American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-08
PHILADELPHIA LETTERS.
From our Special C"rrc s!'ondent,

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The City of Brotherly Love is new
extending it's hospitality to thous-
ands of strangers from all parts of
the Globe. 1t is city of 100000
inhabitants and contains 1873, 900
houses which is being increased
ut the rate OF 5000 year. 1t is a
city noted as the birthplace of liber-
ity-where one hundred yeals ago
the old bell fulfilled tho motto in
scribed on it, by "proclaiming liber-
ty throughout the land and to all
the Inhabitants thereof" 1t is also
noted for one Of the largest and
most attractive parks in the world
which is situated on both sidas of
the Schuylkill river for distance
of over seven miles and OH the Wis
sahickun, a tributory stream, for
about six miles. 1t is fourteen
miles long. The entire park com
prises nearly 5000 acres, and has
cost already S6,OO0,00O. The old
Schuylkill river has an average
breadth of q quarter of a mile. The
Wissahickon il remarkable for its
fine scenery. The park has many
smaller streams, cascades and
springs of cool water-One OF them
being a medical spring. 1t is laid
out in miles OF drives and walks.
One part of the park, about 236
acres, has been donated to the Cen
tennial Exposition, which is the
greatest exhibition ever produced.
One of the many ways to the
Exposition is along Glrard avenue,
by which you cross the Schuylkill
river on q magnificent iron bridge,
100 feet in width, and erected at a
cost of $1,5O0.O 900. BY this route
the first structure you approach is
the Main Exhibition building, built
east and west, 1876 feet long, 464
feet wide, with an interior height of
20 feet. This building has 936, 00S
square feet of surface, or nearly 2l9
acres. Its central avenue is 12O feet
wide and ,S32 feet long, which is
the longest avenue of that width
ever introduced into one exhibition
building. On either side of this is
another avenue of the same length
and 100 feet wide.
Memorial Hall was built at cost
of 81, 500, 900, by the State of Penn
sylvania and by the City of Phila
delphia. This is to be used during
the Exhibition as an Art Gallery,
after which it is to be the receptacle
of industrial and art collections
similar to the South Kengington
Museum at London. 1t is 365 feet
long, 21O feet wide and IL feet high,
and covers an acre and half of
ground. 1t has dome $50 feet
high on the top of which is the
figure of Columbia. It is built of
granite, is perfectly fire-proof, and
stands north of the Main Building.
Machinery Hall is on the line
with, but west of the Main Build
ing about $50 feet, the two making
a frontage of 1927 from their east
ern to their western ends. This
building is large hall, ,402 feet
long and $50 feet wide, with an an
mex of 2GSx2IO feet. It's floor space
is about Ii acres. 1t is one story
high and the interior height is from
40 to 20 feet. Along the southern
side of lit are placed boiler houses
and other buildings for special
kinds of machinery. 1t has two
main avenues 80 feet wide, with All
avenue between and one on each
side 60 feet wide. Each of the
avenues are 1850 feet long.
Agricultural Hall is a building
mainly of wood and
glass, and consists of a long naive
crossed by three tIansepts composed
of truss arches. The naive is $50
feet loug, 125 feet wide, and IS feet |
high. The central trancept is 100
feet wide and IS feet high, and the |
two end trancepts are so feet wide
and 20 feet high. The ground plan
of the building is parallelgram,
$40 feet by $50 feet, covering about
1O4 acres. The interior appearance
that of great cathedral.
Horticultural Hall was built by
grant of money from the City of
it's style of architect
ure being that of the XIIth century.
1t is 2S3 feet long, 1913 feet wide and
~ feet high. 1t is constructed of
iron and glass supported by marble
and brick work 1t is separated on
the south from Memorial Hall and
On the north from Agricultural Hall
by deep ravines running down to
he beautiful Schuylklll river. The
.avines are SPAWNED by bridges 500
eet long and 60 feet wide, and about
LOO feet high. 1t is to remain as
ornament of Paramount
Park.
Back of the Main and Machinery
buildings is the Jury Pavilion, which
s a two-5tOry structure with a
of rooms to be used by the
Juries and hall for
banquets, meetings of
and similar purposes.
The hall is 152x115 feet.
Northwest of the Judges Hall
stands the Woman's Pavilion which
vas built by the Woman's Oenten-
hal Executive Committee at cost
If $4,000. 1t is for the exhibition
If wOman's work. 1t is 1872 feet
ong by 81 feet wide.
West of this is the building which
Congress appropriated s5O5, 900, for
is construction. 1t contains a col
ectiOn of tsuch articles and mater
ais as will, when presented in
.ollectiya exhibition illustrate the