The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-22
Kessler Soon to Begin
the Work of Beautifying the
Exposition Grounds.
NEW ILLINOIS COMMISSIONER.
Senator Walter Warder to Succeed
Senator Pleasant Chapman
Gratifying Progress in
Indian Territory.

George +. Kessler of Kansas City. Land
| scape Architect os the Exposition, will ar
rive in the city Monday with his plans for
the landscape effects on the Worlds Fair
site and preliminary designs of the treat
ment To be accorded the terraced front of
Art Hin. He will confer with Director of
Works Isaac $. Taylor and obtain the APP
provai of that official of these first steps
in the beauticying of the Exposition
grounds.
Before Architect kessler can commence
his work. it will he necessary for Land
scapc Engineer Julius Pitzman of ST. Louis
To survey the hillsides and supervise the
movement of several thousand tons of earth
10 conform with the rough designs of Archi-
tect kess!er Director Of Works TAYLOR is
anxious to start this work soon after the
ceremonies attending the ground-breakinS
on Thanksgiving Day. He instructed Mr..
KessIer yesterday to have his preliminary
designs in the office of the Department of
Works by Monday.
Franklin NJ Howe of the architectural
firm Of Van Brunt & Howe OF Kansas City.
the designers of the Mines and MetallurSy
building. visited ST Louis yesterday to con-
suit with Director OF Works Taylor and
Chief Building Engineer Markham as to
the structural details of that building. This
FIRMS design, which was the first to reach
the Department of Works. forms basis
for the active beginning of work in that de-
partment. Mr.. Howe sand that the eleva-
ton drawing of the building and the detail
drawings We're rapidly approaching compile
tion, and woull be submitted to Mr. Taylor
in week.
Information was received at the general
,f ha I-xrrcftiop YESTERDAY
notifying the Fair officials of the appoint
ment by Governor Yates OF Illinois of Sena-
tor Walter Warder of Cairo. ILL.,, as mem
Der of the Illinois Worlds Fair Commlsslon'
vice Senator Pleasant Chapman of vienna
H. resigned. This appointment mis- the
Illinois commission, which is now i'll walt
ing for an invitation from the Exposition
comuany to visit St Louis for the purpose
of selecting space for the proposed limos
State building. an appropriation for whlch'
together with State exhibit, was Ihdue oS
the last Legislature 10 the extent OF s-'c'V'V
James c. Stove Of Kansas city. former
Consul General to Cape Town. South Al
rica. who stopped in ST. Louis yesterday 10
call ON his old chief Thomas W. Crldler'
former Third Assistant Secretary OF state
and now European representative OF the
Exposition. made known before his depart
ure last night that he had recommended 10
President Francis the appointment OIL reSE
dent of Cape Town as tnt Sou'ii ThA'
of the Worlds Fair. MT.
Stowe declined to reveal the name OF the
candidate. but he said that If the Fair man
agement made the appointment they Wouid
secure the services of the best-equipped rep
resentativ in that field.
Charles NJ Reeves, secretary OF the JON,
Committee on Legislation and States anu
Territorial Exhibits, returned yesterday
morning from South McAlester. l. T.. where
a session of the Indian Territory NorIn
Fair Commission closed on "Wednesday; sec
retarv Reeves said that an effort Is Dtihs
made to raise slOe.G1 by the same plah
which succeeded in the $5,0oo.OO fund in -.
Louis The Commission organized ior iIS
work while Mr. Reeves was in South Nc
Alester Joseph L. Hay of Tahiequah Mas va
hlester was made secretary and Governor
q; w Dukes OF the Choctaw Nation treas
urer 4 Finance Committee. with C!arencs.
authorized TO collect funds. Commlttee
on Railroads. with Mr. Tisdall OF Ardihote
1s chairman was oh sen to canvass lhe
RAILWAYS operating through the Territory.