The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16

of the exposition is within the city limits.
The ride to il frCm the center of the city
takes about ten minutes. The grounds are
upoH a broad plateau, lying along the Mis-
souri, river, that you see the buildings as
you come in the railroads. There are
son ething like 200 acres in the exposition
grounds proper with additional territory on
the opposite side of the road. One of the
most beautiful features of the grounds is
end to the other. This has been made by eX-
cavating the earth and waliing the sides Of
the pit with boards. The lagoon is, judge,
about 400 feet wide at one end and less than
this at the other. 1t was covered with ice
during our visit ard hundreds of boys and
girls were skating to and fro upon it. The
boarded walls are to be hidden by stan, so
that they will look like marble, and orna-
mented with electric lights, Transforming it
into beautiful waterway, upon which gon-
dolas, canoes and other boats OF various ms
will ply from one building to another. AT
the eastern end of the canal the ground will
be built up in terraces, adorned with n shrub
berry and flowers ending in great stairway,
crowned by kiosk. There will be num-
Der of grottoes built here, lighted with cleo
trie lights in which the blue grotto CT Capri
and Mammoth cave will he reproduced.
HOW THE EXPOSITION LOOKS.
Along this grand canal or lagoon all the
main buildings are located. Many of these
almost completed. The manufactures
building is still a forest of rafters and other
kinds of lumber. The framework, however, is
up as high as the roof, and a portion of the
roof has already been put on. There were,
perhaps, hundred carpenters at work on it
during my stay and the sound of the ham
mer was to be heard in every part of the
grounds. This building covers several acres.
1t will. when finished, look much Ike one
of the Chicago worlds fair buildings and will
be finished in the way.
The agricultural building is almost COM
pleted, and all of the buildings with the ex-
ception of the government building are we'll
under way. There are, l judge, at least half
a dozen great structures already ready for
roofing, and l am tcld that the work will be
rapidly pushed in the spring. The govern
ment building, for which congress has appro-
priated $2O0,00O is by no means far advanced.
The foundation has been dug but little more
than this can be done before spring This
building VIII be at the head of the lagoon
1t will cover about three-fourths of an acre
and will be beautiful structure of the Ionic
style. 1t VIII have a dome which will be
capped by figure representing liberty en-
tightening the world. The figure will be
lighted by electricity, and the torch in the
hand OF the statue viii be IFS feet above the
ground. Near this is the fine art building
already half completed. Mr.. Haynes tells me
that the exhibition of American pictures will
be very large, and that many of the finest
paintings owned in the West will be loaned
to the exposition. There are some choice art
collections IN st. Paul. Denver ST. Louis
kansas City and Omaha and many pictures
which have never been shown to the public
Will be here exhibited. Choice pictures have
been loaned by the Chicago Art museum
the Detroit Art museum, the st. Louis Art
exhibit, the st. Louis Art museum and the
art galleries of other cities. Mr. HAYNES
tells me that one of the directors will scour
Europe for the purpose of having a good
representation of foreign art, and that the
best foreign artists will be asked to send
specimens of their work.
WHAT DIFFERENT STATES WILL Do.
| am told that all the states west of the
Mississippi will participate in the show
state buildings Mo are already going up in that
posite the park occupied by the main build
ing. The Nebraska building is already fin
a Gnea ana other buildings are about to be
erected erected by Illinois, Iowa, Montana Colorado,
Wisconsin, Utah and South Dakota. The iii
nc g. building with its exhibits will cost
building itself. The plans have already heen
maze and the structure is a combination o.
Greek and Byzantine architecture with a
ready about $1,000 square feet of SPACE II
will have large agricultural exhibit and
also the biggest EXHIBIT of foreign imple
ments and manufactures that the state has
ever shown in any exposition. Attemnte H ,li1i
be made during the next session of tha Iowa
legislature to add $4,000 to its appropriation
mas ALREADY been planned and it will be
under way before spring. Wyoming eDo
poets to spend something like $4,000 on her
exhibit and Colorado in addition to LARGO
amount OF space already given in the yarioEs
buildings will have structure of its own
Bcth OF the Dakotas have made appropria-
nan OF which was subscribed by the state
legislature and the other half by Marcus
Daly, the millionaire copper miner. Cali
ioi MA vii! show what that state is doing in
fruit raising and mining. Louisiana has
aDout an acre OF space in the agricultural
building to show its products, and Texas ex-
poets to give big exhibit of its resources
Applications dca for space, am told are coming
IN IN very rapidly from private parties, manu-
lacturers and commercial firms from all parts |
OF the United Staets and the indications are |
That the exposition will have a good repre |
sentat1on OF the Industries Of the whole coun- |
SOME QUEER FEATURES.
bition will be representation of our Ameri-