The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-16

cases Of Nevada and South Dakota. Wasa-
ington, which will be we'll represented, ow-
ing to the lateness Of the arrival Of material,
has but the foundation Of her house laid.
Not much has been heard or said about
the midway plaisance but this promises to
be great feature of the Exposition next
year, although an extra admission will be
charged to see its features. This plaisance
is broad strip, one block wide, running
from Jackson to Washington park, bounded
by Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets. Within
this enclosure Is to be the Dahomey village,
the Austrian village. Indian village, Aueri-
can aboriginal Indian) village, Chinese vii
lage and theatre, Morocco exhibits, Roman
house, Algerian village, street in Cairo,
village, Dutch settlement, Japanese bazaar,
the exhibit of Irish industries and the Per-
sian concession, not to mention other nu-
merous catchpsnny devices at once strange
and curious. Visitors to the Exposition
proper will be admitted to the plaisance, but
its wonders and curiosities can only be seen
by the payment Of an additional fee. Com.
paratively little work has been done upon
these exhibits as yet.
Visitors to the grounds to-day are sur
prised at the general completeness Of things
show to the best advantage. The
first object Of attention naturally Is the
great Manufactures and Liberal Arts build
Ing, with its capacity for accommodating
three hundred thousand people. There Is
much work to do upon it yet before 1t is COM
pleted, but it is work that can be done just
as well during the winter as any other time.
To the east Of this vast structure and facing
the lake the steam railway tracks yet re-.
main, preventing the soddins OF the grounds,
as is tae intention. As this railway will be q
great benefit and accommodation to e1hib-
itors it will probably not be taken away un-
til the last moment.
To the west OF the Manufacturers building
as we'll as the north, which at present con-
stitute the man entrances the grounds are
| in beautiful condition. All the space sur.
rounding the United States Government
building has been sodded up, the roads nicely
gravelled and leveled; the bridge across the
north canal. connecting with the Electrical
| connecting the wooded island and the Fish
cries building, are completed, and the vast
crowds that come in from the West will
have 10 difficulty in gaining entrance to the
place where the exercise are held.
All around the Government building and
the other structures facing the lagoon the
landscape gardeners have been pro6tably
busy with gratifying results. The roadways
are in Der .ect condition and the beauty OF
the great white structures has been mex
pressibly enhanced by their green surroun-
dings.
A cursory glance at the grounds will serve
to show what has been done AMI what yet
remains to be completed. Many changes
have been made since the first general plan
of the Exposition buildings was drawn, con-
spicuous among which Is the abandonment
Of the Casino at the end Of the pier which
runs out into Lake Michigan q distance OF
$500 teet. Tee pier still remains. but the
location Of the Casino has been changed
At the opening Of the basin magnificent
peristyle is being erected, at the south enc
Of which il to be the Casino and at the north
end a music hall. Work upon them is pro
eress .ng rapidly, the staff covering being
ne early in place. =,
at the east end OF the basin facing tht
Administration building is the gigantic
statue of the Republic, sixty feet in height
There is much to do in and around the basin
mon which front the Manufactur es ant
Agriculture buildings. The pillars at tn
mouths of the south and north canals ar
not yet completed, and the stair facing To-
the embankments here has not yet been pu
in place. There have been many ve1atiou
DELAYS upon the Administration buildin'
also, and the decoration Of the magnihcen
dome, which should have been completed BY
this time, has been but fairly begun.
; Around Machinery Hall aud its anne!
there Is more or less incompleteness, but thi
does not matter 80 much. Machinery Hal
Ia somewhat out OF the wsy, and 1t is nc
, NECESSARY that it should be 50 far advance
a. some Of the other structures. Just mort