The times., 1901-04-30
THE PAN AMERICAN SHOW
Exposition Features Progressing
Rapidly Since the Storm.

the Main Group of Buildings Prnc-
tieaIIy Completed, But other Edi-
fees Delay ayed-Everything 10 he
Ready on the OGlciaI Opening Day.
BUFFALO. April 29.-At the Pan-Amer-
Jean Exposition there is now certainty
and buoyant expectation Until the past
three days such has not been the case.
There was dread for month previous TO
last Saturday at the prospect of an IN
finished exposition fer May !. Then the
big storm of last week came with nine
inches of snow. putting the grounds INTO
an impassabIe condition breaking glass
roofs. inundating the electric fountain I'D
the lake. and delaying the work OF con
struction for two weeks. There was dis
may at-this
But double advantage came with the
storm. II was a greatly needed nOurish-
mcnt for the grass and shrubbery and all
floral life. and more important than the
material benefit it necessitated post
poucment of the opening day ceremonies
until the day previously set for dedication,
May 20.
This delay is not called q postponement.
1t is mere trausposal Of the opening
ceremonials. which were 10 include pro-
cession. with speeches and music ana q
display of fireworks, TO dedication day
on May 90 on May 1, the exposition VIII
be open. The electric and water displays
will be as complete and effective on tnat
dav as at any time later. The main
buildings viii be entirely finished, the
scaffolding down. the intricate and varied
coloring complete the statuary nearly all
placed. one-half the flower beds filed and
So, 9 ha
running. Bands viii give afternoon and
evening concerts from Wednesday, games
will be held in the Stadium. and at night
the full glory of half q million incandcs-
cent LAMPS will reveal the exposition In
fun splendor.
The lighting and the fountains are prac-
tically completed For four nights the
exposition mas been ia blaze OF ilSht
This test OF circuit and Of lamps has been
successful and is a revelation 10 an elec-
triciaus not intimately connected with the
construction. There are no arc li6NIS 70
bIare and Sputter, as there were at chi
cago, but incandescent bulbs are every
where, on lamp posts in hugs clusters,
along the architectural lines of facades,
on caves and roof beams, in crossing
lines on the convex surfaces OF GOmes,
running 10 the peaks of minarets and
20.G10 OF them on the electric tower, out
lining the delicate tracery OF Its ornate
6iagreed panels.
The fountains have not been tested, but
they are in readiness. The conventional
designs, in water. OF wheat SheaVes ana
lilies which are 10 be shown will be in
operation the first day, only one OF the
great effects VIII be held back. This Is
the electric fountain in the north bay OF
Delaware Park lake, in the southern por
tion Of the grounds. II was submerged
by the rising water Of the creek during
the storm, so that work on it has been
held back ten days. The fountains in the
Great Central Court too, viii not be in
operation for ten days Elsewhere the
Mater viii he turned on, IN run display
The Fountain Of Nature and the FOun-
tain of Man, in the wings of the great
Esplanade, the wide parade ground of
The exposition, are waiting now only for
the steam that viii sex them in motion.
and the great fountain in front of the
O. 1#rtrie tower Intended 10 be what il is
q miniature Niagara viii be operated by
the same pumps.
4he violent storm was followed by the
removal of most of the scamolding, re-
Veaiing the ralnbow-tinteG buildings This
makes the exposition architecturaily com
plete inside the canal, which incloses all
The main buildings. The Stadium is yet
TO have its r2ce-track built, after the dry
ing Of the mud there and the Triumphal
Bridge remains 10 be colOred
The only real delay is in the southeast
section OF the grounds, reserved for State
and foreign buildings. OF the State build
1ngS, MlScOnSln'S IS the only one finish
ed, and il IS conspicuous in canary yell
low, on the bank of the eastern canal,
overlooking the great bridge and the Es-
linOis Building. with its frame up and
progressed so that il viii be in readiness
b. May 20. The buildings for Michigan
New England. and Maryland are IN con-
ditiOn similar to that Of the Illinois Build
ing. and Ohio completes the list Of States
represented with nearly finished build
Ing Near the Stadium. Canada has q
building which VIII be In readiness on the
2Gth
The octagonal Honduras Building, a
few rods southwest Of Illinois and Wis
consin, was among the first on the
grounds to be completed and has not, as
yet been Joined 10y another South or Cen
tral American country. Chile is erecting
the most substantial OF the foreign build
ings, one of heavy steel and solid timbers,
but il VIII be delayed until June Cuba,
Porto Rico. and Guatemala will have
their buildings ready for occupancy by
May q, while the Mexican and Ecuador
commissions win be housed by May 10.
The frames Tor all Of these are up and the
surface work begun.
When the gilded Goddess Of Light was
hoisted Thursday last SO feet TO the top
OF the electric tower, there to be seen
twenty-five miles away at Niagara Falls,
the crUwning Sculpturai feature among
SO pieces of statuary was placed in readi-
ness for the opening. The one criticism
OF the statuary here has been that there
IS too much Of ii. and those who complain
Of that also lament the varied and luXuri-
Gus colorins that enters into every archi-
tectural detail and find fault with the
connpactness Of arrangement that does
ings. These are mostly critics and Old
World students, impressed with classic
simplicity, while the Pan-American is
distinctly a study Of the styles Of the
opulsnt Renaissance, with statuary pro-
fuse az a fit setting. Only twenty-five
pieces of statuary remain 20 be placed
after May ]. There viii be but one break
of any note-the failure TO place four
copies Of Karl BitteTs mounted Standard
Bearer. typifying the genius Of the young
nation, on the pyIons Of the Triumphal
Bridge.
The storm was more severely felt by the
gardeners and the landscape architects
than by contractors or sculptors. Though
the snow has helped tulips, crocus, hya-
cinth, narcissus, and JOnquil bulbs and
what little grass there was, by giving
them moisture and warmth, II has pre-
sented q serious problem by turning the
red clay into deep, unmanageabe mud.
The yellow crocuses are out now along
the canal margins, some grass is green
and growing. pansies IN extensive beds
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