Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-24
TO CHANGE our nUILDIyG.
The Proposed Plans of Deluwarc's State
Structure at the Worlds Fair Must ID,
Altered.

Structure Ut tne Woftlh rair Mufu Be
Altered.
A meeting of the Board of Worlds Fair
Managers was held Thursday in the gov
ernor's room at the State office in Dover.
The members present were: Mrs. Caleb
Churchman, II. G. Conrad, Wilmington;
Mrs. Il. X. Kenny, Dover; Miss Ida Bacon,
Laurel: Robert w. Reynolds, Frelerica;
William r. Allaband, Wyoming; George
W. Emery, Seaford; Matthias +. Moore,
Laurel; Governor Reynolds, ex-oiiicio. In
addition TO these persons there was present
Mrs. J. Frank Ball of this city who is one
of the national committee from Delaware
to the Worlds Fair. The meeting organ
lied with Governor Reynolds as chairman.
Executive Commissioner Genera! X. II.
Kenny, submitted a report suggesting an
active prosecution of the work relating TO
the exhibit at the fair. with view to in
teresting the people of the State generally.
1t is propose 10 hold several public meet
ings in the principal places in the,State at
which some of the leading men in the
management of the exposition will be
present and make address. 1t is possible
that there will be three meetings held dur
ing the latter part of the winter, at Will
mington, Dover and Georgetown.
A report was also submitted by the COM
mittee from the board who attended the
recent conference of the State commits
sioners at Chicago. At this meeting w.
X. Allaband was selected secretary of the
work. with Mrs. Caleb Churcbman of
Wilmington at its head, will be at one of
the meetings to be held and arrange for a
full display on the part of the women at
the fair.
1t is also proposed to follow plan
already adopted in Indiana, namely, that
Of interesting the school children by set
ting apart a day in all the public schools
which will be known as Exposition day.
Exercises appropriate to the day will be
arranged, and contribution of one cent
from each pupil will be requested, the pro-
ceeds to be devoted to woman's work. The
executive committee of the State was au-
thorized to procure three trees grown in
this State to be used in the Forestry build
ing at the Columbian Exposition. The
trees will be forwarded to the proper au-
thorities at Chicago. The next meeting
will be held in Wilmington, subject to the
call Of the chairman.
Il. l.. Rice, Jr., was present at the meet
ing and reported that the building COM
mttee at Chicago. ut the suggestion of the
bureau of construction, had concluded to
reject the plan of the building which Della
ware proposed TO erect at the Worlds Fair,
and an entirely new plan is now being pre-
pared by Captain Rice and will be sub
inltteu 70 inc committee az the next meet
ing. The plan Of the building was re-
iected, not because il was not in accord with
the directions given by the fair people at
the outset, but because the bureau Of ron
strnction at Chicago had decided to alter
some of the plans for buildings already
drawn with view to uniformity. They
thought the Delaware building ought not
to be on the order of a suburban cottage,
which the first one resembled. they said, but
should be more on the order Of a pavilion.
The fault did not lie with the architect,
but with the persons who gave the direc.
tions for the construction of the original
building.