St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-24
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
Worlds f air Matters Gradually
Getting Into Shape.

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Order is rapidly
being developed out of chaos in worlds
fair matters, and what has here tofore
appeared confusion now assumes def
mite form and purpose. The managers
of the affair have observed such dis
Greet secrecy that the abandonment of
the lake front site came in the nature OF
a total surprise to people generally; yet
at no time for many months, 1T would
appear, has the placing of any OF the
buildings on the lake front park been
contemplated. The instructions given
its formation did not provide for any OF
the buildings being placed there. but
contemplated the grouping OF all the
named buildings at the south of the
midway plaiSance In Jackson park, the
land north OF the plaisance being re-
served for the miscellaneous structures,
such as the state buildings. The art
building has not yet been provided
for, and it is not definitely determined
whether it shall be temporary struct-
ure, or of permanent character Sulta-
| BILE for a memorial building. Ii the
| building is to be permanent structure
| it will undoubtedly be located on the
| lake front. so that it may eventually be
| The board of architects met at 10 o'clock
| to-day to revise into a harmonious
whole the preliminary drawings for the
main group of buildings prepared by
! different members of the board. Mr..
| Omstead, of Boston, has already out
| lined his scheme for the landscape.
| The available land will be interspersed
| with artificial lakes, woodlands, mead
ows and gracefully winding canals-the
latter are not only planned for pictur-
esque effects. but also as a means Of
| communication between the diff
| ferent buildings and source for
material for filling the low
| grounds, greatly ecOnomlZing the eX-
| penditure required for that purpose.
| One portion of the landscape will be de-
| figures the classical, and another the TO-
mantle. The buildings will be in keep
| ing with the surrounding landscape
will be light and graceful in form and
| as gay in appearance as color and bunt-
ing can make them, iron, glass and
stucco being used largely in cOnstruc-
ton. The buildings will be designed
to use regular sizes OF structural ma
| terial in order that the construction may
| be fastened and the material may be
sold to advantage when the buildings
are torn down. The general plan
contemplates floor space one
third greater than that of the
| Paris exposition, but the in
| creased space will not be equally
distributed. 1t is the intention, for in
| stance, to give twice the space TO ma
chinery hall and much greater space
to the buildings for electrical devices
and agriculture but horticultural hall
will be restricted to the same space as
| allotted at the Paris exposition. The
| stockyards men and the wOmen'S board
have succeeded in securing space for
their structures in the territory allot-
ted to the Alain group. The other minor
buildings will not be permitted to in
trude on this reservation. The plans
of the board have progressed SO
far toward definite FORM. and
the members of the board are
| in such perfect accord, that 1T
of construction will be pushed forward
very rapidly. The only cloud on the
horizon of the manage ment is the feel
ing in certain quarters that Director
General Davis should be given broad
er sphere of action. The local board
still retains largely the power of con-
troll and appointment, but it is conf
IDENTITY believed that all friction that
may have arisen from this source will
be dispelled as the work progresses. 1t
I is even limited i'll authoritative circles
that the action of Congressman Can
dler's committee is thoroughly in ac-
| cord with the wishes of the local board,
as they regard the flu notions of the ma
tional board as being merely super
ViSOrY.