The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-03-12
THE WORLDS FAIR.
The Work that IL Being Done ON ia
Great ExposIon Buildings.
lChicago Business Register.

tCnlenRO Dus1ness heglsIeI.t
But fourteen months must needs
eIapse before the gates of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition will open at
Chicago. The scope and magnitude
of this vast enterprise can scarcely be
realized. It will be the grandest and
the greatest thing of the kind that
the world has ever known. But the
intention of this article Is to give
some idea of the present status and
prospects of the Exposition and to
show what has been accomplished
during the month last past at Jackson
Park-the Exposition grouDds-and
elsew here in the interests of the ex
hibition.
1t was not until June last that act
ual work ON the Exposition buildings
was commenced. When it Is stated
that upon these structures $S,0OO,O00
is to be expended, then the magnitude
of the work is partially realized by
the reader. Work is progressing
night and day, and 1900 laborers,
mechanics and engineers are being
employed. The monthly expenditure
approximates 81, 100000.
Work ON the womans building is
furthest advanced of all. Ii is COM
pletely rooted, aud work on the exte-
rior is rapidly approaching compile
tion. The interior is now being fur
nished. Covered and adorned 1t has
the appearance Of marble palace.
The framework of the Iron building
is UP, and the iron and glass roof Is
completed. All of the great steel
trusses for the roof of the electricity
building are 10 place, and the frame
work is completed TO the gallery
floor. The payilions of the horticul-
tural building are competed to the
roof line. and The west curtain Is al
ready roofed. The lronwork of the
dome has been paced in position. On
the transportation building the frame
work and the roof. sbeathlng over tile
galIaries is finished. Clear story
lrusses are being raised. lhe strue-
tural work of the four pavilions of
the administration building Is com
pleted and the exterior covering has
neen applied. The ironwork is in
place 1870 fe I from the ground. The
ironwork end 6,000 supporting piers
of the machinery hail are finished,
and the superstrnction going up.
Work on the foundation Of the annex
building Is progressing rapidly. The
interior columns and gallery, girders
of the agricultural building, are in
nosition. The immense iron columns
which will support the roof are being
placed. Over 3,500,0 900 feet of lum-
Der has already been used on this one
building. This is but one-half OF the
total that will be required. Thirty
and one-half acres of flooring have
been laid on the manufacturers and
liberal arts building, and work on the
snperstructure is progressing. The
steel trusses for the roof ot this struc-
ture will contain 90 per cent more
metal than there Is the Brooklyn
bridge. The basement and floor OF
the art galleries have been completed,
and over 5000, 900 brick have already
beer laid. The brick walls are now
fifteen feet on an average above the
second floor.
The gallery trusses OF the main
building of the fisheries exhibit are
placed and the frame work OF both
pavilions is completed. The forestry
building is about done. 1t will be
occupied by the model-makers until
spring. Then the outside rustic work
will be put on, and the temporary
roof replaced by thatched one All
the columns of the dairy building art
up 70 the roof, and the gallery fiooI
is being raised. Work on the Illinois
State building. and on the United
States Government building Is being
rapidly pushed. The imitation battl,
ship has been completed to the deck
level.
This is from Des Moines, Iowa