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Show PUSH AND PROGRESS. The Joint City and County Building Committee Make a Tour of Inspection. THE SQUAKE TO BE PARKED. The Arrangements For the Work Natural Nat-ural Gas Businass Briefs. All of the members of the joint city and county building committee visited the square this morning, and after inspecting the grounds carefully decided to begin preparations prepara-tions at once for parking that portion of the square not used for building purposes. They also examined the foundation and work done, and expressed themselves as fully satisfied. sat-isfied. The public generally is not aware of the rapid progress being mad. on the great building, for the reason that the work done thus far has been altogether upon the foundation. found-ation. This is about completed now, and an eastern aichitect and builder who was on the ground this morning stated that it was the finest piece of work of the kind that he had seen in the west, and reflected credit alike upon the architects and upon Mr. Bowman, Bow-man, the builder. About one hundred and fifty men are now employed, but the force will soon be enlarged. The Utah Central is engaged in putting down a third rail on Second East and Eighth South to facilitate the carrying of material, and will be utilized by all the roads, the Utah Central, Union Pacific and Rio Grande Westers having come to taw when the council coun-cil took a decided stand upon the matter. If any one doubts that the city and county building is going up, aud going up fast, a visit to the square will convince them to the contrary. World's Fair Notes. The chiefs of the several departments of the local commission will probably be named about the middle of next month. The newspapers throughout the whole ter-ritory ter-ritory are sending fur cuts to illustrate articles arti-cles to be run in their columns from time to time. These are furnished cheerfully on application. A much simpler and less expensive method than the old one of preserving preserv-ing fruit in arcohol has been sent in to the commission, and will be made known to exhibitors in that department, as soon as the printed matter is ready. Secretary McDaniel states that a number of the members of the last legislature have expressed themselves on the loan fund, and all approve it, and state that they have no doubt whatever that the next legislature will approve it, and appropriate the money to cover it. The plans of course will be submitted to the chiof of construction, as it is the intention inten-tion to preserve a general harmony of design in all the buildings. It is chiefly "to consult with the ehief of construction that Commissioner Commis-sioner Empy and Secretary McDaniel will make their projected trips to Chicago. The first application for space at the World's Fair from Utah was sent by Messrs. Devy & Theriot, of Provo, and was for an exhibit ex-hibit of marble, slate, building stone, etc. The gentlemen made the mistake of applying direct to the national commission at Chicago, and their application was sent back to the local commission here. Parties desiring space should send to the local commission. com-mission. Secretary McDaniel wishes to correct the statement of a local architect to the reporter of one of the morning papers, to the effect that the plan for the Utah World's Fair building w uld be given to Chicngo architects. archi-tects. Mr. McDaulel states that Mr. Burn-ham Burn-ham is simply chief of construction, and has the supervision of all buildings erected on the fair grounds. As far as plans for the Utah buildings go, the commission will probably offer a prize o-a series of prizes for Utah architects to compete for, and it is hoped that local talent will have the honor of bearing off the palm. An Ogden lady has notified the local commission, com-mission, through National Commissioner F. J. Kiesel, that she has in her possession the original document of the Thirteenth amend, mant abolishing slavery. The document bears the autographs of the entire en-tire administration, from that of President Presi-dent Lincoln to the members of both house of representatives. An old number of the Graphic, on which is printed a fac simile of the document in question, is in possession posses-sion of Secretary McDaniel, and a foot note states that the original document was then in the possession of W. D. Lindsey, of Orange, Or-ange, N. .7., which proves that it is not in the national archives, and leaves but little doubt that the Ogden lady has the genuine article. She wishes to exhibit it at the fair. Natural Ga. Secretary Constant, of the American Natural Nat-ural Gas Company, leavesfor New York to-day, and will return on June 9th with Major Doxie's party of India capitalists, gas men and manufacturers. A Tlx IS reporter caught Mr Constant at the Knutsford this morning, and iu response to the query, '"How is everything working?" hi replied: 'Major Doxie writes me that everything is all right at his end, and of course you know we are in good shape here." "And about the pipe and material?" "Everything is ready for shipment as soon as the word is given. The preliminaries are just about ended, and we ars down to serious seri-ous business now" and with a promise to keep the Times apprised of his movements by wire, the genial secretary sped away for his train. liusiness Briefs. Today's bank clearings were $369,705, as compared with $187,403 for the same day of of last year. Messrs. Tarbell and Campbell, two enterprising enter-prising young business men, have just opened a general merchandise store in Waterloo Wa-terloo addition. It looks as though the paving proposition would go through all right. :ind it is believed that the only danger of failure is on West Temple street. |