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Show THE MIDWINTER FAIR. Items from our regular Correspondent Corres-pondent On tho ivoof the day for thcoiriiial ceremonial opening of tho Midwinter Exposition, thnt grand Industrial display dis-play comes nearer to being ready lor tho Inspection of tho public than has been any International exposition tho world has ever seen, Tho buildings of the exposition ex-position itself aro all finished. The sound of tho hammer which may still be heard during the firstdny n.ler tho olllcinl opening open-ing will bo heard in connection with the installation ol exhibits only, and the reason for this conceded delay in the installation ot somo ot the exhibits lies in tho fact that Chicago Is so far away, that it was so hard to get cars In time for the speedy transportation of foreign exhibits, ex-hibits, nnd Iu tho fiirthcrfnet that California Calif-ornia Is the only part of this great western west-ern world where enow does not impede progress by rail, A hundred cr.rs cot talnlng foreign exhibit intended for the Midwinter Exposition wcro sully delayed delay-ed en routo across tho continent, and theso are thoy thnt hnvc not jet Wen Hit up In nil their glory, though only n few clays moro will elapje beforo tho protection pro-tection of the grand pkturoof industry nnd progress in which they aro to play so important n part. Moro than 60,000 people have thus fni paid admission to the grounds, watching tlio progress ( tho woik of preparation. Now, however, the great crowds will be-1 gin to onto Iu, nnd ench individual llist I impression wlllplnyltspartin the formation forma-tion of public opinion ns to how this ex-' position shall bo handed down to histoiy with somo nnmo that Indcntllles It beyond be-yond pcradveiituroofuonfuslmiwlth any other effort of n similar nature. It ii conceded on every hand that the Mid-' winter Exposition is well worthy of any nnmo that popular expression may give I It, but that, by any namedt will be just as sweet and beautiful Iu tho cjes of nil beholders. To those vvlmare not to lmvo tho plcax-uro plcax-uro of viewing this exposition, or to tlioso who want lo know what it looks llko before they coino to San Fr.insleo there has been presented, through the medium ot tho ofilclul birdseyo view, the most accurate panorama ever placeu be tore tho public In connection with nn cntorpriso of this & This olllcinl birdseyo view will havo been potted nt every railwny station in the United Stntcs nnd in many other pKiccs before tills letter is iu print. It is a production in lithography, from a painting by Charles Char-les Graham, the celebrated nrtist who mndo tho famous picture of tho World's Columbian Exposition, but made it from tho plana nnd ideas of the projectors. In Ibid instance, however, Mr. Graham mado his sketches nn tho spot, after nearly all buildings weio iu process ol erection, nnd when every location had been positively settled. There la, therefore, there-fore, spread out an accurate picture of tint Midwinter l'nlr. Its five iinin buildings nro grouped around Grand Central court, 1000 feet In leng'h, in the midst of 200 acres of tho Golden Gate park. From tho center, of the Grand Court lises tho electric tower, 272 feet in height, and within range of visidi of one located on the topof this tower, lio 7fiditrerent concessional ntiucturee, several sev-eral of which really include half a doon buildings each, so that there aro nt leat 100 buildings, all told, In this "Sunset City." |