The morning call., 1893-09-28
BUILDING WORK.
1t Has Commenced at the
Fair Site.
TIMBERS FOR FOUNDATION
A New Arrangement for the Exposi.
tion Finances-Plans Being Made
for Spanish Village.

cashier and accountants office was
opened yesterday in connection with the
finance department of the Midwinter Fair
j. j. Hassell is in charge and will here
after record all financial transactions of
the exposition. Collectors for the finance
committee report that 95 per cent of the old
subscriptions is readily obtanable on the
application OF those who originally secured
| the promise to pay the amount. Many
new subscriptions for large amounts are
promised when the erecting of the build
| ings has proceeded little further.
WOrrel & Miller stated yesterday that
they will begin to lay the concrete founda-
ton for the Fine Arts building this morn
ing The Administration building is now
the only one uncontrolled for. The work
ing plans furnished by the architect are
now under consideration by the executive
committee. Bids will be invited within
the next few days.
The Fine Arts building will be of brick,
with concrete foundations. The exterior
will be plastered and decorated after the
old Egyptian style. Two SphinXes will
guard the approach to the building, with
eight long steps leading TO the main vesti-
bule. There will be a decided flavor OF
the pyramids about the building. which
carries out the Egyptian idea with artistic
unity.
No stone work and little concrete will be
necessary for the foundation of the build
ings at the mark. Most of the structures
being TEN DOrary, the foundations will con-
siSt of immense timbers laid in the sand.
These tlmDerS are now en- route from the
mills, and some Of them will be in place
and covered with flooring before he week
ar n Ia vva "a
being hauled to the site yesterday.
The present proposition regarding the
exposition fence is that il will be $500 feet
long and 10 feet high. Nothing definite
will be decided until the building opera
ii Ons have proceeded further. When most
of the material has been brought to the
grounds and when the electric-lighting ar
rangementS have been completed pre-
| limnary evening cOncerts will be given at
the exposition site. Then the fence will
be built.
The foreign features OF the fair will not
be The least attractive. Besides the con-
cessions granted for Japanese and Chinese
villages, plans are being made by the
MontenegrIns, Servians and ROumanians
Tor carnival, in which the costumes and
customs of those countries will be made
prominent. A project is on foot to add a
Spanish village to the other national
characteristic features of the exposition.
showing not only Spanish customs of to-
day. but also the history of Spain and the
Spanish countries.
! COnsul-General A. X. COney of Mexico
has appointed the following gentlemen of
this city to act as Mexican auxiliary
committee in behalf of the exposition:
| w. LoaiZa. DR.. Isaac Rivas, Guiilermo
Andrade and J. NJ. Ahumada.
NJ. Antoine Borel, the Swiss Consul, has
been talking with the prominent members
of the Swiss community in San Francisco
and they have also formed an auxiliary
committee, of which George L. Cavalli is
| the chairman.
| The athletic entertainment at the Grand
| Opera-house on Tuesday evening netted
| over 500 to the MldwiEter Fair fund.
! The total receipts were Sl212 80, of which
| 20 per cent was paid TO Peter Maher. The
! success of the entertain ment has encOur-
! aged the idea of giving another a an earlV
date. when Maher and McAulffe will be
! matched. There Will be several other
| pugilistic encounters or the same evening.
! The show will probably be given al the
! pavilion, the Grand Opera-hOuse net
atfordlng sufficient accommodation The
proceeds from the tTotting matinee at the
Bay District track were 5000
| The experiment of holding evening ses-
! slons Of the executive committee is prov
! ing so effective In clearing off the accumu-
! lated routine work that they will be con-
! tinued permanently. The business trans
acted consists largely OF the discussion of
! details concerning applications for space
an concessions, the result of which, it is
held. will be apparent in the assignment of
a great deal of space ana the receipt of
considerable money for the benefit of the
fair.
| Hereafter the afternoon will be devoted
| largely to consultations with architects
and contractors, and the reception of bust
! ness visitors.
| The next benefit for the fair will probably
| be big baseball tournament j. 3. Gil
| bert, manager of the reorganized league,
! has offered two OF the best clubs for an
exhibition, and this is likely to be the
nucleus around which will center one Of
the greatest baseball tournaments seen on
the Pacific Coast.
| 1t was suggested TO the executive CON-
mlttee last night that number of able
| bodied, sober, steady, industrious men
| should be put in military training for
| service. such as that rendered by the
| Columbian Guards al Chicago. 1t is felt
| that there are enough Californians to fill
! the Midw!nter Fair positions. and that it
! Will be unnecessary TO make any Eastern
/ impOrtatoGs 1t was further proposed to
have an encamrment of the Guards in the
park. tents being borrowed from the
National Guard
! a beautiful piece of Worlds Fair
tapestry. representing the landing Of
Columbus, hangs on the wall at head
quarters. 1t was donated to the Mid
winter Fair by E. Ii. Ehrenpfort through
the medium of George Schmitt of the
finance committee.
The cash receipts yesterday amounted
to S1572 30. making the total to date
$685. 646 06.
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