The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01

the Exhibits In Order Is Being
Pushed.
CHuAGo, April So,-Whep President
Cleveland presses the electric button to
signal the formal opening OF the Worlds
Columbian Exposition tomorrow, the
public will find tho fair still in some
what incomplete condition, but this re.
gretdul situation is due more to tardi-
ness OF exhibitors than to any lack Of
zeal on the part of the management of
the exposition. Nearly every building
constructed for the exposition proper
in the great white city is practically
completed, and while general confusion
still relgns in most OF the structures, 1t
Is in the matter OF the installation Of
exhibits, and not delay which can be
attributed to any failure OF the construc.
ton department. Indeed, to Chief
Burnham and President Higgeubotham
nust be given most OF the credit for tho
phenomenal labors which have con-
verted barren park into an artistic
city in tho brief space of eighteen
months. The difficulties encountered
have been exceptional and harrassing,
the most severe winter known for many
years to the building trades coming Just
at time when favorable weather
seemed indispensable to the success of
the international exposition. For weeks
1t was almost impossible to work on the
outside OF the Worlds Fair structures,
aud the wind did much damage to the
roofs OF several Of these architectural
triumphs on mora than one occasion.
In the brief respites afforded by the
weather from time to time, however,
every resource OF capital and executive
ability was brought to bear to hasten
the work, and, although the unfavor-
able elements have waged almost con.
stant warfare like revengetul beings up
to tho very hour Of the opening day,
the only effect has been to delay the in
stallation Of exhibits and retard the
completion OF several structures which
were rather the artistic trimmings Of
than component part Of the fair
The great buildings which constitute
the vital conception Of tho exhibition
and which are monument to the in
domitable executive ability Of Chief
Burnham and assistants have boen
ready lor weeks. TIL ey are the manu-.
factures and liberal arts building, and
machinery hall, electricity hall, fisher
les building, art building, women's
building, forestry building mines and
mining, horticultural, agricultural,
transportation building. administration
building and tho United States govern
ment building. OF the score OF state
buildings, nearly all are completed, or
nearly SO.
MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS
BUILDING.
On oil tho earth to-day there is prob.
ably no buster community than that
which Is working at top speed in the
manufactures and liberal arts building
Of the Worlds Fair at Jackson Park.
II Is q teeming city OF iron and glass.
Hundreds OF trucks arc rumbling
through the avenues, and hundreds Of
mon make tho air ring with hammers.
Tho status Of affairs in this building
is that 1t Ia thirty days this side OF the
condition it ought to be. For one
writer or twenty to describe the details
Of scene and action on this, tho largest
building ever constructed, is not to be
attempted. 10 Oil into tho picture all
tho minutiae on theSel floors, where
100000 people might be seated, and on
which tho greatest army OF the earth
might DO moblizod, would be to count
tho sonds that might I'll bushel
measure, The building itself Is com.
pleted. 1t Is ready and the in.
completeness is within. Tho 81, 100000
y was estimated to cost has been spent
the 100000 i0ot OF lumber needed to
construct II Is In place; tho l0,000,0O0
pounds Of iron has been put in position
tho CorinthiAn pile stands as n Inonu-
mont 70 the genius Of American science
and skill. Tho work to-day being done
nus 10 do with tho construction OF the
clty booths, houses and temples to hold
tho dtsplRy OF tho nations Of tho earth
who arc here to Wow 1t In It's excellence
oil invention, construction, urtisanship,
ingnutacturo and ilnO arts.
~ Broadly speaking, tho work OF pro
pairing facilities for showing the boxed
up goods Is now going forward under
prCsurO At least thirty days would
not DO too much timO In which all thii
work might bOwoll done. Tho authori
tlo' appreciate tho situation, no Is owl
d0nccd by hugo placards that wcro this
morning tackled up In all parts OF the
manufactures aud arts building They
have this allltorntivo huadintig In biz
bI3Sk poster typos, "Vim, Nigor Vic
tory" Then follows an uxhorlUtlon tC
llaSlo In preparation and ut the CLOSE
tho words In big typo; "ThOrO is nc
such word as fall" Following this Ii
the announcement that tho building
would bO sutrendored to sweapora ant
cleaners tonight
rnE ELrcTRiciTY DUlhplNo.
Could AUX but stop within tho port
Nls Of tho magnificent tomplo OF uloc
tElcity Ut tho Worlds ColnmbiOn Expo.
elton no would scarcely havn. In,
audnrily to defy tho modern lightning
nrldlOd as II Is by acenco, llB wonder.
iul ioreO would certainly pail any onC
but god for within thib huiidinu nks