Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-05-27

monies are complete.
The New Worlds Fair. thus auspi-
ciously opened, presents many advantages
over its Old World predecessors. Meth
er London, Paris, nor Vienna could boast
site so beautiful or so well adapted by
natural coniguration for the purpose of
a Worlds Fair. The area under roof is
many times larger than at any previous
enterprise of a similar character, and the
buildings are more numerous and more
varied in architectural design, each hav-
ing been planned with special reference
to harmony with its purpose.
The Main Building, an enormous
structure of iron and glass, covers an
area of more than twenty-one acres. 1t
is a parallelogram, running east and
west, 1876 feet in length and AGA feet
wide. A broad avenue runs through
the centre. with smaller avenues and
aisles on each side, crossed by trans
verse avenues, the intersection of which
with the main avenue affords open spaces
varying from 100 to 100 feet square.
In the centre of the building the roof is
raised, for space of 184 feet square,
above the surrounding portion, and at
each corner of this space rises graceful
tower l20 feet in height. This arrange
ment not only breaks the -monotony of
the long roof line, but affords means
of ventilation for the building. tower
70 feet in height rises at each corner of
the building. The height of the central
avenue is 20 feet from the floor The
foundations of this building consist of
piers of masonry. The superstructure is
composed of wrought-iron columns, plac-
ed "A feet apart, which support wrought
iron roof trusses. There are 672 Of
these columns in the entire structure,
: the shortest being % feet and the longest
l25 feet. Their aggregate weight is
2,2OO, pounds. The roof trusses and
girders weigh 100000 pounds. The
sides of the building to feet above the
ground are finished with brick-work in
panels between the columns. Above this
; there are glazed sashes. The roof COW
! ering is of TIN, that being the best roof
! ing known in this climate to resist leak.
age. The flooring is of plank, upon sills
resting upon the ground, with no open
space beneath. At the centre of the
sides and ends are massive projections
0 in which are situated the principal en-
E trance. These are provided with arcadel
upon the ground-foor and lofty centra
facadeS. The east entrance forms tn,
: principal approach for carriages, visitors
: alightlng at the doors of the building
e under cover of the arcade The soutl
: entrance is the principal approach from
railway cars. The west entrance open
a upon the main passageway to Machiner,
d and Agricultural halls, and the nortl
entrance to Memorial Hall, as the Ar
Gallery is called. There are also nu
merous side entrances, each surmountet
!, with trophy, showing the national col
), ors of the country occupying that portion
of the building to which it leads. Il
/, the vestibules of these entrances varie
gated brick and tile are introduced
j. Louvre ventilators surmount all the ave
nues, and sky-lights the central aisles
with beautiful effect. Light, of whic
: there will be an ample supply, come
almost entirely from the north and sout
, sides. Two miles of drainage underli
the building. Offices for the foreig
! Commissions are placed along the side
= of the building. in close proximity t
the products exhibited. The admin:
tration offices are at the ends. The de
. sign of the building is such that all ez
hibitors will have an equally fair oppol
/; tunity of exhibiting their goods to ad
vantage.
: The Art Gallery, or Memorial Hal
J. on the north side of the Main Building
/ is stately, imposing structure, designe
70 ramain-aa n rarmanapf ropooitorx, ,
n an industrial and art collection, like th
+ South Kensington Museum in Londol
! Nothing combustible has been used j
,e its construction. The design is in moo
ern Renaissance. 1t is 365 feet lon,
: 2l0 feet wide, and SO feet in heigi
/ above the substantial basement. II
" centre is surmounted by dome rising
70 the height of $50 feet above the groun,
,e The dome is capped by colossal bal
IT on which stands the figure of Columbi
d The principal entrance, fronting the Mai
i Building, displays three arched doc
p ways, each 40 feet high and Is wild
d opening into spacious hall. The
5 doors are of iron with brenze panels, G
ID which are displayed the coat Of arms
# each State and Territory Of the cOuntr,
,e The dome is Of glass and iron. Betwee
a the doorways stand clusters Of column
Of ernamented with emblematic designs
Is Illustrative of art and science With
this hall and the extension to the A
lr Gallery on the north. are gathered Il
id art contributions Of the world.
g One of the most interesting ineiden
s of the opening ceremonies, already de
is cribed, was the starting Of the immen