The Humming Bird. 3 



The Hamburg-American Packet Company, of which Carl 

 Schurz is the New York director, has subscribed $5,000 to 

 Exposition stock. 



The Art Palace on the Lake Front Park, which will be built 

 by the Art Institute, assisted to the extent of $200,000 by the 

 Exposition Company, will cost about $700,000. The designs 

 and plans of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, of Boston, have been 

 adopted. During the Exposition the building will be used by 

 the World's Congress Auxiliary for some of its numerous 

 meetings. 



California is the first state to respond to Chief Buchanan's 

 request that each state contribute the trunks of three of its most 

 characteristic trees, to be used in constructing a rustic colonnade 

 for the Forestry building. California's contribution includes a 

 sugar pine furnished by Towle Bros., Company, of Alta; a 

 redwood, by J. F. Cunningham, of Santa Cruz ; and a sequoia, 

 by Smith Comstock, of Tulare. 



The great imitation coast-line battle-ship, which is to consti- 

 tute and contain the government's naval exhibit is in an 

 advanced state of construction. It will be all inclosed before 

 winter weather sets in, and all of the interior work will be 

 completed by spring. 



A World's Fair transportation company has been organised 

 by a number of moneyed men in Maine for the purpose of 

 transporting New Englanders to and from the Exposition and 

 paying their expenses while in Chicago. It issues certificates 

 payable in installments, and these, when paid up, are transfer- 

 able for round trip tickets to the Exposition, including all 

 necessary expenses. 



The Carriage Builders' National Association, at its recent 

 session in Cincinnati, appointed an influential committee to 

 supervise the collection and preparation of a creditable exhibit 

 of vehicles, and to co-operate with Chief Smith of the Trans- 

 portation Department. 



The State Board of Commerce, of Oregon, has employed 

 canvassers to raise $25,000 to be turned into the State's 

 World's Fair fund. 



E. R. L. Gould, the American delegate to the International 

 Statistical Institute, recently held in Paris, writes to Chief 

 Fearn saying that the congress has accepted an invitation to 

 meet in Chicago in 1893. 



The Quebec Steamship Company, operating the New York, 

 Bermuda and West India Line, has agreed to bring government 

 exhibits to the Fair free. Half rate is granted on the exhibits 

 of individuals. 



