The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-29

Two short stakes are then driven at the
foot of each main pole for bearers, against
which it is to rise, and with ropes at
tached, each big pole is pulled to per-
pendicular and made fast A wood or
iron ring has been slipped over the foot of
the pole before it is drawn to the upright
position.
The ground now seems a confused mass
of poles and stakes. Kelley goes the round
and then a raid is made on the three can
vas wagons. Six or eight men carry on
their shoulders a big roll, and by its ap-
pearance Kelley or one of his assistants
knows exactly where it belongs. The
men stagger along until they hear the
words, drop ii, ." and then it falls TO the
ground. A dozen or fifteen men seize it,
unfold it and shake it out The two cury-
ing end pieces are straightend out, and
then the four pieces that cross from one
side to the other are brought out and
placed on the ground. The poles always
protrude through the tent where two sec
tions join. The tent being laid out on the
ground the pieces are Joined to the hoods
about the standing poles and then the
sections are laced together by series of
short loops that link one into the other.
Half dozen men gather under the canvas
at each pole to do the pulling, and the
rest of the men run to the edge Of the
tent. They race around and shove 100
small side poles about fifteen feet tall
under the edge of the tent and slip their
tops In the holes made for them. These
are the little poles at the very edge of the
tent AT a signal the men raise the edge
of the tent, bring these little poles to a
perpendicular The tent now looks like
an enormous hattened white hat with the
rim turned up In q little further the
men dive, and soon they begin 10 push
the quarter pole to an upright position.
The men at the main poles pull up, and
slowly the tent begins to assume shape.
Teams of horses are soon brought into
requisition and they pull the bases of the
quarter poles to their places. The guy
ropes which reach from the edge of the
tent to the stakes tighten and soon the
big tent is taut and firm The ropes that
held the poles firm while the tent was be-
ing pulled up are slackened and the can
vas sways as it feels the fiexibility in the
ropes More canvas is brought out and
the side walls" are put on, the workmen
using ladders to fasten them at the top.
The tent is now practically complete. 1t
is $50 feet long and 1870 feet wide and it is
ready for the seats. These are rushed in
section by section and in twinkling the
place seems ready for the show OF
course, there is much work yet 10 be done,
such as adjusting flags, bringing in and
putting up apparatus for athletes, prepar-
ing the track and the rings and the lights.
All this work OF putting up the main
tent and the three large auxiliary tents
can be accomplished in good weather in
two hours and half. II requires the
services Of more than 100 trained men,
not one Of whom is sluggish. 1t is a
task where the only watchword is
hustle" The foreman finds 10 neces-
sary to use many other words, some Of
b.. .nae.. n.
canvasman. like the Mississippi rousta-
bout. expects vigorous urging to do his
work, and would feel uneasy without IT,
A certain amount of profanity is required
to keep up the normal temperature In
the outfit of the tent department. alone