The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-01
JOHN TAYLOR LEWIS WILL
REPRESENT FAIR IN BRAZIL.
Former Vice Consul From United States
Recommendation Uf William /.
Bushnell Located Fourteen Indian Mounds on
Site of the Exposition


of Archaeological Bushnell. The mounds are
T, all very low and not very extensive in area.
| The largest is So feet in diameter and abort
3 feet inches high. In the center of this
! one is dead oak tree of considerable size
| I'm opening tl.ese mounds the scientific
| course to follow" Mr.. Bushnell explained
/ is to dig a hole in the center to the former
surface of the ground and then to pursue
| the Investigation carefully along this sur
| face in all directions. The original surface
| can be determined from the surface of the
ground surrounding the mound. / have
/ opened a number of these circle lodges. as
We term them. In the Mile Lac district Of
Minnesota, and have found skeletons,
utensils and weapons. The character OF the
mound can be readily determined from the
character of the material found in the ex-
cavation to the original surface in the CEN
ter. If ii is one of the circle lodges a rude
fireplace made of fiat stones is found in the
center with traces Of the fire still remain
ing
Isaac s. Taylor, Director of Works. has
set 10 o'clock Saturday as the end OF the
time during which bids for the construction
of the wooden fence around the site are TO
be received.
Mr. Taylor announced yesterday that the
railway switches on the Worlds Fair site
TO be used for the delivery of construction
material would be laid by his own crews,
under his direction, and that no railway
would be permitted to invade the site.
DIRECTOR TAYLOR ADVISES
EXTENSION OF COLORADO.
THE Colorado Railway which has OBJ
tained permission from the city and WASH
ington University to build curve to the
edge OF the Fair grounds" explained Mr..
Taylor, will stop their work Of construc-
tion after overlapping the line of the site
n OF hos he
line on the site will be laid under my d.
rection. In this way all freight can be de-
livered on the grounds at whatever point
1t Is needed. The scheme of getting some
road to run freight into the site was ac-
complished at my suggestion by Treasurer
Thompson. / informed the Exposition man.
agement that II would be absolutely neces-
sary TO the speedy construction Of main
exhibit buildings. to have some railway de-
liver freight on the site. Mr.. Thompson OBJ
tained the consent OF the Washington Uni
versity authorities to have a spur Of the
Colorado road laid temporarily across the
northeast corner of the university grounds
to the line of the Worlds Fair site. This
is the history of the COlorados connection |
with the plan. Any other road would have |
done just well. but the Colorado hap ,,
pened to afford the only solution of the |
difficulty, all other roads would have |
been obliged to spend an enormous amount |
of money in condemnation proceedings to |
effect connection with the site
A bond of $1,000 to indemnify the city was |
filed by the st. Louis, Kansas City and /
Colorado Railroad yesterday, with Mayor
Wells who has not completed his examina-
tion of the legal document. The bond COW
ers the crossing OF Skinker road by the
Colorado's spur, which abuts the western
limit Of the Fair site, fifty feet south of the
south curve Of Lindell Railway tracks.