The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-10-05
THE END OF THE WHITE CITY.
It's Wreckage WorthIess-.'sic Transas
Gloria Mundf.''

Ues wreckaee " ortnIess-.ssfe Translt
Gloria Mundf''
From t. e Philadelphia Record.l
A problem more serious even than
the difficult one of bottling up the
Board of Lady Managers will be the
lasu one of all that will confront the
Worlds Fair commissioners. What |
shall be done with the buildings? |
The airy assurances INDUCED in dur
ing the jocund heydey OF the under
taking that the materials OF the |
buildings night even be considered
valuable asset have given place to
forebodings that, instead OF re-
source estimated by the more en-
thusiastic promoters at So 900, 900,
they will entail for their removal
another heavy expense to the over
burdened exchequer OF the ColCm ban
Exposition. The fear of the Chicago
Park commissioners that the Worlds
Fair corporation may forfeit its
100000 bond and abandon the
| buildings rather than tear them
down and restore the grounds to
their original condition, which at
first blush looks humorous, seems
| therefore to he quite UNSUITABLE.
| No wrecker has yet been found bold
enough to bid for the contract of
tearing down the buildings. There
| is no swamp or hole to be filled with
in transportable dist ance of jackson
| Park, and the authorities will not
tolerate the indiscriminate dumping
into the lake of the 10000 or more
carloads of waste material that will
have to be hauled away. 1t seems
| +hof huil1inuS COSTING in
round numbers 100000 should
not contain enough valuable mate
rial to pay for their demolition and
the CARRYING away of the debris. Yet
such is the case. Illustrative of the
cost of taking down iron work may
be cited the fact that the owners OF
the Ferris wheel expect to pay $S3,
OOO to take down and remove that
wonderful structure and set it I'D in
another place. 1t will cost $43, 900,
, besides every dollar that shall be
realized from it's material, to pull
b down and remove Steel Mackaye's
5 Spectatorium. 1t is estimated that
it will cost 100000 over and above
the value of the salvage to remove
the manufacturers building alone.
!. Hereafter, in contemplating the
5 fairy beauty of the "White City" the
l mournful thought must obtrud'
4 itself upon the observer that all o
= these glories should be worth 81
little when the value is expressed IL
!, cold cash. One might even be tempt
f ed to philosophize and to be fille'
l. with growing feeling of ccntemp
k for the universal measure OF values
e However, the buildings will have t.
|
seems a good one that the rubbls
be thrown in heap into one corne
J. of jackson Park. 1t would make
& mound 1000 feet square and betwee
TT fifteen and twenty feet high: its SUI
d three acr. s 1t should be crowne
y with a column containing the il
scription: Sic transit gloria mundi.
:. The white City, would thus forl
., it's own tomb, ami the mound wOui
~ remain as a reminder of the briefnes
in of human triumphs.
at How the Frog Stood the snake OF
1u From the Leaksville Gazette.l
A reliable gentleman narrates 8
mr. incident which very recently Occurrt
ed under his own observation, whi'
ry forcibly illustrates the reasonir
IS faculties of reptiles. A few days az
OIL our informant, was riding along
ed public highway when he saw fro
ue hastily crossing the road in front
~ his buggy. In a moment a hu'
black snake appeared in hot pursn
ed gaining so rapidly upon the fieeiI
1 He frog that his doom seemed settle
~, Suddenly the frog seized with
tn mouth broken twig, about the 81
Ir. and length of lead pencil, and hol
&c, ing it firmly between his jaws deli
Id erately turned round and faced t
snake The hungry serpent came
Sc: at full sail, but when he saw that
mt mouth could not stretch across t
an stick, and therefore the frog cot
he not be swallowed: his disappoir
let ment was apparent, and with an {
'ep vious expression of chagrin, he glid
,nss away in another direction. The fir
In held on to the stick for some til
= afterward, but was evidently &C
sclous of the fact that he had play
se a shrewd trick on his adversary, a
hi seemed to enjoy the snakes d
led comfture.