The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-17
WORLDS FAIR PROGRESS.
Items Picked Up During the Week
at St. Louis Worlds Fair
Headquarters.
EACH DAY SHOWS SOME ADVANCEMENT,
Both ~ Home and Abroad the In
serest In the Great Enserprise 10
Being Aus mented and steps be-
Ing Taken for Active and suita-
bile Participation.

channel-way. which is TO carry the
waters of the River des Peres
through the Worlds fair site. was
begun on January Z. The contract
reuires that the channel be com
pleted by March Is.
The Hanley-Casey Co.. OF Chicago,
was the successful bidder for the
sewer work on the Worlds fair site,
their bid being s3l.6i7.45. The speci-
fications call for 2,s70 feet of four
foot brick sewer. 4.200 feet Of pipe
sewer, from Is to 30 inches in diam
eter. and 1850 feet of two-foot steel
discharge pipe. The work is to be
completed in rs days from the sign
ing OF the contract. under penalty
of $50 day for delay.
vice-Consul Essendrup. the repre-
sentative of Norway and Sweden in
st. Louis, is arranging for an exhi-
bition of Scandinavian paintings at
the Worlds fair.
bill appropriating $4,000 for
Worlds fair exhibit has been intro
duced in the legislature of Porto
Rico. and it is generally believed that
the appropriation will be made.
In his opening message to the leg
islature of Ohio, Gov. Nash urged
that body to make an appropriation
for the ST. Louis Worlds fair.
The Kentucky auxiliary commit
Zee for the Worlds fair has prepared
nm address To the Kentucky legisla-
ture and will visit the capital of that
state shortly. 1t is expected that
an appropriation of 100000 will be
made.
cambridge Colby. native Of Mis-
souri,, member of the board Of gov
ernors of the Missouri Society of
New York city. and assemblyman
for the Twenty-ninth district ofOew
York, has introduced bill provid-
ing for an appropriation of 100000
for a New York exhibit at the Louis
lana Purchase exposition. and for
the appointment of a state commits
sion.
Oklahoma's Worlds fair commits
sion had an enthusiastic meeting on
January 6. An auxiliary committee
is to be formed in every county of
the territory. The territorial com
mittee will visit St. Louis in a few
weeks to select the site of their
$4,000 building.
In his message to the Mississippi
legislature. Gov. Longino makes 4
splendid showing of the prosperity Of
4 ...I, ri - -. -,
calls attention to the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition as the most extern
siye and comprehensive exhibition ~
modern times, and urges liberal ap-
preparation.
At the meeting OF the Texas Dis
trict Bankers association in Austin
January :. III. p. billiard. president Of
the association. read a strong paper
on the growth of the Louisiana pur-
chase and in favor of great Texas
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position. He suggested that the bank
ers Of Texas could well afford to give
one per cent. of their capital and sur
plus. Of S41,0o0,000, toward such an
exhibit.
a bill is pending in the st. Louis
municipal assembly, authorizing the
General Federation Of Women's clubs
60 erect on the Worlds fair site in
Forest park a permanent library and
museum building. 10 be called the
"Hall Of Philanthropy" TO be forever
the property of the city, and to be
open free TO the public after the
Worlds fair as convention hall
museum and library.
The Illinois Clay Workers assocla-
January z, took deep interest in
Secretary Stolls report, urging the
association to get up a fine exhibit
for the st. Louis Worlds fair.
Mr.. O. L. Cheney. OF Bloomington.
ILL.,. is applying for q concession on
the Worlds fair site for an aerial
steel tower with a landing-place al
the top one hundred (l00) feet in di.
ametcr, reached by a spiral stair
case and elevator. lie SAYS il will not
cost more than $4,000. and will &C.
commodate $4,000 people per hour,
with view from an altitude Of zoe
feet
At the annual jackson Day" ban
quet Of the Tennessee Society Of St
Louis resolutions were passed plcdg.
ing hearty and unwavering support
Of the Worlds fair. and expressing
the hope that Tennessee will be there
with such a representation of her
people as visitors. and such an exhi-
bition of her diversified and unlimit.
ed resources as will enable the mil.
lions to see and appreciate the great
ness Of the state.
Gov. Montague, Of Virginia, Il
strongly in favor Of an exhibit Of the
sta e's present resources at the
Worlds fair. He Is not content that
the Old Dominion shall be represent
ed by relics and memcntos OF what
she was in the past. He insists that
the Virginia Of the Twentieth cen
tury shall also have part in the
show
During the week the executive com
mittet was bu1x with ,r~.,fv,,,co g.