The morning call., 1891-11-08
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
The Florida Building CALIFORNIA; Character
iStiC Trees.

Florida's Exposition Building will be a
full-siz reproduction of Fort Marion, which
was built at st. Augustine in 1920. and Is be-
lieyed to be the oldest building in the United
States. 1t is of atone and covers space Of
about 80 square feet. The walls are twenty
feet high and nine feet thick at the base. II
Is a rectangular structure, the interior court
being about seventy-fiye feet square. Within
the fort are some twenty-four rooms. The
reproduced structure on the fair grounds
will be fir anne, covered on the outside with
the phosphate rock of Florida. to give it the
appearance of stone. The walks on the
parapst and within the inner court will be
covered with the celebrated pebble phos-
phate of Florida. This use of the material
will constitute the States phi osphate ex-
hibit. The old fort is encompassed about
with deep moat. THIS moat will also be
reproduced, and will constitute sunken
garden in which will be shown all the trop-
ical plants of FUrida-the pineapple, bana-
ma. rice. sugar-cane. oranges, etc. 1t is con-
templated to partition off portion of the
moat and fill it with water and have there
several alliga:ors and. perhaps, crocodiles
Several of the old Spanish cannon that once
did service at the fort will be taken to Chi
cagO.
Thomas A. Edison. the famous electri-
clan, has applied for IS, 600 feet of space, or
about 0ne-seventh Of all that the Electricity
Building contains. Il have it from Mr..
Edison himself" said Chief John p. Bar
rett, that his display at the fair is to be the
greatest achievement OF his life. In talk
ing OF his application for space Mr. Edison
admitted that he was asking for a large sec
ton OF the building; But every inch will
be put to good purpose, he aided. L shall
not waste foot of the area assigned to me,
but will present a series of the most inter
esting electrical inventions ever produced
California is the first State to respond to
Chief Buchauan5 request that each State
contribute the trunks of three of its most
characteristic trees, to be used In construct
ing a rustic colonnade for the Forestry
Building. Californis's contribution includes
a sugar pine furnished by Towie Bros. &
Co. OF Alta; redwood, by j. f. Cunning
ham of Santa Cruz and seQuoia, by Smith
Comstock of TuIare.
The Art Palace. on the Lake-front Park,
which will be built by the Art Institute,
assisted to the extent of 100000 by the Ex-
position Company, will cost about 500, 900.
The designs and plans OF Shepley. Rutan Il
Coolidge, of Boston, have been adopted.
During the exposition the building will be
used by the Worlds Congress Auxiliary
for some OF its numerous meetings.
One acre OF ground within the Horticul-
tuTal Building has been reserved for an
orange grove from Florida and the same
amount for grove from California. These
anG planted so that they will bear fruit
while the exposition Is open. These two
acres constitute TWO interior courts of the
building.
Seventyfour cases of relics of the Indians
and Mound builders have been received by
the Department OF Ethnnogy of the exposi-
ton from Chiiiicothe, Ohio. They contain
2 great variety of prehistoric implements
and utensils, such as axes, arrowheads.
pines. bowls, jars, etc. They were eXhumed
by party acting under the direction Of
Chief Putnam.
The nine lady managers resident in Chi
cagO, called together by Mrs. Putter Palmer.
have decided to establish model sanitary
kitchen in the woman's building Mt the ex-
position. An effort will be made by spe-
cial entertainment or otherwise, to raise
the $1,000 necessary for the purpose.
Mrs. Potter Palmer is to drive the last nail
in the woman's building. The lady man.
ayers of Montana at the suggestion of Mrs
j. Z. Richards, are having the nail made of
gold. silver and copper 1t will be for
warded to Chicago as soon as completed.
The great imitation coaSt-lne battle ship,
which is TO constitute and contain the Gov
ernment's naval exhibit, is In an advanced
state of construction, 1t will De all iuclosed
before winter weather sets in, and all of the
interior work will be completed by spring.
Virgsnia'S building at the exposition will
be of the old colonial type, measuring S3x76
feet, two stories high, and surrounded by
piazza Is feet wide. It, cost viii be $4,000