The World’s Fair grounds embrace a total of 1,037 acres and the two adjoining parks, Jackson and Washington, form a part of the magnificent park system of Chicago, which has been fully described in a previous chapter. It stands to reason that a project of this scope can only be undertaken under the supervision of a great host of officers. The principal officers of the World’s Columbial Exposition are:
President, William T. Baker; Vice Presidents, Thomas B. Bryan, Potter Palmer; Secretary and Solicitor General, Benj. Butterworth; Assistant Secretary, J. H. Kingwill; Treasurer, Anthony F. Seeberger; Auditor, William K. Ackerman; Traffic Manager, E. E. Jaycox.
BOARD OF REFERENCE AND CONTROL.
William T. Baker, Potter Palmer, Ferd W. Peck, Fred S. Winston, Thomas B. Bryan, Lyman J. Gage, Edwin Walker, H. N. Higinbotham.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
William T. Baker, President; Thomas B. Bryan, Vice President; Potter Palmer, Second Vice President. Ferd W. Peck, Robert A. Waller, William D. Kerfoot, Robert C. Clowry, Edwin Walker, H. N. Higinbotham, A. H. Revell, Lyman J. Gage, Charles H. Schwab, Martin A. Ryerson, Charles L. Hutchinson, John J. P. Odell, Marshall M. Kirkman.
The officers of the National Commission are:
President, Thomas W. Palmer, Michigan; Director-General, George R. Davis, Illinois; First Vice President, Thomas W. Waller, Connecticut; Second Vice President, M. H. De Young, California; Third Vice President, Davidson B. Penn, Louisiana; Fourth Vice President, Gorton W. Allen, New York; Fifth Vice President, Alexander P. Andrews, North Carolina; Secretary, John T. Dickinson, Texas.
The National Commission is composed of eight commissioners at large and two for every State and Territory in the Union, with two alternates. There are standing committees as follows: Executive, Judicial, Tariffs and Transportation, Foreign Affairs, Fine Arts, Science, History, Literature and Education, Agriculture, Live Stock, Horticulture and Floriculture, Finance, Auditing, Ceremonies, Classification, Manufacture, Commerce, Mines and Mining, Fisheries and Fish Culture, Electrical and Pneumatical Appliances, Forestry and Lumber, Machinery, World’s Congresses, Printing, Grounds and Buildings, Federal Legislation, Awards, Reference, and Control.
There is also a Board of Lady Managers composed of two members for every State and Territory of the Union, with alternates, under whose supervision woman’s share in the exhibit is being prepared. The following are the officers in the Board of Lady Managers: