Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
BUILDING FOR CORN SHOW
New Structure Talked Of Instead Of
Auditorium.
LATTER STILL NOT IN CONDITION
Building COmmIttee of National kHpO.
sitiOn r. Not Worrying over
Completion of the
Auditorium.

Instead OF using the Auditorium for the
National Corn Exposition the management
may build a temporary structure on the
order Of the Transmississippi exposition
buildings as the main edifice and one or
two small buildings for the industrial OK
hibits. These structures with the alfalfa
palace will give the exposition from 100000
TO $4,000 feet Of floor space, which is much
more than the Auditorium will furnish
for the BID exposition.
Besides the Auditorium Is not completed.
The roof Is not In place and Il is only a
little more than three months until people
will come TO Omaha from all parts Of the
United States TO visit the National Corn
something in keeping with the reputation
which Omaha gained by the big transmits
sissippi and international exposition.
r. A. Nash. president Of the Auditorium
company, says the compan only wants
$4,000 or $500. 1t offers the second mort
gage bonds. but business men are not TAX
ing them. though when the $4,000 is put on
the Auditorium in the form Of a second
mortgage there will be but 1000 mortgage
on a property worth $4,000 to $4,000 at
the very least.
Mr.. Nash thought perhaps the work OF
completing the Auditorium would begin
September i, but there is nothing sure
about It. The Omaha Real Estate exchange
pledged 1900 and has not made good, which
necessitates the Auditorium company sell
ing $1,000 10 someone else. Mr.. Nash said
he intended to get busy the coming week
and see what can be done. He said ten
business men should take $1,000 worth OF
the second mortgage bonds as soon as II
became known that finishing the building
for the corn exposition was absolutely nee.
essary.
No Worry Over Auditorium.
In the meantime the building committed
of the National Corn Exposition Is not
worrying over the Auditorium. II is SAID
by members of the committee that q build
ing or a number OF them will be provided
and will be as good, II not better, han the
Auditorium. They propose to erect this
building at Eighteenth and Douglas streets
as many blocks away from the Auditorium
that the thousands of visitors who come
to the National Corn exposition will no
Peven be forced to see the building which
remains incomplete within a few months o.
the opening OF a show, which will doubtless
be the second greatest event In the historI
Of Omaha, so far as attracting the atter
ton OF the world is concerned.
The Auditorium needs a roof, mi few
IL any Of the decorations originally planned
nave been added since 1t was opened
Forty thousand dollars will pay the float
ing debt and finish the building, according
to President Nash. but he Is unwilling Il
begin work until the 10000 is in the bank
The proposition OF giving the building
to the city has been quiet for two weeks
1t is said it would not be possible Il
give the property to the city and v /
completed in time for the corn show. but
in the meantime, the building committe,
OF the corn exposition, headed by Emf
Brandeis of ]. l.. Brandeis & Sons, is no
losing any sleep over whether the Auditor
ium is finished or not.