WORLD'S FAIR IN BRIEF

Congress, with the approval of the President of the United
States, has provided that the World's Fair at St. Louis, in cele-
bration of the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase shall be held
in 1904.
D. R. FRANCIS, President.

Formal dedication of grounds and buildings, April 30, 1903;
Exposition to open one year later.

Approximate cost of the Exposition, $40,000,000
Amount raised by citizens of St. Louis, $5,000,000
Proceeds from St. Louis city bonds, $5,000,000
Appropriated by United States Government, $5,010,000
Appropriated by the State of Missouri, $1,000,000
Appropriated for United States Government building, $450,000
Appropriated for United States Government exhibits, $848,000
Appropriation for the Philippine exhibit, $250,000
Leading Governments of the world to participate
All States and Territories of the United States to take part
Exhibits arranged in fifteen great departments
Education and Social Economy building, 400x600 feet
Palace of Art, 836x422, fire-proof, cost, $945,000
Electricity building, 525x750 feet; cost, $399,940
Textiles building, 525x750 feet; cost, $319,399
Liberal Arts building, 525x750 feet; cost, $460,000
Manufactures building covers fourteen acres; cost, $845,000
Varied Industries building, fourteen acres; cost, $604,000
Machinery building covers twelve acres; cost, $600,000
Transportation building covers fifteen acres; cost, $700,000
Agriculture building covers twenty acres; cost, $800,000
Twenty-five acres devoted to Live Stock Exhibits
Horticultural building, 300x1,000 feet; cost, $200,000
Forestry and Fisheries building, 400x600 feet
Mining and Metallurgy building, 525x750 feet; cost, $500,000
Government building, 850x200 feet; to cost $450,000
Special buildings for Anthropology and Ethnology
Building and Athletic grounds for Physical Culture
Acreage World's Fair site, 1,200; value, $15,000,000
Washington University buildings used by World's Fair; cost,
$1,500,000
Exposition will show processes, as well as products
Missouri building (permanent); cost, $300,000
Fraternal Orders building, eighty rooms; cost, $200,000
Magnificent landscape effects are planned
Beautiful fountains, flowers, shrubs and trees
Hundreds of groups of costly original statuary
Wonderful electrical effects on grounds and buildings
Over 20,000 horsepower for Exposition uses
Tournament of Airships; prizes amount to $200,000
Intramural Railway to all parts of the grounds

ST. LOUIS is situated on the west bank of the Mississippi
River, near the Missouri. It is midway between New York and
San Francisco, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. It has
600,000 population, being the fourth city in size in the United
States. It has an area of 62½ square miles, and twenty miles of
river frontage; contains 8,000 factories, being the fourth manu-
facturing city of the world. Twenty-four railroads center here.

Ample accommodations at reasonable rates for millions of
visitors in hotels and in the homes of citizens.

Address BUREAU OF PUBLICITY for detailed information

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