, 1875-06-26
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

INTERNATIONAL EAHlBIIION.
As this exhibition will consti-
tutc a marked feature in the cele-
bration of the one hundredth an
nivg -5ary of American Indepen-
dence, we may take this opportu-
nifty of presenting some idea of
the scale of the enterprise. A
large portion of Fairmount Park,
one OF the boasts Of the Getty Of
Brotherly Love- has been allotted
for the purT 5e,and although near
ly ayei has yet to elapse before it
opens, engineers and contractors,
fcr a Imber of months, have been
pushing on the work with untiring
industry. There will be FIVE main
structures-the Industrial Hall,
Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery,
horticultural Pavilion, and the
Agricultural Hall; besides which
there will, of course, be many
smaller buildings in the area, which
will spring up in all directions
The main building, which will be
constructed chiefly of iron and
glass, lies about due east and
west, and covers a rectangular
space Of 1880 feet by 464in width.
The greater part of this large
building is only of one story, the
height being 70 feet. At the cor
ners are four towers rs feet high,
and in the center of the building
the roof, for the space of 1S4 feet
square, is raised, and at each cor
ner is placed a tower 12O feet
high. The total areas of this
building will comprise-ground
floor, 2o-o2 acres; in galleries,
0-S5; in towers 0.6o; total 21.47
acres. In the direction of its
length, the building is divided into
seven parts. In the center is a
main avenue 100 feet wide and
1882 feet long; on either side is
an aisle 48 feet in width, then two
moro avenues each Of 100 feet,
and between them and the wall of
the building on each side are two
other aisles of "a feet. Three
transepts of the same width, and
divided in the same way, break up
this enormous hall, and obviate
the monotony Of a long, unbroken
roof line.
The Machinery Hall is 1,402
feet long and 800 feet wide, with
an annexe s08 feet by 210 feet,
and the area coYeredis 1889 acres,
the available floor space being IA
acres, including the galleries. This
building is divided into two main
avenues, each 30 feet wide, with a
central aisle, and one on each side
Gil 60 feet wide.
10 The Art Gallery is built of gran
ite, iron and glass, so as to be fire.
proof. 1t is 1856 feet long, 21O
feet wide, and II feet in height.
The Horticultural building, 3s3
feet long, 1913 feet wide, and "
feet in height, is constructed of
iron snd glass.
The Agricultural Hall, Of wood
and glass, IS also of large dimen-
SONS Inc general plan consists
OF ong nave crossed by three
transsPts, and the leading archi-
tectural feature is a Gothic Howe
truss. The nave is 800 feet long
and 125 feet wide. The central
transept is 100 feet in width, and
the outside ones 80 feet, the
height being about rs feet.
Such is general outline of the
exhibition buildings, which, cover
ing an area of about so acres, will
be opened in Philadelphia in MAY,
1876. And while it is not a gov
ernment undertaking, but simply
a public enterprise, yet the for
mer has given it countenance and
support by the payment of some
100000. The responsibility of
failure or success, therefore, rests
with the promoters; but there is
not the shadow Of a doubt that
American public spirit will carry
the scheme to a triumphant con-
clusion, even though a pecuniarv
loss should be sustained