St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-28

WHAT no DO WITH FAIR BUILD
INGS.

In lump figures $40, 100000 went
into the construction OF the world
fair buildings and the preparation of
the grounds for the exposition, says
a Chicago dispatch to the New York
Times. The point that now inter-
ests the stockholders, and incidental
" the whole city and country is
how much can be realized from that
S19,O0O,OO0 worth of time and
material. 1t is safe to assume that
the time is dead waste. 1t is safe to
say, also, that large-a frightfully
large-proportion of the material
will have to go by the board. In
the rosy days of promotion it was
figured that $3,O00,000 could be
realized from the sale of the build
ines and the materials. Since then
there has been slump in the ex-
rotations, and today it is a toss-up
whether there will be enough salvage
TO paw tor the tearing down of the
buildings, the removal of the
materials, and the restoration Of the
mark to the condition in which it
was before turned over to the ex-
position company.
The South park commissioners
fear that the fair corporation will
forfeit it's 100000 bond and
abandon the buildings rather than
attempt to tear them down and
restore the grounds to their original
condition. John c. Fleming, Chica-
20 representative OF the Carnegie
companies, which furnished about
two.thirds of the iron entering into
the buildings, says that "a very
large part of the iron at Jackson
park will have to go into the scrap
pile" That means that it will have
to be sold for old iron. There are
1000 tons of iron in the Manu-
features building, costing about $40
ton to put it in place, or nearly
100000 in all. There are nearly
10000 tons in the several buildings,
representing a cost of over 81 ,500,-
600. The owners of the Ferris
wheel expect to pay $4,000 to re-
Sponsble contractors to take down,
transport and set up that wonderful
piece of work on another site. Emil
Phillipson says it will cost 100000
over and above the salvage to tear
down and remove the Manufactures
building.
No matter who has the work to
do, there is going to be great trouble
and expense in disposing of the
waste and rubbish. Where to put
it will be tough problem to solve.
1t cannot be dumped haphazard into
the lake, as much of it would be
washed back upon the shore by the
action Of the water. The authori-
ties would not allow that DISPOSE
ton to be made OF it, There will be
between 10000 and II, 900 carloads
of waste material to be hauled away
from Jackson park, according to the
calculation Of prominent contract
or-that is to say, between 1,500,-
900 and 100000 cubic va DIS Of
rubbish. There will be some thou
sands of carloads OF staff alone to be
carted away. There is no hole or
swamp to fill up within transporta-
ton distance of Jackson park. A
suggestion has been offered that the
waste material be used for the crea-
ton of an artificial mountain at the
southeast corner of the park. In the
loose form it will be in when carried
from the grounds, the waste material
will make pile 1000 square feet and
between Is and 20 feet high. The
surface area of such creation would
be about % acres. 1t was said
while the buildings were being erect
ed that the iron framework of sew
eral of them would be sold to rail-
road companies to be used as sta
tons. All the roads running into
Chicago have hne stations, and there
seems to be no chance to dispose of
the iron frames there. The question
the officials want answered is, what
shall be done with the buildings and
the rubbish?