The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-24

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Pan-American Exposition win have bcen
removed. according to the calculations
OF the Chicago wreckins Company. the
firm engaged in the demolition and -
posal OF the buildings. Owing to nfiga-
ton instituted by the creditors OF he
exposition company early In the year
and the scarcity OF labor completion OF
the work has been considerably delay
ed. From thirty to fifty carloads Of
lumber. structural iron. piping and other
material are being shipped every day
from the grounds and about two-tnirds
Of the quantity remaining has been sold
in different parts Of the United States
The Exposition buildings" said ST.
! perintendent Harris. - the wrecktnE
! company. are being scattered To b
four corners OF the country and some
! OF the material has been shipped 20 the
Bermuda Islands Most Of the lumber.
! OF which more h $. 100000 feet were
used in the Fair. has o0en disposed OF
TO farmers in nearly every state for
barns. AS far West as the Dakotas and
Nebraska farm buildings ale being
erected from Pan-AmeriCsIn material.
The floor Of the Temple OF Music.
where President Mckinley was shot
was bought by an Indiana man and Is
being used In some kind OF u ware
house. That particular part pom
which Mr.. Mckinley stood at the time
OF the shooting is in our office. We pro-
| pose to present IL TO the Field Museum
At Chicago. some newspaper accounts.
1 know. have had II that this piece OF
flooring was sem 10 the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington. but that Ia not
true as you may see for yourself
Mr.. Harris showed the reporter a
square Of flooring upon which was
marked the fatal spot where the trag-
edy OF September. 1901, took place.
There has been a remarkable lack OF
sentiment, or whatever you may choose
10 call il, in regard II the Temple OF
Music" said Mr.. Harris. ~ousa
Of relic hunters have annoyed US by
forcing their way in TO see the building.
but nobody seems TO want TO buy the
material for either sentimental or prac-
teal purposes. In our catalogue we
made special mention II the building.
and offered to furnish ali AFFIDAVIT with
each portion, but there il stands with
hardly an offer for any part OF 1t. L.
view OF the eagernesS OF the average
visitor to get a peep IT the temple we
think this rather
Some Of the structures have been sold
outright and rebuilt In other parts OF
the country. The agricultural Building
is now doing service at Adrian. Mich,
as a wire mill.
lllIlpdl IoNtE house Ut the lar
will be a rolling mill at Carnegie. Pa,
and one OF the buildings n which the
ernm exhibited the heavy ord
nance, near the border Of Delaware
Park, is now a ware house at Clarks-
vile, Eel
One of East Aurora's enterprising cit
liens bought from the wrecking COM
pany the Midway building known as
Dreamland and IL is now his home in
that pretty town.
One half of the hospitl IL building, 70
which President Mckinley was taken
after his death wound. viii be shipped
TO the Pennsylvania coal region to be
used as an office. 1t will probably in
clude the room in which the president
lay prior TO his removal to the Milburn
house.
Bostock's animal arena, a circular
structure. with a large platform in the
centre. was bought for Il dance pavilion.
to be used in a town OF this state.
So m~ethodfcal and expert has the
wrecking business became that Their. "a
little or no waste I'm the work OF razing.
Every nail, screw and bolt is saved.
and is broken in lumber Is sold for
kindling.
On h was known TO Exposition
visitors as the Grand Court. and mid
way between the Ethnology building
and the Triumphal Causeway, the
wrecking company has a saw mill I'm
operation. Timber is here converted
into umber to fill orde.s, and various
other wood material is changed t. suit
the market.
Tearing down is n small part of the
work of removing an exposition Pre-
pairing the material for purchasers is
what takes time and skill. An idea of
the enormity of the task may be gained
from the following quantities CO mate
rial which went to make I'D TIE Pan
American Exposition:
Lumber, 1900, 600 feet.
Structural steel, 1.500 tens.
Larg-esized piping. 40 :niles.
Small piping. 20 miles.
Sewer pipe. 1S miles.
Steam boilers and engin s. 300 horse
power.
Electric globes. 500, 900.
Window sashes, 40, 900 square feet.
Doors, 1900 square feet.
approximately, the structural cost OF
the exposition was IS, 1885, 90, for which
the Chicago Wrecking Company paid
| $4,000 cash. For the Chicago fair of
1893 the same company. tnen organized
Tor rs first time, aid only $50. 600. al
f. though its cost was over s3;y 900. 900. IL
: VIII mus De seen that whereas the Buff
: fa!o exposition cost about . quarter that
e or the Worlds Fair. the wreckers paid
| FOR the Pan-American Buildings $1,000
| more.
8 w were able to pay more for the
: Pan-American." said MIR. Harris
= largely because Of our Increased expe.
: rtence in wrecking and marketing ths
material. Since 1893 we have wrecked
. several big expeditions TO say nothfns
of the numerous large buildings like tai
I Chicago postoffce, the -Four Season,
e Hotel in the Cumberland mountain.
which cost 81. 900. 900. AMI the CLEVELAND
a postoffce. House wrech.ng on a larg.
scale has become one OF n establishes
: vacations. and az IT grows In Importance
h greater percentage Of the or1gfna
cost OF the structures the wreckers caJ
AFFORD TO pay. The more economies the,
learn by experience the better IL will b
. for their customers.
We expect TO reck the Worlds Fai
3 now being constructed at st. Louis. an
8. il viii be the biggest coatracl ever un
n dertaken In our line. II 8 a rnlstak
Ell TO uppee that any material used az tn