The San Francisco call., 1904-02-20
FUND is SHORT
FOR CITY SHOW
Out of $4,000 Needed to.Make
Municipal Exhibit, Less Than
One Half Has Been Subscribed
RECEIVE BUILDING BIDS
Committee Arranges to Have
No Implications in Articles
to Be Placed in Exposition

The finance committee that is secur-
ing funds and subscriptions to have a
San Francisco building and San Fran
cisco exhibit in that building at the St
Louis Exposition is still short about
SIS 900 of the $50, 900 that it is estimated
Will be necessary TO install and main
tain the show throughout the exposi-
tion season.
The Supervisors provided $4,000,
which It is estimated will pay for the
building to be erected and will also
provide a balance of $1,000 or so TO be
devoted TO other uses connected with
the San Francisco part of the great
show. The finance committee has
raised by subscriptions something like
$1,000 to date. That leaves $2S,000 still
to he subscribed and paid in.
There is some expectation that the
roof garden cafe which will probably
be permitted by the exposition man
agement to grace the top of the San
Francisco building will yield something
of fair size toward the payment of the
running expenses at st. Louis, but this
is uncertain because it has not been
decided that all objections on the score
of fire danger from the roof cafe can
be set aside. Therefore the lack of
funds to make San Francisco secure is
$2S 900 approximately.
Letters and dispatches have been re-
ceived from Samuel Newsom, the archi-
tect who prepared the plans for the
San Francisco structure at st. Louis,
and also from T. c. Judkins, who went
on to St Louis to let the contracts for
the construction of the building. The
instructions to the San Francisco repre-
sentatives in st. Louis included a pro-
vision that if bids for putting up the
n, Il
then nothing additional should be done
after the bids were opened without con-
sultation with the finance committee Of
the San Francisco general committee.
A dispatch was received yesterday
from Mr. Judlxins in which he an
nounced that the bids had been opened
and that he believed that it would be
possible to have the building construct
ed at a reasonable figure. This is sup
posed by the committee to indicate that
the bids have fallen within the $4,000
limit A letter from Architect NewSom
also conveyed the fact that all the large
buildings on the exposition grounds
have been completed to the extent of
so per cent, and that many of the small
er ones are finished and are already re-
ceiVing exhibits. Newsom also wrote
that this advanced condition of the
construction work would probably
make 1t pOSS1Dle TO nave COnpeIlllOH
among the larger contractors for build
ing the San Francisco structure. No
additional particulars have been re-
ceived concerning the bids.
The San Francisco subcommittee
are reported to be working actively.
Each booth in the San Francisco build
ing will be distinct and separate in
character of its exhibits, and it is an
nounced that there will be no duplica-
tions 1t is believed that the greater
the variety of San Francisco exhibits
the keener will be the interest of spec
tators. Educators have been in confer
ence with the San Francisco committee
during the week. 1t has been practical
" determined which grammar primary
and high school shall be represented at
St. Louis as characteristic of San Fran
cisco's educational system. The names
of these schools have not been made
public. The Lick School will represent
technical training. An engineering
school in this city will also be selected
10 make an engineering exhibit.