The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-10
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Pueblo, Col, is raising money with
which to equip and send to Chicago a
cowboy band"
Ceylon has sent, through Sir Henry
Wood, a request for space upon which to
build tea house.
Wyoming's building at the Fair will be
of the French chateau style of architec-
ture, fifty by seventy feet, two stories
high, and will cost about $4,000.
The jewellers of Hanau, the great jewelry
center of Germany, have decided TO make
a united exhibit at the fair. Members of
the association have received great en-
couragement from the imperial govern
ment.
The Chicago Furniture Manufacturers
Association, which has membership of
2l0, and an aggregate capital of $26,0 ,000, 900
proposes to make united exhibit of
mammoth proportion in the furniture and
upholstery line.
The great dome Of the Administration
building, which will be the most conspic-
uous architectural feature Of the Exposi-
tiop, and the four smaller domes, will be
covered with aluminium bronze, a newly
discovered amalgam which is said to glis-
ten brighter than gold. The contract for
gliding the domes has been let for S54, ,0OO
The Rev. DIR. S. j. Mcpherson of Chi
cago. at the instance of a number of asso-
ciates prominent in religious circles, will
correspond with individuals and societies
in the various denominations with view
of having a conference OF delegates from
all parts of the country to arrange for a
religious exhibition at the Worlds Fair.
Some rare old curios in the way of sad
dies and ancient harness will probably be
seen at the Worlds Fair. The National
Association of Saddlers has decided to
raise $35, 900 for an exhibit of their trade
at the Fair. This will be expended largely
for ancient saddlery and harness, which
will be procured through special col
lectors.
The monster Manufactures and Liberal
Arts Building requires more than 200 car
loads of lumber, or 100000 feet, for its
flooring alone, and five carloads of nails
to fasten il down. Three electric saws
are kept running night and day saving
and sizing the flooring. Twenty buildings
of the size of the Auditorium, or 1000
houses 25x5O, could stand on this mann
moth floor.
Aquatic fowls of all climes will proba-
bly, swim about in the lagoons of jackson
Park during the period of the fair. Land
scape Architects Il. l.. Olmstead a. Co
recommend the purchase of great variety
of water fowls. The list includes
widgeons, sea gulls, swans, brown peli-
cans, storks, sand-hill cranes, American
wild geese, blue geese, toulouses, hamin-
goes, snow egetes and scarlet ibes. The
purchase Of at least ten of each species of
the birds as enumerated was recon-
mended
Medusaline, new composition de-
signed as substitute for brick and build
ing stone, has been adopted for the side
walks aud driveways in the Exposition
grounds. The committee on grounds and
buildings granted the contract to the
Medusaiine Manufacturing Company of
Chicago for the construction of 1900
square feet of such sidewalks and drive
WAYS The price is ga cents per square
foot. The concrete composition To be
used by the contractors is said to be as
hard as perfect stone; and IL is now
Thought probable that IL will be used in
stead of staff for the exterior ornamental
tion of the Fine Arts Palace and several
other buildings.