Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-02-22
The gEll'ystaI PaTace OF
Concord.


cess OF erection in Hyde Park, Lon
don, to contain the contributions of
all nations forth great Exhibition of
1851 The universal interest felt in
this subject, has induced us to pre-
sent an engraving of the projected
bulldIng--an interest which will con
stantly widen and deepen as the time
for the exhibition approaches. This
wonderful production of art is IS4S
feet long by 40S broad, covering a.
bout lS acres of ground, and giving
with the galleries an exhibiting sur
face of 2l acres. The total cubic
contents will be 100000 feet, Civ
ing room for forming miles of eXhi-
bition tables. A gallery round the
inside will extendnearly a mile. The
number Of columns will be 1890, va
rymg IN length from Ii feet 6 6inches,
TO 30 feet. They, with the sashes
and glass, will be throughout similar
in forHr. There will be 2244 cast
lror riers for supporting the gale
rle ~Du roofs, lI2S Intermediate bea
rers, and 358 wrought iron trusses.
The cutters for carrying off the wa
ter, ingenlously carried through the
columns, will be 81 miles i'm length.
There will be 2S2 miles of sash bars
and 100000 superficial feet of glass.
Some wood witfbe used for ioists and
flooring, but the most of the building
material will be glass and iron, the Ell
tire outside being composed of them.
The entire cost oferecting and main
tanning the building for use, is estima-
ted AT Gl50,000, OF about $750,0OO.
1t is proposed, however,to dispose of
the materials after the close of the
exhibition, in which event the ex-
pense will be- reduced to G79800.
When the actual labor of construc-
tIon-proceeds, a vast amoupt of pre-
paratory work goes on Simultaneous
ly. Sash bars, window frames, &c.
are got ready by Hundreds of work.
men underneighbering sheds. Plies
OF materials are collected in every
part Of the ground and on the first
of December three fourths ofitwas
RIoBaaHH'a sSessfs iSciraaa'g:aezit i;a':a t8
I6he iron work is all brought from
Birmingham. Theglass rs ali furnish
ed by one firm. The timber used IS
from me Z 2sdAitiiR5, dAitiiR5 and of excellentoual
ity. Gas has been laid in the grounds
and the work is continued during
most or allthe night. Within com
modlous set of Offices the beads of
departments regulate the work and
prescribe the division of labor to be
pursued. An ingenious system of
brass checks or tokens, has been de-
yised to determine the number of
hours per day for which each man
has labored, and the pay which is
due mm, ffhe whole business is car
red on in the most systematic and
orderly manner, and it is very remar
kable with how little noise and bus
tie the work proceeds. Nearly every
thing is brought on the ground ready
to be put up, and the loudest sound
which reaches the ear is the occasi-
onal chick of the hammer sclosing up
rlvets.'e Over so large space the
noise OF labor is lost, and the building
rises almost as noiselessly as did Sol,
omon's temple, Not only will Amer
lca furnish her full share of articles
for the exhibition, bal the ingenuity.
OF one of her sons is likely to be;
brought into exercise for the erection
of the building itself. We learn that
Mr.. Benjamin Hardinge, of Cincin
natl, has proposed TO cover the iron
columns, pilasters, entablatures, &c. ).
with a. kind of porcelain or yariega-
ted enamel, giving the richness and
beauty, OF the choicest polished mar-I
bic and precious stones, viz: the ag-.
ate, chalcedony, jasper and other 81
llclous formations, He also ptopo-
ses to apply liquid siiiciates. to the
glass N ,yariegated colored chrystaIs,3
IIniprlsnatic or softly blended ain
bog tipts, which wilI;giye abeautifulI
mellow light to the interior, and SUI
spersede the blinds which were at
first proposed to modify the glard oil
light through such an immense Dur
lace Of glass. Ehe expense tof @ais \
WI be comparatively small, The /
mnis@.terlal beng composed ofquSlt9or I
white sand dissolved inlarge quastii !
ties through the agency of hydro. Iu- |
Aorlc acid, and other solyentsI Ills
lSaid TO be the cheapest finish upAI
eton or glass ever known, is appliyI
ehth great facility. and so hard q
= (t to be moved by a lile.i asas fIl
'lt Vhe building will have been con-
Z Hfed wnen this article reaches otr T
'lsl INhPa, sand a Yast. tananin.1 saus, Is