Show The Worlds Fail CHICAGO Feb Considerable i progress has been made in the matter of locating the various buildings of the coming Worlds fair The womens contingent has expressed a strong desire in favor of the lake front side in close proximity to the Auditorium and as when the gentler sex say that they will they generally have their way it may be taken for granted that the womens annex will keep company com-pany with the million dollar art temple on the borders of Lake Michigan As for the area in South parks the plans approved ap-proved as the outcome of the solemn deliberations de-liberations of ten great architectural minds are even more elaborate than had been previously contemplated The main structure of the agricultural department will cover nine and a half acres ten acres additional being reserved for extensions that may subsequently be ordered contingent upon the total bulk of the exhibits that are to be proffered in the future Twentytwo and a half acres with nine more held in contingent are reserved re-served for manufactures the liberal arts and ethnology Only seven acres have so far been set aside for the bireau of transportation trans-portation and its approaches but ten and threequarters additional are held in reserve re-serve in case that much more space may be needed and it is very likely that it will Eleven and a half acres have been given up to the department of machinery and here too seven additional acres are allowed as leeway Electricity gets six acres mines six fisheries three and horticulture eight i and a half In each case thefigures given represent the area that will be under roof independent independ-ent of the immense space that must be used as approaches In addition 100 acres more pr less is reserved for state buildings and special displays The live stock men in the leading states that have appointed various state boards have been loudly emphasizing em-phasizing the fact thatthey have rights that need to be respected may abide their souls in patience They will have ninety four acres upon which to house and display dis-play their swine their sheep their blooded cattle their fleet footed horses and their draft four legged giants They will moreover more-over be located in the most picturesque part of the park with only a lagoon separating sepa-rating them from the department of agriculture agri-culture on the west a spacious walk and drive bordered with flowers plants and exotics leading direct to the rotunda of the building which will be devoted to the United States government H IL HUNT |