Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-20
Some Idea Of the Tremendous Scope
Of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.
MILLIONS ARE BEING EXPENDED
No Money Spared in Making II the
Greatest Attraction in the
Worlds History.

the United States from France.
The Louisiana Territory, containing
1000 900 square miles. purchased from
France in 1903 for $4,000 900. more
than doubled the area of the United
States at that time.
Total area of land for Worlds Fair,
1850 acres; practically a strip two
miles long and one mile wide, requir-
ing six miles of fence to enclose il.
Grounds and buildings dedicated
with impressive ceremonies, April 30,
1903, President Theodore Roosevelt
delivered the dedicatory address.
st. Louis and Missouri appropria
tions: City OF st. Louis, 5000. 900;
citizens OF st. Louis. $4,000, 900; state
OF Missouri, 5 1000, 900. Total, s1l.,
600, 900.
United States government appropri
atoms: For general fund, $1,000, 600;
for government building, s45O.0O0; for
exhibits. $500, 600; for Indian exhibit,
4 5000; for l~ife-saying station. S.,
900; for Alaska exhibit. $4,000; for
Philippine Islands exhibit, to be paid
from insular treasury. 100000; for
agricultural college exhibit, 500, 900;
for Bureau of Plant Industry exhibit,
$1,000. Total. $685., 900.
Total appropriations by states and
territories, by legislature and popu.
lar subscription, to date, $4.6S0,000.
Six foreign governments-Japan
China, Mexico, England, Germany and
France have officially decided to ex
pend more than $500, 900 each on in.
stalling their exhibits.
Accommodations for guests-St.
Louis has more than 100 hotels, many
OF which will accommodate more than
! 900 persons. Many more are being
built, one Of these. neal the Worlds
Fair grounds, will have a capacity for
1000 people. To supplement this,
many thousand citizens have opened
their homes to visitors. Accommoda
tions are insured for all. and no exor
bitant charges will be made.
The Big Buildings.
Manufactures Palace. 600 by 1.2OC
feet. cost $719,399. More than 10,
O0O, 900 feet OF lumber used in its con
struction.
Liberal Arts Palace, 525 by $50 feet
cost $475,000.
Education Palace, 525 by $50 feet
with central court, cost 1919 1893.
Mines and Metallurgy Palace, COG
by 1,200 feet, cost si9S, 900.
Varied Industries Palace, 525 by /,
200 feet, with central court, cost 1904,
600.
Machinery palace, GOO by 1900 feet
cost 1896 .527. Contains power plan
for exposition, developing 1000 hors,
power. and Transforming 1900 add
tional horse power; total. 22. 900
Boilers in separate building a short
distance west.
Transportation Palace. 600 by 1906
feet, cost 100000. Covers Is acres
Contains four miles railway tracks
Tracks outside building for addition.
al display.
Art Palaces. central structure, per
manent. 3iS by l6G feet, and two ad.
ditional pavilions, each 204 by 422
fee, built of brick and staff. cost 1915,
600.
Agricultural Palace, 500 by 1900
feet, covers 10 acres. and cost $500.
$40.
Horticulture Palace, 400 by 500 feet
cost $22S,OOO. Large Conservatives
are situated In this structure.
Forestry and Fisheries Palace, 300
by 600 feet, cost ~$350,000.
Live Stock Payilions situated or
37-acre wooded tract, and cost 500,
900.
Electricity Palace, 525 by 730 feet
with court in center, cost $780, SAC.
Administration building, permanent
built of Missouri granite and Bed
ford tInd.) sandstone, cost $4,000
Is one OF the group of Washington
University buildings erected at a to
tai cost Of $4,000 0 all used by the
exposition for administrative and 9th
err purposes.
Government Building, 500 by 25C
feet, cost $4,000. The government
ordnance and fish pavilions are neal
by.
Height of caves line on principal
buildings. Go feet. All temporary
buildings are of wood, covered with
stan.
Press Building, a permanent struc
ture, resembling in architecture a com
posite of typical old homestead and
public buildings in early days Of the
Louisiana Territory.
Temple OF Fraternity. 300 by 200
feet, two stories high, with large open
court, cost 5000, 900. Building con
tains so rooms for separate accom-
mediation of the respective societies
The Famous Pike.
The Pike, a mile in length, will be
developed by concessiOnaires, and
more than $4,000, 900 expended upon
the amusement features. Among the
leading features are the following:
Trans-Siberia railway and Russian
villages.
Deep sea diving.
Magic whirlpool.
Complete twentieth century fire
fighting outfit, operated by electricity
showing large theater, which appar
emily catches fire: illustrates how
lives are saved by carrying people
out.
Irish village.