The work of clearing away the Exhibition will be long and costly. The first step will be to disinter the railway and trap Tines which were Ivid down in various parts of the grounds and under the floor of the principal buildings. All heavy articles which have to be sent back to the provinces or foreign countries can then be loaded directly on the cars for e"nveyance to their destinations without further handling. the fine art palaces; the statuary, which is all on the ground floor, is to be removed before any of the pictures. If the regulations were strictly adhered to, all the exhibits would be token out and the buildings cleared away within six weeks of the date of closing, but it is banily likely that even the first part of this programme will be completed within the Mlotted tine, The pulling down of the various palaces and other buildings will not begin in earnest until February. This will give the authorities time to decide as to what is to be left, It is practically settled that every thi slopes of the Trocadero, the smaller edifices in the Champ de Mars, the Forestry and Army and Navy buildings, Old Paris, the Congress Hall and the Stre-t of the Nations will be cleared away. The Greek, Norweg Swedish buildings are to he taken doi and re-erected in. the countries to which they Delong, but all the other foreign pwilions are to fall beneath the nai pickaxes. On the other bink of the river, thetiwo large greuhouses will be left sta: ing for the present, and, if the effect is satisfactory when the normal surroundings are restored, both will remain permanently, As for the Champ de Mars, all the Exhibition buildings in that section will belong to the Municipal Council, and that body does not know what to do with them. They may be left standing fur years, just as the 1889 Exhibition constructions were, or they may be pulled down and the ground on the side of the Champ de Mars sold for building purposes, the centre being laid out with gardens and made into' the "Champs BlysGos of the left bank." The rumour Galerie de Machines is n perfect white elephant and no one knows what to do with it. This unsightly structure cost about £200,000, and the expense of palling it dawn would not he fur short of £40,000. 'The Eiffel Tower is unaffected by these considerations, it being held on a twenty years' lease' which does not expire until 1910. The two Fine Arts palaces in the Champs Elysees are of course permanent.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.