WORLD’S FAIR NOTES.
A novel and interesting question came before Collector Clark at the Chicago custom house. It was in regard to a consignment of nails, iron beams and building materials sent over by a Belgian firm on the World’s Fair grounds. The law permits the free entry of all goods intended for exhibition purposes, but it was a question with the collector whether these materials, which will be hidden in the building and cannot, therefore, be exhibits, were entitled to free entry. The collector finally came to the conclusion that the goods were duty free, provided the Director-General accepts them for use within the Expot it ion grounds. If sold after the Exposition closes duties will have to be paid.
William M. Singerly of Philadelphia will bring his big steer, the largest in the world, to the Columbian Exposition. The steer was sired by a pure breed Holstein, and its dam is a pure breed Durham cow. The animal is six years old and weighs 3800 pounds. Its height is five feet ten inches, its girth ten feet eight inches, its girth over loin ten feet ten inches, and its length from root of ear to rump nine feet ten inches. Mr. Singerly will exhibit his steer in the Live Stock Department.
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