Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-10
THE VIENNA EXHIBITION.


From the correspondence of the London
Times of the goth Of April, we take the fol-
lowing in relation to the Vienna Exhlotioh.
The building runs from west to east: En-
tering by the western portal, you oegih iuF-
thest west The side gallery to your right
bslongs to the United States, as wen as the
open court abutting upon it. quarter OF
the first eide gallery to the left belongs to
england. the rest to South America. You
are now in the main gallery, or nave, which
belongs, with the second and third transverse
galleries and the open courts between to Eng
land. Next comes France, which extends IN
the nave from the third transverse gallery to
nell nigh the sixth. She has the whole OF the .
fourth transverse gallery and the left portion
of the fifth; besides this she has the three
covered courts between the third and sixth
transverse galleries on the north and the open
court between the third and fourth transverse
galleries on the south side. The nth trans /
verse gallery, south, belongs to Switzerland,
a. well as the covered court touching upon it,
The fifth transverse gallery, together with
the part of the nave from which ii opens out,
is allotted to Italy, as well as the next open
court on the south side. Belgium comes
next, occupying the portion of the nave be-
tween the sixth and seventh transverse gal
leries, with the two courts corresponding to
this part of the nave, and the south portion of
the seventh transverse gallery. The space
| in the nave up TO the next transverse gallery
10 shared between Belgium and Holland, the
latter Of which has, besides, half OF the north
ern portion of the seventh transverse gallery
the other half being occupied by Sweden
Thus you have reached the central part OF
the building surrounding the rotunda. 1t
forms a square, through which the nave is
| carried to the rotunda in the centre and four
| galleries all round. That fronting south forms
| the main entrance to the building. The west
ern and northern galleries, the part OF the
nave intersecting the former, as well as the
two courts to the north which separate the
two galleries from the rotunda ITSELF are al
lotted to Germany. which thus has, If not in
quantity, at least in quality, the best place in
the exhibition. As Germany occupies the
centre Of Europe, SO it is placed in the centre
of the exhibition. Next to it is Austria, which
has the eastern gallery of the central square
and the next three transepts, with the eight
courts lying between them, and of which sew
en- are covered in. 1t has 80, 767 square me-
tres. of which l9,7GI, or more than twice as
many as any other country possesses, are in
the building, the remaining 20, 900 being in
the courts. Hungary has the next transverse
gallery, the eleventh, with the space in the
nave intersecting it, besides the open court to
the south between the eleventh and twelfth
galleries, which belong, together with the
r next court, to Russia. Greece has the por.
ton of the nave between the twelfth and thr.
teenth gallery. OF this last, the southern
3 portion is divided between Tunis, Morocco
and Egypt, while the nave and half of the
northern portion belong to Turkey, Persia
Central Asia and Roumania, sharing among
, them the remaining half of the northern par,
I of this gallery. The last gallery forming the
eastern facade and entrance, is shared be-
tween Turkey, which has the south, and Chi
ma, Japan and Siam, which have the northern
. portion of it. As you see, the geographical
arrangement is carried through closely enough
80 that any one with the least elementary ge-
ographical knowledge may find bis way cash
iy. An attempt was had as much as possible
to giving every one share in the nave, but
still several countries had to go without it !;
but as the rotunda is destined to be the real
show place for all that is excellent, and rs
every one will have place there, this cur
failing will be remedied. The arrangements
in the nave are such that it cannot even be a
show place, and will be just like the trans
verse galleries, only lotter and broader.
There is no passage left in the middle this is
for the most part occupied by snowy struc-
lures, right and left of which the passage will
be. But, whatever the reason for this ar
: al effect, which would have been more grand
| had the whole vista been open to the rotunda.
The same geographical arrangement as in
the main building has likewise been adopted
for the machinery hall, which runs parallel
! to it, and for the agricultural machinery,
which is in an annexed hall close by, on the
same line eastward. To the north of the ex-
hibition building, between it and the machin:
cry hall, lie the mass of special and collective
exhibitions planted at each end by the agri
cultural exhibitions, of which there are two,
one for the eastern European countries, Ger
many. Austria, Hungary, ETC., on the east
side, and that for the western European
countries on the west side. As regards these
special and collective exhibitions, Germany
has the lions share, having not less than eight
| separate buildings, a pavilion for the German
school system, hall for German industry-a
large exhibition building in itself-two payil-
ions showing German industry, and Krupp
has pavilion of his own. Then there are in
the court round the rotunda the house of the
German princes, the German assembly rooms
and pavilion for the clock industry of the
Germans. They are all light, lofty, wooden
structures, almost transparent, neatly painted
in yellow and red, and, while altogether prac-
teal, rather pleasing. To the east of the
German block of buildings is succession of
private exhibitions belonging mostly to min
ing and iron industries.
Facing the eastern entrance Of the exhibit
ton building, and separated from it by par
terres Of flowers, in the midst of which d
model of the famous fountain of Sultan Ach-
med in Constantinople is just having the last
finishing touches applied, the exhibition OF
fine arts extends. This consists of a central
hall, from which eight lofty halls extend on
each side, lit from above, and corresponding
with these as many smaller halls, lit by win
dows on the side. At the four corners are
pavilions, likewise lit from above.
The building in of the court lying between
the two traverse galleries allotted to England
in the northwesterly pavilion, which ends the
building on that side, has nearly given rise to
another Alabama question. The British ex-
hibitors not wanting the space, it was allotted
to the United States, the commissioners OF
which wanted to build detached pavilion on
it. There remained the question of the en-
trance to this pavilion. The Americans were
anxious to have an entrance to it from the !.
main gallery, which there forms part of the /
space allotted to England, and just where the |
entrance door was wanted the space had al