The morning call., 1893-10-02
PRESTO, CHANGE!
Startling Progress at the
Fair Site.
THRoNGED WITH VISITORS
Buildings Going Up With a Rush
Offers of Cooperation and APP
pIicatioBs Pour In.

people yesterday. and it is not often that
such crowd is attracted, except on days
when something special is promised. But
the suns warm rays and the bright clear
sky, together with the absence of any
wind, combined to make perfect day and
thousands took advantage of 1t.
Out at the site Of the Midwinter Fair
grounds the workmen were surrounded by
the crowd of visitors. and it looked for a
while as if the great exposition might
have already opened its doors, for every
drive and footpath leading in that direc-
tion was filled with people trudging
toward the grounds.
An inspection of the site showed that
the Concert Valley of few weeks ago is
now graded, and the whole aspect of the
place has been completely transformed.
Active operations were proceeding on
three of the buildings. and the stakes set
and the lines in plan show where work
on the other two will be begun very shortly.
The Mechanical Arts building is the
most advanced at present. and before sun
set tonight the floor will be in place and
the walls will be put up in hurry. The
difference in the style of architecture used
in this building has permitted the work to
go on thus rapidly.
Contractor Hurlburt has built his plant
and tool house in such substantial man
ner that it is a veritable residence, and
three rooms have been fitted up for the
contractors private use. Mr.. Hurlburt
says he intends to sleep there and be on
the site night and day until the work is
finished.
The contract for the plastering and staff
work on the Mechanical Arts building
and great deal of the latter will be used
in decOration-haS been let to Thomas
Mannox, and he will put up a shop on the
ground. and thus avoid the danger OF
breaking the casts which would be in-
CURED if they were to be transported from
the city.
The roof of this building will be of wood
and steel. 100 feet span, and the material
Works Of this city. In fact. all the mate
rial is being furnished by local dealers.
and very few dollars Will be sent away
from town on this account.
A section of the floor and Of the wall
will be left open and a car-sraek run into
the building, so that machinery can be u'i-
loaded with the least possible trouble. The
spur-track of the Southern Pacific is now
less than a mile from the fair grounds.
Just back of the Mechanical Arts build
ing will be the Oriental exhibit and the
grading OF the site is competed. This ex-
bibt will be brought from Chicago intact,
and will include the street in Cairo and
number of olher features.
Contractor Hurlburt is rushing his work
more than any Of the others and promises
to have the work of construction done in
forty days. and will then turn the building
over to the sub-contractors who are TO do
the fnis hing. This will insure the CON-
pleton Of this structure long before the
ninety days which is specified in the con-
tract.
Over at the north end of the valley a
large number Of wOrkmen were busy on
the foundations for the Manufactures
building. The grade here is such that il
requires quite an excavation for the
foundations. and sand was flying in every
direction around the space to be occupied
by the big building. Tbree-inch planks
are laid in the virgin sand. topped with
cross sections of the same, and third
layer on top Of that makes the founda-
tions almost as solid as concrete.
At the site for the Art Gallery, work
men were busily mixing sand and cement.
which is TO form the foundation for the
brick walls of the superStructure.
The executive committee is in receipt
of large number of communications
from citiZsns of different States, particu-
larly States west OF the Mississippi River,
who are contemplating making exhibits of
their resources at the Midwinter Fair.
uo LtUOE VI lu6S6 seems
to be that they were not represented at
Chicago in the way they wished to have
been, and, now that so many of the Chi
cago exhibits are to be trans ferred to San
Francisco, whero so many foreigners are
expected to inspect them again in copnec-
ton with the new features of the exposi-
ton, they are deslrous of blowing their
own local trumpets. so to speak, in the
new field. A number of prominent citizens
of Nebraska are particularly desirous of
dong this in behalf OF their State, and
have written for terms and Information as
TO space, etc.
e. The ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Department of California, have
made application for space for a booth,
which they intend to decorate with flags
and where they will exhibit historical
relics of the rebellion. In addition to.
these they desire to exhi bit a design for
the building for aged Union veterans,
which they are going TO build on five acres
OF land which have been given them at
Santa Cruz. Their idea is TO represent
this design in blocks of native California
wood. -.
A local contractor offers to erect the
$500 feet of fencing around the exposition
grounds free on condition that he may
have fence space for advertising purposes
and may sell admissions to the grounds
during building operations previous to the
opening OF the fair. He guarantees that
the advertisements shall be ARTISTIC; !;
that the fence shall be twelve feet high,
and that there shall be ION top of il a
barbed-wire fence four feet in height
A prominent educator has m ade val
liable suggestion to the executive commit
tee in connection with the opportunity
offered by the Midwinter Fair tor educa-
Gators and students In the different insti-
tutions OF the State to- become acquainted
with each other and with each others
methods. In; his communication on this
subject, the writer calls attention to the
fact that there are normal schools in differ
ent parts of the State and universities
located some distance part which seem to
have nothing in common except on the
broad plane of education, and that it. is
highly desirable that these people shall be
brought closely together. - ::
He suggests that these schools have GER
tain evenings set apart for their use, and
his plan Includes the. making of each Of
these reception nights particularly char
acteristic OF the Institution doing the
honors of the occasion by having the uni
versity, college or school colors adopted
By everybody for that evening. Under
such an arrangement on the evening when
the University of California was doing the
honors blue and gold would be seen. on
every hand; when Stanford boys and girls
were acting as hosts their .colors would
Dre00minaLe and the Gfna1ier institutions