The morning call., 1893-10-01
JAPAN is ACTIVE.
Official Recognition of the
Fair.
AN EVENTFUL WEEKS WORK.
Progress in Every Department OF
the Midwinter-Mass- Meeting
in the Potrero.

The Japanese Consul in this city has q
dig contract on his hands. H left yester-
day for Chicago under instructions from
the Japanese Government and by request
OF the imperial Japanese Commissioners
at the Columbian Exposition. 1t is his
purpose to make final arrangements about
an exhibit from the Mikado's realm.
The sewer system of the exhibition was
com pleted yesterday. The engineer finds
that there is a fall of nineteen feet from
the floor of the fair buildings to the D.
street sewer at Fifth avenue, with which
connection will be- made. This connection
will necessitate the use of about $500 feet
OF main pii Ing. divided into 14-Inch, r.
inch, 10-lnch and S-inch sizes. OF the
amount OF piping necessary $3.50 worth has
already been contributed by n. Park &
Sons. A number of patent automatic
f1ushers have also been donated, the donor
being K. A. Rose.
The past week has been an active one at
the fair site. To-day the grading is not
only finished. but work on three buildings
has actually been begun, and in the case of
one building the floor j0ists are pretty
nearly all in position.
During the week also considerable
progress has been made in the material
work of the expos ton. The contract for
the Fine Arts building has been let. leav-
ing only one other building, the Admin
lstration building. to be contracted for.
The total cash receipts up to Saturday of
last week were $4,000. To-day they foot
up nearly $4,000, showing an actual in
crease OF $4,000 in the fair fund during
the week, to Say nothing OF the subscip-
lions amounting to quite as much which
have been made during The week, but TO
collect which no effort has been put forth.
Word comes from Chicago that the APP
pllcatlons Tor space include representa-
tives Of twenty-four countries in different
parts of tina world. Among the nations
which are now assured of a representa-
ton. though at one time there was some
doubt about it, is Dahomey. Manager
Pene has applied for space and will leave
at once Tor DahOmey to organize a new
band of the amaZons and to bring out new
features for the Dahomey village at San
Francisco.
II is proposed TO purchase the costumes
and paraphernalia OF the New Orleans
mardl gras after next Shrovetlde and re-
produce similar pageant IN San Fran
cisco.
The mardi gras takes place in New
Orleans at an opDortune time for the carry
Ing out of the local reject of those San
FranciscaDs who think they recognize an
excellent opportunity tor nhancing the
entertainment features of the exposition.
rate OF 500 90 for return tickets from
the Missouri has been made by the rail-
way companies.
a train service similar to that known as
Worlds Fair specials will be established
all over the country during the coming
winter in connection with The Midwinter
Exposition.
Interiors of the Manufacturers. Mechan-
mi ,,,il
be decorated with pictures of special In
terest. There will be reproductions of
some OF the famous views of the Yosemite.
OF Shasta and OF the old missions. of Del
Monte, OF OF the best hhown ranches,
vineyards and orchards in the State, and
many other views familiar to san Francis
cans and Caifornians, perhaps, but pos
sessing rare.interest for strangers.
One of Nj. Slonitsky's electric theaters at
the Chicago fair will be removed 10 this
city. IL created a sensation in the East
The National Theater VIII give an
Evans and Sontag" entertainment on
Sunday evening next, and students of a
local business school will have a literary
and musical evening at Union-souare Hall
next Friday for the benei of the fair.
The executive committee visited the fair
site yesterday, and. after an inspection of
the grounds, expressed complete sa.isfac-
ton with them.
An auxiliary Midwinter Fair committee
was organized at the Mills building by
prominent Italian residents with officers
as follows: President, Theodore Baciga-
lupi; first vice-president, P. c. Rossi; sec
ond vice-president. o. Fauda; treasurer.
DR.. ID. p. Rossi; corresponding secretary,
Z. G. Crispi; financial secretary. E. G.
Palmieri. Also the following members for
the different departments as follows: Fine
arts. A. Moretti and Or. d. V. LoniRo;
agriculture, G: de Lucca; viticulture, G..
Migliyacca aud A. Sbarboro III manufacture,
Joseph Ghiradelli; horticulture, A. Mar
DIM and P. Isola; fisheries, n. Nardini.