The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-22
TO BE A BIG AFFAIR.
Work Progressing Rapidly Upon
Erection Of Buildings for the
st. Louis Exposition.
Fair Will Be the Greatest Known
in the History Of the
World.
New York sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, duly 22.--William q. Curtis In
q; special from st. Louis to the Record
Herald says:
The exposition lis beginning to appear.
like something. The great buildings are
thely completed and might be made ready
for the installation Of exhibits next week.
The liberal arts, varied industries, edu-
cation, electricity and machinery buildings
will be delivered to the exposition authors
ties by the contractors within the present
month; the manufacturers and mining
buildings may be done in August, the
TRANSPORTATION building is about halt fn-
ished; the art palace, which is a pernan-
ent structure, Is IS per cent completed;
the agricultural and horticultural buildings
are only begun. A number Of the smaller
buildings are complete and the grading
and preparation Of the grounds has been
carried far enough to show people what
the plan is and give limited idea OF how
the grand schemes OF architecture and
landscape gardening will finally be devel-
oped.
Biggest on Record.
It is certainly an admirable conception.
more extensive and expensive than ever
before undertaken by man, and President
Francis and his board Of directors are not
only to be congratulated, but are to be
admired for their audacity and ambition
and are worthy of the support of the ma
ton. We thought that Chicago had fixed
a standard Of magnitude and magnifcence
at the Columbian exposition, but ST. Louis
will. certainly surpass it in almost every
respect-in area, in the expenditure OF
money, In the size of buildings, In the
comprehensiyeness of exhibits and in other
particulars, which, however, are the result
of the experience and knowledge that was
gained at Chicago in 1893.
While st. Louis has not the incompar-
| able location upon a lake like Jackson
| park, the grounds selected for her expo
sition are fortunately bounded by prim-
| eval forest, and in several sections of the
| Enclosure large groves have been allowed
! to remain, which will add considerably
to the beauty of the landscape and the
comfort of the visitors.
How to Keep Cool.
| If the weather next year is anything
! like what it has been to-day and yester-
| day the people who attend the exposition
will be. In danger of perishing from the
l.heat. An attempt will be made to COO
| the buildings by artificial means Venti-
lating fans will drive currents Of air over
| ice !, and the hot atmosphere will be
! forced out at the roofs, but all the Ice
! in the arctic could not make one of those
/ great structures tolerable to-day, and
! suppose there will be hot spells mex
summer, as usual.
| The Midway at st. Louis will bt
called ''The Pike" a term that is familiar
to Missourians. It will be q strip, O.
ground 600 feet wide and one mile long
stretching the full length of the northern
boundary of the exposition park and with:
/ in 100 feet OF the series of main buildings
10 assist the lazy and the lame. a rail
way runs the entire distance. The trans
I portation facilities within the ground
have not yet been developed, but hav'
a been planned for hot wea Their, so that tn
visitor can reach any point that please
him with a minimum of2muscular EFFORT
Notwithstanding the ENORMOUS area in
: closed within the walls. There are thirty
five miles of roadway, winding about tn
landscapes and between the variou
| buildings.