The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-14


the world, made of wrought iron, aud Is
three hundred and fsrty-eght feet In d.
amcicr ani two husdrcd ald Gfly-two
feet high, 1t " finished with fine .JacaSs
which fronts tho grand royal entrance,
and Is surmonnled by representation OF
The Imperial crown, about twenty feet
high with the precious stones initiated IN
glass
Bropching from the main bnilding and
at right angles with II ars thirty-two
trnnseps, each two hundred and forty
feet by fifty feet, and forty feet high.
The machine hall Is some two thousand
six hundred feet long and one hundred
and twenty feet wide, and Is said TO be
the largest roof in the world. The picture
gallery Is about six hundred feet long by
ono hundred feet wide. These buildings
are all handsomely made and covered with
metal roofs. Making in all something
like twcniy-eight acres thus covered, Add
ing to this The restaurants, pavillions and
nn,ne,ous other buildings, there are prob
ably foriy-dye acres under roof.
This immense ronnda is wonderful
architectural achievement, commanding
not only admiration, but almost astound'
ing ono by rs magnitude. The Pantheon
At Rome, The largest rolunda previous TO
the construction Of this one, 10 one hundred
and forty.one feet in diameter, but is built
Of solid masonry. The world renowned
rotunda Of 81. Peters in Rome is one
hupdrel and thirty-ninc feet in diameter,
but little more than one-third the size OF
die Welt Ausstelung rotua Ia.
10 construct this famous edi fee, piles
were first driven deep into the ground,
and upon these, columns Of solid masonry
sb1ut twelve feet square and some twenty
feet apart were erected. When they had
reached the height Of four feet above the
ground, the wrought iron ring that was i'll
tended to support the outer end of the grid
crs, was laid upon them, and then by
means Of screws raised up about three feet,
and Tie segment of a hollow wrought iron
column, perhaps eight feet ,quare, was
hid under the ring and upon the colum ns
ot masonry This process was repeated
until the ring was brought up TO the re-
quired height some hundred and
soventy-dys feet. The ring intended
to support TIE inner end of the
girlers, made also of heavy wrought iron,
was then made upon the ground in the
center of the building. Now, by means Of
pulleys, it was raised some fifteen feet and
IA heavy wooden trestlo work built under
il again raised, and new section of tres
lie work built, and so, step by step,
brought up to its place, some two hundred
feet. The Orders, like the columns and
rings, hollow and of heavy wrought iron,
were made upon the ground, and by means
of pulleys raised to their place, and after
being securely fastened, the trestle work
under the center ring was removed, and
the principal framework Of the vast edi'
flee was completed. II was with great
interest that we watched the growth OIL
this framework. A few days before W,
first visited the grounds, oae poor fellsw
had met his death from the slipping of the
pulley off the end of the girder, allowing
1t TO fall. In all, three men were killed
during the erection of the rotunda. Above
the ceatSr ring the structure was carried
up perhaps fifty feet higher, AMI upon the
top rests the before mentioned crown
In tho centre Of the rstuuda is to be q
fountain. Throughout the grounds are
scattered vast number of buildings de-
signed for different purposes. Restau.
rants, conducted after the style Of differ
emit na.iona lities, residence for the
Imperial family, also houses called pavil'
lions, built by different members of the
arisIocracy, rs Pavilion Schuarzcnbsrg
Pavilion Koburg- Gotha. Houses show
ing the styles Of dwellings in different
lands, an Alpine hut, Russian dwelling
a Turkish dwelling, bazaar and cafe, q
group Of buildings erected by the Viceroy
Fof Egypt, log cabin and an Indian wig.
wan. WELT AUSSTELLUNG.