The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-18
MILLIONS FOR THE FAIR.
Estimates of What the Various
Structures of the Columbian
Exposition Win Cost.
The Southern and Central Amer
loan States and Mexico Will
Put in Two Millions.
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CHrcAao, Sept. 16.-The report of Chat
man Jeffrey, of the grounds and building
committee to the exposition director.
which submitted TO tho National CONNIE
sion for information at its September NEE
ing, contained among other matter the TO
lowing:
CONTRACTS have been let for the build
ings as follows: Administration, S450.00t
manufactures, $1,0 0o, 900; agriculture, $40
600; machinery hall, $1,aO 90, GOO; electricity
1915, 600: mines and mining, $3.50, OK
transportation, $500, 900; horticulture
$300,oO0; fish and fisheries, 100000; wo
mans building, $4,000.
''There remains to be let for all OF thes
buildings, contracts for annexes and roof
ing, the grand entrances, interior tinisl
and decorations, US we'll az lighting. plumb
ing, etc.
The Casino and pier will cost $4,000
The fine art palace will cost S5N.0D ant
contracts for these have not yet | cen let.
"Your committee herewith estimates fol
the completion of the necessary buildings,
machinery, decorations, administration,
and maintenance up to the date fixed for
the opening of the exposition rs follows:
"Buildioss, 81, 5000; grading and fill
ing, $3.50, 900: landscape, 1928 ,490; via
ducts and bridges, $1a5,ooo piers, $4,000
waterway Improvements, 1925, 900; wator
supply and sewerage, 100000; railways.
$500, 600; steam plant, $500, 600: electric
ity. $1,000, 600; statusry on buildings,
800, 900; vases, lamps and posts. $4,000;
fuel and light during construction. $40, 600;
heating, $4,000; making a total of Sl2,-
O66, $50.
''There has been appropriated for the pur-
pose Of the Worlds Congress auxiliary,
$20O.oOO; landscape, gardening. viaducts,
fountains. etc., on the Lake front, $780,
600; general expense of construction de
partment. $500, 600; making a grand total
of $l2, 966. 800.
1.-THE estimates of your budget committee
made Feb. 20 last, which were carefully con-
sidered and revised before presentation to
the board of directors, put the cost of Or
ganization and administration at S3,30S ,563.
of which 1882, 100 was for the salaries and
expenses Of the departments under the con-
troll of the director general, n $1,4S5, IT'S
for the expenses of the departments ana
committees and agents for the board of di-
rectors. Ths same estimates for operating
expenses, police, fire department, attend
ants, watchmsn, etc., WAS $l,55O,O0O, max
ing a grand total of 81, S25. 49,"
Is is now estimated that nearly $4,000,
600 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, industries and
private enterprises.
propriated or recommended for appropria-
ton by the executives of the several South
and Central American countries and
colonies:
Mexico, s75D,oOo; Guatemala, s12o, 900;
Honduras, $4,000; Salvador, $4,000;
Golom aja oo $lqo;tooo; s] Ecu "Sde sl25, 900;
cities and states. $3.50, 600; British Hon
du,as. $4,000; Jamaica, $4,000; Cuba,
$3.50 &C; Trinidad, $4,000: Danish West
Indies, $4,000; Bolivia, $3.50, 900. making a
fetal of ST. $50, 000.
Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador. Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Colombia. Ecuador, Peru,
Chill, and Brazil will erect especial build
4Ako. wa PlOuASp Il Y udChbOI park
one OF the ancient Aztec temples. Guate-
mala will erect at & cost of $50, 600 q build
ing on the model of one of the palaces of
the ruined city Antigua. This building of
Columbia will be the capitol OF that repub-
lie in miniature. Ecuador has already
given orders for the removal to Chicago of
the reproduction of the lnca's Temple of
the Paris OK position.
Plans have boen completed for the live
stock assembly hall at the exposition. This
building will stand just south of the colon
nade connecting agricultural and machin-
cry buildings. 1t will in form resemble the
letter T., one portion being 500 feet long
and the other 200 feet. On the first tloor
will be Office room for cattle and horse az
sociations, dog and pot stock associations,
and all remaining live stock organizations.
On the second floor will be All assembly hall
LIZ feet long and seyenty-four feet wide.
Here the farmera will be given a chance to
their assemblies. Special rooms are
for the Farmers alliance, the Ma
grange, and other similar e~ssocia-
The entire atructura has been 40
planned as to give the farmers and live
stock men generally all they could ask in
the way of accommodations. Chief of
Burnham has been instructed
by the committee on grounds and buildings
to perfect working drawings and ask for
The dates for holding the various live
stock shows during the exposition have
been decided upon by the national com-
The period devoted to tho ex-
hibitlon OF animals for awarda in the
following divisions for live stock will be
AZ follows: Cattle, Sept. II to Sept. n;
horses, Jacks and j%ennsts, Aug, "a to Sept.
q; sheep, and swine, Oct. = to Oct. IA;
show or dogs, June II to June
II. DOultrY. DiDponH. pHt stack efo jl,+
10 to Oct. 30. E1hibitors of horses and
cattle must accompany their application
with written evidence az to tho uediQree
of the animal offered for entry. This
evidence implies Il description or
pedigree IN the STANDARD livestock rec
ord books. Animals unregistered, but
which have some peculiar rhetorical value,
be exhibited, but may mot compete
any prizes or medals which may be Of
fered.
A committee of live stock experts has
apportioned the cash premiums to be
in the exposition live stock depert
amounting to $50, 900. as followg:
$l5,00o;. poultry and pet stock, $40, 600;
dogs. $4,000. Ihislanves Il contingent fund
of $4,000. which Chief Buchanan says
should be held for special breeds of animals
may have been overlooked.
AT the request of the Latin-American bu-
reau of the Worlds Columbian exposition,
Gibbons has requested the prover
officers of tho several religious orders of tho
Roman Catholic church, both in Europe
America, to cause their archives
to be searched for historical rec
prds bearing upon the discovery md
settlement of the new world. 1T is known
that every ship that left Spain, beginning
the first voyage of Columbus, carried
among ats crew Il priest or "A fIiar, and tina
these missionaries made yoluminous re-