Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-10
FINE ARTs

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tions for space are pouring in upon them,
it begins to look as if the only mistake
made so far consisted in not planning more
commodious buildings at the outset. AL
ready annexes to the main structures are
being talked of, and it is apparent that if
they are not erected or additional space for
exhibits supplied in some other way a great
many applications will lave to be denied.
1t seemed in the beginning that the build
ings had been planned on a sufficiently gen.
erous scale. The Manufactures building
is $50 feet long and $50 feet in width, the
Agricultural building 400 by 200, the Ma
chinery building $50 by IFS, and the Fine
Arts building 1875 by 65. Nowit is estimated
thai if each OF them were of twice the size
there would be no difficulty in filing them
with exhibits.
The structures will of course be mainly
OF a temporary character, but they will be
beautiful and imposing nevertheless. They
will be built in the same manner as those
of the White City in Chicago, of wooden
frames, plastered and ornamented with
staff-that is, all of them but the Fine
Arts building will be so constructed. The
latter, because of the valuable nature of
the works to be shown there, will be fire.
proof. 1t is being built of brick and will
remain standing after the fair is over, the
idea being to make it the home of a per-
manent art gallery at some future day.
Considerable study has been devoted to
the matter of laying out and identifying
the fair grounds. Situated as they are in
the heart of Golden Gate park, it was neces-
sary to contrive to take every advantage
of the charming location, while at the same
interfering as little as possible with any of
the permanent features of that popular
recreation ground. The result has been
very successfully accomplished.
The buildings are arranged around a
great quadrangle, with plenty Of space be-
tween and around them to set them off
from each other and avoid the impression
of crowding them together. The uuadran-
gle will be terraced and laid out in beautiful
parterres of blooming flowers, the number
and variety of which will astonish any one
who has not made a study of the native
and adopted flora of the Pacific coast. In
the midst of all these beautiful flowers will
be q tall electric tower and at it's base q
music stand. The grand entrance to the
fair will be at the southern end of the quad.
rangle, and before it there will be a beauti-
full categorical fountain.
The fair is to have its Midway p~laisauce
feature, too, and 'concessionnaires," as thew
call these showmen in Chicago, are fairly
tumbling over each other in their eagerness
to make contracts. All the most popular
features of the Chicago Midway will have
their counterparts at the Golden Gate,
though few or none Of them will be exact
Implications, the managers shrewdly prefer
ring novelties to ste%reotyped repetitions of
scenes with which visitors to Chicago are
already familiar.
Among the new things thus to be seen
will be a representation Of q typical Nevada
mining camp Of the time when placer min
ing was still the orthodox method of vast
ing time, and mems hopes of wealth were
chiefly based on their luck in kicking over
the right kind Of rocks. For this camp it
is proposed to secure the veritable cabins in
which Fair, Flood, Mackay, O'Brien and
other famous Big Bonanza kings lived,
cooked, ate and did their own washing on
Sundays in the days before they ''struck it
rich" The costumes, characteristics, labor
and diversions Of the early days are all to
be faithfully reproduced. and u typical
editor, Sam Davis of the Carson Appeal,
will issue q characteristic newspaper in the
good old fashioned way, printing it on a
hand press and publishing it with all its
manifold and manifest imperfections.
The railroads have agreed to make re-
duced rates from eastern points to San
Francisco during the fair, and their con-
cessions will add %cheapncss to the induce
mcnts held out to visitors from other lands
and states. Never was n better opportunity
afforded for seeing this famed wonderland
of the earth, to visit which has been the
life dream of SO many people. California,
with hzr ,pu,rpl Is.. r., t<l -. l. --.1N
fling the doors wide open, start up the
music and promise everybody Il good time,
and the loss will be to him who fails to
take advantage of the invitation.
II. 4. WHITE.