The morning call., 1893-12-05

will cease with the present week. By
next Sunday the fence will be completed
and temporary arrangements made for
exacting tribute at the entrances In all
probability the charge for admission will
be % cents, although the executive COM
mittee may decide to make it even less
than that amount. This means, of course.
from now until the formal opening of the
to the exposition will be 90 cents.
MIR. Fielder. chief of the department of
admissions. has decided that the same
style pass shall be used for every person
who has right to free admission to the
exposition. This will be season pass on
which the possessor's photograph is to be
placed, so that they will be non-transfer-
able. The press passes will all be counter
signed by the chief of the department of
publicity and promotion and issued
through that department A temporary
arrangement will be made In this regard
between the time of closing in the grounds
AID the regular opening On the first day of
January next.
The contract for the construction of the
festival hall. which is TO be erected on the
recreation grounds near the Olympic Club
entrance to the exposition, has been let to
Constable & Hammond of this city,
who will begin work on it at once, and
tion on the first day of January, if possible.
Foundations will be laid in the western
end OF the Mechanical Arts building to-day
for the engines and dynamos which are TO
furnish the power for the exposition. This
work has been somewhat delayed on ac-
count OF the wet weather and on account
Of the desire Of the contractors of the
building TO have their building accepted be-
fore any changes were made, but it IS now
necessary that this work should be begun
at once. and no time will be lost in this
connection. All the engines necessary
have been secured, and as soon as the
foundations are complete they will be put
in place.
Tuesday. May %, has been selected al
Miners day. Among other features on
that date will be the contest in rock
drilling to determine the championship of
the Pacific Coast Since the announce
ment that Colorado is coming into the
exposition with competitive exhibit re-
newed interest has been taken in Califor-
MAS display. Contributions are more
liberal and suggestions for making the
exhibit attractive more numerous.
Alameda County is TO make a showing of
its mineral resources. NJ. w. Mendenhall
OF Livermore has promised to send large
quantities of chromium manganese, build
ing marble and magnesia from the vicinity
OF Aqua de Vida Springs. and the Tread
we'll gold mines will also make an inter
esting showing.
In the mining exhibit there will be
quartz-mill Ia constant operation. 1t is
now proposed to solicit from the miners
contributions of ore from their mines to
be crushed in this mill, and the proceeds
to be applied to making the exhibit more
effective. 1t is believed that the railroad
company will transport free of charge all
ores consigned for this purpose. and as the
crushing and recording of the richness OF
mi
it, those suggesting this means of OBJ
tanning contributions are hopeful of large
results. The working OF the ore, too Will
be an entertaining feature of the exhi-
bitiOn.
The cash receipts yesterday amounted
to $685. "a, making the total to date
S329.5lS S3. The chief items or the date
were the final payments OF the subscrip-
tions made by the Brewers Protective
Association. amounting to S3333 81. the
Chinese merchants. $1,000, and the Build
ers' Association, $3.50.
Professor Emory Smith, chief of the De-
partment OF Horticulture, has made an
arrangement with the railroad and express
companies by which the plan of having
continuous wild flower exhibit at the ex-
position can be successfully carried out.
This feature of the horticultural exhibit
will be placed under the charge of Carl
Puidy If Ukiab, who is we'll yersed in the
department his attention without cost to
the management. During January there
will be collective exhibit of ferns. Wild
flowers procured from various parts of
the State will be displayed in February,
and the eschsch0liZias will have the right
Of line during March.
The University of California freshman
football team has challenged the Stanford
freshman team for a match to be played at
Central Park next Saturday for the benefit
of the Midwinter Fair fund. The challenge
has been accepted by the Stanfords, who
are being coached by Norton of the Re-
lance Club of Oakland. Heffelfinger is
performing similar service for the Berke-
ley players.
The work of grading the site for the
Vienna Prater having been compile ted,
lumber for the construction of concert
hall on this concession is now being de-
lvered, and the erection Of the buildings
will begin this morning. A number of the
Prater concessions have been sublet to
people who were engaged in the same
lines at Chicago and to others coming
hither directly from Vienna. The I'm
parial QrchaRtra will give cnncarts twice