The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-01
MANUFACTURES.
The Building Completed, but tho Instaila-
ton OF Exhibits Far Behind.

The Building Completed, but tho InstaIla-
ton OF Exhibits Far Behind.
On all the earth to-day there Is probably
no buster community than that which is
working at top speed in the Manufacturers'
and Liberal Arts buildings of the worlds
fair at Jackson Park. It 10 teemIng city
under iron and glass Hundreds of trucks
are rumbling through the streets and
avenues of this thirty-acre house. and
thousands of men make the air ring with
hammers. Saws of the carpenters add the
resping sounds of o myriad of locusts on q
September afternoon. The soft flap of the
paint brush and the dull burr of iron.
filters machines supplemented the stating
and whanging of opening boxes and bales
of exhibits. in q word or more. the status
of affairs III the building appears. at least.
thirty days this side of condi tions of the
readiness that might be expected to exist
on the day before the opening of this great
exhibition.
For ons writer OF twenty to describe to-
day the details of scene and action in this
the largest building ever constructed, is
not To be attempted. To I'LL into the pic
ture all the minuti;e on these floors where
500, COO people might be seated and on which
the greatest army of the earth might be
modified, would be- to count the sands
building itself is completed. Ii Is ready
and the Incompleteness is within. The
81. 10000 it " as estimated TO cost has been
spent; the three million feet of lumber
needed to construct it Is In place: the ten
million pounds of iron has been put IN po-
sitiOE; the great C0rnthian pile stands as
q monument to genius of American science
and skill.
The work to-day being done has to do
with the construction of the city of booths.
houses and temples To hold the display of
the nations or tue earth who are here TO
vie with each other in the eXcelienoe of
invention, construction. artisanship. man
ufacture and line arts. And how
stands this work as the soddsn and
Teeking skies close down upon the
night before the great fairs openingf
Entering the great structure at the south
west corner. the first construction which
meets the eye is the Gomed building of
Persia Two of the domes are painted
blue with golden crescent and stars: the
minaret IS structure OF lath, ana the
sides are yet of bare. implanted boards.
The interior is full OF soaffold ing and the
carpenters are hammerIng IL towards CON-
pletiOn. There - no sign of exhibits. At
the left MeXico's space Is surrounded
b. a wooden wainscot surmounted
with paneled glass. 1t looks like
office ratings. inside. unopened boxes nnd
partly constructed showcases are buddled
lhicky. Siam Is ready To do business when
Its boxes are opened. It's gold and crystal
pHGouh WIN INJURIES VI uiAooHc-ioohiug
gods. is ready Going down the west aisles
past Siam. the boxed exhibits OF New south
Wales are covered and ed with lumber
ard discounted show cases. while carpenters
ere working on staging overhead. On the
main aisle. through to which this depart
ment extends. Is IN better shape. The ex-
biblt seems TO lie thus far chiefly of photo
graphs Of buildings and localities in New
south " ales. y case Of hooks exhibited by
q public printer Ia IN position. and a SOL
ifaFV man work uniting An
eight-lsgged billiard bic OF astonishing
area.
Spain il not yet housed. but will be In
time. II the carpenters do not strike or die
OF old age. Trucks were to-day trundlipg
In Spain's boxed exhibits The island Of