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Show lllh MIDWINTER FAIR. Items from our regular Corres-iwnden'. Corres-iwnden'. Five rainy days out of soven has licen the weather record of the past week In San Frnnrlsco, hut it has imido little or im difference in tho progress of ttork on the buildings cf the California Midwinter Mid-winter International Exposition, In the Mechanical ArU Huilding, w hero tho roolwas nil Inplnro, thework of interior dciorntlon wits pushed forward without with-out the slightest hindrance, mid under thohalMlnlshedroofofthoMiinufactitres and Liberal Arte Ruildlng n great deal of Interior work wasdono at times when it rained too hard to proceeds with the construction of the roof itself. In the Hoiticnlrtirnl nnd Agricultural Huilding Huild-ing nnd In the Art Building the rain has win! practlcnlly nodehy w liateter nnd the enrpentein on theAdminstration Hu'iding Imvo made just as much archl-tci archl-tci urtlhay a If the sun litd been hi dng all the white. In order to get ahead with the allot, inc it of spate in the different buildings, the Exwition management has found it r ecesnary to fix an ubsolutc limit for the reception of applications for space Ihut date has been fixed, nt December flrs , so that the lid of the box, so to spcik, may uow lie said to to shut. Enough applications have been recieved to (III nil tho building comfortably. Pone of them will be full tootcillowing, but r readjustment of the classification 11111 possibly lo resorted to, so that th-e will not be a great deal of crowding '1 .ore feems tu hate been a little mit-un mit-un ei standing anting exhibitors on the Pa liic Coast in regard to the traneparta-tio. traneparta-tio. of their exibits to tl.e Exposition, ant it may bo well to state In this Ofii.iictlon that the trnntporntion ol sue 1 exibiu to and from tho Fair will ' i uotliing .'I all Thu regulation made ht be Southern Pacific Company if thu Kliipmcnts outnatiug at stations" 1 on he juttn in P.iuiiiv S)itom west oi j and liiclnriuig PortUnd.Ogtlon, El Paeo, I Det'tiiig, lien son nutl Mojtte, for oxibit-ore oxibit-ore nl the Fill' shall be way-billed to I Hii Francleeont regular rates consigned to 1 it- Exposition, in t.ire of the exhibitor, exhibi-tor, nml tho charges prepaid, nnd that nfter the Tnlr jgorrr, by presenting n certificate from the officers of tho Fair tha the property has been on exhibition nnd has not changed hands, the first payniout.of freight to Sin Francisco will ba refunded, and bin properly will be returned to his home station frco of charge. In the samo connection, and in response re-sponse to numerous communications on the subject, the public is respectfully uformed that tho Southcan iul!c Companj has arranged for three classes of tickets in connection with the Expo sitlon, tho rates of these are as follows-Claw follows-Claw A Half fare, or ono wayratefor round trip with 2 60 added, from all stations located oter 3D0 miles from Saw Frarcisco. Cln8 B One and ono-flflh fire for round trip, with 2. added, from all stations located otcr 153 miles (not to exceed .00 miles from S. F.) Class C One and one-fifth fare for round full"!1, "Ith f 1.59 added, from all stations sta-tions located within 150 miles from Pin Fiacisco. Tho minimum special rate will bo $1 Entrance ticket coupons no tlio Tsir grounds will bo sold with tho railroad sjiecial tlckols, as follows: For Class A, lit e gato coupons , for Class B, four gate coupons, for Class C, three gatecoupons. |