36 New Yoek at the World's CotuMBiAisr Exposition. 



devotion to work and expedient brain of the chief executiye officer 

 rendered a satisfactory solution possible. At the close of the summer 

 of 1892 such gra,tifying results had been reached as to put beyond 

 doubt any question of success. The six months between the creation 

 of the conimission and the opening of autumn had been crowded with 

 work, and the breathing spell in the labors of the commissioners 

 afforded by the Columbian celebrations in New York and Chicago was 

 richly enjoyed, for it not only saw satisfactory pj-ogress being made in 

 every exhibit department and the New York State Building sufficiently 

 completed for dedication, but also saw the reproach disappear that 

 New Yorkers were unfriendly to the fair. 



