The bee., 1901-10-31
Preparing FOR THE FAIR.
The Construction Period of the Lori-
siana Purchase Exposition is
Fairly Begun.
BUILDING DESIGNS MOST ELABORATE.
Working Plans Being Prepared For
a Picture So stupendOus and DnE-
5IingIy Beautiful as TO Fairly
startle Its Creators-Othcr Items
of Interest.


ground plans and perspective views OF
the buildings of the Louisiana pur.
chase Centennial exposition were fur.
nished the press for publication dur.
ing the past week. They are the de.
signs of the most celebrated archi.
tects of the country, and their set
ting, or grouping. among the forest
trees in the Forest park Worlds fair
site makes picture so stupendous
and dazzlingly Beautiful in every de-
tail as to fairly startle the creators
Of the work themselves. The work
ing plans for these buildings, viii h
will cost about eight million dollars
are now being prepared, and contrarts
for their construction will be let
about December of the present year.
Other building plans are to follow.
About four million dollars will be eX-
pended on the grounds within the
next six months.
In addition to the vast sums of
money to be spent on the Worlds fnir
grounds and buildings in the near tu-
ture, there will be something else do
ing in ST. Louis during the prepara-
ton for the International eXposi ion.
At special election, held last Tues
LAY, five amendments to the chart, T
of the city were adopted by a votes
Of $4,000 to 1000. These amendments
1t is announced that the great Agri-
cultural building, the largest single
b. ilding in the world, covering about
;Lir:y-iwo and a half acres will be
I,cated outside of the Forest park
site. in order to leave room therein
TOR the various other buildings need
I'd besides those ~ the great central
exposition picture. The Sit, chosen
is across the .;kirScr road. sJuth ~
The Washington University buildings.
authorize the municipal government
to eXpend before the opening OF the
Worlds fair about five million doll..rs
in building sewers, reconstrncting
streets and in beautifying the city
generally for the reception of its
guests during the fair.
Religious exhibits by all denomina-
lions, in a special building. erected for
the purpose, are to be among the at
tractive features of the World fair
Inc controlling bodies of the several
denominations have been invited TO
send their suggestions as to the plan
of the building,Sald alsa-RaHisatfors
of directors to have charge of their
exhibits, to the Worlds fair officials
The Colored Citizens Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition committee has issued
through it's chairman, Capt. c. H.
Tandy, a call for a state conven-
tion of the colored citizens of Missou-
ri, in St. Louis, on the 10th of Novem-
Der, to consider the work of prepar-
ing for exhibits that will give the col
Ored race of Missouri proper rep
resentation at the Worlds fair.
The Wyoming Press association put
the Worlds Fair ball in motion for
that state by appointing Gov. De
Forest Richards and Editors Deeming,
Constant, Chaplin, Slack and Holiday
committee to take up the matter of
organizing a State industrial commits
sion which will take care OF the
states representation at the Worlds
fair. This commission is to be Sc
a
from counties on December II and ~.
OSlahoma's Louisiana Purchase EX-
position commission, after personal
investigation of the Pan-American ex-
hibits and state buildings, has reached
the conclusion that it is best to dis
tribute the exhibits among the de-
partment buildings designed for the
several particular lines and to reserve
its territorial building as a museum
of Oklahoma's historical and peculiar
features, and headquarters in which
Oklahoma's visitors can meet and
entertain their friends.
The railroad and other transporta-
ton companies are keeping tab on the
progress of Worlds fair matters. a
belt line will be built connecting all
tracks with the grand entrance to the
exposition grounds, near which will
be erected a great station with abun.
dant trackage. Union station will be
relieved of congestion during the
Worlds fair by providing other sta.
tions for local trains. One of these
receiving stations will be at the west
end of Eads bridge, provided with
elevators to transfer passengers be.
tween cars on the surface tracks, on
the bridge tracks and on the ele,
waited road on the levee.
Mr.. F. w. Baumhoff, postmaster OF
st. Louis, has arranged to establish
at once q sub-post Office at Worlds
Fair. headquarters, in the Laclede
building, and a full station in the
building formerly occupied by the
Athletic club, on the Worlds fair site
in Forest park.