Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-12
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Building for the New York Industrial
HciJcR !E.3 ,iExhibition +i!2iit5 81 NE''S

We have aready stated that the design.selected'
for the building for the New York Industrial Ex
hibition is by Messrs. Carstensen and !Gildemies:
ter. ssr,rnl t,y1ilcss sL- Ic1tls-E1C L! bEp5 -IF
Of the intended building. The eroundzfoo IS aof
regular octagon, 365 feet inches ins dameter.--i
This measurement does not include the three ems
trance halls each of which projecting 81 feet isit
40 feet inches wide On each side of these en-l
trances,E offices are attached, projecting 1S feets'
from the main building, and being a279f feet, inc!
width. al kroI sdt Iv sssajBs.d sli lLai EIssi sW
The interior consists of four great divisions each 7
having main avenue, with side aisles Which are !,
connected on the ground flour by four triangular!
sections. These main avenues unite atthe dome,
and together form Greek CROSS which shape is :
preserved in the gallery foor.d R yab ls9 AoIbaa
The materials used in the construction are chief
ly iron and glass;. !45G ta ir ,g.isel!sai St.s -
The following are the Observation-Disclosures off,
dome 103 feet; height of dome from floor to skye
light, 122 feet height of avenues in he clear, 81
feet; height of first story in the clear "a feet; height
of second story in the ciear2 feet height of aises
total As feet width of aisles, 81 feet; width of
avenues, Al feel inches; width of galleries, 81 ;
feet width of each 'front.' 149 feet 5inches; diam
eter of each OF the eight octagonal tow feeti
height of towers above side walk, is feet; area of
principal floor l,200 square feet area OF entran
ces, halls, and Offices, 1000 square feet area off
galleries. g. 900 square feet aQuu9 cd ilIT ,bscI
Aiwriter in the New York Literary World sugssS
gests that conspicuous department of the exhibit
ton ought to be dedicated to the reception and dis
play of such memorials of those sons OF light"
who in their generation did much to benefit so.S
cety and advance the world, as can be obtained
either bypurchase or loan, from private individuals
or from public collections. t'Autographs andshort
letters of Franklin" (he says) or Godfrey the in
venior ofsthe quadrant), of Fulton, of Oliver Ey-s
ans (the originator of the railway and rail-caI)'
and of Morse the author Of the electric telegraph,
might, doubtless, be procured withoutmuch diff
Guilty for the occasion, and might be exhibited Ito
secure them! from injury in glazed cases--as is
done in the British Musemn-where many such
memorials relics the great men of that coun-
try thus preserved and displayed for the grat-
cation OF strangers and visitors. To these should
be added such busts, portraits. or statues OF these
distinguished individuals as may exist, or can be
obtained for the temporary use of the, Exhibiuon:
In the case where portraits are the only mementoes
OF this kind to be obtained, twoule be advisable
that plaster casts busts should be modelled from
| and substituted for them. as these would pc bet
ter suited for exhibition than bad or faded PANT
ings, inferior engravings, or mere miniature like
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