Chicago; Its History and Its Builders, Vol. 3
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Excerpt from Chicago; Its History and Its Builders, Vol. 3: A Century of Marvelous Growth First suggestion of the fair proposed world´s fair in 1892 movement in Chicago to secure the fair efforts of other cities in same direction - influences brought to bear on congress initial corporation formed - subscriptions to stock arguments before congress Chicago selected as site of fair congress provides for a "commission" - powers of commission Thomas W. Palmer its president the Illinois corporation names of directors - "world´s Columbian exposition," name chosen - Lyman J. Gage elected president selection of a site lake front favored at first - Jackson Park finally dedicated upon two governing bodies threaten confusion Harmony secured by "compact" - construction department created D. H. Burnham chosen chief general plans considered William T. Baker succeeds Gage as president Baker is succeeded by H. N. Higinbotham Higinbotham becomes guiding spirit of the exposition - Burnham´s splendid services - financial legislation by the general assembly ten millions of dollars subscribed the president issues proclamation announcing the fair estimates of cost council of administration - congress asked for direct appropriation "souvenir coin" measure passed disappointment in sales at proposed premium slow sale of exposition bonds the directory at the end of its resources - the rail-road companies come to the rescue. Beginning of the world´s fair movement At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition, held November 14th, 1885, Mr. Edwin Lee Brown, one of the directors, offered the following resolution, which was adopted: "That it is the sense of this meeting that a great World´s Fair be held in Chicago in the year 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Columbus in America." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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