The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-27
PLUVIUS UNPATRIOTIC.
THE FAIR WILL NOT DE COMPLETE
WHEN IT OPENS.
A Young Johnstown Flood Visits the
Windy City and seriously Interrupts
the Progress of the Work.

JACKSON PARK, CHICAGO. April 26.-
The .Johnstown flood record appeared In
a fair way to be almost outdone by the
rain to-day. but the warning elements
seem to have lost their terrors so far as
the management of the Worlds Column
han Exposition is concerned. The vast
work of bringing the mighty enterprise
TO a state of completion goes steadily on
in spite OF the wind and the weather.
The blizzard. the cyclone and the deluge'
each in turn have turned themselves loose
on the great white CITY," and each In
turn have failed to check its mighty pro-
grcss
During the winter there was an almost
unnrerederted fall of snow. Billiards
RACED with the ferOcity that would nave
startled the Inhabitants of Dakota, ana
now for the last fortnight there has been
almost a steady downpour OF rain. but
to-day as before new wonders appeared
to rise out of the ground until one was
prone TO believe the management has Sc
cured Aladdins lamp 10 aid In over
coming what would seem insurmountable
obstacles. The mire and the mud that
would naturally be expected were to-day
finally wiped out, and the SOUND con-
crete roads winding In and out among
the labyrinth of palatial buildings, WORK
that would seem at a glance TO require
months OF time for completing, Is DONE
practically in less than twenty hours.
Ponderous machines, tons I'm weight, were
| this afternoon more rapidly than
| ever being picked up and shifted ABOUT
and pus i'm place In a moment The I'M
| mense temporary pOwer-house, whlcn
was built to supply temporary power
| when the great work was begun. ana
which presented such an unsightly APP
pearance just south of the transportation
| building stood intact yesterday. This
morning not one vestige of 1t remained
1t was razed to the ground during last
night and this afternoon gang OF labor
| ers have so smoOthed over the surface
! where Il stood that IL seems lncredlple
| that only twenty-four hours ago an enor-
nous building occupied the space but
| there is an army Of 1900 men WORKING
I'm relays night and day, with all the as.
slstance that modern invention ana
science can provide. and this great army
works with systematic precision. Each
laborer knows his place; he has a task 10
perform. So much work is laid out Tor
| each one each day, and he does 1t.
| The MANAGEMENT now admit the FAR
| will not be complete I'm all its parts by
next Monday. whom Presient CleVel1ad
will formally open the Exposition But
| nearly everyone who knows anything
about n declares that even though uh-
finished. the grand exhibition will have
so far advanced towards its completion
that what will remain 10 be done Will
be scarcely noticeable. There will be SO
much Of IL completed that by the time one
! sees that part thoroughly the workmen
will have put the finishing touches on
| what now remains 10 he done. Others
| however. are less sanguine, and express
| themselves OF the opinion that 1t Will re-
| quire month to put things in present
| able shape The monster two-thousand
horse power engine which will be set N
motion when President Cleveland touches
the button Monday was tested last nlgh
for the first time. The ponderous wheels
revolvcd with such ease and precision
that the onlookers could scarcely believ'
II was I'm motion at all. II was tested ir
every part and not a flaw was found
7, was simplv perfect. To-day mechanics
are AT work connecting II with the dyna
mos and betting It up for the great worF
| n heein on Monday. The electrical foun
tain. which has required so much arduou'
| and skilled labor during the last thre'
months is almost finished. It will ~
In readiness for its first display wher
| the monster engine begins to work
| Another wondrous accomplishment Ia th'
work Of building elevated railroads int
| tho grounds The terminal has been com
pleted. and Sunday It VIII be ready u
| land passengers In the grounds. In eigh
| teen days the company has built an i'm
mense stretch or track, constructed
suspension bridge with span of one hun
dred and fifty feet over the Illinois Cen
trail tracks and erected It's terminal sta