Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-24
FOR THE GREAT FAIR
The British Commissioners
Gratifying Report.
PREPARATIONS SATISFACTORY.
The Courtesy of President Harrison and
Secretary Foster Commended.

The Royal Bureau Decides to Appoint
Committees to Arrange for EnGland's
ExhibIt-The Erection of a Handsome
Building Recommend ed-No' Doubt in
the Commissioners' Minds as to the Sue.
cess of the Fair.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-The elaborate re-
port of Sir Henry Wood and Mr. James
Dredge, the British commissioners who
recently returned to this city after visit
ing Chicago and making inquiries in re-
gard to the steps which Great Britain
could and might take in making suit
able exhibit at the Columbian Fair of
1898, has just been made public.
The report consists of Is printed pages,
to which is attached an appendix and
several maps. 1t carefully reviews each
step taken by the commissioners in the
United States, and is full of valuable
statistics as to space, transp ortation,' ETC.
Among other things the report recon-
mends the erection of handsome bulid-
ing on the site provided for Great Brit
ain, and says it is certain that the juries
intrusted with the tasks of making the
awards will be international in all groups
containing foreign exhibits.
The report also commends the courtesy
| of President Harrison and Secretary
Foster and of all the exposition officials.
| whom the British commissioners met,
and who, they say, granted all the re-,
quests made on behalf of Great Britain.
The British commissioners, it appears,
were much impressed with the. manner
| in which the important work at Chicago
| has been undertaken, and they say there
| is no doubt whatever of the ultimate
success of the Fair.
| The commissioners, among their con-
illusions arrived at, say:
| 1--WE also believe that our visit was of
some assistance to the executives as it
was part of our duty to place all the
| information which the other exhibitions
had given us fully and wholly at their
disposal"
Referring to the designs for the fair,
| the commissioners remark: $50 far as
we could judge great skill and boldness
characterize the general engineering de-
signs, which have all been prepared by
the construction department.
| Touching upon the question of decora-
ton, they state that cit is gratifying to
record that the important work of de-
coration is controlled by an Englisman,
! Mr.. Pretyman.
AS to local transportation the rep orts
assert: "There is no doubt that the
problem involving the transportation of
| passengers from The city (Chlcago) TO Ine
! exhibition will be successfully solved.
"The question of railways within the
| grounds is very serious one. The au-
thortes have made many arrangements
in this direction, but it will be difficult
to provide too literally for the easy cir
culation of visitors to the vast Enclosure.
The royal commission has decided to
appoint committees to attend to finance,
fine arts, Indian exhibits, colonial ex-
hibits, engineering, science, educate on,
and other branches of Great Britain's in
tended exhibit at Chicago.
In addition, the commission also de-
cided to appoint n committee of ladies
to correspond with and to act in con
junction with the ladies' committee OF
| Chicago.
Finally the commission decided to in
vito the Chamber of Commerce to act al
local committees for the purpose of as
sisting and advising British manu-
facturers and others as to their exhibits