The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-11
Director of Works Taylor Expects
to Let Contracts for the Main
Buildings by January 1.
TRANSPORTATION PLANS READY
Any Delay VIII Be the Result of
Failure to Complete Foreign
and State Structures by
Specified Time.

| Director Of Works Taylor has announced
his intention to push the construction OF
| the Worlds Fair through the winter and
| the spring of 1908. Part of his design is to
| see that the contracts for all the main ex-
| hbit structures shall have been let before
| January l. 1903.
| AS initiative. the plans for the Trans
| portation building. two restaurant paviions
| which crown the spurs OF Art IIill and the
| colonnade or perstyle which curves around
| the brow of the Terrace OF States will be
! placed in the hands Of contractors by the
| end of the week.
The Transportation building. the largest
| structure in the main picture and the last
| one of that group. will lie for 100 feet be-
| tween the west of the Varied Industries and
| Skinker road and 525 feet between Lindell
| boulevard and the Machinery Palace.
The Department of Design is at work on
| all of the other large exhibit buildings.
which will be placed west of Skinker road
| and south of the Administration building.
| This group includes Agriculture. Horticul-
| ture and Fish. Forestry and Game. The lat
| ter structure will be located on the western
reserve Of the Fair site. final assignment
of space having been made by the Director
of Works.
Mr. Taylor assures all inqurers that the
Exposition's part OF the work of prepara-
ton will be completed long before the time
when it will be needed. If any delay arises,
he says. the fault will lie with the foreign
and State buildings. over which the Expo
sition management has meager control.
Over the buildings of the concessioaaires
a more efficient supervision is possible, and
the Director declares that they will be
ready when the large EXPOSITION buildings
are finished. Separate construction agencies.
to a great degree independent of the Di-
vision of Works although under Its general
supervision. will erect the structures for
the concessionaires.
Evidences of the progress Of stan sing
on the big buildings are shown in the work
of putting up the great colonnade Of the
Varied Industries Palace. At least twenty
Of these columns are in place along the
south side of the building. The addition Of
the colonnade adds a majestic interest to
the architecture. The columns on the Elec-
tricity Palace will be ready for erection in
a week.
Fest work is being accomplished by the
Kellerman Contracting Company on the
Liberal Arts building. The first of their
roof trusSes were hoisted yesterday. The
work is being done by two derricks each
over 100 feet high, and stationed one at
each end of the truss to be lifted into place
The delay occasioned on other buildings
by failure of the steel to reach the con-
tractor for some time after he commenced
work has not been experienced in the case
Of the Liberal Arts. The steel is arriving
on the ground for this building. The con-
tract calls for the completion of the Liberal
Arts by April l. 1908. in time for the dedi-
catory exercises on April 30 of the same
year.