The morning call., 1893-09-06
BIDS ASKED FOR.
Buildings to Be Begun in
Two Weeks.
CONTRACTS NOW IN ORDER
Gladdening Announcement From the
Executive Committee - Sugges-
tions From Many Sources.

which has been made in connection with
the MidNinter Fair was the statement of
Director General de Young yesterday that
bids for the contracts for constructing the
exposition buildings would be invited
to-day.
Specifications and working plans have
been submitted by the architects of the
different buildings and approved by the
executive committee. The contracts will
be awarded within the next five or six
days and Mr.. de Young says that the
work on the buildings will positively be
commenced not later than the Goth inst,
and probably by the 18th.
The only point upon which the execu-
tive committee is in doubt is whether the
construction of all the buildings shall pro-
ceed simultaneously, or in succession.
The adjustment of this question depends
entirely upon the amount of money on
hand next week. The dlrector-geDeral is
con fident that the collections will at
least be sufficient for the largest building,
which could be commenced at once, and
smaller structures could follow as the
cash comes IN.
Bright az the outlook for the fair has
grown within the past few weeks, the
project will be infused with new life when
the timbers of the buildings are placed In
position. Much of the work now being
performed, important though il is, does
not come under the observation of the
great mass of the citizens. On the other
hand the erection of the buildings Will be
under the eyes of the public and the daily
growth of the structures can be Inspected
by all. The success of the enterprise will
then be obvious, even to the most pessi-
mistc
Space for the Hawaiian. Viennese and
japanese villages was practically deter
mined upon yesterday. Each will be al
lotted good-sizcd tract in desirable loca-
tion. l.. NJ. ThurstOn, the Hawaiian Com
missioner, and Bernhard Hoffmann, who
is arranging for the Viennese exhibit,
spent the day with Assistant Engineer
O'Shaughnessey in completing arrange
mentS for the dIsnlay.
That from the Hawaiian Islands will be
to the east of the Mechanical Arts and Ad-
ministration buildings, and will comprise
tract containing 6S, 750 square feet. In
the center of the display will be the cyclic
rama. now at Chicago. of the volcano,
painted by Walter BurriGge, the cele-
brated scenic artist. The cyclorama is
80 feet 10 diameter and Is fine specimen
of artistic work.
The exhibit will also include Hawaiian
and South Sea islands villages There
Will be lake around which natives will
paddle In their canoes. All the native in
dustries and the products of the South
Seas Will be shown as extensively as space
will permit. Exhibits will also be COM
piled Of an historical character. indicating
the different stages in the development of
the islands, commercially and politically.
The Niennese Gardens will have the
same area as the Hawaiian display. 1t
will be located 10 the north of IhuTston's
collection and east of the Administration
building. Bernhard Hoffman,, its manager,
agrees to bring all It's features direct from
Vienna. A restaurant will bo attached,
furnished in Austrian style, served by
native walters, where Vienna meal can
be procured at Vienna rates. The institu-
ton will oe modelled after a similar one
now in Jackson Park, but will be an i'm
prOvement over the Worlds Fair village.
In area, the Japanese village will be
about half as large as the others just men
toned. but its promoters guarantee that
its lnferiOIity will end with its compare
tive size. A graceful building, The precise
counterpart of scores of structures in
Toxic and Yokohama. will contain an
assortment OF japanese curiOs and relics
such as are rarely if ever To be found in
this country. Work on all these villages
will 60 forward at once.
1t must not he supposed that all the en-
thusiasm concerning California's Inter
national Exposition is confined to the
male sex. The ladies have been discussing
plans to make the fair attractive and sue
cessful AS one result of their councils, q
communication was received yesterday
from Mrs. William Alvord, president, and
Mrs. lsidOre Burns, secretary, of the
ladies' committee who furnished the San
Francisco room in the California building
at Chicago. The ladies propose tn transfer
the furnishings and contents Of the apart
ment to the Midwinter Fair, and have ap-
piled for space, 20x26, centrally located IN
the Fine Arts building.
Hugo Mansfield has written to the ex-
ecutiye committee proposing a plan which
Will add TO the musical attractiveness of
the exhibition. He proposes that space in
one of tbs rooms of the Fine Arts building
he partit;oned off to provide seating ac-
cOmmOdatiOns for an audience of 800, and
that he arrange series of free piano re-
citals two OF three afternoons week dur
ing the fair.
Mr.. ManSfeldt suggests that the room
could be used as an art gallery, with the
simple alteration that, during the hour of
the recital, the benches and chairs occu-
pied by the audience be placed to face a
platform three feet high and wide enough
to hold two pianos. The doors of this
music-TOom ON would be closed only during
the rendering of each number. Visitors
could thus have IN hour OF rest after the
fatigue OF sightseeing, and at the same
time enjoy the culture derived from listen
ing to the master works of piano litera-
ture.
The limit of time has been extended for
the admlttance of exhibits to the fair. In
the original notification, sent out in pam
phlet form to exhibitors, Septem Der / was
announced as the latest date npOn which
applications for space would be received.
As the Chicago Exposition W Ill II OF close uu-
I'll Octo Der 81. many of the exhibits now in
jackson Park will not be transferred hither
until about that date. There will he time
between November l and the opening of
the exposition on New Years day, 10 ar
range all exhibits in their proper position.
The Official Railway and Steamship
Guide has donated two pages to the Mid
winter Fair for advertising matter. The
space can he used at the option OF the eS-
eeutive committee, there being no restric-
ton as TO the nature or style of the adyer-
tisements.
A communication has been received
from f. NJ. Wells. Rupert Schmid, T.
Peano and Frederick Flohr, in which they
state that they each donate $50 to the
Mldwinter Exposition, and furthermore
agree that in the event of their being
awarded the contract for sculptural work
they will douate one days wages of each
man for every week that he may be en-
poyed.
La addition to $4,000 deposited with the
cashier upon old subscriI ti0nS the follow