Show Worlds Fair Notes CHICAGO Jan 13Fcw people except those who have spent a lifetime in professions profes-sions olin business havin rclation to building build-ing operations can fully realize the magnitude i magni-tude of the task that is to be accomplished 1 before the various contemplated structures 1 are ready for the of reception their contents I con-tents Nearly S100000 a decidedly good sized fortune in itselfwill will have to be ex ponded on the very ground before a single foundation stone is laid or a central pier sunk Nearly a quarter of a million cubic yards of sapd has first to lie dredged from the location decided upon for the lagoon and then to be used infilling up the uneven portions of Jackson park Even this immense im-mense quantity however will not be sufficient cent for the latter purpose and 300000 cubic yards additional is to be dug from excavations I I Still another quarter of a million yards of sand is to be sought for down on the i Indiana state line on the lake front or elsewhere While 433000 yards of black I earth is to be procured for possible cou I tingcncies in the way of filling up Th isis j is-is a aggregate of considerably over one i million cubic yards of material and of the 1 total over onehalf must b taken from places that will have to be refilled when t the exposition has closed its doors and said farewell to the world The total com trill t-rill be divided between the Worlds fair directory and the park commissioners the latter however getting a little the best of the deal in a financial sense The entire force of officials of the fair national and local is now located on the fourth floor of the imposing ten story structure at Adams aud Quincy streets i known a the HandMcNally building and i here every man and woman officially identified iden-tified with the enterprise can be addressed for the next three years At present there t arc but fiftysix names on the pay roll 1 but when several of the department which a yet are in a state of coma are quickened into life this number will be 1 doubled and trebled I all the quarters I cover no less than 20000 square feet oft of-t space Director General Davis has a spacious and elegant suite while Chief Handy of the press bureau has been successful in persuading the powers that be to concede him three tie as many apartments ash as-h been allotted to his bureau on the original plan Experienced newspaperman newspaper-man as he i he has shown himself alive t the of members of requirements the profession pro-fession from out of town by setting ash lone I l-one of the best rooms of his suite for their accommodation and convenience Miss Phoebe Couzins the secretary oft i womens board and who i buckling do Into In-to work with a determination in keeping with her previous reputation has ike room next t that of Secretary Butterworth whilethe quarters of Mrs Potter Palmer adjoin thoseof her lady colleague on the right The largest room of a and which is really six apartments thrown into one i fitted up with fortyfive desks and look for all the world like a miniature of teEn te-En chamber a Washington Hero it Is that the national commission and the natona cmon te local directory will sit iQ judgment I I BENY M HUNT c |