The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-03
EXPOSITION
BUILDINGS.
ACTIVE WORK SOON BEGINS.
lu Will Then Be Rushed With All Pos
sibIe Haste---0ne Building to Be
Larger Than Largest at Worlds
Fair---Pians Still Incomplete.
Ninons Republican and Herald:

Winons Republican and Herald
j. N. Maybury, who is home from
st. Louis, where he is ''speci6ca
tons man in the architectural depart
msnt of the Louisiana Parchase ex-
position, expects to remain in Winona
over next Sunday, when he will return
to st. Louis.
Although he has been ia ST. Louis
but short time Mr.. Maybury has be-
como greatly interested in the plans
for the exposition, and Is pleased with
his part in the work of preparation,
which, as heretofore explained, is very
important.
When asked this morning if the &C.
tual work of construction had been
commenced on any of the buildings.
he replied in the negative, but added
that work on the grounds would soon
be commenced, for the day that he left
bids had been opened for the bridging
of the little river that runs through
them. This work will practically
amount to making the river channel
an underground tunnel, and will be
done in a very substantial manner in
asmuch as some of the buildings are
to extend across the present bed of the
river. This work is to be completed
within sixty days, and in connection
with it drainage for the lake that is in
the grounds is to be furnished.
The next big work to be undertaken
after this will be that of providing
sewerage for the exposition. Bids for
this will be opened early in January.
Great care is being taken to provide
a system that shall be adequate and
satisfactory, for good sewerage will be
very essential to the success of the ex
! position.
Asked in regard to the exposition
buildings. Mr.. Maybury says that for
most of them plans have net been per-
fected beyond the fixing of their gem
eral size The largest building is to
be the agricultural building, which
will eclipse in size the liberal arts
building at the world fair at Chi
cago. This will be 1000 feet long and
900 feet in width. The roof for this
immense structure will be supported
by means of posts and trusses. The
trusses will be of southern pine. An
important determination in regard to
the general work of construction is to
employ iron as little as possible and
southern pine wherever practicable.
One of the reasons that has brought
about this decision is the present con-
dition OF the iron market and the de-
lays in exposition work might make
it impossible to complete the building
in the required time, but southern
pine is plentiful, and near at hand,
and there will be no difficulty in Sc
curing it.
Two of the buildings, Mr.. Maybury
says, are to have distinctive feature
in the shape of towers which will be
four hundred feet high, or nearly twice
as high as the Winona standpipe. The
plans for these towers are now being
prepared, and the work has to be very
carefully done, as in addition to fgur
ing for the support of the weight of
this high structure, allowance has to
be made for wind pressure and special
arrangement made to guard against
and possible accident from this source
Mr.. Maybury says that quite num-
Der of carpenters and mechanics are
coming to ST. Louis now with the ex-
pectation of getting work, few of
them from Winona, but in this they
will be disappointed, for practically
nothing will be done in the work of
building construction before spring or
early summer.