The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-01


Wales"
The delay in this building is due directly
to the tardiness of exhibitors. for the
building was finished completely over eight
months ago. Some boxes have been uD-
packed. but many are still unopened. and
nothing has been done toward arranging
other exhibits. No foreign country save
New South Wales, is in anything like pre-
sentable shape.
Up in the galleries matters are in no
better shape. A large force of men is at
work in this portion of the building, and it
IS expected that everything will be in shape
in about two weeks. Down on the floor of
the building which covers nine acres, there
Is a tremendous force of men working with
desperate energy, but no force can arrange
the exhibits in the mines and mining
building before June ..
Situated on an island at the entrance north
of thu lagoon is the fisheries building,
model of architectural beauty. In the main
building the exhibits are being rapidly
placed in position, and include the skeleton
of mammoth whale, boats OF every
description, from the rude canoe liewn
from tree by Alaskan Indians to tho trim
sailing smack. vast cords of dried fish
caught in Norwegian waters, and fish pre-
east wing are ten aquaria. containing every
form of fish and animal life possible 10
obtain
In the center of the building workmen
are constructing a huge aquarium from
which arises a mound of rocks. Here
fresh-Water: fish, Wilt live. .:-Around the
court adi6in ing the rotunda n glass aqua
rum IFS been arranged: for the reception OF
atmos t: anv nQm ber> of: fish. EVerYvarieiy
of fish. from the Ssemi-vegetable form atoms
found at:the bottom of the -seato the most
active species known: may be seen
All the exhibits have not vet been re-
ceived and many in the building have not
been unpacked. The indications are that
it will require some active work to arrange
them in less than two weeks.
With characteristic determination fhe
lady managers. of the WON am S building
| have. about Completed THE :lnsta llatien of
their EXHIBIT. and tile building and exhibit
will stand as ;a:nron umentl TO the energy and
courageof the: women 5of tile present era.
Weeks OF active: :endeavor have resulted in
majority of the exhibits being placed,
and th building VIII be thrown open to-
morrow TO visitors after appropriate ded-
catory exercises have been held. Every
article displayed is from the hands of
women. Especial interest has centered in
this building and its display. as this is the
first international fair at which a display of
| this character has been made.
There is an appearance of sturdiness
| about the forestry building. The fact that
| hundreds Of columns in the structure are
big treetrunks In their natural state and
the shingied walls. designedly Innocent Of
paint, give it a uniqueness all its own and
| presents good front, seeming to tell of
| well-arrangeG exhibits within. But the
! hope sank when a full view of the Interior
! of the building was obtained. Scarcely
| more than a dozen booths are even ap-
| preaching completion, while almost every
| where the eye rested could be seen exhibits,
! still unpacked, in boxes, canvas, wrapping
| paper and all sorts OF covering. Yet the
| spectacle was one worth many miles of
| journey to see. More huge cross-sections
and logs of different varie eties. more pol
! ished, briliant-colored slabs and posts were
! about than the average man would expect
to see in dozen Worlds Fairs A promise
! of speedy belterment, too, was observable.
Most marked is tie completeness of
Uncle Sans exhibits. Possibly never more
! perfectly has the effectiveness OF the ma
tional resources heen brought to bear to
meet given conditions. From the stars and
stripes flutterng above the huge red dome
and the great gilded eagle over the entrance
to the tiniest details illusrratiFe of Uncle
| Sans household affairs everything is in
spic and span oIder The Army, Navy,
Postoffice, Interior, Justice, State and Agri-
| cultural departments are all fully and COM
! pletey represented.
The Interior Of the agricultural bnildlng
| presents very much the appearance of a
Kansas village just after rainless cyclone.
Boxes, bundles. sheaves of grain, bottles,
skins. agricultural implements and ma
| chinery are distributed in apparently hope
| less confusion all over the building, while
| scores and hundreds of exhibits appear to
be taking on systematic shape 1t Is APP
parent TO the novice that weeks must eapse
| before the exhibits of the agricultural
| building are all installed and ready for the
| visitor OF taste. Several of the more ener-
| getic exhibitors, however, have made COM
| mendable progress, though the entire build
| ing as yet falls TO show single completely
installed exhibit.
The horticultural building was one of the
first to receive exhibits, and its interior has
been kept in a state of tropical warmth
| throughout the entire winter. From one
end to the other, arranged in perfect sys-
tenn and witG exquisite taste, are plants and
flowers known TO all zones.
It is very doubtful whether any building
within the grounds of the great fair will
attract more attention than that devoted TO
transportation. Unfortunately the exhibits
are not all in place, and there is prospect
that they may not be for a fortnight to
come. The exhibits in the transportation
building comprise everything, from Mex
lean donkey to a modern locomotive; from
birch-baTk canoe to full-siZed moder II
ocean greyhound.
Within stones throw Of the tall light
house at the extreme northeast portion of
the park is the picturesque warship In
which the Naval Department will make its
exhibit. A cruiser has been constructed on
piling driven into the bottom of the lake, in
such a manner as to give the impression
that it is a real war-vessel Of the Navy De-
partment The realistic appearance has
been effected by the presence of guns. tur-
rets. torpedo tubes, nets and other appli-
ances found aboard mau-of-war. The
vessel will be manned during the fair by n
detail of officers and seamen, and the same
discipline will be maintained as that ob-
served on board warshp.
| Nearly all the heavy machinery Is in
place in the machinery ball, and much OF
it will be in operation from the opening
day. but there is great deal to be done
yet. When everything is in place. how
ever, the inventive genius of the closing
decade OF the century may be seen in the
building.
There is one pretentious structure at the
Worlds Fair which has long been CON-
pleted, but which will never be occupied by
exhibits. 1t is the administration building,
and it will be the headquarters of the
Worlds Fair. In it will be all the meetings
of the commission, the local directory and
the various committees in authority. Di
rector General Palmer of the national
commission. President Higinbotham of the
local direct'ry and all the chiefs OF the
departments viii be quartered there.
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