The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-14

70 nay IL now the building Will % compieso0
By April "a In fact, Contractor Evans says u
viii b turned over TO the state on that day.
There = . general feeling that the building
should b dedicated before the Worlds taif
opens On Nay !. and II it u turned over on tne
date mentioned there II no apparent reason
why it should not b dedicated before the open.
Ing. In that caas swashington day" would
lose IT. chief soieos 6ere
Commissioner Thomas II. Cavanaugh, taking
Of this yesterday. said: 1--WE have not decided
Jet what to DO about the dedication. think IL
certainly should b dedicated before the open.
ing OF the expedition. stiu We do not want 70
dedicate Il before Il u turned over to the ssatA
There seems to b no reason Why Ne should
wait until May II. except that that has
oeen 6xed for Washington day. II would b
Just - we'll to have Warrington day and the
dedication exercises before the fair opens and
have them on the same day"
4H8 WARRINGTON BUILDING MANLY READY.
Every day sees the state building nearer COM
pletiou, and even . week has made . ire
msndous change In its appearance sca00ldtng
has been taken down from the north wing, and
the painting Of the whole interior II almost
finished While the scaifolding was still up the
colors chosen for the outside did not appear TO
advantage, and Dr.. Calhoun VA not prspos-
sessed with the general effect. Il does not.
however. look bad The rough logs which form
the basement OF the house ere, Of course. In
their natural colora The upper work II painted
light yellowish color in the panels, while the
rsliefs are stained bright buff color and var.
nlshed This lends kind OF Swi-s appearance
to the structure and makes . striking e6ect.
strongly contrasting with the dull slatecolor Of
the south Dakota building on the uqeth side
And the general white or gray effects al the ex.
position and other state buildings 1nside, the
ceiling OF the sides Il almost finished and work
men are busily engaged on the galleries and
d. Il an NfyV~ IN ma
with Dr.. Calhoun, Commissioner Cavanaugh.
Contractor Evans and ". L Davidson oversee
Ing the work, there r. no chance OF sinking
duty. In day or two the door will b ready to
receive exhibita
THE STATE COMPASSIONATE
The ONCE OF the state commissioners will DO
In the northwes angle OF the main hall, In the
gallery. This will be ready to accommodate the
officials, In all probability next week. In the
meanwhile the headquarters are in DR.. CAL
houn's room in the Norwalk hotel, opposite the
park gata This II one Of the numerous struc-
lures s'fun up" with the expectation Of turning
1t into rabbit warren during the fair. It 10 full
OF narrow passages, and II . merciful Provi.
dsnce permits you to escape being strangled by
the electric bell wires. telephone wires and
other wires which always seem to be In state
OF ''being put up" you may, If you can thread
the labyrinth of corridors. reach the doctors
room after IN hours hard work. The com
missioners In the East at present are: Executive
Commissioner Calhoun, Thomas Il. Cavanaugh
and Will L LAfollette. superintendent Of the
agricultural department. The last has Just ar
rived, but the others have been here since
March 70. Commissioner Cavanaugh left Sat-
urday Tor the East with his wife. They have
son Q second lieutenant In the army, stationed
somewhere near West Point, and want to see
him. Mrs. Cavsnaugh will remain there. but
the commissioner will return In few days
Dn ~ Af~ nj
Walla Walla. are expected to arrive this week.
EXHIBITS BEGINNING 10 ARRIVE.
Exhibits are beginning to arrive The drst
car load got In on the 9th and was transported
to the fair grounds At once It was . whale,
and WAS placed In the fisheries building. At
6rst there was opposition to this ON the part OF
the administration onicials, but they finally &C.
coded 70 the arrangement, and indeed, there Is
no reason why It should not prove an attraction
there, being forty-seven feet long. This 10 the
hrst whale that has succeeded in reaching
Chicago. though We have had . whaler In the
river for months. The latter was brought up
through the lakea and used az . floating
museum. After being used thus for . time al
irreverent tugboat poked hole In her bilge.
and the gallant little craft. which for over 100
years had braved Arctic icebergs and Atlantic
storms. sank in the foul sewage OF Chicago's
dirty river. It was raised again and put on ex.
hibitiou. OF course the whale II not the only
sample OF Washington's sea denissns that will
b sent here, for every species Of which We
know will be placed on exhibition.
HOW TO SECURE AccoHxoDArIoNa
The question of room rent IL probably bother
ing q good many Washing tonians who intend to
visit the fair. Exaggerated reports OF the great
rise In hotel rates have gone abroad. Down
town hotels generally Will make no increase In
their usual ratea Notices to that effect are
posted In the offices of several OF the largest ho-
tells in the city. The extortion, IL any Is prac-
ticed. will be met with In the vicinity of the
fair grounds There large number OF cheaply
constructed hostelries have been erected. while
every private dwelling house is willing to rent
one or moro rooms 1t unheard-of prices.
The experience Of w. L Davidson in the case
OF W. Charles Bardslee. of Tacoma, will instance
what 10 meant Mr.. Bardslee wanted room for
the 6rst two months Of the fair, and wrote Da-
wilson to procure what he wanted The best
the latter could do after careful search was to
obtain parlor on Lake street for $l25 for the
two month"; He thought the matter over ono
night and returned next day to secure the
roomA By mistake he entered the next house.
where, asking after the rooms, the landlaty
showed him parior very much better than the
other for 500 the two months Tho bargain was
closed at once. The tact OF the matter 10 that
exorbitantly high prices cannot be maintained,
and visitors from Washington who have not So
cured rooms beforehand can locate in thousands
Of places at almost ordinary prices if they do
not mind Al hours ride in crowded street cars
There will not, In all probability. be more than
10000 outsiders in Chicago at any one time. and
there arc accommodations for more than tina,
number IN the vicinity Of the park itself This
competition will necessarily lower prices to
fair figure. People OF limited means can rent
rooms here and see the fair, or the best part OF
1t. for much less than they imagine. and can de-
pend on the best hotel rates Of from - day up.
The WARRINGTON BOOK.
splendid book on the resources OF the state
10 to be issued grs,uitously at the state building
during fair time. Rand, McNaily Co. have
made bid for the work, which will probably be
accepted by the commission The book will Be
entitled, Washington: Its Climate, Production
and Natural Resources" This nrm offers to
print 100 900 copies of 1a2 pages. 6xS inches. and
thrty-iouF full page Illustrations, half-'ons
cuts from photographs, for $685. which 10 =, 200
less than any other bid Yet received Five
hundred of these books will be bound In cloth
and OF superior ints h. This Is the first ofhclai
One in seren Of all
q deaths comes from Con-