The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
PROPOSED MINING BUILDING.

ration of the international Mining and
Industrial association. Among the di-
rectors of this organization are Govern
or McIntire, II. R. WOlcott, d. H. Moi
fatt, J. B. Grant, Frank G. Young, FL.
A. W. Tabor and others we'll known i'll
Colorado. Since then the board of man
ayers has been increased in number I'M
til there are 1859 members, many of
whom, as is proper in state where the
sexes are equal as to suffrage, are wom-
en-, though on all the different organiza-
tions and boards connected with the
promotion of the exposition but two
women hold offices-Mrs. J. l.. Routt,
who is first vice president of the board
of managers, and Mrs. James Fl. Platt,
who is one of the subordinate vice pres
idents.
Early i'll the movement it was real
lied by the projectors that it would
take what one of the Denver papers
termed "a young fortune" to carry it
through, but large sums have already
been subscribed, Mr.. d. Fl. Moffatt,
president Of the association, leading off
with $50, 600, and there is now no Ion
ger any reason to fear for lack of funds.
For the site 12O acres CT land in the
southeast portion of what is known as
City park and 30 acres of the school
lands, directly adjoining, to the south,
have been secured. The principal expo
sition buildings will be put up on the
80 acre tract, while the $50 acres of
City park ground will be beautified and
devoted to comprehensive exposition
of the theory and practice of irrigation
and the agricultural and horticultural
features Of the exposition.
The show will be opened Oh July 1,
1896, and will continue for six months.
Buildings for the following named de-
partments will be erected: Mines and
mining, mechanical arts, manufactures,
agriculture, live stock, liberal arts,
archaeology, ethnology and fine arts.
Besides many additional buildings will
doubtless be erected by states, counties
and large exhibitors, and the installa-
ton of foreign villages will be encour-
aged. 1t is also expected that the feder-
al government will erect a handsome
building, and a number of the agricul-
tural colleges and experiment stations,
branches of the department of agricul-
ture, have already signified an interest
in the agricultural and irrigation exhib-
it's. By resolution of the Colorado legis-
lature the states of the Union and the
nations of the whole earth have been
requested to send representatives and
exhibits 1t is believed that ArapahOe
county will appropriate 500, 900 and
the city of Denver $50, 900 for exposi-
tion purposes.
Of course the mining exhibits will be
chief and most interesting, and, surpris-
ing in many quarters, no doubt, the ex-
hibits of gold will be quite as promi-
nent as those of silver mining. A fea-
ture probably not duplicated at any other
exhibition ever held will be the mineral
spring department, wherein samples of
water will be shown from more than
| 100 different springs, leach one war
ranted not only to cure whatever is the
matter, but also to be stronger in taste
! than any of the others. - Then there
will be wonderful exhibit of gems,
another of fruits and others of grasses,
shrubs, building stones and SO on. 1t is
proposed that the buildings shall not
only be artistic in design and thorough
ly fitted to the purposes for which they
are to be erected, but also permanent in
character, SO that the exposition of 1896
can be followed annually by other ex-
positions, and the architects of Colorado
are already holly competing for the
honor of designing these buildings
The stock of the association is placed
at 81 900, 900, divided into 1000, 900
shares of the par value of 81 each. Ev-
cry subscriber to this stock, which is
nonassessable, is privileged to vote at
every meeting of the association, and
the stock is being generally taken up
all over the state of Colorado.