The herald., 1893-12-05
PROGRESS At THE SUNSET CITY,
The Buildings Rapidly Nearing
Completion.
A Big Demand for Concessions and
Exhibit Space.
No More Applications Will he Received.
People from Everywhers in the
Town - Farther Explanations
About Railway kates.

| Special correspondence to the HERALD.
SAN Francisco, Dec. Alive rainy
days out OF seven has been the weather
record of the past week in San Fran
cisco, but it has made little or no differ
ence in the progress OF work on the
buildings of the California midwinter
J international exposition. In the me.
chanical arts building, where the roof
was all in place, the work of interior
decoration was pushed forward without
the slightest hindrance, and under the
half-fnished roof OF the manufactures
and liberal arts building a great deal Of
interior work was done at times when it
rained too hard to proceed with the
construction OF the roof itself. In the
horticultural and agricultural building
and in the art building the rain has
caused practically no delay whatever,
and the carpenters on the administra-
tion building have made just as much
architectural hay as if the sun had been
shining all the while.
As far as the confessional work is con-
cerned, there has been no time lost at
all, and it would have to rain pitchforks
and saw-logs, literally, to keep these
people from pushing forward with their
plane, for, If they are not in readiness
when the exposition opens on January
1st. they will be just so much out of
pocket, for il is the clink of the coin
that they are looking forward to, and
the exposition management is in no
greater hurry to get this part of the
coming show in readiness than the con-
cessionaires themselves must he.
afn 0f . tha y II.
danced on the midway plaisance in Chi
cago, and who were in different ways
connected with the Columbian exposi-
tion, are continually coming to town;
the hotels are filling up; boarding house
Keepers are clothed in expansive smiles;
the tradespeople all over town are be-
ginning to feel the effect of the coming
exposition, and the exposition fund is
feeling a corresponding effect as the
tradespeople awake to the fact that the
bigger the exposition is, the bigger will
be their trade during the period OF its
duration.
In order to get ahead with the allot-
ment of space in the different buildings,
the exposition management fonnd is
necessary to fix an absolute limit for the
reception of applications for space.
That date has been fixed at December
1st, go that the lid of the box, 80
to speak, may now be said to be shut.
Enough applications have been received
to fill all the buildings comfortably.
Some of them will be full to overflow
ing, but q readjustment of the classif-
cation may possibly be resorted to, 30
that there will not be a great deal of
crowding.
There seems to have been little mis-
understanding among exhibitors on the
Pacific coast in regard to the transpor-
tatlon OF their exhibits to the exposi-
ton, and it may be we'll to state in this
connection that the transportation of
such exhibits to end from the fair will
cost nothing at all. The regulation
made by the Southern Pacific company
is that shipments originating at stations
on the Southern Pacific system west of
and including Portland, Ogden, Ell Paso,
Deming, Benson and Mojave, for exhib-
itors at the fair, shall be way-hilled to
San Francisco at regular rates, consigned
to the exposition, in care of the exhib-
itor, and the charges prepaid, and that
after the fair is opened. by presenting
a certificate from the officers of the fair
that the property has been on exhibition
and mas not changed hands, the rst
pryment of freight to San Francisco will
be refunded, and his property will be
returned to his home station free of
charge.
In the same connection, and in re.
sponse to numerous communications on
the subject, the public is respectfully
informed that the Southern Pacific com.
pany has arranged for three classes of
tickets in connection with the expos.
tion, the rates of which are as follows:
Ciaes A-Half fare, or one-way rate
for round trip with $3.50 added, from all
stations located over 800 miles from San
Francisco.
Class Bone and one-f fifth fare for
round trip, with 50 added, from all
stations located over $50 miles (not to
exceed 300 miles from San Francisco).
Glass Cone and one-ffth fare for
round trip, with 81 80 added, from all
stations located within 15U miles from
San Francieco.
The minimum special rate will be 81.
Entrance ticket coupons to the fair
special tickets, as follows: For class A,
five gate coupons; for class B, four gate
coupons; for class @, three gate coupons.
The Southern Pacific company has
recently conceded fifteen days stop
over privilege on tickets from the east,
80 that visitors to California will have
a little time to spend in other parts of
the stats than in the immediate vicinity
OF San Francisco. Other railways are
doing their share in the matter OF
transportation. A $65 round-trip rate