Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-25
NOT ROOM ENOUGH.
Insufficient Space for Pedes-
TRANS at the Worlds Fair.
A Difficult Problem for the
Directors to Solve.

Negotiations for the Leasing of More
Ground-An Unique and Comprehen-
sive Literary Scheme in Connection
with the Worlds Fair Congress Con-
gress Invited to Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-The worlds fair
authorities will soon have big problem
to solve. One question which has
troubled the directors has been that of
securing sufficient space inside the
buildings. In satisfying the demand for
that, another cause for alarm has been
created. The great question now is to
secure sufficient space outside of the
buildings. Because Of an elaborate al
lotment of ground for the purpose Of
outside decorations, the space accorded
to pedestrians has been so narrowed
down as to make it almost useless for
the purpose intended.
Between the buildings, and the lake
and the lagoon, the authorities say there
is not sufficient space. As consequence
Chief Bulnham, of the construction
department, and the buildings and
grounds committee are now wrestling
with the proposition. The only way out
of it is to do away with considerable of
the space accorded for the purpose of
floral decorations. Even then, it is adj
mitted, the pace will be insufficient. So
crowded is the committee for space
that President Baker is now negotiating
with the owners of property directly
south and adjoining the grounds for the
lease Of forty acres,
A Literary Scheme.
President Bonney, of the worlds fair
auxiliary, has mapped out a unique and
comprehensive literary scheme in con
nection with the worlds fair congresses.
He has sent invitations to the famous
men of letters of all countries asking
them to prepare, especially for the
worlds congresses, some contributions
prose or verse-in most cases verse
representative of the best style of the
writer thereof 1t is expected to have
songs and verses from the ablest of
Asiatic, European, Australian and
American writers. In the opinion of
the presidel :, there will be perhaps Q
hundred of these specially-w1itten COM
positions, constituting the or iam of the
literary work of the decade.
There are to be ninety-tive congresses,
anu III is uOpeu W nave all OTdUlOn ana q
poem for the opening of each of them
by famous orator and poet. 1t is hoped,
for instance. to get Sir Edwin Arnold to
write hym for the opening of the con-
gress on religion. Tennyson, Whittier
and Holmes are old men, but, while
they do not promise to write, they hope
to be able to do 3d. Sir Edwin Arnold
has been made an honorary member 3 Z :
auxiliary, and has accepted. -
Chief John Thorpe, of the bureau Of
Horticulture, has just returned from the
east where he has been to get plants
and palms for the horticultural depart
ment and exposition buildings ar
grounds generally. Among those who
have promised to contribute are Jay
Gould, George w. Childs, of Philadel-
phia, and many other notable collectors.
Mr.. Gould's contribution will be col i,
lection of palms, many of which are
forty-five feet high and centuries old.
This collection is said to be the finest
in the world.
Messrs Chance, of Birmingham, En-
gland, have sent communication to the
effect that they would be willing to /
erect duplicate of the famous Eddy
stone lighthouse on the lake shore, not
only as an exhibit, but as beacon light
for the steamers carrying passenger 10
and from the worlds fair.