The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-25
WHAT TO DO WITH FAIR BUILDINGS.
Is the Question which Troubles Chicago
People.

In lump figures $4,000, 600 went into
the construction of, the Worlds Fair
buildings and the preparation of the
grounds for the exposition. says Chi
cago dispatch to the New York Times.
The point that now interests the stock
holders and incidentally the whole city
and country, is how much can be real
lied from that $40, 900, 900 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
1000, 600 could be realized from the sale
of the buildings and the materials. Since
then there has been slump in the
expectations, and today it is toss-up
whether there will be enough salvage to
pay for the tearing down of the build
ings, the removal of the materials, and
the restoration of the park to the condi--
over to the exposition company.
The South park commissioners fear that
the fair corporation will forfeit it's $780,
600 bond and abandon the buildings
rather than attempt to tear them down
and restore the grounds to their original
condition. John G. Fleming, Chicago
representative of the Carnegie compa-
MES, which furnished. about two-thirds
of the iron.entering into the buildings,
says that ga very large part of the iron
at Jackson park will have to go into the
scrap pile.n That means that it will have
to be sold for old iron. There are 1000
tons of iron in the Manufacturers build
ing, costing about $40 a ton to put it in
place, or nearly $4,000 DIN all. There
are nearly $4,000 tons in the. several
buildings, representing q cost OF over
taking down iron work, it may be stated
that the architect of Steele Mackaye's;
skeleton Spectacular estimates that it
will cost $343, 600, and every dollar that
can be realized from the sale of material
to pull down and remove that uns1ghtly
monument of yet other blissful promo
tion moments. The owners of the Ferris
wheel expect to pay Ss3, 900 to responsible
contractors to take down, transport and
set UP that wonderful piece of work on
another site. Emil Phillipson says it
will cost $4,000 over and above he sal
wage to tear down and remove the Manu-
features building. Diligent inquiry
among wreeking firms and contractors
failed to uncoversany that would confess
destruction of the White City, or that
would admit that they knew of anybody
whoshad. "a definite. purpose in that direc-
tion.
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 a
tough problem to sole 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 authorities would not allow that
disposition to be made of it. There will
be between 10000 and $4,000 carloads of
waste material to be hauled away from
jackson park, according to the calcula-
tion of prominent contractor-that is
to say, between 100000 and 1000, 600
cubic yards of rubbish. There will be
somesthousands of carloads of staff alone
to be carried away. There is no hole or
swamp to fill up within transportation
distance of jackson park. A suggestion
has been offered that the waste material
be used for the creation 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 a pile 1000
square feet and between Is and 20 feet
high. The surface area of such a creation
would be about 90 acres. 1t was said
while the buildings were being erected
that the iron framework of several of
them would be sold to railroad compan-
les to be used as stations. All the roads
running into Chicago have fine stations,
and there seems to be no chance to dis
pose of the iron frames there. The ques-
shall be done with the buildings and
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