The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-19

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Plans have been c >mpleted for th
: live stock assembly hall at the expo
sition. This building will stant
> just south of the colonnade connect
: ing agricultural and machiner,
! buildings 1t will in form resemble
the letter T, one portion being sol
feet long and the other 200 feet. o.
the first fl ,or will be off e room fo
E cattle aud horse associations, dos
pet stock association, and all remain
, ing livestock organizations. On thu
second floor will be an assembly hal
l72 feet long and "A feet wide. Here
the farmers will be given a chance
to hold their assemblies. Specia
rooms are provided for the Farmers
Alliance, the National Grange, and
other similar associations. The en-
tire structure has been so planned as
to give the farmers and livestock
men generally all they could ask in
the way of accommodations. Chief
reconstruction Burnham has been in
structed blythe committee on grounds
and buildings to perfect working
drawings and ask for contracts.
Following are the amounts already
appropriated or recommended for
appropriation by the executives of
several South and Central American
countries and colonies:
Mexico $75O,OOO; Guatemala;
$4,000; Honduras, $4,000; Saliva
dor, 100000; Nicaragua, $4,000;
Costa Rica, $4,000; Colombia, $780,
600; Ecuador, $l25,0OO; Peru, $685.
900; Chill, 100000; Brazil, total
cities and states, $45O,OOO; British
Honduras, 81, 900; Jamaica, $4,000;
Cuba, $4,000; Trinidad, $4,000;
Danish West Indies, $4,000; Bolivia,
$4,000, making total of $780,
900.
Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nj
caragua, Costa RIGA, Columbia, Ecu
ador, Peru, Chill, and Brazil will
erect special buildings. Mexico will
produce at Jackson Park one of the
ancient Aztec temples. Guatemala
will erect at a cost $4,000 build.
ing on the model of one of the pal
aces Of the ruined city Antigua. The
building of Colombia will be the cap
itol of that republic in miniature.
Ecuador has already given orders for
the removal to Chica of the repro
duction of the Incas' "Temple of the
Sun" that ornamented the grounds
of the Paris Exposition.
1t is now estimated that nearly
sl6, 100000 will be spent upon the
Worlds Fair by the Exposition
Company alone. This sum does not
include what will be expended by
the United States and other nations,
the States of the Union, cities, in
dustries and private enterprises.
The report Of Chairman Jeffrey, of
the Grounds and Buildings Com.
mittee to the Exposition Directory,
which was submitted to the National
Commission for information at it's
September meeting, contained among
other matter the following:
"Contracts have been left for the
buildings as follows: Administra-
ton, s45o,ooo; Manufactures, ST.,
100000; Agriculture, $40, 900
Machinery Hall, $l,2oO,ooo; Elec-
tricity, 1915, 900; Mines and Mining,
100000; Transportation, $3.50, 900;
Horticulture, 100000; Fish and
Fisheries, 100000; Woman's Build
ing, $4,000
"There remains to be let for all of
these buildings, contracts for an
nexes and roofing, the grand en-
frances, interior finish and decora.
tons, as we'll as lighting, plumbing,
etc.
"The Casino and pier will cost
$4,000. The Fine Art Palace will
cost 100000 and contracts for these
have not yet been let.
"Your committee herewith esti
mates for the completion of the
necessary buildings, machinery, deco
'OsS'"'A03 0AhAih' oCl dViOLIS duO uldluL0u-
ance mp to the date fixed for the
opening of the exposition as follows:
Buildings, s7,295,Ooo; grading
and filling, $3.50, 900; landscape, $685.
400; viadncts and bridges, $l25 900;
piers, $4,000; waterway improve
ments, 1925, 600; water supply and
sewerage, 100000; railways, $780,
600; steam plant, ssoo,oo0; electric
ity, Sl,5Oo,Ooo; statuary on build.
ings, 100000; vases. lamps and
posts, $50, 600; fuel and light during
construction, $40, 900; heating, SIS, 900;
making total of $40, oe6, $50.
"rhere has been appropriated for
purposes Of the Worlds Congress
Auxiliary, $500, 900; landscape garde-
ming, viaducts, fountains, ETC., on the
Lake-Front, 100000; general ex-
pense OF Construction Department,
100000; making grand total OF
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