The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-11-22

ships, edi6ces, aud the moving Of houses
there are no people on the face of the
earth who can beat us Yankees. either in
rapidity or excellence of construction.
But even Yankees will somewhat be SUI
prised when they learn the particulars
relative Ia the size, nude Of construc'
ton. and tfe time to be employed in the
erection ,f the editice now building in
Hyde Park, London, for the Worlds
Fair of 1851, A late number of the
London Times contain many interesting
particulars, from which we gather the
following:
The building is to cover 752, ,S32 super.
fetal feet, aud to have an exhibition sur
face of about 81 acres. to be rooted in
and handed over to the Commissioners
within little more than three months from
its commencement to be consttuc,ed al
most entirely Mglass aud iron, the must
fragile and the strongest of working ma
terials, to combine the lightness of a con-
servalory with the stability Of our most
permanent structures.
In its favor the window law is tn be
Ignored, and 100000 snpe fetal teet Of
glass, weighing upwards nf 400 tons, are
to be used in its construction. Not stone
nor brick will he employed through
out the spacinus structure, which is To
rest upon 3 800 cast iron columns, and To
be strengthened aud kept together by g..
224 girders Of the same material The
plan of it. which has been published, re.
presents an edifice in every respect quail
lied to become the repository of the
worlds industry; the basement and two
upper tiers diminishing in area as they
ascend, and thus securing graceful va
riety Of outline, while the monotnnous
effect Of "a facade l,S4s feet long is brok,
Ell by a spacious transept. This iran.
sept, 4OS feet long aud 81 feet wide, will
be arched. and will rise to the height Of
los feet, enclosing within it, as in glass
case, row oflre which respect for TIE
park timber has induced the commissions
ers Ia spare. The root Of the entire
building will be covered with canvass To
exclude the rays o the sun, except the
lransept, where the presence oftrees rem
der light necessary. When completed,
the view presented by the interior will
be wonderfully graceful and splendid.
The central avenue, 1,S4S feet long, 72
fee, broad. and &C feet high, with rows
o. pillars shooting oh from it on either
side, and SO arranged tina, the eye can
traverse freely to every part of The build.
ing, must have a very grand appearance
Care has been taken To have the columns
upon which The whole fahlic rests dis.
tributed with such regularity as to avoid
all confusion or fores,,like effect.
Besides the immense space thus de-
voted 10 the general purposes of the ex.
hibilinn. there will be Oh the north side Of
tho building room set apart for the re
ception Uf the machinery. The dimen,
sious If this apartment are on scale
prnpnr,i"naie to lire Important branch of
inventive induary tG which il is de?9cat
ed b will be 90 feet long, 4S feet broad
aud 81 feet high. "A light iron railing
will tnc'nse the building at distance Of
eight feet from its exterior, and beyond
that there vii be foot path. The grand
eutrarcs will 10 nearly Opposite the
Princes gateway, aud viii haze seven
pairs of do"rs, Ample arrangements
hare been made, however, frr the entry
aud cHit OF visiters at other points
Messrs Fox, Henderson 4 Co, the con
irat tolS estimate, among Liher requisites,
81 miles of gutters202 miles Of ,a aoh bars,
and S mIles Of table fnt exhibiting.
! II is now month since ihe actual
wulk of construction commenced. In
that time tho foundation pieces on which
tho columns rest have nearly al been
fixed upon their beds of concretes, and
the earh filled in around them. The col.
umns required for large section of the
southern and central parts Of the build.
ing have been put up and connectod 10.
gether by giideis. The framework be
gins To indicate the Inrm Of the future
structure, jrst as the ribs and bonesofthe
mammoth shadow forth what The ami
NAL must have heen when alive. The
external facing of the ground tier has
been commenced, and while the frame.
work of about one third Of the structure
is in forward stale, nearly every detail
ofthe work has been begun. Therapd.
ity with which the building progresses
may he estimated from The fact that two
columns and three girders can be fixed in
about Is minutes.
SNsh bars. window frames, intermedi.
ate bearers and cutters. are got ready by
hundreds Of workmen under sheds 'Fhe
hydraulic pess is at wulk testing the
strength of girders. Piles of material of
every kind arc collected in every part of
the ground. and i, is believed that three
foulths ofal that will be required are al
ready deposited within the boarding. AT
present about 900 hands are at work
within the enclosed space. but il is esti,
mated tha, the number must yet be rails.
ed To l.500. The iron wulk is all brought
from Birmingham. where il is prepared
by Messrs, Fox 4 Henderson, assisted by
two other houses. One firm furnishes
the whole amount of glass required The
timber used is from Baltic, and Of excel.
quality. Gas has been laid on in the
grounds. and the tolls of the day are con
ttnued frequently as late as II o'clock at
night Within commodious set of of
fees the he" DIS Of the departments regn-