The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-27

PROGRESS AT
The EXPOSITION
MANY or THE BUILDINGS ARE
COMPLETED.
North Dakota viii Spend $4,000 on
Exhibit at the jamestown Exposi-
tion-Many Big Exhibits From All
Parts Are Being Installed.

Norfolk, Va, Feb 27.-The progress
that Is being made with the buildings
and grounds of. the jamestown FER
Centennial Exposition is certainly
very gratifying. Notwithstanding the
fact that the weather has been very
disagreeable for this latitude for q
month or so, the work has gone
steadily on till now most of the build
ings are either completed or so near
completion that there Is little more
to do but put on few finishing
touches The states exhibit building
is completed and some of the exhibits
are now on the ground and are being
installed. Many Of the state build
ings are finished and most of the
others are nearing completion.
The grounds, too, are rapidly being
brought into q state of beautiful COM
pletion, and will soon present the
beWildering beauty that will be pre-
sented to the public when the gates
swing open on the 26th day of April
The two great government piers
that extend 2,400 feet out into Hamp
ton Roads, each of which lis 200 feet
wide and which are connected by a
cross pier 500 feet long and of like
width as the Others, are also rapidly
being completed. These piers will en-
close forty-acre water space in
which all the minor aquatic sports
VIII take place.
Transportation lines are hustling as
they never did before to get ready to
handle the crowds and from the pres
ent indications there will be no con-
gestion in that line. In fact the
Water Belt line, line of elegant
steamers, will run a fifteen -min-
ute schedule between Norfolk and the
exposition grounds and an hour sched-
ule on the rest of the line, which takes
in Old Point Comfort, Fortress Mon
roe, Hampton, Newport News, Ports
mouth Navy Yards and other points
on this line The boats on this line
will pass through the various naval
fleets that will be assembled in Hamp-
ton Roads during the exposition In
fact, transportation to and from the
exposition grounds from the various
points along this line will be a pleas
ure instead of bugbear.
The industrial feature of the expo
sition is proving factor of far
greater Importance than it was at first |
thought ii would be. The space in |
the states exhibit building and other
general buildings for that purpose has
proven inadequate for the require |
ments or would have done so but for !
the fact that many of the most inn
portant manufacturing industries have
erected or are erecting massive build |
ings of their own in which to display |
and exploit their wares.
Among the states that have made
appropriations or otherwise provided |
for representation at the exposition |
are the following
Connecticut has made an appro- |
priation of $26.OO0; District of Colun1-
bia. $4,000; Delaware, $4,000; Lou |
isiana, $4,000; Maine, $4,000; Flor
Ida, $4,000; Georgia, $4,000; Illinois, |
$4,000; Kentucky, $4,000 (by popular
subscription); Maryland, $65, 1000; |
Michigan 100000; Missouri. 100000; /
Massachusetts, $4,000: New Jersey
$4,000; North Dakota, $4,000; New
York, S150,000; North Carolina $780, !
600; Ohio, $4,000; Oklahoma. $4,000: |
PENNSYLVANIA, $10O.0OO;. Rhode Island. |
$4,000; South Carolina, $4,000: Ten
nessee, $4,000; Virginia, 100000;
Virginia counties additional, $4,000:
Vermont, $4,000: Wisconsin, 100000; |
West Virginia, at least $4,000: Ore
gon, Montana, Idaho and Washington
Jointly, $25O,0O0. Other states are
now arranging to also provide for
representation.
The foreign countries that will par
ticipate with either warships or troops,
or both, are Great Britain, France,
Russia, Germany, Japan, Switzerland
Italy, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Greece,
Argentina, Brazil, Chill. Costa Rica,
Domingo, Ecuador. Guatemala, Mex
leo, Nicaragua. Porto Rico, Panama,
Peru and Salvador, and others may
vet decide to seek representation.
Many of these countries are also rep
resented commercially.