The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-11-12
LADfBERTyII,E. - j., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER H. ls7s.4
THE CENTENNIAL PALACE.


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B The preparations for fittingly celebrating,
the Centenary Of American Independence are
making steady and auspicioas progress. The,
Committee on Plans and Architecture have.
made report announcing their Hnal selection
Of 4 plan nrIthd Cshtenhisa building This
was submitted for the approval Of the Exc.
ontiva Cofamiftee which met III PhilHdelphiaI
Nov. 9th, and there is no. dbubt sofI Il its
adoption. The Plan selected IL known as the
Pavilion Plan, " sent in by Mcssrs vaux
and Radford, Of New York, illustrations of
which have Appeared in the Grdphic, the
Philadelphia Press, and we think, in some
other papers. 1t is the plan which, above all
others, had commended itself to our Judgment
as combining features Of extraordinary excel
lence and novelty. The plan will probably yet
be subjected to some notifications, but the
following is the Pubic Ledgsr's description
of the building as it will appear when compile
tetlhlKls Opened eo the puulicin 1876, subject
to these possible slight notifications: ;.
l.. the first place 1t may be said that the,
main Sxhibition building, exclusive Of certain
enlaigements in the centre and at the ends
will cover an oblong plot Of ground 2040 feet
in length by 6So feet in breadth. This is,
about the distance from Sixth street to
Eleventh street, and about the width of the
block from Market street to Arch street. But
| in the centre and at the two ends there may
be extensions, making the soidth D52 feet by
204O feet, and making the ground plan with
the Intervening spaces over an area nearly
equal to that from Walnut TO Market, and
from sixthN to Eleventh. street, or say five
squares long by two tsquares "wide. This
large area Is to be covered with at least fifty,
five spayilions, and possibly by Nsixty- five,
grouped together 80 as to form one complete
structure, all parts Of the interior being
visible from end to end, forming " yistas u OF
architectural groves " of magnificent sweep
and extent. Thus, it win be seen that the
ono cast interior is made up Of number of
immense arcIled or vaulted nisles, each of
! these aisles being made up of number of
"pavilions.'
TO give a further idea of the "pavilion .
that is the unit of this plan, we shall try to
describe asiaale one Of the fifty-fiye or sixty,
five "pavilions, y which are embraced in the
whole structures. Each pavilion = covers a
space 1856 feet square, and 1t is to be formed
by throwing a great arch over each Of the four
sides Of the square, and then two other great
arches diagonally across from corner. to coruer,
thus making vaulted roof. The dimensions
Of these arches may be conceived by the
reader, if he will imagine spans to be thrown
across the intersection Of Broad sahds Spdng
Garden streets, where those streets ARE re-
spectively 113 and 100 feet wide. There
would be six immense spans here, two of them
stretching across Broad street parallel with
Spring Garden, two across Spring Garden
parallel with Broad, and two more extending
diagonally from corner to corner across the
intersection. If the reader will then, imagine
these spans to be each about one hundred
feet in height, lie will have mental photo
graph of one Of the tifty-lve pavilions which
make up the grand and vast interior of
Iivaulted aisles and vistas already mentioned,
covering an area equal to ten of our squares
or blocks. ~ .ts3Fag
g. There is another fine feature about these
grouped pavilions which is not only beautiful,
but which can be turned to account for largo
variety Of useful, convenient and ornamental
purposes. At the corners Of each of the
separate pavilions the feet Of eight arches
come down together in sweeping curves like
the wide-spreading branches of q great oak
tree gathering into the massive trunk. They
! form at their feet eight-side spaces or court
yards, that can be left open for light and
ventilation, that can be encircled by galleries
for resting places or for observation of the
whole interior of the exhibition that can be
used for restaurants, offices, buffets &C., or
for ornamentation according to the taste of
each State Or nationality, or for all these
purposes combined. stszt,
/ This description, we trust, will give our
readers some notion of the central idea Of the
plan adopted, and some approach to n view Of
the immensely and beauty of the interior of
the structure to be built up by the grouping
and aggregation of the 'pavilions.' 1t
must be borne In mind, however, that what
I'VE have been endeavoring to describe is only
the main exhibition building. Besides this,
| there are the permanent Memorial Hall, to
cover ono and half acres, for which the State
and the city have made appropriations |; the
Machinery Hall, to cover ten acres; the
Horticultural Hall and Conservatory, and the
Agricultural buildings. FN
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TREES Asp CfaNATE. z Tho inA6enee o.
forests upon agriculture was the subject
dealt with at an important Congress lately
held in Vienna, at which representatives Of
various nations appeared and had interesting
discussions. Some of the facts stated are
quite interesting. Several rainy days have aAs
been added to july and August in Algeria by
extensive tree planting under French auspices.
Formerly Upper Egypt had but five or SIX
rainy days III consequence Of the soil having
been denuded of trees But the government
caused millions of trees to be planted, ana as
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