THE PROGRESS OF THE BUILDINGS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12498, 8 May 1906, Page 9

THE PROGRESS OF THE BUILDINGS.

During tho past -week tho Exhibition buildings hevo made great progre*. fiw plaster being usc-d lor tho front of the building ie airoudy making a £ood «how, ami it tseenis to have uti attiao tioa for * number of people who, m

defiance of the printed notices, pereVt in making a j/ersonal inspection ol the work that is going on. The watchman and ft oiitip.e oi ix>lico ofikers had quite a bu»?y tiuio on Sunday heading oil' these indivitlualc?, so-me of whom ui*x.i tiioir kiiivue to tc<=t the tougliiiy.-vt t,;' the piat?t-or. T::o work on t-ne whole of the main buikiiny is hi a l'orward ttate, auu *us tho boarumg up of Uie loworb approaciKvi co;npc'LK)ft the imprtis-iou oi «>ia!;iiit_v u» vtiy much increased, ltie liiacaiiiory auaii ana t'r.e unncxois are alwu {;->'"= ahead lapiuiy. i'jie guiz-i'.-i'fi we bum , on the ternory rooi, and iiiM.ile tiie tuou.d i.*; biin-t; banked up in for pLui'Ling ttie ierns. The df-ciXiiUijii or iiiy Ail Ualiery iiiis not V-α. been couimenced, but oti.'anvi.o tiie bui.iiing is weli iorw<\rd. The coiiw.Tt iiai; look.i w«.-U advancod now tiiut tho v. a !s and root' bet?n cover.d w:t,h galvan.i'fed iron, but ttioie Ls tt.ll a g<M>d <;<';ii to be done inbido. Th-> liiiiisl ryr CV.iiiinit.tf.' met at the Exiiibition groiiKdr) yesterday afternoon, and after in*p tho [»iane of the K.lm«rv3 (iiret* bi-iuge wtinit over tJio ptop'js-.-d nne of fcncuig which will en- «■•»<;' t-iitt g:oui:dH on the eastern, northern., and w.-.-t.?rn sides. A c->n-siderablt! area will bo tak'ii. in so a* r o amplu room for the .Maori village, the Fij.an, dif-p'avs. and s<> forth. The br.dge referr d to u> to bo a temporaly s:-ruc;ure JOOfr. exclusive of the approaclu-n, and wiii be 20t't wide inside tho parajK'ts. It will bo in four sp:aits of li-Jlt iiu:h. iin<\ tiie upper work will b> support-f"d on five fiteel girders. Tiie bridge i.-i primarily int-endod as a footbridg>, although it will be .strong enough to Ixsir a liniiied amount of whvl traffic :f desired. The City Council was aekrd to contribute towards the cost of this bridge in the fir.'-t place, the idea boimo: that it should remain r 'cr the Exhibition i« ovor. The Coutu**. howevor, conmd.->rcd ■it too cbc to tho Armagh htr«>t bridpo, and rofuwd toMil«idi-e it unless it wi*ro plac:d opposite Salisbury street. Tho Building Committee could' not soeita way to ag:ee tfl thip, hcrnce the Lridge will hu a tenipoiary structure only. The timber will be cut about a« little a* poss'ble, co that it can be used for orlier purposes auorwards, and it.s sale should return a eonxirierable portion of the original cost of tlie mate-rial for thf> !>rid-r>. Tli > workmen aro bup-ily engaged cutting out the track of the sportw ground. Tho situation is a very gnxl one, and the track will bo a quarter of a mile round.