The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-27
THE NEXT WORLDS FAIR.
The Preparations for tho Exposition OF 1S7s
MT Paris.

THE NEXT WORLDS FAIR.
Tho Preparations for tho Rxposition Of 1875
Mt Paris.
The preparations for the next great
worlds fair, which opens at Paris May
l, 1878, are going forward actively ane
tremendously. From all parts OF Paris
will be visible the two immense towers
eighty metres in height, say 260 feet
fanking the Trocadero. A flight o.
seventeen broad steps conducts to the
palace, before the portico OF which {
wide terrace stretches from one e1trem
ity to the other. The principal entrance
is at the middle, and at each end are two
immense domes in iron and glass, sur
mounted by lanterns and fagstahs. The
gardens stretch on either side of the IA
cade between the palace and the aven
ues, and contain vast number OF small
buildings, kiosks, model farms, cottages
cafes, greenhouses and the like. The
center is left unoceupied for the better
convenience of spectators ,"''t .<-'- -
On the other side Of tho Champ de
Mars is the railroad station, light iror
building in the Swiss style. A tunne
before the bridge Of jena toward Gren
ellie and covered way on the other side
of the Seine between Paris and PassJ
leave more room for carriages and pc
destrians. The boats, fishing imple
ments, and all articles connected with
navigation and life saving occupy the
two banks OF the Seine. To the bridge
of Jena is to be added another wide
metal roadway. greatly increasing its
capacity. 49,
The Trocadero, too, is occupied with
various minor buildings disposed in an
artificial park, while from its summit
tumbles a cascade Of water 100 feet
wide, falling in several descents to lake
occupying what was the square where
met the avenues OF Jena and Delesseft.
From this lake the different parks and
strawberries will be watered. The pal
ace of the Trocadero is from one pavil'
ion to the other four hundred meters, OF
say 1880 feet in length, the paviions al
the extremities being brought forward
slightly toward the Champ de Mars and
connected with the great central rotun-
da, from the foot Of which flows the cas-
cade, by galleries forming segments OF
semi.circle. The great hall of the ro'
tunda, in which an immense organ is to
be placed, will be used for concerts and
the distribution OF prizes. 1t has large
parterre, two rows of boxes, and above
all an amphitheater, and will seat 1900
people. Round the concert-room out.
side, giving access to the boxes, are
double galleries closed from the weather
and affording to promenaders splendid
view Of the city. On either side are
peristyles opening on the Place de Tro-
cadero on the side of the Bois de Bou-
logne. Above them are the offices OF
the managers and committees; they also
serve as vestibules to the two great
curved galleries TINT run from the CEN
tral rotunda to the pavilions. These
galleries are in succession of halls; be-
fore each is a light covered portico run
ming the whole length.
TO the palace Of the Champ de Mars,
as has already been said advantage
having been taken of the difference in
grade to give the building command
ing appearance not possessed by that
of 1867, seventeen steps conduct.
Twenty-seven doors open from tho ter.
race into o gallery one thousand feet
long, eighty wide and fifty high. Domes
at the cxtremitics are furnished that are
much higher. Tho galleries for ma
chinery, instead Of being circular as they
were in 1867, are straight, and so give
the spectator more impressive view,
Each is $50 metre, or over 1900 feet III
leugth-that to the left bsing devoted
to French exhibits; the other to those
of other countries. Both run toward
the military school, meeting in large
vestibule and gallery combined. These
large machinery galleries and vestibules
incloso an oblong area devoted to build
ings for the display Of textile fabrics,
etc others running parallel with the
avenues do Labourdonnayo aud de
,Sufrrcn will contain fJod products. The
fine arts department. is in the middle OF
the ralace, isolated by tTo avenues from
the Industrial departments, and occupy
ing eight parilisus, zach continuing one
large and four smaller halls. These
avenues meet at the center i'll garden
about US large as that Of the Palais Roy
al, with kiosks and basin and foun-
tains.
The state has advanced 81, ,000 francs
to make the necessary preparations for
this festival.