The morning call., 1893-09-18
NOTES O'THE FAIR.
What Eastern Papers Say
of Our State.
SOME CHARMING FEATURES
A Diverting Letter Received From a
Gentleman Who Thinks He
Can Assist Us.

quarters yesterday added several artistic
and interesting features 10 what already
bids fair TO be the crowning glory Of Cali
fornia's enterprise. 1.-The Fair" is with
us, and even Sunday, which in ordinary
business affairs is but dull day, is not
permitted to be day of rest to the officers
in charge of our coming exposition. Sec
retary Badlam was on hand yesterday and
did not leave his Office till the middle of
the afternoon. Assistant Director-General
Cornely and Mr.. Trusdell, who manages
the distribution of news items, were also
at work for a time, and altogether there
was thorough business aspect to the Mid
winter Fair headquarters.
1t might very naturally be expected that
local prejudices would cause our Atlantic
coast neig hbors to throw cold water upon
our exhibition, but the patriotism and
good feeling, which knows no boundary
lines, has bred desire that we shall sue
ceed.
From Eastern papers which arrive daily
at the office of the department OF publicity
and emotion good-natured comments
are being clipped and preserved. The
Evening Call of Lafayette, Ind, says with
characteristic and commendable enter
prise, the CulifOrnians have gone to work
to develop their idea of a midwinter eX-
hibit in the Land of Flowers, itself mag
nificent exposition of natures bounty.
The California fair will be. in reality, as
to many of its features, a miniature Worlds
Fair, with some of the mistakes of the eX-
position at Chicago. rectlhed, and many of
its excellencies as to both quality and
quantity copied as near as may be on
mUre moderate scale.
In recent issue the Utica On. "
Tourist says: 'The exposition will, it is
true. be drawing card, but neither it nor
any other will ever produce one-half of
the magnetic power that CalifOrDia's in
compare BILE climate has over the Eastern
mind. California needs nothing more than
her soft airs and her flowers, her blue
mantled noun tains and her hospitabe
people, to cause the inhabitants of the
East to come within her sun-kissed bor-
ders at time when the snow king stalks
along the Atlantic coast"
a little closer home we have other favor
able Comments. The Reno New Gazette
has this 10 V of US: Knowing that the
Midwnter Fair is an assured success, it
would be well for some of our far-sighted
citizens to take steps to see that Nevada is
properly represented. An exhibition of
our products and resources Will be of in-
fnitely more benefit to US if exhibited
near home than in Chicago, and there is
none too much time to work up a proper
exhibit"
The Standard of Ogden, Utah, compl-
ments and encourages us with the follow
ing: I'VE are really tributaries to San
Francisco, for we belong to the Pacific
States, and we will in the end reap the
benent OF the influx of new capital. the
opening of new industries and the proper
development of its old ones. San Fran
cisco ought to be TO us what New York is
TO the Atlantic coast"
Mrs. ID. j. Murphy of this city, who is
now in Chicago. writes encouragingly and
says people who are now visiting the
Worlds Fair seem t0ithink that our Mid
winter Fair is but the necessary compile
ment TO insure full enjoyment of Amer
ica's beauties of nature and art Mrs.
Murphy says the Midwinter Fair is the
talk of tie town" and that such express
slOns as II wonder if that will go to San
FranciscoT and Il wonder if this exhibit
will be improved upon in California;" are
quite common and may be heard at almost
any time when one strolls through the ex-
position grounds.
The new bids for the Manufacture build
ings and the bids for the Mechanical
Art building, designed by E. r. Swain,
will be opened to-day. The Mechanical
Arts building will be placed on the south
side of the grand court of the exposition
lt will be 324 feet in length by 100 in
width, and will contain all the usual me-
ehanical exhibits. A thirty-fOot gallery
Will run around the interior of the build
Ing, and this will leave clear space of 100
center. On one side of the building, near
the pump exhibit, will be placed two
fountains and two large tanks to supply
these fountains. The operating power
will be furnished by the pump exhibit,
which Will Immediately surround the
tanks. The projecting roof, with prayer |
towers on each side. a magni ficent and !
lofty arch entrance and brilliant colnring.
Will make this building wonderful adj |
]unct to the exposition, and will greet the |
eye and attract attention by the grandeur |
OF its proportions Immediately upon ones |
entrance into the grounds. Its estimated |
cost is $4,000 The boiler-hOuse will be |
234 by 80 teet in dimension, which will fur |
nlsh power TO operate all the machinery in |
the exposition, and will furnish electric !
light 1t Will be in the rear of the Me- !
chanical Arts building, bnt separated from
II by space of six feet. In it will be
thirty boilers 100 horsepower each.
On Thursday next bids for the Fine Arts !
building. of which MIR. McDougall is the !
architect, will be turned in.
7. G. GrandmouglD, local sculptor,
submitted 10 the directors a few davs ago
design for fountain illustrative of !
Progress" Secretary Badlam took
snapshot photograph of it yesterday and
the design will receive early consideration.
The base OF the design is in the form of a !
Greek cross, on the arms of which sit fe- |
maze hgureS representing the four Pacific
ton and Nevada. California holds in her
lap the 'horn of plenty" Oregon a sheaf
of grain. Washington the wo0dsman's ak
and Nevada miners pick. On each arm
of the base there also stands the emblem
of the Native Sons. a California bear. Iu
the center of the design. and raised above
the other figures on pedestal, stands
Mercury and two trumpeters to herald the
approach of the youthful god of the
ancients. Along with Mercury comes
Cupid, and the effect is mighty artistic and
pleasing. The total height of the design,
II adopted, will be about twenty-five f~et.
Mary E. Hart writes to the director
general asking for permission to bring
California's historical exhibits from
Chicago and place the collection ON exhlbi-
ton here. The executive Committee de-
cided TO attend to Calif0rnla's historical
exhibit itself and not permit any one out
side of the committee TO have anything to
do with it.
All the time of the executive committee
Is not taken up with matters of serious im-
port. In fact some very diverting things
happen occasionally. Written applica-
tlons for employment are numerous and
never cease, and some of them display per-
fectly the weakness and vanities of