The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09
SCENES ON GROUNDS
OF APPROACHING SHOW
Building at St. Louis IS Pre-
crossing Satisfactorily.
SOME WAITING on GRADERS
Completion Of the River des Peres Chan
nelway at a Cost CT 3I16,ooo-Busy
Times On the Ground Where the Great
Worlds Fair Is to Be Held.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS. St. Louis.
June 9.-'We shall begin putin OF thu
stan finish Of the Textiles BUILDING be-
fore the month is out." said contractor
John J. Dunava1t today The ornanen-
tai staff is all ready for US. and we are
following che line C work with another
as fast as economy viii permit. We are
raising the huge uprfghts now and it
won't be many DAYS before the rooi
huilieTs and glaciers will be at work.
The Textiles building is IN the form Of
a keystone, with the longest side. 75S
feet. to the north The east and west
sides are each 525 feet, and the south
facade $50 feet. The large court is $50
feet al the north wall. I49 feet at the
south wall, and 1855 feet deep on the east
and west sides The building will be
co-~poted early this fall"
We are now fairly under way in the
construction of the Electricity building"
said William CoIdie, the contractor The
work viii 60 on to completion without
interruption, We believe. The staff con
tractors have completed the ornamental
work for this building"
The Varied Industries Building is
farther advanced than any of the other
big Worlds Fair structures. said Cen
tractor N. E Rountree. but it Is so
large that with all our wonderful pro
gress We shall do well to get it done be-
fore the snow flies It takes 7.0o0. 600
feet Of lumber, while the Textiles build
ing takes 4,O00,o00 feet. Much of the
STAFF work is done, and as fast as de-
signs are rea-'y the ornamentatioD is
made and put aside until wanted on the
building We are making good pro
gress"
We are waiting only for the graders
TO complete their great task" said Con
tractor Ezekiel Smith. of the Machinery
building Our foundations are in and
hundreds Of tons OF earth are being
drawn to place every day. We shall
soon begin the superstructure. Our
building is 1000 feet long by 525 feet
wide Material Is coming. and we shall
get busy soon
Other features Of the Worlds Fair
work are the River des Peres channel /
way, more than mile long, costing 1
Sil6,000, completed this week. the cleo /
tric conduiJs, XXI feet, a mile long. now
building; the sewer system, completed: (
The vast grading work amounting to hun I
dreds Of thousands OF cubic yards: the
transplanting Of hundreds Of big trees.
which was done in early spring; the in /
stallation Of the water supply and sys-
TEN for protection against fire. ompIet-
ed; the construction Of TeIford roads Of !
crushed stone and fine gravel; the lay.
ing Of railway tracks and the establish
ment Of an emergency hospital
One may see traction engines and teams
Of twelve horses drawing excavating and
grading machines, saw mills running BY
electricity, sUger holes bored and nails
driven by compressed air machines. and
thousands Of men employed in number
less tasks that viii combine to make
The greatest exposition Of history
Present es' mates place the total Of ex-
libit spa = under roof at 200 acres. in
fifteen great buildings The total area
y ground TO date is 778 acres, with 100
acres TO be added