The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-01-16
WORLDS FAIR PROGRESS.
Items Picked Up During the Week
at St. Louis Worlds Pair
Headquarters.
EACH DlY SHOWS SOME ADVANCEMENT.
Both at B'me and Abroad the la
'srest IR Abe Gr-at EBt~Fpstse is
BeiaE AuRmeHt~a and steps Be-
saE Tnkea fnT Active ana ssita.
bile PartteihaigoH.


/ BILE Participation.
St. Louis. Jan. i2.--Work on the
chRnnel-way, which h to carry the
( waters Of the River dcs Prres
through the Worlds fair site. wns
begun ON January 7. The contract
rouircs that the channel he com
I pleted by March Is.
The Hnnley-CAsey Co.. of Chicago,
was the successful bidder for the
{ sewer work On the Worlds fair site.
/ their bid being S3i .5t7.4i the sprei-
I fcations call for $50 feet nf four.
I foot brick sewer, a,2OO feet Of pipe
sewcr, from iS % 30 inches Ia diam
cter. and 1880 feet of two-foot steel
discharge pipe. The work " To- be
completed IN 20 days from the sign
ing Of the contract, under a penalty
OF $50 day for delay.
Nice-COnsnl Essendrup, the repre-
sentative OF Norway aud sweden Ia
50. Louis, IN arranging for an exhi-
hilton Of scandinavian paintings at
the Worlds fair.
A bill RppropriatiuR s50.000 for a
Worlds fair exhibit has been intro
d"ccd In the legislature of Porto
Rico, and Il il generally believed that
the appropriation will he made.
In his opening message 10 the leg
stature OF Ohio. Gov. Nash urged
that body 20 make an appropriation
for the st. Louis Worlds fair.
The Kentucky auxiliary commit
tee for the Worlds fair has prepared
an address "a the Kentucky legisln-
turr and viii visit the capital Of that
state shortly. u IS expected that
an appropriation of 100000 will be
made
Bainbridgc Colby. a native Of Mis-
.guri. meriber Of the board 0f gov.
,rnurs nf the Missouri society Of
New York city and assrmblymHn
for the Twcnty.ninth district Of New
York, has introduced hll prnvid-
ing for an appropriation Of S3o0,06o
for New York exhibit nt the LuniH-
lana Purchase exposition, and Gar
the appointment Of state eommis-
sion.
Oklahomn's Worries fair commits
sion had an enthusiastic meeting on
january &. An auxiliary committee
" to be formed Ia every county of
the territory. The territorial com
mitiee viii visit si. Louis in q few
weeks 90 reject the site of their
10000 building.
In hi- message to the Mississippi
legislature. Gov. I.unEino makes
splendid showing of thu prosperity oT
the various Industries Of the state.
calls attention to the Louisiana PuF-
chase expedition aA the most rxten-
siyc and comprehensive exhibition nf
modern times, and urges . liberal APP
preparation.
At the meeting of the Texas Dis
trIcr RsEA-rs' association In Austin.
January 7. II. p. billiard president al
the aEsnciaii"a- Tvad strong paper
- sac ErS==:a "a: she TuuIsianh pur-
chase and In favor Of grrai a>$as
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase eX-
position. lie suggested that the hank
crs II Texas could well afford To give
one per cent. of their capital and sur
plus, ~ $4,000 .OOO, towar, s'.eA an
sSaIl,it
4 bill iH pending ;E :As S:- Lauia
municipal assembly. authorizing the
General Federation uf Women'B clabs
"a -r.cs aa the Worlds fair site In
Forest park a permanent library and
museum building, =. a'- called the
Hall - Philanthropy" to bc forever
the property Of the city. ana 10 ie
open free iU tiiv T:s.l.c after The
" 0rils ;sas - convention hall,
museum and library.
The Illinois Cl=y warkers' asxoeia-
tion in annual meeting ni Oalesrurg.
January Z, took n deco interest ia !
Secretary stoll's report, urging the
association 90 get up fine exhibit |
for the ST. Lruis Worlds fair.
Mr., q. l.. Cheney, Of Bloomington. |
IN, is applying for concession on |
the Worlds fair site for an aerial /,
steel tower with a landing-plnee OF |
the top one hundred (iOol feet In d.
amctcr. reached by spiral stair /
s=== and elevator. lie says IL viii not
c0st morr than ss5,0na. aud win ac-
cOmmodate $4,000 people per hour.
with : view from an altitude Of 200 1
feet.
At ihr annual ''Iarkson Day" ban
quet ~ the Tennessee society of ST. /
louis revolutions were passed pIsdg- /
ing hearty and answering support
af She Worlds fair. and expressing
che hope that Tennessee viii be there
with such o representation Of her
people as visitors. and snSh an exhi-
bition of her diversified and unIImis-
ed resources as will enable the mill
Hons 20 see and appreciate che great
ncev ,.f ;:!:s -tHse.
Gov Montague. Of Virginia. IL
-. ssss ssr"v af an exhibit cf the
states present resdiiftes Nv iE,s
Worlds fair. lie is not cnatsnt thai
che Old Dominion shall be represent
ed by relies aad memcntoS of what
Hhe was In the past. ffe insists that
the Xirgini= Of the tNentleth CEN
tury shall also have part in the
show:
During the week the executive eom-
sa.ttee was busy with arraagrmenss
90 mobilize the ws.s..ss....s ws.s.s....s forces, and
adjust the details which witt puab tns
wcFk in all departments of the
SYorli's fair,
Miss Helen NJ. 6ouId. Of tho WoFiaa
fair BOARD cs lady managers. reached !
~. Louis Saturday afternoon. Isnu-
AIRY n, msta party pf lady frSeHas.
and wHr escorted sn hsr rsnFne at che
Southern h8tei Saturday evening
Me attended Ea ofliaisl reception In
her honpr, given NJ President and
Mrm, ID. u. Frmnris nc their residence
10 shs I,oara N Issy nsaagera aHa
she .iiressuFs aud officers gf tho
Louisiana Purchases Expsaitzon taA
ME win BE- The warsy Apf henor "a ses-
rrsi private receptions IN 81 I.oals !
the coming wesS,
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