The morning call., 1893-07-18
THE TOLL OF 1T.
Money-Charming for the
Winter Fair.
RIJUDING SPECIFICATIONS.
Lots of Interest Shown in the Pro-
iect-The Finance Committee
Working Very Hard.
There was considerable activity in Mid

There was cODSlu6IdUlc dCllfllt III nllU-
winter Fair circles yesterday.
Among the features of the day were:
ahout $4,000 subscribed; the Builders
Exchange indorsed the fair; preliminary
snecifcations of the buildings issued;
plans for laying out the grounds invited;
the railroads prnffer of $4,000, or more.
declared unconditional, and the company's
nosition otherwise defined; application
received for site for a 100000 historical
building: offer of benefit from Stock
wells: resolutions from Oregon and
Guatemala to assist, together with inqui-
ries, ETC., from every side.
Full reports have not yet been received
from every district being canvassed Tor
subscriptions. 1t is thought that by the
end of the week the general disposition
may be fairly gagged. At present the re-
turns are encouraging in MANY quarters.
At the regular meeting of the executive
committee complete set of bylaws and
rules ere adopted for the government OF
the committee. and giving the director
general full power over the operations
and employees of the exposition ITO assume
and mploy all such executive powers as
snail be necessary to secure promptness,
efficiency and good faith in every depart
ment OF the work"
Applications for concessions were re-
ceiyed as follows: Hartwell e Mitchell, to
sell Photographic views and California Gu
rios L. Grothwell Il Co., 300 feet square Tor
a corporation to erect a historical build
ing to cost 100000 on the fair ground; j.
W. Griffith, for booth 6x9 feet to be set
apart for scientific ana educational exhib-
its; a. b. Van Marie, to erect camera
= obscura; G. NJ. Fowler, Phoenix. Arizona,
to exhibit Yaqui Indian village. inciud-
ing singers, dancers and The famous
Santa Teresa of y Nogales" McNeal Pipe and
Foundry Company of Burlington, n. j.,
space to exhibit iron pipes. aac Offering to
furnish all piping necessary for the talr
lows:
W. J. Atkinson. President of the Build
ers' Council, notifying the committee that
at the proper time the trades would make
liberal donation to the Midwinter FAR.
FROM Jacob & Hellman, British Com
missioners' House, Chicago, stating mat
they represented forty leading Englsh
houses exhibiting at the fair and asking
for information as to the San FRANCISCO
fair, as majority desired to participate,
besides number of new firms from Eng
land. They would be glad to push the
fair through their firms in London: Two
members of the firm were now IN chicago
and would shortly leave for California.
Thomas Cook & Sons, the tourists
agents, wrote for information, desiring to
help the fair and to bring their exhibit 50
California. 1t was now In bond In CHI
cag0, and they desired to know whether
the Government would allow the same to
be moved. They would distribute any iu-
formation desired throughout the world.
Ii. Fitzjohn Porter, first assistant chief
in the machinery department at the Chi
cagO fair wrote asking for the position OF
chief machinist of the Midwinter Fair.
ALI. Elinghouse, for l.. h. Stockwell,
offered the Stockwell Theater for night
to be set apart for the benefit of the Mid
winter Fair, the attaches to give their
services free and the fair to receive the
~gT6as receipts.
twas resolved to call on all architects,
artists and draughtsmen for plans. designs
and suggestions for laying out fair grounds,
the same 10 be submitted to the executive
committee before next Mondav the oath
inst. Information was to be obtained from
Secretary a. Badlam.
Commissioner NumeZ of Guatemala was
in town Yesterday. and stated that Guate-
mala was more interested in the San Fran
cisco fair than that in Chicago, and would
do all in her power TO aid il.
1t is expected that the Chinese merchants
will con attribute large sum to the fair.
Herr Cornely is very much in favor of
establishing Zine of construction" in
the park upon which to base the buildings
and prevent scattering. He is also in favor
of organizing a foreign news bureau to ad-
vertlse the fair all over the world.
The advisability Of the State having
building is also being discussed, and an ex-
ira session of the Legislature TO make an
appropriation therefor is suggested The
sum already set as appropriate is $500, 900.
Several children have sent in contrl bu-
tions. The latest was silver dollar from
little Miss Louise Gerstner. She received
il as present on her ninth birthday
At the regular meeting of the Oregon
State Horticultural Society resolution to
make a State fruit exhibit al the San
francisco Midwinter Fair was passed
unanimously.
A committee from the Mlkmen's Asso-
citation called at headquarters and re-
ported that 1t was proposed to cali meet
ing of the milkmen for the purpose of
taking into consideration the question of
subscribing liberal fund for the fair.
Also committee from the butchers called
at the executive rooms and announced
that they were 10 meet this evening to
take action toward raising a subscription.