Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-04
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 | The great imitation coastline battle-ship, | which is to constitute and contain the gov ernment's naval exibit is in an advanced state of construction. It will be all inclosed | before winter weather sets in and all of the interior work will be completed by spring.
 A Worlds Fair transportation company has been organized by number of mon | eyed men in Maine for the purpose of transporting New Englanders to and from the exposition and paying their expenses while in Chicago. It issues certificates pay | able in installments and these, when paid | up, are transferable for round trip tickets to the exposition, including all necessary | expenses
 The Carriage Builders National associa- | tion, at the recent session in Cincinnati, | appointed an influential committee to sup | ervise the collection and preparation of a creditable exhibit of vehicles, and to CO., operate with Chief Smith of the transpor- tation department
 The state board of commerce, of Oregon, has employed canvassers to raise S25, 900 to be turned in to the states worlds fair fund.
 Quaritch, the noted London book dealer, intends to send to the exposition an auto graph letter of Christopher Columbus, for which he paid S5, 900.
 Thomas A Edison, the famous electri- cial, has applied for 25, GOO feet of space, or about seventh of all that the cleo tricity building contains. "l have 1t from Mir. Edision himself," said Chief John P. Barrett, ''that his display at the fair is to be the greatest achievement of his life. In talking of his application for space NIT. Edison admitted that he was asking for a large section of the building; but every inch will be put to good purpose, he add ed. I shall not waste foot of the area l assigned to me, but will present series of the most interesting electrical inventions ever produced I happen to know" Pro lessor Barrett added, that MT. Edison is doing just as he says. He is making al most an innumerable list of novel and spectacular exhibits. Other electricians are not idle. We are already crowded for space in our building, and if the de mand continues as it has begun I don't know how we will accommodate all the ex- hibitors"
 Florida's Exposition building will be a full-siZed reproduction of Fort Marion, which was built at St Augustine in 1920, and is believed to be the oldest building in the United States. It is of stone and covers space of about one hundred and fifty square feet. The walls are twenty
  It is rectangular structure, the interior court being about seventy-five feet square. Within the fort are some twenty-four rooms. The reproduced structure on. the fair grounds will be frame, covered on the outside with the phosphate rock of Flori- da, to give it the appearance of stone. Tine walks on the parapet and within the inner court will be covered with the cele brated pebble phosphate of Florida. This use of the material will constitute the states phosphate exhibit. The old fort is encompassed about with deep moat. This moat will also be reproduced, and will constitute sHnken garden in which will be shown all the tropical plants of Florida-the pineapple, banana, rice, su- gar cane, oranges, etc. It is contempla- ted to partition off portion of the moat and fill it with water and have there save- ral alligators and perhaps crocodiles. Sev- eral of the old Spanish cannon that once did service at the fort will be taken to Chicago. The Florida building promises to be one of the most unique of the state structures.
 The agricultural society of France has decided to offer number of premiums for the best French horses shown at the fair.
 The number of intending exhibitors who have applied for space at the exposi- ton reached ,623 on October 24. This is much larger number than the Centennial had at correspondingly early date. The | number does not include any foreign ap- plications, all of which are made to their respective national commissions. One acre of ground within the Horticul- | tural building ha. been reserved for an orange grove from Florida, and the same amount for grove from California. These trees will be brought to Chicago next year and planted, so that they will bear fruit while the exposition is open. These two acres constitute two interior courts of the building.
 Mrs. Potter Palmer is to drive the last nail in the Woman's building. The lady managers of Montana, at the suggestion of Mrs J. E. Richards, are having the nail made of gold, silver and copper. It will be forwarded to Chicago as soon as com pleted.
 Wisconsin's building at the exposition will be eighty by ninety feet, three stories high, and of the Queen Anne style of architecture. Its cost is estimated at S29, 600.