The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

The Worlds Fair power plant will be OF
24,OOO horse power, and will require the
services Of $50 engineers, firemen and at
tendant:.
MRs. SUSAN GALE Cook, Of Tennessee, is
now Permanent Secretary of the Board OF
Lady Managers, having been elected at the
September meeting.
TIE London Chronicle says that the Prince
of Wales has all but decided to go to chi
cago to attend the Exposition, and that heis
likely to be accompanied by Emperor VIII
liam Of Germany.
IT is now estimated that nearly SIS, OOO 600
will be spent upon the Worlds Fair oy tne
Exposition Company alone. This sum does
United States and other nations, the States
OF the Union, cities, industries, and private
enterprises.
THE National Association OF Canned Food
Packers has applied for space to exhibit Its
products at the Fair. The association In It's
Jurisdiction covers the packing interests OF
twenty States. There are in the country
about 1000 canning concerns, consuming the
product of 2, 900, 900 acres Of land and giving
direct employment to million people.
A COMMITTEES of live stock experts has
apportioned the cash premiums to be
awarded in the Exposition Live Stock Ds-
partment amounting to sl5O, 600, as follows:
For horses, $52, 600; cattle, $50, OW; SWINE,
dogs $4,000. This leaves contingent fund
of Sl9, 600, which Chief Buchanan says should
be held for special breed Of animals that may
have been overlooked.
The Exposition Directors have appropri
ated $50, 900 for the expense Of reproducing
at the Exposition the Convent OF La Kloa,
da, PaIos, Spain, where Columbus lived
while perfecting his plans for his voyage or
discovery. The building will be used Tor
housing an extensive collection OF Columbus
relics and Its ancient appearance, it IS be.
heved, will afford a pleasing contrast to thaG
of the magnificent palaces by which 1t WILL
be surrounded.
Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicara-
qua, Costa Rca, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru,
Chile, and Brazil will erect special buildings:
Mexico will produce at jackson Park one OF
the ancient Aztec temples. Guatemala Will
erect at a cost of sl2, 900 building on the
model OF one OF the palaces of the ruined city
Antigua The building Of Colombia will be
the capitol Of that republic in miniature.
Ecuador has already given orders for the
removal to Chicago of the reproduction OF
the Incas's ''Temple of the Sun" that orna-
mented the grounds Of the Paris Exposition.
PLANS have been completed for the Live
Stock Assembly Hall at the Exposition.
This building will stand just south Of the
colopnade connecting Agricultural and
Machinery Buildings. It will in form re.
semble the letter T, one portion being 5oO
feet long and the other 200 feet. On the first
floor viii be Office room for cattle and horse
associations, dog and pet stock associations.
and all remaining livestock organiza lions;
On the second floor will be an assembly hall
172 feet long and seventy-four feet wide.
Here the farmers will be given chance to
hold their assemblies. Special rooms are
provided for the Farmers Alliance, the
National Grange, and other similar associa.
tions. The entire structure has been 50
planned as to give the farmers and livestock
men generally all they could ask in the way
of accommodations. Chief OF Construction
Burnham has been instructed by the Com
mittee on Grounds and Buildings to perfect
working drawings and ask for contracts.