River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-05-18

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projections 2l6 feet in length. In
these, which are in the centre of the
four sides, are located the main en-
frances, which are provided with ar.
cades upon the ground floor, and cen.
tral facades 80 feet high. The east
entrance will form the principal APP
proach for carriages. visitors alighting
ut the doors Of the building under
cover of the arcade. The south en-
trance will be the principal approach
from railway cars. The west entrance
opens upon the main prssage.way to
two principal buildings, the machinery
and agricultural halls. and the north
entrance TO memorial hall TART gallery.
Towers - feet in height rise at each
torner OF the building. In order to OBJ
tain central feature, the roof for 1874
feet square ut the center has been rails
ed above the surrounding portion, and
four towers - feet square, rising to
l20 feet high, are introduced into the
corners OF this elevated roof. This
gives ventilation as well rs ornament.
The main building gives Q38, 00S square
feet Of surface, or nearly 81 l-2 acres.
Its ground plan shows a central avenue
l20 feet in width. and 1872 feet i'm
length, which is the longest avenue of
that width ever introduced into an eX.
hibltlon building. On either side Of
this is another avenue Of equal length.
and loo feet wide, and on the the outer
sides of the building smaller aisles of
u feet in width. To break the great
length of theroof-liuesthree transepts
have been introduced. of the same
widths and IN the same relative posi-.
tons 70 each other as the longitudinal
avenues. These cross the building
and are 4l6 feet in length. The inter.
sections OF these yarions avenues make
10 the center Of the building nine
spaces, free from supports, which are
from 100 feet to l2O feet square. and
which aggregate 4l6 feet square. The
general elevation of the roofs of all
these avenues varies from - feet TO 20
feet.
The building rests upon the ground,
the land having been thoroughly grad.
ed and prepared. The foundations con.
sist of piers of masonry, the super
structure being composed of wrought
iron columns, placed "a feet apart,
which support wrought iron roof
trusses. There are 672 of these col
umns in the entire structure. the
shortest being % feet and the longest
l25 feet long. Their aggregate weight
is 1900, 900 pounds. The roof trusses
! and girders weigh 5000. 900 pounds.
The sides Of the building TO seven feet
above the ground. are finished with
| brickwork in panels between the coll
ums. Above this there are glazed
| sashes. The roof covering is of tin,
that being the best roofing known in
this climate to resist leakage. The
flooring is Of plank, upon sills resting
upon the ground, with no open space
| beneath. Turrets surnount the build.
| ing at all the corners and angles. and
! the national standard. with appropri.
ate emblems, is placed over each Of
the main entrances. There are nu-
merOus side entrances, each being sur
mounted with trophy, showing the
national cOlOrs Of the country occupy
ing that portion of the building. In
the vestlbuleS variegated brick and
tile are introduced. Louvre yentila.
tors surmOunt all the avenues, and
sky-lights the central aisles. Light,
of which there will be an ample
supply, comes from the north
and south sides almost entirely.
There underlie the building two miles
of drainage pipe, the water and drain.
age system being complete. Offices
for the foreign commissioners are
along the sides OF the building. in
close proximity TO the products exhi-
bited. Offices for the ADMINISTRATION
are AZ the ends. The design OF the
building is such that all exhibitors
will have an equally fair opportunity
Of exhibiting to advantage. There is
comparatively little choice of location.
Is the light is uniformly distributed.
and each Of the spaces devoted 70 pro.
duets is located upon one Of the main
thoroughfares.