The morning call., 1893-12-13

forward and have already subscribed half
of the amount necessary TO erect the hos
pital. the total cost Of which will be abont
$500. Plans have been prepared ana sub
mitted to the directOr-Renera1 and ap-
proved by that official. All that remains is
the comparatively easy task of raising the
balance OF the estimated cost of erection
and to let the contract
The hospital Will be In the form of a
cross. and the red cross Will form a promi-
nent part In its exterior decoration. One
wing Of the building is designed for the
male ward and the other for the female.
In the center will be the operating-room
with the Offices of the edical director and
house surgeon III the rear. In connection
with the work of the corps 1t is proposed
to make use of United States Govern
ment ambulance.
The new plans for the festival hall are
now ready for contractors TO bid on and
cal be seen at the Offices of a. Page
Brown, in the Croker building. Bids for
the construction of this building will be
| subject to the same rules that apply to the
| bids on the other main buildings of the
exposition. and each bid must be accom-
| panied by certified check for per cent
| of the amount bid All bids must be in by
| Saturday at noon. at the Offices of the eX-
ecutive committee, in the Mills building.
Bids are now being received for the deco
rative posts and chains and the ornamental
steps which are to be placed in and around
the grand central court of the exposition.
Preparations for the electric lighting in
the exposition buildings and in and about
the grounds are being hurried forward to
be ready for the grand opening on New
Years day. Poles for the 120-arc lights
which are to illuminate the grand central
plaza are at the GROUNDS, and the work of
erecting them began yesterday. Wiring
for the exterior illumination OF the Mechan-
| cal Arts building with incandescent lamps
has been completed and the wOrkmen are
now engaged in similar work on Horticul-
tural Hall. The wiring of the interior of
the Administration building has been
finished. leaving on the Manufacturers
| structure to be similarly equipped.
a busy scene was observable In the rear
of the Mechanical Arts building yester-
| day in connection with the placing in posi-
tion of the big boilers. The boilers were
| conveyed thither by the special track laid
for that purpose. Alter the boilers have
| been firmly located the annex will be built
| over them. The engine donated by the
| Golden Gate Mining Company also arrived
| at Sunset City yesterday and no time will
| be lost in putting it in its permanent po-
stioD.
Additional designs for representing Cali
| fornia's total gold product are being pre-
| pared. One will consist of golden sphere
| twenty feet in diameter surmnunted by a
bear. all supported on golden columns.
| There will be large cube suspended from
| the ceiling an immense lngot, and one in
| the form of mammoth coin. A replica Of
| the Marshall statue is to 60 into the Ell Do
RADIO County exhibit.
Most of Santa Barbara'S space in the
mining exhibit will be occupied by the Cali
| foruia Petroleum and Asphalt Company.
| A solid block of asphalt weighing seven
| and a half tons has been quarred and will
be displayed as the largest block of as
| phalt ip the world.
Inyo County's display will include silver
lead ores. soda from Owens Lake. borax
from Saline Valley and specimens of mar
bles and onyx.
| A working model of a placer mine in
| full operation will be exhibited by w. G.
Fee of Spokane. 1t will represent creeks,
| tunnels, fumes. reservoirs, sluice-boxes
and water forces, ana VIII De an interest
| ing feature.
The following assignments OF space have
been made in the mining section Nevada
County, $40 square feet; Amador County.
464; Calaveras, 464; FL Dorado. 420;
Butte ss Sierra Ssrn a,S S4S Shasta, 5as
Siskiyou. III; Cnntra Costa. 176; Inyo.
ZIG; Mariposa. 130; MERGED, rs; Santa
Cruz, %; Santa Barbara %; San Diego.
90; Mono, $50: Mendocino, 221a; Lake, 81.
The Siskiyou Mill and Lumber CON-
pany has turned out the largest sugarpine
| D0aru ever cut Id lnaS County ioI eADlOl.
tion at the fair. The board is y inches
thick, "a inches wide and 10 feet long anu
is without knot or flaw. IL was cut by a
| band saw The wOrkmen had great
difficulty in getting 1t over the snow banks
On the way to the railroad track last week.
1t will be placed in the Pacific pine lumber
| exhibit.
A literary and musical entertainment,
to be followed by ball, will be given un.
| der the auspices of the British auxiliary
committee this evening in Odd Fellows
Hall. The Canadian Auxiliary Associa-
| tion will also give concert and ball in
| the same place on Friday evening Both