The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-25
NOTES OF Fl
WORLDS FAIR.

Michigan will expend $l2,00 0 to $4,000
IN its forestry exhibit, and $4,000 to $4,000
on its display OF fruits.
The board of trade OF Columbia, 8. O.,
has undertaken to see that An EXHIBIT
worthy Of that state is made at the exposi-
ton.
The total amount paid out up to Feb. !
by Treasurer Ssebergcr for construction
and other expenses OF the exposition was
$3,572, S91.
TIE preparation of the educational OK
hibits from South Dakota n New Mexico
has been entrusted to the women members
Of the respective state boards.
Invitations to foreign nations to send
representatives to, the exercises dsdicatory
Of the exposition buildings next October,
hays been issued BY the committee on cor
emonies, and have boen forwarded 70
their destinations by Secretary OF State
Blame.
The manufacturer club OF Philadelphia
desires to Greet 4 building in the exposition
orounds. constructed entirely OF material
naade by members Of the club. with intent
that it DO headquarters for manufacturers
not only OF Philadelphia, but OF tho entire
country.
Chief Samuels, of tho horticultural de-
partment, has returned from a trip TO
Florida and Cuba, where he stimulated
interest in the exposition and secured the
nromise Of many 1ne palms and other
tropical plants. to DO exhibited IN hls &C.
partment.
In the Electricity building there will be
40, 600 panes of glass, or more taan IN guy
other exposition structure. Inns pn1loln.
will be especially conspicuous ut nlkhs a.,
owing to its extensive glass surface, tne
brllliancy of its electrical sxhlbls Will %
strikinply visible from the outside.
The Administration building requires
only i. 800 lights of glass, yet it will present
fner artistic effects in glazing than Will
any other structure. tn climax IN orha-
mental glazing will bo seen IN q great cell
ing sash in the aome, ~ lsos
have $50 lights Of many different slzss ahu
Of beautifully eontrasted colors.
4 number Of influential N~orwsgians, re-
siding in Chicago, have formed an assocla-
ton for the purpose Of having 9 Norwegian
artist paint 4 large picture representlnR Lioi
Erickson starting on his voyage q dlseov-
ery Of America, and also Of erecting IN chi
capo 4 monument to the noted Norwegian
discoyerer. II is tho intention TO exhibit
the painting III the art gallery Of the expo.
aition and to erect the monument IN one OF
the Chicago parks.
A cablepr.m from Rome states that the
pope assured Thomas B. Bryan, vlse-presl-
lent Of the exposition, to whom he gave e
special audience, that he was deeply lnter-
ested in the exposition, and would contrib
nte a far az possible to the success and
eolat Of .he undertaking. and that ne would
soon issue y pontitical letter embodgng MS
sentiments az expressed. Al EXHIBIT from
the vatican, prepared under the dlrect1on
Of Cardinal Rampolla, the papal secretary
of atate, il promised. ]"-. --"
The Bristol, England, Chamber OF Com
merce has undertaken to furnish an exhibit
for the exposition that will doubtless at
tract a great deal of attention. In addl-
ton to a representation OF the manuIac-
lures of tho place, tho exhibit will show
much in illustration OF the lives ana uls-
~coyeries of John and Sebastian Cabot, upon
whose early American explorations is based
Enpland's claim to its past and present
possessions in thls country. The Merchant
Vcnturer's Guild has agreed to contribute
Cabot relics, OF which it has a large colleo-
ton. M =. -#@@
The women Of Denver are engaged in
raising $4,000 with which to contribute
something notable to the Colorado exhibit
at the exposition. They propose 70 get Pres
ton Powers to reproduce IN bronze. one
eighth large than life slze, ms celebrated
group, '"Ihe Closing Era" which repre-
sents d dead buffalo and a solitary Indian
two forming, as Bierstadt SAYS in COM
msnding the project, q "perpetuAtion IN
bronze of a dual departing ace. After
exhibition at Chicago it is the intention to
place the group in the capitol grounds at
Denver.
The main Worlds fair buildings, exclu-
sive of what will be necessary for their
roofs and for their interior finishing, re-
uuire 25O. 600 n OF glass and about 25O
tons of paint. An expenditure OF almost
$500, 900 is necessary for these items. The
great manufactures building requires fifty
tons of paint and 10000 panes of glass of
twenty-six different sizes, the average size
being 27x44 inches. In the transportation
building will be 112 circular sashes, twelve
feet IN diameter, each containing thirty
seven lights, and sixty-eight seml-circular
sashes, twenty-five feet in diameter, having
sixty lights each.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, president of the
board of lady managers. has sent out the
following specifications for marble and
granite columns, for the information of
those who may want to contribute such
columns for the wornan's building: l.
Grouts: Twenty-four columns, IN two
groups of four and two of eight similar
shafts. Cannot use white or gray stone in
these groups. Dimensions: Sixteen inches
in diameter. ten feet high. =. Single col
ulnns: 1t none OF THESE groups can be tur-
nished we would like single columns with
cut cap ana base, made from designs sup
piled by as or from drawings submitted to
us by the donors. Thea columns are not to
be placed in the architecture OF the build
ing, Dht are 20 DS HaeQ as atalQaIQ5 10 carry
urns or electric lights. They may, there
fore, vary in design and color. 3. Pi!as-
ters:f Pilasteis in groups of two may
be uset. Dimensions: Ten feet high. six
teen inches wide, five inches thick. These
columns need not be monoliths, but may
be made in two or three pieces. If any Of
these groups are offered we would like to
see a sample Of the stone, and if we can usa
it we will send working drawings for the
shaft. Freight charges to be betrayed by
the donors.
The contractors who are putting up the
big steel ttusses for the roof of the manu-
features building are getting ready for the
biggest ''barn-rais!ng'' in history. There
are twentJ-1syen main %trusses, with a span
of $50 feet and u height of 2l1 feet. They
are fourteen feet wide at the floor ant
ten at the apex. These trusses with the
eight smaller gable trussss weigh TO-
500. 900 pounds. The main trusset
weigh about 35O, 600 pounds each, anc
they arc to be raised IN position from tht
floor. 10 handle these great iron struc
to. 81 a stravelsr'' is being constructed OF
the floor of tho building, fifty feet by 90
feet and 100 feet high. On the top of thu
"traveler" will be raised Il central towe
49, feet high, 80 that the total height o
this great lifting arrangement is 255 feet
1T will weigh TOO 900 rounds, and over 500,
600 feet of lumber will be used in it's con
struction TIL floor of the building will
not. Of coursS, bear this great weight, anG