Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-16
WORLD's rAlR-lLlrxoIs' BUILDING.


tiOn company. sone Of the state or for
eien commissioners. or with private ex.
hibitors. The next two weeks ought to
show . heavy demand for day laborers,
especially among the state buildings, for
AL Of these have been dismantled Of their
fine furniture. some have been sold for
wreckage, and the owners Of others are
lying awake nights worrying over how
they are to get rid Of them. The huge H.
linois stste building is to be sold 1t pub
lie auction. rs required by law, Dec. p.
and its purchaser must get it out of the
park at once. either whole Or in scraps.
Ohio Bsildinx Bring. $500.
1t cost $!l0. 900. but il will sell for less.
The Wisconsin building, which will make
. pretty and durable home for some one,
Il to be sold to seal bidders Nov g. On
the same day its furniture and fittings viii,
be put up at auction. The little Ohio
building has been sold to Cincinnati
man for $500 and he will begin TO tear it
down Dec. 10. The heroic monument to
Ohio cons, which stood in front of the
building. has fallen before the vandal The
bronze statues Of Grant, Sheridan, Sher-
man. Garfield. Chase and Stanton, which
with the symbolic figure Of Ohio made up
the group, were all taken down. These
figures are worth si:5 QUO. belong to the
state, and will be set mp in the capitol
grounds at Columbus. The furniture in
Michigan's building will be sold to the
states institutions. There are NO plans
Jet for the disposal Of the building. In.
diana's furniture Il to be distributed
among the states institutions, and the
commissioners met to decide how they
shall dispose of she building.
DispOseS Of for 9sB
Nebraska's building went low. SEWERS
& Tearnley Of Cincinnati bought it for
e75, and will take il to Cincinnati. The
same firm has purchased the clambake
restaurant building. The governor of
West Virginia will get the furniture from
the states building, and the house itself
In still on the market. The governor of
New Jersty though II luckier than his
brother Of West Virginia He IL going to
have his states building to loll around In
Of summers. New Jerseys house h Q
quaint colonial one, an exact reproduction
Of Washington's headQuArters 1t Morris
town. 1t will be carefully taken down
and rebuilt somewhere in the rural Dor
ton Of the state ~ . summer home for
that lucky governor. That other histori-
eal building. Mount Vernon, has been sold
BY the Virginia commission to John Nc
OoesV VI SosSe9gO AVt WV NIX 12C<10Akv
b going to move it 70 Seventeen street.
Ths NsW Yssk Bailaing.
@. r. NcGann, executive commissiooes
foe Maryland, b In Baltimore trying "a
decide what will b done with his build.
ing, but Commissioners Foley Of New
York II right hero in town frotting be.
cause some one does not come along and
0der him some part Of the ellO, 600 the
Empire state lavished on her big, square,
white palace. New York had this white
elephant comfortably given TO the WON.
ans board once and accepted, too, but
when Potter Palmer made his big gift fol-
. permanent memorial building the
women said they guessed they would moi
tax New YOrk's generosity, and nov .s.s;
Foley Is worrying again. The most d
/, New York's furniture has been disposed a
q private sale. Tue California building
he's been sold 70 the Worlds Fair Wreck
ing and Salvage company. which pro
poses 70 uss u ~ . stoeehouse Tor mate
rial torn from other buildings 1ue the do
nclitiua Of which ths COMPANY , nsgoti
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