Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-30
THE WORLDS PEACE JUBILEE.
Description Of the Proposed Coliseum

prospectus OF the international Musical
festival of 1872, to commencein Boston
on the 18th of June next, and closing on
the 4th of July following. The Boston
Traveller Of Saturday furnishes the fol
lowing description of the coliseum to
be erected on the occasion:
Everything in connection with the
worlds peace Jubilee, to be holden in
June next, Is progressing most salts
factorlly, and Mr.. Gilmore is receiving
assurances of success on all hands
The proposed coli5e-Ill-to be erected
IN which to hold the great jubilee of
1869. The form of the proposed coli
scum on the ground plan is a quadrila-
terial paralellograme, 4429 feet widely
1921 feet in length, covering an area of
346, oS4 feet, or near eight acres. The
roof, without the elevations for the
windows, monitor, &c, viii have the
appearance of an elongated dome, as it
rounds up toward the centre from, the
ends as well as the Sides The height
OF elevation is 50 feet the hight of
roof, outside, 173 feet; from the par
quet floor, inside, 100 feet; length of
corridor, 2, 48S feet width of corridor,
Is feet. There will be four towers, 100
feet high, one in the centre of each
end, and one in each side, on which
will be emblems representing the four
quarters of the globe. Sixteen towers,
each IS feet high, Will be over the diff
ferent entrances ornamented with the
flags and coats-of-arms of the different
natiOnallties. There Will be two tow
ers, one in each extremity of the roof,
216 feet high, and grand central tow
er, $40 feet high. Between the three
towers on the roof will be a slated mon
itor Is feet high, for the purposes of
ventilation. The several towers above
the cornices will be surmounted by a
castellated balustrade. The buildings
is to be constructed by a series of
trussed arches u feet in depth and one
loot in thickness, spanning the entire
width, and six rows of intermediate
longitudinal trusses of the same depth,
running the whole length of the build
ing, sustaining the roof without any
internal columns or supports. The
arches are to be made of twin segments
of circle, OF an outside radius of 262
feet, making and joining in the centre
or apex, giving the profile Of the arch
slightly Gothic feature. The chord of
the arch viii be at an angle when inpo-
sition of 49, degrees from the surface
Of the ground. The feet of the arches
and also the sills and the posts Will
rest on a pile foundation four feet be-
low the surface, Is piles thoroughly
capped being under the foot of each
arch. while the elevation walls or corI1-
doris serve as buttresses to prevent the
arches from spreading, although the
arches, starting from the foundation SO
nearly perpendicular will have very
little tendency to spread with whatever
weight may be put upon them. The
arches are to be 20 feet from centre
to centre. There will be % full arches,
hip arches, and 80 parts of arches or
in other phrase, jack arches Or curved
arches. The sides and ends of the
building Will be uniform, the roof be-
ing hipped, thereby presentingless sur
face to the force of the wind. than per-
pendicular gables. The side elevations
are to be composed of Al arches, and
the end of q arches, each 20 feet wide
from centre to centre, and 45feet high,
supported by panelled pilasters feet
inches wide, The plaster will be
crowned with a plan c02oetto cap and
necking. The halls and drawing-rooms
will be lighted by circular-headed
mullion windows, inserted midway be-
tween the pilasters. The corridor will
be lighted by circular windows of the
same diameter as the width of the win
dows below. If desirable, the corridor
can be left entirely open, being protect
ed by rail and balusters for outside
promenade. The auditorium Will be
lighted by two rows OF windows, ex-
tending on the sides and end of the
building, the lower row 20 feet, and the
upper row liz feet, from the parquet
floor The elevation of the windows on
the roof outside will be Il feet, giving
to the roof a terraced feature. Just
below each of the two rows of windows
on the roof will be protection sup
ported by brackets, for walk, for the
purpose of opening and shutting the
windows for air and ventilation. The
capacity of the structure is to be for a
chorus Of $1,000, an orchestra of 2, 900,
and an audience of rs, 600, making 100,
600 in all. There will be balconies or
galleries on the two sides and on one
end of the building. Independent of
the capacity for audience, orchestra and
chorus, there will be four halls, each
100 feet square four 80 feet by 40
feet four 80 feet by 100 feet, and four
so feet by 100, each of which can be
subdivided into as many appointments
as desired. The height of these halls
can be made 20 feet There will be
ample arrangements for toilet and with
drawing-rooms. If desired, the parti-
tions separating the halls and drawing
rooms can be made to side, and thus
throw the whole length of the building
into an immense dining or banqueting
hall. The interior finish and ornamen-
tation are not yet decided upon, but it
Will be upon a scale of richness COM
mensurate with the magnitude of the
building. In the present unfinished
state of the working plans and details,
an entirely accurate estimate of the
amount of the material to be consumed
cannot be made, but in order to give
some slight idea OF the immensely of
the building and its requirements, we
will say that there will be needed l ,344
piles, 4, 500, 900 feet of lumber, $50, 900
square feet of covering material for the
roof, 50, l64 iron bolts, 3, 52S iron bars
II feet long, 46,356 treenails, and A.
SS8 square feet of glass lighting sur
face. The building will be SO thor
oughly and substantially constructed
as to last for number of years, and
will we trust long be an ornament and
pride of our city, As the work pro-
crosses we will continue to give fur
Their details of this stupendous under
taking, and all readers of the Traveller
will be kept fully advised of everything
that transpires of interest connected
with the worlds peace jubilee.
To TROUT FISHERS. following
timely hints in regard to catching trout
are from Punchineilo:
When you see excellent trouting in a
romantic mountain district advertised
in the papers, go somewhere else.
On arriving where you think trout
exist, inquire of some rural angler
which are the best brooks. and fish in