Milford chronicle., 1893-10-06
lie EAIaIs. WINE gLEpHANT.
what Is to Be Done with the Beautiful
buildings When the show Is Over9


Buildings when the Show Is Over9
In lump figures s19OOO,O 600 went into the
construction Of the Worlds fair buildings
and the preparation of the grounds for the
exposition. The point that now interests
the stockholders, and incidentally the
whole city and country, is how much can
be realized from that Sl9,Oo0,00O worth Of
time and material.
1t is safe to assume that the time is dead
waste 1t is safe to say also that large
a frightfully large-proportion Of the ma
terial will have to go by the board.
IN the rosy days Of promotion it was fig
ured that S, 900 600 could he realized from
the sale of the buildings and the materials.
Since then there has been slump in the
expectations, and today it is a tossup
whether there will be enough salvage to
pay for the tearing down Of the buildings,
the removal Of the materials and the resto-
ration of hepark to the condition in which
it was before it was turned over to the Ex-
position company.
The South park commissioners fear that
the fair corporation will forfeit its 100000
bond and abandon the buildings rather
than attempt to tear them down and restore
the grounds to their original condition,
John c. Flemming, Chicago representa-
tive of the Carnegie companies, which fur
nished about two-thirds of the iron enter
ing into the buildings, says that "a very
large part of the iron at Jackson park will
have to go into the scrap pile"
That means that it will have to be sold
for old iron and at a price which may not
pay half or a quarter Of the price making
it available even for that disposition. There
are Z, COO tons of iron in the Manufactures
building, costing about SO ton to put in
place, or nearly S500,000 in all.
There are nearly 80, 600 tons in the several
buildings. representing a cost Of over 81
500, 900.
illustrative of the cost of taking down
iron work, it may be stated that the archi-
tect Of Steele Mackaye's skeleton Specta-
torium estimates that it will cost S43, 900
and every dollar that can be realized from
the sale Of material to pull down and re-
move that unsightly monument of yet 9th
er blissful promotion moments.
The owners of the Ferris wheel expect to
pay $50, COO to responsible contractors to
take down, transport and set up that Won
derful piece Of work on another site.
Emil Phillipson says it will cost 100000
over and above the salvage to tear down
and remove the Manufactures building
Diligent inquiry among wreeking firms and
contractors failed to uncover any that
would confess having any intention of bid
ding on the destruction Of the White City,
or that would admit they knew of anybody
who had definite purpose in that direc-
tion. -.o,- -
No matter who has the work to 5o there
is going to be great troub3l,sgs and expense in
disposing Of t5RssSNa 5Rs Naasteand rubbish. Where
to put 1t wlli1be a tough problem to solve,
u agti1Ut be dumped haphazard into the
lake. as much Of 1t would be washed back
GpSn the shore by the action of the water.
frhe authorities would not allow that dis
position to be made of it. There will be
between II, 1000 and 49, 600 carloads of waste
material to be hauled away from Jackson
park, according to the calculation OF a
prominent contractor-that is to say, be-
tween ], 100000 and 100000 cubic yards of
rubbish. There will be some thousands Of
carloads Of staff alone to be carted away.
There is nohOle or swamp to fill up with
in transportable distance of Jackson park.
A suggestion has been offered that the
waste material be used for the creation Of
an artificial mountain at the southeast cor
ner of the park, In the loose form 1t VIII
be in when carried from the grounds the
waste material will make pile. 1,JOO feet
square and between 10 aud % feet high.
Tho surface area of such creation would
be about 90 acres
II was seia While the buildings were be-
ino ereeled that the iron framework Of sew
= a Of them would be sold to railroad com
panies to be used as stations. All the roads
running into Chicago have fine stations,
and there seems to be no chance to dispose
of tho iron frames here.
The question the officials want answered
is, What shall be done with the buildings
and the Chicago Cor. New York
Times.