The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-10-30
WILL FILL In THE LAKE.
NEW GROUND TO BE MADE FOR
THE WORLDS FAIR.

| by the Last of Next July-Makhng APP
| pointments-The Foreign Exhibits.
| Chicago dispatch.
Specifications have been prepared for
| filing and piling the lake front for the
Works Fair. The executive committee
| spent two hours discussing the details of
| the work. A number of contractors await
ed the result of the committees action,
| and about hundred copies Of the speci-
| fications were made for the bidders.
| The filling required to be done will be
| east of the Illinois Central Railroad, be-
tween the north line of Van Buren,
| street and the south line of Park Row,
| both lines being extended east for a dis
lance of 1900 feet. A line connecting
the outer ends of these projected lines
will be the eastern boundary of the por-
ton to be filled. The area will be about
forty-four acres, and will be inclosed by
revetment or shore protection 4,360
| feet in length.
The area to be piled is about forty-five
acres and lies on two sides of the filled
territory-north and east-and is l.
| shaped in general outline. Between the
| center line of Monroe and the north line
| of Van Buren, street the piling is to eX-
| tend east from the Illinois Central right of
| way $50 feet, and from Van Buren, street
| to Park Row the piling is to be $50 feet
| wide The piled area is to be protected
| by rows of piles tied together by heavy
| tin berS.
The contractor for the filling will be
required to have the revetment COM
| pleted and the whole area stipulated for
| filling filled up to height of six feet
above city datum on or before April Is,
| 1891, and the whole work of filling on or
before July 81, 1891.
That part of the piling between Mon
roe and Van Buren, streets is required to
be done by April /, 1891, and the re-
mainder Of the work must be done by
July 81.
Treasurer Seeberger said that since
the directory had decided to fill and pile
the lake front there had been notice.
able increase in the collections, and that
a better feeling prevailed among the sub
scribers. Some of them had been hOl d.
ing off because the work was not rapid
enough. Now they were satisfied and
coming forward with their payments.
The Treasurer has $500, 900 in bank to
the credit of the corporation.
"Who shall solicit exhibits? is the
QucSUlOu
attention of all concerned in the inter-
ests of the fair" said Commissioner.
"While the commission has the power of
absolute control of the Exposition, Con-
gress has not provided it with funds to
pay the necessary expenses. There is a
vast difference between the authority of
the commission to act and it's financial
ability to perform, owing to the meager
Mo of dismissal
1t makes no difference how much 'au-
thority' the commission may have, the
moment it ceases to have the necessary
funds to pay current expenses that mo-
ment it becomes pOwerleSs to go ahead.
This Exposition is not like a Government
contract, which so soon as the apprO-
priatiOn is expended can wait until Con-
gresS meets again. This work must be
pushed night and day without any let
up.
"The Chicago Board has undertaken
to furnish a site and eXpend $4,000, 900
in buildings and other accommodations.
Thus it may be seen both ends of the
fair have been provided for. The Gov
eminent has furnished the bosses and
Chicago the capital to erect the build
ings, but who is to furnish the exhibits
or procure them seems to have been left
out of the calculation. The ten or
eleven bureaus proposed by Director
General Davis to attend to these mat
ters will cost at least $1O,O each, some
of them much more, and of course it is
out of the question to pay this expense
from the present Government approprl-
alton. 1t must be evident that this
work, to be done effectively, must be
done through bureaus, as proposed by
i L oSo1
vision. 1t looks as if Congress created
a great national commission without
making provision to enable it to perform
the duties required. No doubt this will
be remedied when Congress meets again,
but in the meantime who will collect
the exhibits and pay the necessary eX-
penses is a question for the numerous
conference committees to solve"
Mr.. Davis will probably appoint Vice
President Bryan Chief of the Foreign
Bureau. The appointment of Mr.. Bryan
will make him an officer Of the National
Commission, which has charge of the
foreign exhibits. Mr.. Bryan is an eX-
ceptional linguist for an American,
speaking five or six European languages.
He is a courteous and polished gentle
man, a scholar, and business man of
large capacity. He is a first-class lawyer
withal, and is eminently fitted for the
place.
Some of the Con .missioners are veering
around to the original position OF the
local board respecting the site.
"The main buildings" said one OF
them, "ought to be on Jackson Park.
I'd like to see Washington Park used for
the overflow and as the camping ground
of Indian villages and special exhibits.
AS much of the money as can be so used
ought to be put into permanent improve
ments. l think the position of the
South Park Board in this matter was
right Jackson Park, it seems to me,
could easily be made the location of the
main exhibition. The view would be the
finest in the woodworking like it any
where. It would be convenient, and
could be reached by water and have
water connection with the Lake Front. !"
J. Herva Jones, of Rockford, Ill, pro-
poses to reproduce "Old Faithful" the
largest geyser in the Yellowstone basin.
He thinks the recurrent explosions can
be reproduced by means of compressed
air