The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-11-14
WORLDS FAIR NOTES i.

.. Exposition. Barbados, French
on;ana. Ceylon and Corea have also
;oDed the list.
The upholsterers of Philadelphia have
.,nlied for so, 900 square feet of space In
.ss Manufacturers Building for collec-
,;,e exhibit from their several establish
pents.
The District of Columbia has decided
~ ask congress for an appropriation of
ss1 900 to enable it to make an exhibit at
the fair.
Electricity is to be the motive force in
Jackson Park during the construction Of
.hs buildings. The electric plant has
bean completed and steam engines must
~ This is done in order to reduce the
Are risk. The saw-mills, used in getting
mt building material, which have been
rim by steam, are now supplied by cleo
tr;c power, furnished, if desired, night
and day. Electrical Engineer Sergeant
Is prepared with 80-horse power plant
10 supply electric motor service. In a
hw days 800 horse power will be avail
sble.
British Guiana has appointed the Royal
Agricultural and Commercial Society a
Worlds Fair Commission to represent
the colony, and has appropriated $780,
FIR an exhibit. President B. Howell
Jopes of the commission has been made
its executive officer. A space of 60x3O
feet has been requested near that assign
al the Dominion of Canada and other
British American colonies, so that con.
trast may be made between their exhibits
and those of the Latin-American coun-
tries.
Hassan Ben Ali of Morocco is seeking
sconcession to make a Morocco exhibit
At the exposition. He says he will spend
$4,000 in showing the people, manners,
customs, amusements, ETC., of his coun-
try and in bringing to Chicago tribe of
+ Berbers.
L. Takaqui and K Ikeda, two repre-
sentatives commissioned by the Mikado
of Japan, have been in Chicago seeking
detailed information concerning the ex-
position. They were greatly pleased and
said their country would make fine ex-
L;b;4 o,d +bo+ IN - would ho O D,,xoI oS
of the private art treasures Of the Mikado
Day and night shifts of men are now
working on all the exposition buildings.
Ample restaurant accommodations are
10 be provided at the Exposition grounds
The locations for restaurants thus far de.
cided upon are four in the Mines and Min
ing Building, sixteen in the Manufactures
Building, and six on the explanade in front
four in the Electricity Building, and two
in the Woman's Building Some are on
the ground floor and some in the galleries
The supporting column for the Forestry
Building are 10 be trunks of trees with the
Gk on. Chief Buchanan has requested
Ach state to furnish three trunks of tree.
Dr this purpose. Arkansas, California
Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Ne
brxka, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas
Wisconsin, Washington, and West Virgins
have promised to furnish their quota.
Acting Secretary Of State Wharton has
issued an order to all diplomatic officers OF
The United States, instructlng them to use
their Influence to have all cuts and ltho-
graphs sent out free to boom the Exposi-
1on admitted into foreign countries free OF
outy: This order was issued because the
somisslon OF such cuts, ETC., duty free, has
Deen refused by some countries, and. in
consequence the desire to give the Expo
nuon Inc greatest possible publicity is in
tertered with.
Inc Catholic church in Chicago wants to
MAKE 80 exhibit at the Fair, and has ap.
pneu ior '5X75 feet ofspace The exhibit,
ssOcoruing 10 The request, is to consist OF,
ls. Kindergarten work; second, primary
slSues; third, grammar schools fourth,
Uueges and academies fifth, industrial
Institutes. y
~ 'nSCIo oIc WOThIUK upon the
Upalnage problem in connection with the
1OHtion grounds at Jackson Park. Az
aSuit OF calculation in the construction
.psilment, somewhat new plan will be
1OpIed Tor taking care of Worlds Fair
sge. All The offal, conveyed through
%oerground pipes, will run into four
~ tanks at the southwestern portion OF
s&xSon Park. These tanks are to be
nay ieei in diameter and forty feet deep.
. NC novel feature connected with the plan
s mas 'ne sewage deposited in the tanks
su. oe treated chemically, and the con-
aon department believes that the water
smg from them after the chemical treat.
~ VIII be almost pure and wholesome.
n.s Is known similar treatment has
sss been adopted, except at Berlin,
S@aany. There the method has been
S soa 10 work with satisfaction Ifeoually
.sessill at Chicago the waters of the
n~ VIII wi not be polluted by the drainage
~ 'ne exposition grounds.
Cue .as following petition, addressed TO the
.Eiess OF the United States, Is being cx-
sly circulated for signatures:
Un;.a.9a me undersigned citizens of the
~ .Wu StafpQ hov;u~ n n~oEo.-I co~.o