Passaic City record., 1892-05-07
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

THE woolen manufacturers have resolved
to make united exhibit at the Fair.
CHAUNcEY NJ DEPEw has been elected
President OF New York's Worlds Fair Board.
A RACINE (Wis.) firm is planning to have
a complete tannery plant in operation at the
Exposition.
exhibits for the Exposition have already
been collected and ere awaiting shipment at
Lima and Callao.
A COMPANY from the National Military
Institute OF Columbia, South America, wants
to attend the Exposition and camp on the
Worlds Fair grounds.
A MONSTER panorama, AS feet long and 81
feet high, representing the Berness Alps, with
the Jungfrau in the background, has been
painted for exhibition at the Fair.
BAVARIA win send to the Worlds Fair
two professors from its institute OF tech
nology to report on the progress OF the
United States in technical matters.
OWING to the recent increase of Great
Britain's Worlds Fair appropriation to
$500, 900, British exhibitors will not be
charged for space, as at first determined.
LEIGH 8. LYNCH Worlds Fair Commits
sioner to the South Sea Islands, has cabled
that he has completed arrangements for an
exhibit from the PHILIPPINE Islands, and is
now devoting his attention to Java.
The lofty stone monolith, which Wiscon-
sin will exhibit at the Fair, will remain at
jackson Park permanently, tne PARK COM
missioners having given their consent. The
monolith is 107 feet high and cut from
solid block of stone.
BARON DE JEUNE's valuable collection OF
prehistoric relics it is believed, Will be Sc
cured for exhibition at the Fair. 1t COM
prises many rare specimens from caves In
France. DeMaret, who made the collection,
spent twenty Ave years in the work.
Mr.. RoRERr 8. MCCORMICK, Resident
Commissioner for the Worlds Fair. at Lon.
don. has received word that an influential
committee in Geneva is actively promoting
the formation Of creditable Swiss section
at the Fair, and Is meeting with gratifying
success.
CONTRACTS have been let for the con-
struction Of the Casino, Music Hall and
connecting peristyle, which together win be
q conspicuous feature in the foreground OF
the Administration building and near the
shore end of the lake pier. The contracts
aggregate $279, 730.
COSTA RIGA has one of the largest and
finest archaeological collections in the world,
showing many Columbian relics and his
toric data relating to the discovery OF Amer
lea. This collection goes to Madrid this year
for the Spanish Exposition, and will after
wards 60 to Chicago.
An effort is being made to collect $25. 900
with which to build at the Exposition a
headquarters for the Sunday schools OF the
United States. The scheme contemplates
| asking each school to contribute an amount
equal to ten cents for each officer and teach
er, and one cent for each pupil.
KARL HAGENBEcK, famous for his ability
| in tanning wild animals, is devoting his time
| In Hamburg to group of lions, tigers,
| iaguars and hyenas that he expects to bring
| to the Fair. This group consists of fifty
| animals, all to be kept in one big cage.
Hagenbeck has already spent fortune on
the group
THE scene which the Exposition grounds
| now afford, with most of the buildings near
| ing completion and the construction being
| pushed forward by more than 5000 workmen.
| isaccounted SO Interesting and wonderful
| that from 1000 to 5000 visitors day will
| ingly pay the admission fee of twenty-five
] cents to witnessit
BISHOP J. L. SPAULDING, Of Peoria, Pres
4 ident of the Catholic educational exhibit, an
| nounces that Cardinal Gibbons and the arch.
| bishops Of the United States have requested
| Brother Maurelian, President of the Chris
tian Brothers College, Memphis Tenn, to
| act as Secretary and Manager OF the Cath
| ole educational exhibit.
THE contract for the erection OF the Texas
| building has been let to a Waco contractor
| for S100, 600. The building will be in Spanish
| renaissance style, will measure eighty five
| by 250 feet, and have four towers. The ex-
| terror will be covered with staff and rem
| dered very ornamental. The interior Will
be handsomely finished with native Texas
woods.
A CIRCULAR has been issued by the Expo
sition authorities to all the railway passen-
| ger associations of the Uuited States and
individal roads, asking that materially re-
duced rate be made by the railroads on the
occasion Of the dedicatory ceremonies next
| October. It is believed that SOC, OC0 visitors
viii be in Chicago froa different parts of
the country.
PRESIDENT DIAz has recommended to the
Mexican Congress that October 12th of this
wear be made National holiday in COM
| fnemoration OF the landing of Columbus in
the New World. He says in his message that
the work of collecting the Mexican exhibit is
progressing rapidly, and that a display of
Mexican troops will be made at the dedica-
tory exercises.
AS an illustration of the rapidity with
which the work of erecting the Exposition
buildings is being pushed at jackson Park it
may be stated that on March /, sketches
were made for building to serve as perma-
nent accommodations for the Construction
Bureau, the Columbian guards, emergency
hospital, central fire alar N service, etc. The
contract was let on April 2 and on April
80 the building was finished and occupied.
The structure measures 200 by 300 feet, is
covered and ornamented with staff, and is
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