The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-09

government to obtain their quotas of
$4,000 made by the last legislature,
may not at present be available, and
at the meeting yesterday morning of
the ST. Louis Fair Committee, there
was some question as to what would
be the outcome of the entire propo-
sition to make an exhibit. 1t was
the sense of the meeting that unless
Commissioner Macfarlane was assured
of receiving the entire $4,000 the pro-
posed exhibit should lapse. Commits
sioner Macfarlane, however, has hopes
of obtaining the full amount of the
appropriation. 1t was estimated yes
terday that the following items of ex-
pense would suffice:
Building, $4,000; salaries of secretary
and assistants and incidental expenses,
$4,000; expenses connected with laying
out of grounds; steamer and railroad
expenses, cost of preparing exhibits,
special services and literature about
$4,000. This would make $4,000, and
the additional $4,000 would be needed
for emergencies and extras.
The War Department informed Will
liam Haywood at Washington that the
transports would carry. free of charge.
Hawaii's exhibit to the coast.
praSepf the rpeptinp wera w
Macfarlane Exposition Commissioner,
Chairman w. G. Irwin, ]. G. Spencer,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, b. f. Dillingham;,
A. Gartley, w. w. Hall, II. Focke, w.
w. Harris ]. e. Higgins, w. o. Smith,
f. w. Beardslee.
Chairman Irwin said the meeting
was called for the purpose of hearing
a report from Mr.. Macfarlane. The
latter read a second letter from George
r. Carter, as follows
MIR. CARRIERS LETTER.
At ST. Louis I only had time to send
you a short letter and pencil memo
randa on the map of the fair grounds.
hope of catching the steamer Sonoma,
and now 1 will give you a more detail
ed description.
On arriving at the Administration
building, l presented your letter to
Secretary Stevens, an elderly man calm
and quiet I had the night before taxi
en- the opportunity offered by news
IF in
press that unless Hawaii's exhibit
could be kept together. that in all prob
ability nothing would be done. This
OF course Mr.. Stevens and the other
officials had seen.
Before going into the matter with
Mr.. Stevens. I expressed desire to
go over the grounds and see the build
ings or I wanted to find out what the
other states and territories were do
ing and to get all the information I
could before I began to dicker with the
officials as to final plans
Mr.. Stevens turned me over to Mr..
C. NJ. Reeves, secretary of the Com
mittee on State Exhibits, who took me
over the grounds and lunched me. and
am sending you under separate cover,
a whole raft of literature, from which
hibition. and more particularly the va
riety of architecture shown in the diff
ferent state buildings. / got from Mr..
Reeves the following list of the cost
OF different buildings, which shows
that the estimate of $4,000 is high:
New York .....................S l5, oOOoO
Indian Territory ............... l6,OO0oo
Maine .......... ..........,... lo,VooD
Mexican Government .......... 100000
Nevada ...'.....'......... 4.ooooo
Arizona .......,............. 3,ooooo
OF course some of the states like
Ohio and Illinois and Missouri itself,
are going to put UP buildings of s2O,-
900 and over. AS you will see by the
plan already sent, these buildings are
located in one corner towards the city.
in what was originally city park, on
hilly woodland Thus they can be com
pared with difficulty but each com
is vieng with the others in
or are attempting to have
some specific attraction. New Mexico.
/ think it is, that is to bring carload
of great big cactus plants, while Flori-
da brings cocooanut trees to put around
their building. One state is to have a
you see by the pictures, takes eight
timbers and makes n
wigwam. Arizona puts up a building
similar to the Adobe Spanish Missions.
New Jersey reproduces Washingtons
during the revolution.
Connecticut has moved part OF an old
Colonial residence and Is reproducing
the balance of 1t, furnishing 1t with
original pieces of furniture loaned for
the purpose, so as to show how they
lived in old Colonial times.
These buildings are the distinctive
feature of this affair and form the
for the people OF each
state. Here information is given out
and for the purpose of distributing ad-
vertislng matter. i fancy they will use
a portion Of their preparations for en-
pertaining and l guess Kentucky viii
have some pretty good whiskey. There
3 absolutely no restriction of any
bind, as to the method or style OF con- !
'truction. The day was there, the In !
Han Territory Commissioner was TO /
open bids and let contract for their