The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-09-09
Worlds Fair Notes.


mittee on dedlcatory ceremonies.
From the applications already on
file 1t is estimated that more than 100,
900 men will participate in the great
civic parade at the time of the ded.
cation of the Worlds Fair buildings
in October.
A gold brick worth $4,000 will be
exhibited at the worlds Fair by Mon
tana.
Seats will be provided at the Worlds
Fair dedlcatory ceremonies in Oc,o-
Der for 1900 newspaper correspon-
dents, it having been estimated that
about that number will be present.
| Prof. Elisha Gray, the celebrated
electrician, has returned from an ex.
tenslve European tour taken in the
interest of the electrical congress
which will be held IN Chicago in con-
nection with the Worlds Fair. He
secured the promise Of 400 electri-
clans to attend the congress.
Sacramento, Cal, will make at the
Worlds Fair an exhibit illustrating its
postal service from the days Of '4o to
the present time.
The Home Insurance Company, Of
IIS Broadway, New York. has subs
cribed $4,000 to the capital stock Of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition
company, and has promised to subs
cribe So, 500 more.
Plans for the Worlds Fair passen-
ger station at Jackson Park cali for a
main station I5ox3oo feet, with an an.
nexed trainshed Ioox67s feet. Pro-
vision is made for loading and unload.
ing thirty-six trains at one time on re-
served tracks.
An offer of $4,000 in cash has
been made for the exclusive privilege
of selling peanuts at the Worlds Fair.
Applications for space in the Elec-
tricity building at the Worlds Fair ag-
gregate 3SS,ooo square feet, while
only ISs, 900 feet are available. For.
eisn nations have already been assign
ed 6S,ooo feet, and several Of them
are urgently asking for more.
The international Peace Congress,
at its recent session in Berne, Switzer-
land, decided unanimously to hold its
next meeting in Chicago at the time
of the Worlds Fair.
A company has been incorporated
with $Ioo, 900 capital stock for the
purpose of erecting near the Worlds
Fair a $4,000 clubhouse, which
shall be maintained during the Fair as
headquarters tor wheelmen from all
parts of the world, Thereafter the
building will become a central club
house for the League Of American
Wheelmen. The project is approved
by members of the National Associa-
tion and by the Council of the Illinois
branch.
On each side of the MacMonies
mammoth memorial fountain in front
of the Administration building at the
Worlds Fair will be hugh electrical
fountain which will throw stream
$50 feet high, brilliantly lllumina ed
by variously colored electric lights.
Fac-similes of thirty seven of the
most prominent Of the Aztec idols in
the museum in the City of Mexico
have been prepared for the Worlds
Fair at Chicago.
The Japanese government has ar
ranged to send to this country 1000
Japanese of the middle class, who are
to be here during the Worlds Fair
and afterward make tour of the prin-
cipal cities of the United States. In.
struction and information as to the in
dustries and customs of the American
people constitute the object desired
to be attained.
The Kansas State Normal School,
which has 1900 pupils, and is the
largest in the West, will make an ex.
hibit at the Worlds Fair.
The nitrate industry of Chile will be
illustrated by an elaborate exhibit at
the Worlds Fair.
A false statement is going the rounds
of the press to the effect that visitors
will not be able to get any drinking
water at the Worlds Fair without pay.
ing for it. There will be an abun-
dance of excellent water free to all
who want it. Those who wish to
drink mineral spring water, piped to
the Exposition grounds from Waukes-
ha, Wis, hundred miles distance,
will have to pay one cent glass for
it. The free water will be that OF
Lake Michigan, brought by tunnel
from point four miles from shore,
and much better than the inhabitants
of most large cities are supplied with.
The Austrian wood carving industry
will be specially represented at the
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