The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-05-08
REPORT on WORLDS FAIR WORK.
Chief Of Construction Burnham Outlines
What has been Done Up to Date.

CHICAGO, April 20. lS3l.- mat
great deal of work has been done
III he preparation Tor The great
Exposition Of 1893 is indicated by
The following report Just made by
Chief of Construction Burnham
to the grounds and buildings COM
mitiee of the Directory:
pursuing the policies and meth
oGs laid down by your committee
from tine to time for the bureau
Of construction | have the follow
ing brief summary 10 report OF the
progress of work:
''The surveying depart ment has
furnished complete Typographical
maps of Jackson park. has staked
out the location Of all buildings
and lagouns and is supervising Tire
work of grading now being done
in the Exposition grounds.
Macarthur Bros the contractors
for grading, have up 10 the 18th
inst, moved 225,0OO yards of ma
terial, 9)0,0)) yards being he
estimated quantity 10 be moved
in all. The weather has delayed
dredging until now, from which
time work will be pushed rapidly.
"ln the construction department
specifications for iron and wood
work have been completed and are
III The printers hands. The tenn
porary construction office at the
park will be completed on or about
May 1st, and operatives required
will be quariered there.
Working drawings are practi.
calIy completed for the following
buildings mines, electricity, agri-
culture, and all others are well in
hand. Plans for the subways un-
der the terminal loop with specif-
cations are completed and contract
is really to be let for intramnral
freight tracks 10 be used in hand
ling materials.
"a plan for the water supply
and sew werage has been worked
out, and plan and specifications
prepared for laying such pipes as
will be needed Immediately dur.
ing the construction of buildings,
water 10 be supplied for the same
through the present city mains. A
contract for supplying the ExpOsi-
lion with water has been made
with the city of Chicago. For the
disposal of the sewage and drain
age plans are well under wav.
"Work in the department of me-
chanical engineering has passed
beyond the primary Stage, The
plans have been made of the main
power plant, and specification
prepared for the boilers y hIch will
be required, including their setting
and including the necessary
smokestacks.
Manufacturers of boilers and
pumps have been invited 10 state
what they would do in the way cf
furnishing their products 10 the
Exposition free of charge. Sever
al offers have been received and
some very valuable suggestions
obtained from various manufac-
turers, which will be considered.
I'm the depart ment of electric
ily plans have been devised for the
lighting of buildings and grounds,
also for the furnishing of power
for electrical transmission and op-
Grating machinery as we'll as the
elevated electric railroad. Tests
are now being made of the bearing
capacity of he soil and subsoil,
with view to constructing our
foundations with The utmost econ
omy without jeopardy 10 the
buildings.
''In the depart ncnt of landscape
architecture plans are well deve!-
oped for proper ornamentation of
the grounds about the buildings,
lagoons aud islands, and an expert
is experimenting all the work done
in order to insure fullest justice 10
this all-imporiant feature.
"a propagating house for the
preparation of plants, etc, is now
nearly completed. Ground has
been prepared for a nursery and a
quantity of trees. shrubs and
plants have been ordered and are
already arriving. We may reason
ably expect to let contracts on
two of the buildings by the end of
this month"
A man was arrested in Nash