Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-11-04
GROUNDS NEARLY READY
Lewis and Clark Buildings Will Soon
Be Ready for Exhibits.

In little less than q month the build
ings and grounds of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial will have attained a
degree of completion which had not
been thought possible by many of the
most sanguine Director Of Works
Oskar Huber is on the ground on an
average of seven hours day superin
tending personally the labors of more
than 200 men employed by the corpor-
alton in getting the grounds into con-
dition and doing other work not con-
ractted for.
The grounds, even as they now are,
are beautiful A view Of them from
Willamette Heights or from any point
of vantage discloses a scene of beauty
where once was nothing but under
brush and thickets. Gardens and
lowerbeds by the score are being laid
under the direction of Director Huber,
who is sparing no pains to make his
part of the big project complete sue
cess.
In addition to the grounds many
buildings are nearly completed, under
construction or contracted for. Those
that have been practically completed
are the Liberal Arts building, the
Forestry building, the Foreign Ex-
hibits building, Agricultural Build
ing, Administration building, Fire
and Police Station, Public Utilities
and Colonnade Entrance. Under con-
struction are the Machinery, Elec-
tricity and Transportation, the Audi
torium and the Mines and Metallurgy
buildings. The buildings on which
construction work will start very soon
are the Government buildings, three
in all; Stock Exhibit building, Fine
Arts building, the Inside Inn and one
or two others.
Construction work on the Bridge of
Nations and the Trail, or approach to
the Bridge, is being pushed as rapidly
as possible, and nearly all of the piling
will be in position in a day or two.
Construction work will start within
reasonable time on buildings for Cali
fornia, New York, Massachusetts.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and
others, making total of more than
30 states which will be represented
when the Fair opens next June.
AT the end of three weeks all Of the
lights for Illuminating the grounds
will be in position, 10000 incandescent
globes in all. These are being put in
now, scattered in sprays, throughout
the grounds. All of the connections
are underground, so visitors will not
have their eyes and sense of appreci-
alton Of the beauties of the Western
Worlds Fair offended by the sight of
wires strung here and there on the
grounds. Much danger is also averted
by laying the wires underground.
Two weeks of work will see the
grounds of the Exposition upon which
Director Huber is spending so much
time in almost perfect condition. The
roads and paths by that time will have
been covered with a layer of decom-
posed granite. The grounds now need
but little except a general cleaning m
to put them in first class condition
When the granite is placed on the
walks and drives the task will end
The steps leading from the upper
terrace, where the principal buildings
are, to the boat landing and band |
stand at the edge of the lake, are
nearly finished, and work on the land
ing and stand will be started soon
On either side of the last tier of stems
for benches are being built To |
accommodate people who wish to listen |
o music. These terraces, five in |
number at the steps, taper away to one
1t the extreme end on either side. thus
an uninterrupted view of 4
he bandstand from any point on the
The big pumping station erected to
Ill the lake from the Willamette River
5 being used at intervals now. In a |
Veek or two it will be worked to fuu /
which is I,OOO, 600 gallons IN
.our, in order to bring the lake up to
he required level.
The Inside Inn and the Horticultural 1
will be constructed on the
pen space to the left of the Trail, and
be Bridge Of Nations, where at present
% work has been done.-Eveninc
'elegram.