The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-17
Contracts for All Main Structures
of Great Exposition to Be
Awarded by October l..
SETS CONTRACTORS RAPID PACE
Director of Works Taylor Hopes to
Have Features Ready for Pres
ident RoOsevelt's Visit at
Dedication April 80.

Fourteen colossal buildings. the entire
group of main exhibit palaces for the
Worlds Fair, will be under contract by
October l.
This is a part of the rapid construction
schedule which Director of Works Taylor
has announced through all Of his depart
ments.
Grading on the Cascade Gardens. the art
center Of the Exposition. will be far in
progress by the same date.
The United States Government building
will have been under construction one
month by October l.
A site for the elaborate French National
Pavilion will be graded ready for the cree
ton of that structure.
Arrow Lake. the aquatic thsater of the
Fair, will begin TO show its outline and pro-
portions.
Sites for the Agricultural and Horticul-
tural palaces on the summit of Skinker Hill
will be graded and the ~footings of these
immense buildings will be in place.
The masonry foundations of the perma-
nent Art Palace on the crown of the cres-
cent hill will begin TO rise and the space
behind them Will be Uttered with material
delivered by the railway that crosses the
ravines of the weeded plateau from the
SOUTH, on stilt-like ~trestles over the tree
Picture VIII Begin to Assume Shape.
tOLlOuT Will nave Deen given to the gen.
eral outline Of the grounds on the lower
level of the site where the main palaces
VIII make up the picture of the Exposition:
lagoOns will be receiving their rcyetting
preparatory to having the first flow OF
water turned into them. Three buildings,
textiles, Varied Industries and Electricity.
will be under roof. and staff will cover ali
of them
This plan will be rigidly enforced by the
Director of Works. who INTENDS to have a
fine show of Exposition structures by the
UeulcdtOEy ceremonies. which If iS hOnad
President Roosevelt will attend on April
80, 1893. The initiation of this fast sched-
ule Will begin next Tuesday. when the es-
Inmates and plans for the grading of the
top of Skinker Hill, the lessen tract and
the construction of the big lake will be
settled in the office of the Director of
1t is his purpose 10 give the site of the
French pavilion on the lesson Tract, an
elevation OF four to five feet above Skinker
road, so that the grounds and the build
Ing will stand on an eminence at the head
Of the same avenue which has the United
States Government building as its crown
ing feature at the opposite end near Forest
Park Cottage. The face of Skinker Hill,
where it slopes down toward the French
preserves: will be treated in a high type
Cascade Plans Nearing Completion.
Final designs for the treatment of the
Cascade Gardens are fast nearing compile
ton under the supervision OF the designer
in-chief, Emanuel Masqueray.
The whole plan will be turned over to
Will design the natural effects and apply
them after the grading has been com
pleted and the top soil distributed for the
work of his corps of gardeners. The com
pletion of the Cascade Garden design will
also NATURALLY advance the period of the
construction, so that the SculpturaI De
groups which will decorate the grounds.
Director Taylor hopes to have the outlines
of the Cascade Gardens finished by the tima
of the dedication next April.
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