Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-24


Venience Of painter who has only
few hours work to do. or perhaps
there have been more important mat.
ters TO be attended to by the Division
of Works. But anyway the semi.
completed looks of many of the build
ings can Ike in few short hours he
made entirely different looking az.
fairs.
Last week the Governor OF Works
mad something like 1850 men on the
buildings directly under the control
or the Exposition Company. and the
Federal government and private con.
tractors more than double this mum.
Der With this great force at work
the clearing up process will take
only a short time and all thoughts
that the buildings will not be com.
pleted by the 26th can be laid aside
without fear that anything will han.
pen to prevent them from presenting
to opening day visitors beautiful
spectacle.
Way Ahead of other Fairs.
a personal knowledge of the situa
lions as they existed in Chicago and
ST. Louis one month before tho Elk
positions, which were held I'm those
cities, gives the writer every license
TO tell the readers of The Daily Press
tnat the buildings of the jamestown
Exposition Company are from ten to
twenty per cent further advanced
IMAM those of the Worlds Columbian
ana the Louisiana Exposition comma.
MES were 80 days prior to the omen /
Aiing OF the gates to the public. This
us particularly true of the st. Louis
fair, which on it's opening day was
way behind schedule; in fact, manv5t
5of the exhibits had"not been installed
g.Decauses oe' the incomplete condition
5pf the buildings This will not han.
spen at Jamestown; TOR the Exposition
.2Sompanyt3with thei;single ,exception{l
o.: one building, stan! today place; tex,
hibits in;Tany of$its structures withij
Npnt sfedrgof there being damaged by |
storm. AS to the condition of the
grounds there is no comparison be-
tween the situation as it today exists
at SewalPs Point and at Chicago or
st. Louis. But more will be said
ABOUT the condition Of the grounds
later on in this story.
IN another portion of the Exnosi. '
ZION section of The Daily Press will
De found summary of the condition
OF all OF the buildings OH the Exposi- |
tion grounds. The figures and state
ments given are not guess work or,
the part of the writer but were given
TO him by Chief Constructor Weather .
wax, who has the work under his eve
at all times, and who Is thorouebly
competent to make the estimates that
are given.
Pier Ahead of Time.
The work on the great pier that
the government is constructing is
ahead OF the scheduled time and If
the contractors have any sort of IA
yorable weather it will be completed
by the 26th. About six weeks ago 1t
looked as if the pier would not be |
1inlsned in time, as the contractor |
was several days behind time, but he |
mas caught UP in his work and unless
the fates intervene this splendid fea. /
tlire Will be shown in all It's glory to !
the first day visitor
Sun and Showers All That Are Needed |
AS far as the flora of the grounds
is concerned everything is now in /
readiness for nature to completes tbe
work OF man. Charles Ii. Pratt, the |
superintendent and engineer of the
grounds, estimates that after the /
spring sunshine and rains have com. |
pleted their work 90 per cent of the /
work of identifying the grounds shall
nave been done. 1t has often been
stated ana IL is generally believed /
mat the Exposition grounds comprise
400 acres. but the exact measure.
ments show that there are just $40 /
acres. Two sides of this is inclosed /
In the famous fence and the other by /
water While speaking of the con.
dittons OF the grounds. Mr.. Platt said
there were something like 5000 trees
on the grounds and that he was salts. (
fled that they were all alive and
healthy, even the 125 apple trees
which surround tile Lee parade