The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-08-12

usually To the Main Building whose 81
sautc proportion surpasses anything ano
everything you have ever lald eyes On
Words cannot describe, nor pen picture II
bu, it is enough to say that IN following INC
many paths that lead through this TAR lane
one travels along some twenty miles OF build
ing territory that lies above forty acres o
PENNSYLVANIA real estate. This building
cost only $lGOl000, and after the show Is
over # will be taken down, regretted in some
other part Of the city and made to answer a:
Il Railroad depot. In this building are group
ed the departments of Mining, Manufactures
Education and Science, located by countrle:
geographically, in sections running cross
wise from north 30 south in the form o.
paralelegram, extending east and ives
1, $50 feet, and north and south AGA feet. ms
building stands upon six hundred and seven
tytwo stone foundation piers, and embraces
| in its construction 1928 tons OF rolled iron
237 SAG square feet of glass, and l,O'5CoI
square feet of roofing tin, equal 10 twenty
tour and five eighths acres. There are 0.-
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from 90 to 1875 feet, and weighing In the ag
pregate 2, 100000 pounds. The weight OF IRON
in the roof is 100000 pounds. The larger
portion Of this structure is one story high,
and shows the main Cornice on the outS'uc'
d feet above ground, the interior height be-
ing 70 feet.
The general arrangement Of the ground
plan shows a central avenue or nave ~ leet
in width and extending ,S32 feet IN length
This is the longest avenue of that width even
! introduced into an Exhibition Building. On
each side of this nave there is an avenue lo0
feet in width by 1882 feet in length.
The Art Gallery is permanent eulhce.
erected at the Joint expense OF the STATE Oh
Pennsylvania and the City Of Phiiade!phia.
| II is constructed entirely OF granite, iron ana
glass, and is completely fire-proot ms
structure is 365 feet in length, 2lO feet III
width, and 50 feet in height, rising from
basement elevated IL feet above the surround
| Ing plateau II Is crowned by massive
dome, rising 80 feet from the ground con-
structed of iron aud glass, surmounted by a
colossal bell, upon which stands female
statue, emblemauc Of Columbia, twenty,three
and half feet aigh, cast IN zinc, and weigh
inc three tons. Four other smaller statues
stand at the base Of the dome. THIS building
occupies commanding situation, overlook
ing the Schuylkill river aud the city IN the
distance. Ia style it is massive and ornate,
combining architectural effects novel IN
America but admirably adapted to an edifce
of this kind. The central nall Is 2S1 feet
long and 50 feet wide, capable Of holding
5000 persons. In this edtice the fine arts
alone are represented, embracing the richest
gems of painting and sculpture culled from
the collections of the Old aud New Worlds.
The Machinery Building is located 542 feet
from the west front Of the Main Building, and
Is upon the same line, the two buildings pre-.
senting frontage Ut 1884 feet upon the prln-
cipal avenue within the Exhibition grounds.
The building consists Of the Main Hall, 4O2
teet long by 260 feet wide, and an annex to
the south side Of 9jS by 30 feet. Like the
Main Building the principal portion OF this
structure is one story, showing the main cor
nice on the outside at similar height OF Az
feet from the ground, the interior height va.
ryIng from 40 to 70 feet.
The arrangement of the ground plan shows
two main avenues Do feet wide by l,5oO ieet
long, with a central aisle between and an aisle
on each side. Each aisle is 90 feet in width,
the two avenues aud three aisles making the
total width of 800 feet AT the center of the
building is a transept of 90 feet IN width,
which at the south end is prolonged beyond
the Main Hall. This transept, beginning at
80 feet from the Main Hall and extending 2OS
feet, is tlanked on each side by aisles OF 90
feet in width, and forms the annex for n.y.
draulic machinery. This annex for hydrau-
lie machines contains tank 30 by W ieet,
with depth of water of 10 feet. AT the south
end of this tank waterfall 50 feet high by
40 feet wide supplied from the tank by the
pumps give the place the appearance OF VIA
Niagara in all its grandeur.
The Horticultural Building is crystal
palace of remarkable beauty, and, like the
Art Gallery, was erected at the cost of the
City of Philadelphia, as an adjunct to the
Centennial Exhibition and Il permanent or
to Paramount Park. Ii occupies a po-
siton commanding wide view OF the park,
river and city, and is in the Moresque style OF
architecture of the twelfth century, the mate
rails used In Its construction being princi-
pally iron and glass In length it is $50 feet,
in width 1893 feet, and IN height, to the top OF
the lantern, 70 feet
This editice is devoted entirely TO the exhi'
bltion of flowers, plants, shrubbery, and rare
botanical and horticultural specimens, col
lected from all quarters OF the world. The
artificial temperature created causes many
varieties of lofty palms of the tropics to grow
as they are seen IN the lands Of their nativity,
NullC lNllDii, ubu OlhNi ~
trees of the sunny South, show their cleaning
fruitage through the redundance of verdure
that clusters around them. Surrounding the
editice are parterres OF flowers and plants, ar
tistlcally arranged, with fountains playing
amidst them, yivfying with their moisture
the luxuriant growth. Promenades extend
in all directions through these beds OF yer.
dure and perfume, and the visitor can ascend
TO galleries inside the building which over
look the entire conservatory bringing into
view a scene of loyelincss as enhancing as
poets dream.
The Agricultural Baildng consists of n
long nave crossed by three trLnsepts, both
nave and transepts being composed of Howe
truss arches of Gothic form. The nave is
500 feet in width with height of 15 feet
from the floor TO the point of the arch. The
central transept is of the same height, and
100 feet breadth, the two end transepts 20 feet
high and 50 feet wide. The four courts en-.
closed between the nave and transepts, and
also four spaces at the corners of the build.
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