The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

telegraph message ever sent, which
was in May, 1914, and exhibit it in the
Electrical Department at the Exposi-
ton. The message was received by
Prof. Morse at the Capitol at Wash
ington, from an assistant in Annapo-
lis.
The Florida Horticultural Society
has asked for three acres in which to
show an orange grove and make a
fruit display.
Indiana will have 100000 building
at the Fair. 1t will not cost that
much, however, as large share of the
material, all of which will come from
that state, will be donated
Aside from the cost of the great
buildings which will not be far from
$1,000, 900, the following are among
the sums which have been or will be
spent in preparation of the Exposition
grounds: Grading and filling, $780,
900; landscape gardening, 1923, 500;
viaducts and bridges, s125,OOO piers,
$4,000; waterway improvements,
1925, 900; railways, S50O.0OO; steam
plant, $500, 1000; electric lighting, 81
100000; statuary, 100000; vases,
lamps, etc., $4,000; lake front adorn-
ment, 5000, 200; water supply and sew
erage, $500, 200; other expenses 81, OOO,-
900; total s5,943, 800. The total ex-
pense of organization, administration
and operation of the Exposition is
estimated at nearly s5,0OO,OOO This
takes no account of the sums to be
spent by the government, the states
or foreign nations.
Bids are soon to be invited for 49,
900 square feet of sidewalks for the
Exposition grounds. These walks,
for the most part, will be forty feet
wide. No restrictions are to be put
on bidders for the work. Every con-
tractor will be allowed to bid on his
own kind of work, and from all the
different kinds of walks proposed
what is thought to be the cheapest
and best adapted to the purposes of
toe Exposition will be selected.
The Illinois Worlds Fair. Commiss-
toner's have provided for the prepare
tion of a number Of Typographical
maps of the state for exhibition at
the Exposition. One will show in
detail the railroads, of which Illinois
has greater milage than has any
other state, with their grades and
elevation above both Lake Michigan
and the ocean. Another will show
the river courses, valleys, elevations
and extensive prairies, illustrating
the resources of the state for agricul-
tural purposes. A map is being pre-
pared showing the location of every
school-house and all of the state in
situations OF various descriptions
South Dakota is now engaged in rails
ing $4,000 for it's representation at
the Exposition. 1t proposes to erect
a building LA feet square.
The State Department at Washing
ton, has been notified that Russia
has appointed its royal Worlds Fair
commission, and that the president
of it is Prfvy Councillor Behr, Direc-
tor of the Department of Finance.
The general passenger agents of
twenty of the railroads entering
Chicago have organized special as
ISOLATION for the determination of ex-
cursion rates to the Exposition and
for arranging facilities for caring for
the enormous crowds of visitors to the
Worlds Fair.
The lumbermen of the Puget
Sound region were called to meet at
Tacoma on Oct, 6, to consider the
question of furnishing material for
the Washington state building at
Chicago, and to plan for an extensive
and complete lumber exhibit The
executive committee of the Wash
ington Worlds Fair Commission was
called to meet at the same time.
The Hidalgo and Northwestern
Railroad Company, which is the prin-
cipal transportation agency in north
ern and northwestern Mexico, has
notified the Exposition officials that
it will make no freight charges on ar
ticles sent to the Exposition at Chi
cagO.
There will be not less than 25 re-
staurants, as we'll as numerous cafes,
in the Exposition buildings. 1t is
the intention authorities to protect
visitors from exhorbitant charges.
France has asked $4,000 and The
Hague IL, 900 square feet of space for
their picture exhibits alone. Until
recently it was thought that the weak
est feature of the Exposition would
be it's fine arts exhibit. Now, how
ever, it is believed that this will be
one of the best of all, owing to the
fact that European artists recognize in
Americans the best purchasers of
their work, and they are anxious to
take advantage of the exceptional
opportunity which the Exposition
will offer them to show their paint
ings to the American people.