, 1866-12-04

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4 Paris letter saya: The works IN tho
Champ de Mars arc now sufficiently adyanc.
cd to permit an idea being formed Of tho
general aspect: The building, which Is A.
most completed, rises In the midst OF the
surrounding park Hike gigantic colosseum.
It's ground plan hss ths 'orn Of lnrFs oolong
axis forms line from the Military School TO-
the Bridge ofJena. but the building lT near
or to the Military School than the quay, In
order to leave at the principal entrance space
for the park and the annexed constructions
hectares (two and half acres each), which
Is eouaI 10 sauare a quarter Of mile on
each side. It II soccupled BY a srrics of con.
centric galleries, enclosing In the centEe
ga1dcn haH hectare III extent. Those ar
cadcs running round the building are inter-
stctcd By avenues radlating from the centre
Of the building to the circumference. That
disposltion admits Of the products exhibited
being grouped, as has been seycTl times
mentioned. both b. classes and BY countries.
ler3es the visitor will see successfully ial1
the articles Of the same NATURE. while BY
passing along the avenues he will witness
the entire exhibition Of each nation: the fo1-
mcr are thirteen in number, and the latter
sixteen. The .yhole cdidcc Is On the Same
with tho exception OF two galleries nearest
the centre, which arc In rnasonIy. Tho cor
cring is also almost entirely Of sheet Iron,
one portion Of The building only being shel:
tered by roofing Of thin plank, coyered
with zinc. The two galleries around Tho
garden arc reserved, the ono for the cxhibI-
tieu Of fine arts; the other for the history Of
labor, including implements Of the age of
stone, &c. The garden Itself il surrounded
by an awning or covered promenade slz me-
tres wide. -
Light enters the building everywhere 1n
rroIution. On each side Of the great gallery
for machinery are eco windows, each seyen
metres high and four vide. The interior
galleries are lighted by an infinite number Of
skJl,ghts. Equal attention has been paid
the circular passages and those running from
the centre ere eubterranean conduits to co.,
yey fresh a1r from the exterior to all parts Of
the Palace. Air will also be pumped from
the outside, and transmitted to the in
s.eatinr apparatus in railway wsiiins-rooms.
Measures had also to be adopted for getting
rid of the waters which would fall on that
enormous surface Of GOO, COO squire metres.
4 complete network Of drains had to be
formed. Facilities for cleansing the building
and for distributing. water without impeding
the circulation OF visitors bad also to be re-
served, and for those objects the underground
passages have been utilized The service OF
the rcflcshmcut department also necessi-
tatcd the construction Of cellars throughout
t1c EalieFJ NAtFe lne tcslAuFaQlS arc placed.
''Thc earth-works we're also considerable.
For level1ing the ground on which the palace
stands aud forming the cellars, drains and
underGr round passages $40, 900 metres (35 + 10
enbic fect} Of soil had to be removed. The
masonry work consists Of s., 600 cubic metres,
Of which 81 GOO were tor the foundations,
=. 10,oO Tor the fine art and archaeological gal
lerics, and S 900 fur the walls Of that for ma
cl,inery. The yaulted cellars Of the refresh.
ment department are 800 metres long and
ten wide, and the subterrancan passages be-
meath the sixteen avenues running from the
central garden have an extent OF 9, 600 metres
By five those beneath the circu1ar galleries
arc Of an equal length, which give total Of
more than five kilometres ttire-eighths of q
mile each) Of underground ,passages. The
ZENITH Of drainage is about eight Kilometres.
The iron pillars and eiTdles comprise
-. so tons Of metal of which TO- 900 orc for the
gallery Of machinery and auucxes, 5000 for
the Others, aud 500 for the roofing oi those
Of fine ar's mud archaeology: 600, ,0oo Of
riyets bare been used. and Is. .000, ,003 Of holes
roof covered witt zinc 1,100 culsc metres ut
raltcrs and II, eco square metres Of plank
were required. The windows Of the ma
chine gallery neccssitatcd Is 900 equarc nc.
tres, and the skylfslts 20, 600 Of ulass. The
rapidity with which the construction has al.
able fact IN it's execution. The plans werc
only definitiycly adopted on the 1st ot
Aug gust, 1eta', and the first contracts conclu.
ded in The month of September following.
In October Of last year the Champ de Mar
vas still used os military exercising ground,
lna at the present moment the palace IL ter.
minated, with the s1lcct-fou roofing aud all
the windnws fixed. There only remain to be
executed the interior fittings and decorations,
Only year will hare hecu occupied in tue
construction Of the building, and little more
than eighteen months will have clasped hc,
tween the examination Of the plans and the
opening Of the Exhibition. This feat has
been alone sufficient to exhibit the power oi
The national industry in France.n