The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-04-17

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1t is believed that all dangerof labor
troubles in connection with the construc-
ton of the Worlds Fair buildings will
be obviated. The amount OF building to
be done Is 10 enormous, and the time in
which it must be done is so short, that
any interruption of the work would be a
very serious matter. Representatives Of
organized labor in Chicago have held
several conferences with the directors,
and OH both sides the utmost good feel
ing and o spirit Of fairness has boon
manifested. Eight llours as q days
work, and the Submission of all differ.
ences which may arise to d board OF
arbitration, have been agreed to. The
directory is willing to consider $1.50 per
day as the minimum pay for unskilled
labor. This is satisfactory to most OF
the labor people, and it is not believed
that the few dissatisfied ones will press
their opposition. Preference will be
given to union men in all branches Oh
work, bit the directory will not consent,
nor is it believed will the labor people
insist, that no non-union nen be en-
ploycd.
Hundreds of workmen have fiocked to
j Chicago expecting to obtain work on the
| Worlds Fair buildings, and the number
is bcihe increased daily. These swell
the number of unemployed already in
the city to several Thousand. There is
not enough Exposition work yet for q
quarter of the number seeking employ
mont, and it will be three or -four months
before any great addition TO the working
force will Es made. 1t follows, of course,
that workmen will make q mistake if
they come to Chicago now seeking work,
unless they have the means of mait1tain-
ing themselves at least for several
| months.
An abundant supply of pure water
ffo1pS Lake Michigan for the Exposition
grounds aid buildings is to be provided
by an extension OF the Chicago Water
Works system. The Exposition Com
Jackson Park with a capacity of 24,OOO.-
600 gallons daily. The city has agreed
to take the plant as soon as tho EXPOSE
tion is over, and to refund it's COST
about $500, OOO-to the Exposition Com
pany.
Tho abandonment of the Lake Front
Park as a part of the Exposition site has
simpIified matters considerably. A few,
living at q distance from Chicago and
not understanding the situation, have
concluded that discarding the Lake
Front nccessitated finding Il new loca-
tion for tho Exposition. Such Is far
from being the case, and the impression
ought to be corrected wherever it exists.
The Lake Front Park embraces less
than fifty acres, and was at first intend
ed as a sort of downtown side show to
the main Exposition. 1t was proposed
to locate there only a few exhibits which
would provo specially attractive in the
evening. jackson and Washington parks
and Midway Plaisance connecting them
embrace more than 1000 acres, and
jackson Park has a frontage of two
miles on Lake Michigan. The whole
constitutes tho finest site an exposition
ever had. Here the entire Exposition
will DO hold. From the start there was
great opposition to adual site and to ono
portion of tho Exposition being several
miles from the other. Now general sat
isfaction is expressed that tho whole oil
it will be in one place.