Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-27
EI.EcrRrcAI. Rru.nING.


This building is 90 feet high and
ornamented with designs suggestive
IF the depart nent 1t is one of the
handsomest Of the grand central
group, and will cost $3.50, 900. 1t COW
srs a space of 700 by $50 feet, or more
than tive and one half acres. Like
most OF the other buildings the style
If architecture is Italian renaissance.
There are for entrances to the
building, the main one on the south.
1t will be built of material resem.
bling granite in color. A statue of
franklin will rise conspicuously be-
fore the south entrance.
MACHINERY HALL,
The main machinery building
measures $50 by 90 feet. 1t is SPAWNED
by three arched trusses, and the in
terror will present tine appearance Of
three railroad train houses, side by
side, surrounded on all the four sides
By fifty foot gallery. he trusses
are to be built separa tely. and so that
they can be taken down and sold for
use as railroad train houses, and it is
hoped to have iron trusses instead Of
cheaper ones, which NAV, however, be
necessary. In each Of these three long
aaves there is to be an elevated travel
ing crane, running from end 10 end OF
| the building These will be useful in
moving machinery, and when the ex-
position opens platforms will be placed
! on them, and visitors will view from
these the entire exhibition at great
I saving of tramping.
FREE FREIGHT.
All previously noted concessions on
( freight carrying to the World 5 Fair
are disranced by the concession just
obtained by the North Dakota com
missioners from the Northern Pacific
! which las agreed to carry free of cost
4 the official State exhibit of North
I Dakota. The Missouri commissioners
I have made similar arrangement with
Missouri road. President Fulda of
Z tine Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail.
road said his road will forward free
/ the exhibits of any State through
which its lines passed. Il have nc
doubt said Traffic Manager Jaycox,
that all the roads of the
| South and West will make
I this concession since it is greatly to
/ their interest to do so. It is work for
I the State associations to do, and they
will doubtless go over the field thor
oughly President tulda of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas said he felt sure
+ the Southern Pacific and other big
/ Southwest lines only waited to be ask.
4 ed to fall into line. The Western and
| Southern States as rule have little OF
no manufacturing interests, and will
therefore have few individual exhibits.
4 Consequently almost all the showing
from these States will be that made By
the state governments. Whenever a
/ State can get its goods shipped free II
means larger and better exhibit II
I the Northern Pacific agrees to haul
\ North Dakota's exhibit free why not
/ also give the same liberal terms tc
| Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Washing
| ton, and Oregon. expect to see two
/ thirds of the Southern, Western, and
| Northwestern States exhibits brought
here freight free.
\ PLANS FOR TIE ELECTBIcAL CoNGREss.
Secretary Hornsby in long supple.
! mentary report on the proposed Co
/ lumbar electrical congress of 1893 has
/ the following:
/ Hitherto electrical congresses have
not been successful, and essen tally
! for the reason that the methods of their
organization were not calculated to
\ give them that dignity necessary to
I the accomplishment of effective work
In electricity there are practically no
international ele trical units such as
are present in other sciences, and
standards of measurement are not OF
that arbitrary character which would
have grown out of official, authorized