The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-10

competition and by the unrlvaled OppOr-
tunity for advertising CALIFORNIA; horti-
cultural capabilities. will make special
effort in the display. The result will un-
doubtedly be that the exhibit OF citrus cul-
ture at the exposition will be the finest
ever made at any fair in the worlds his
tory. Various plans for designs are being
prepared in detail by intending orange and
lemon exhibitors.
Whether the citrus displays are made in
the great Horticultural building or whetb-
er they be made in separate buildings will
make no difference. Exhibits will I'M
doubleday be made both in the cumula-
tive and competitive displays. Califor-
mans know something about the wonder
full citrus productions of our State, but the
stranger from the East who has heard
about California and her productions will
realize the force of the old adage, that see
ing is almost beyond believing.
Arrangements have been completed for
the erection of the twenty-one buildings
illustrating the progress in the habltauon
of man from the beginning of time. Eugene
Guibaut of the Spanish section at the Co.
lumbar Exposition superintendent the
erection of the buildings in Jackson Park
and will perform similar service here.
The dwellings will begin with the leaf
matched house, in which Adam and Eve
were supposed to have lived. The struc-
lures will include the mud hints of the ear
I,
OF the cliff-dwellers, and so on, to the mod
ern development of architecture. winding
up with models of the greatest palaces now
| in the world. The only obstacle to the
exhibit has been the diff, ulty expert
enced in locating it. This difficulty will
almost certainly be removed when the
dlrector-general returns from Chicago next
Monday.
| Ferdinand A. Haber, chief of the de-
partment of viticulture. has sent out
| thousands of circulars to vineyardists,
win e-makers and dealers. He has re-
ceived replies from many whom he ad-
dressed, reservlng space for exhibits.
Mr.. Haber says that number of the
| larger vitlculturists have made no re-
Spouse as yet The space at his disposal
is being assigned so rapidly that unless the
| unprOvided for send in their applications
soon there will be no space left for them
to secure.
A pleasant little ceremony took place at
Sunset City yesterday afternoon, when
| Castle and the flag of Germany raised over
the spot. Colonel Fl. Albert, the conces-
sionaire, took a dozen invited guests 10 a
drag to the park. The exposition was rep.
resented by Wilhelm ST. p. Seitz, secre-
tary OF the foreign department. A num-
Der of speeches were made and several
| bottles OF champagne were broken over
An application has been received from
PeDdelton, Ind. for space In which to place
cast-glass column. 50x75 feet, illumin ated
with powerful electric lights This shaft
is composed of glass blocks. 2 feet high. Is
inches wide and IA inches thick The
Temple, displayed by the Western Electric
| Company at Chicago. The same firm
proposes to exhibit tank. pedestal, fur
niture and bath tubs. all made Of glass.
The Spokane Mining Company has APP.
piled for 1000 square feet Of space in the
Mechanical Arts buildings. An exhibit
will be made exemplifying the mineral
districts tributary to Spokane. with view
OF making display of geographical and
commercial Importance. 1t will come
directly under the eye of the mining men,
for it will be adjacent to the large space
to be occupied by the California State
mining exhibit.
The financial managers placed large
red mark on the calendar for yesterday,
when the cashier announced the total cash
receipts for the day to be SS343 "a making
the aggregate receipts to dale S265, $50 90.
OF yesterdays receipts the largest item
was Claus Spreckels' check for $1,000. The
Pacific Bell Telephone Company paid in
$1,000, and the California-street Railway
made partial payment OF $500. Among
the new subscriptions reported was $500
voted by the Stock and Bond Exchange
yesterday and S532 from the employees of
the Harbor Commission. 1t is said that
each of the Harbor Commissioners will
subscribe $500 to the fair funds.
The finance department announces that
there are other subscriptions Immediately
available to increase the sum total to $780,
600. An additional 100000 has also been
! subscribed, and is payable on dates speci-
| fed in the contracts signed by the donors.
The amount received from day to day
| for concessions and for space warrants the
| statement that if 100000 additional can
| be obtained in new subscriptions the
buildings will be erected. paid for, and
| everything will be in readiness for the
| opening on January without discount
| ing future receipts. 1t is estimated that
the running expenses of the exposition
should not exceed from $1,000 to $4,000 q
day, and 1t is confidently expected that the
daily attendance will secure an income
equal to this expense.
An excursion on board q tpll-rigged