walks, runs,
crawls, swlms or flies between Point Barrow
and Cape Horn. Also all the creatures that
roam through the Amazon basin, over the
heights of the Andes. across the great plains
Of Asia, into the deserts of Africa, and over
the island world of the Pacific.
Great indeed would be such collection,
and only mentioned in season, as many of
the now living specimens, as well as this
generation Of man, will have disappeared
before the return of another Columbian
Exposition. As feature such an array of
the animal kingdom would be the delight of
the children; source OF education and
enlightenment to all, and scene Of admira-
ton and wonder to the congregation Of the
world.
A Planetarium System Exhibit will prob
ably be established. 1t will be arranged
high above the exposition, operated by cleo
tricity, showing the solar system so as to get
the rela tive sizes, distances and motions of
the sun and planets. The stars and planets
would be lighted up with electricity and
perhaps. arranged with seats so that the in
habitanIs Of the earth might take a trip on
them as they Travelled through space III diff
ferent directions on their annual tour. BY
this novel and instructive feature not only
nations of the earth. but the planets Of the
solar system will be gathered in attendance
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