The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-04-16
Nations Of World,
Anot Year 1899
To New York Fair
World Exposition Already
Growing Up; Seeks Active
Participation of State

York Worlds Fair, in which every state
in the nation must inevitably take small
or prominent part. Is out of its infancy.
Preparato construction goes on night
and day at the Flushing Meadow Site
OF 12l6h acres at the geographical CEN
tire of New York City. A steady flow of
activities and announcements emanates
from the Fair Corporation headquarters
on four floors OF the Empire State build
ing. Judging from Ill OF these. the Fair is
lus,y. growing institution that will
reach full maturity-no question about
it-by the scheduled opening day, April
80. 1899
The task Of grading the site is about
half completed. Battalions Of men with
trucks have already moved over 3.000,-
600 cubic yards of dry fill in the process
of turning the waste marsh lands of the
Flushing River basin into park ground.
Other battalions are scooping out mead
ow mat" for use as fertile top soil for
the made lands. and in so doing excavate
the beds for the two large lagoons fea-
tured in plans for the Fair.
The first of the 300 structures which,
according to estimates. will house the
1899 Fair. has been completed and is
readc for occupancy. This is the head
quarters building for the field forces Of
of the exposition period.
Scheduled for early in the new year
is the start Of actual construction Of the
$780, 900 Administration building. The de-
signs for this structure, let under ar
chitectural contract few weeks ago. are
nearing the day Of their approval in the
Corporations offices. Upon completion
Of this building. late in August. 1897, the
Fair headquarters. bag, baggage and sales
offices. moves to the exposition site
THE most splendid and significant edi-
fee projected for the 1899 international
exposition" the Theme building, as de-
scribed at Fair headquarters, is also we'll
along in its contractual period. The esti-
mated cost of this great building for the
"Thematic Centre" Of the exposition is
set at Sl,200,000. The preliminary designs
are TO be finished in about eight weeks
and the final planc within four
weeks thereafter Con. 'on is sched-
uled to start immedi. > the designs
| are completed
From this Then q will radiate
all that is to be the ID Fair as con-
| ceived by its founders and rendered into
concrete terminoloTy and model by the
Fairs Board Of Desicn..
our job from now on is to give phys
ical expression to the plan and theme
of the Fair as announced and as set down
on paper in our headquarters" says
Grover Whalen. President OF the Fair
Corporation
Starting next April |, we plan to COM
plete the design Of one major building
every ten days for period of seven
months. In all. we expect TO design no
less than 30 major buildings TO house the
&c
Some 300 structures. in all. are planned
for the Flushing Meadow site. within a
few minutes ride from Manhattan"
! Without solicitation on the part of the
| Fair, more than go American business
| mouse and institutions have begun pre-
urinary conversations regarding their
| participation and are already planning
exhibits. Five Of the great nations of the
| world have already assured the CORPORA
| ton that they would erect their own
buildings, while no less than 80 other ma
tions have informally indicated their
desire to participate.
/ And then. on top Of all this DISPLAY OF
Keen interest, comes the announcement
| that the international Convention Bu
Teau' meeting In Paris. has allocated the
! year 1889 TO the New York Fair. This
| means that the New York Fair has ev-
| elusive ranking as the "one internationa,
exposition" OF 1880 and assures IL Of tho
active support OF the 81 nations signing
| the agreement.
president Roosevelt has Just extended
ofhcial invitation to the nations of the
world. Governor Herbert II. Lehman. OF
| the most State OF New York has extend
| cd lnYta'ion 10 the governors and resi-
| dents of AZ states. Grover Whalen. like
| wise. has Invited the governors in a let
ter pointing out that the commercial
| consequences of the New York Worlds
Fair are 50 great and important that thew
alone would justify the active participa-
ton of every state"
FAR Commissioners are already in
South Americs and Europe. Still others
are on their way to the Far East and
other foreign shores Major Dennis F.
Nolan, retired. rs head Of the Depart-
ment of Foreign. State and Munieipal
Participation, will himself make rcpre-
sentstlon 10 the governors and lerisln-
lures OF the various states.
Meanwhile under the direction, NJ Iar-
Ysy d. Gibson President Of the Manu-
facturers Trust CsWSany and Richard
whitney, former preNdent Of the NnU
York Stock Exchange. the prominent fo.
ures in the financial capital conapcted
28-day campaign 10 soil Sz7 500 500 in
debenturo bonds Of the Fair 10 finance
the construction period.
Every confidence Is being expressed
that tho Fair not only will pay its way"
but that II will bring a billion dollars
more OF revenue into Greater New York
and stimulate American industry in gen.
eral to an extent many fold that amount
The total cost of producing New York's
Fair, including collateral improvements
is set at s125,000000. Statisticians esu-
mate that the attendance will total more
than $4,000, 00e persons.
The City OF New York, the StatS Of
New YORK, and the Government Of the
United States. according TO expeotof,org
will account for ss5 1000 900 OF the 49,,
expenditures and thus lend az o0
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