The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-25
Two Pavilions of the Varied III
dustIies Palace Now Are
Under Cover.
MACHINERY TOWER UNDER WAY.
Lack of Steel Is Delaying the Roof
Observation-Disclosures Nur-
sery Is Cultivating
the Shrubbery.

Another stage Of the construction period
at the Exposition was reached yesterday
wien the first roof trusscs were raise1
over the two payiiions on the corners Of
the eastern facade of the Varied Industries
Palace BY the Rountree Construction Com
pary.
These trUsses VIII support the done
shaped roots O. caucp!es cf the pGviIions.
The door Of the Varied Industries Palace
3 uoT = .nass OF heavy timber construction.
which win be raised TO place over tae build-
ing So soon as the contractors receive their
:.rst consignment Of steel braces and 10
rods from tie mills.
The same condition exists at the Palace
Of Textiles. where ]. J. Dunnavent x Co.
are ready to proceed with the roofing Of
that structure on the arrival OF the steel
which mas been delayed by the failure OF
the mills TO supply the material. The con-
tractors must await the convenience of the
mills before proceeding with that stage
OF the work. The tiule limit for the fur
nshing Of the steel was removed because
The mills insisted on this being done before
trey would agree to supply the material.
for the Machinery Palace Smith &c East
man, the contractors, Will begin the erec-
i'on of the great towers on that building
before any of the other structure is COM
menced. Piiing for the foundation of the
man tower on the front Of the structure Is
Is being concentrated at that point.
To Raise Towers Sixty Feet.
The tower Will be raised to the height OF
% feet before the first wall upriShts are set
in place. When the walls arise they Will
be tied to the tower without the necessity
of erecting posts and trusses TO brace therl
until later in the construction of that build
ing. which means after the grading has
been pushed far enough to justify that
work. The earth for the filing on the Ma
chlnery site IS being taken from the face of
tn hill Immediately behind the site. The
tSlnoYal OF the earth from the emineace IS
the beginning OF the plan 10 terrace the
whole hill.
Engineer parties. under the direction Of
Chief Civil Engineer Phillips. were started
yesterday on the newly acquired portion OF
the site lying west of Sklnker road The
work OF the corps there will consist OF
it may be plated for the convenience of the
engineers and architects in calculating the
cuts and fills TO be made for proposed E1-
position structures and the great reser-
Volr that will occupy that ground
Raising Shrubbery In Nursery.
In the nursery at the southern end OF the
Exposition site, near Tamm avenue. the
landscape department has set out 200 cut
tings of golden and weeping willows. which
are TO be raised for use as shrubbery in the
landscape treatment of the Fair. These
cuttings ara only six inches high at this
more than 101 feet long, and over them, to
protect them from the sun, branches Of oak
with heavy leaves have been stuck into
the ground. These slips. by dint Of continu
Gus watering and ferJilizlng, are eXpacted
to grow to height of six TO ten feet.
The landscape department viii set out
next week great numhsr of slips of Caro-
lima poplar, obtained from trees in the park.
They will be developed in the same man
ner The developed young trees are to be
used to form q relief at the bottom CT
the walls of the large exhibit palaces. In
the Exposition buildings the junction OF
the walls with the ground is always ragged
unless special precautions like the pant
ing of shrubs are taken. The weeping will
lows are to ne planted along the bank Of
tho natural river effect which will branch
east and west from the Cascade basin.
They will not be used along the banks Of
the lagoors. where straight lines and para.
pets will be the rule.