The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-06-12
PALACE OF THE TROCADERO.

View aud Description of This Imposing
Building Mt the Paris Exposition.
Through the courtesy of Den1OresFs
Magazine we are enabled to furnish a
handsome engraving of the great
Trocadeto Palace, which is to remain a
permanent memorial of the Paris Expo-
sition. The following description of
this magnificent structure is given by
correspondent:
It is circular in form, and it has two
stages of covered arcaded galleries on
the outside. It's towers are 230 feet
high, and as they stand on about the
highest hill in Paris, this gives their
SUBMITS a very great elevation. They
burn electric lights during the Exposi-
ton, and the north star will have to
look to its laurels within all that part of
the valley of the Seine. Niagara may
feel less apprehension in regard to the
Trocadero cascade, though this is very
fine. The water raised from the Seine
falls first into great basin at the foot
of the building, and on the summit of
the hill. Thence it tumbles down the
slope, afirstin one bound of twenty feet,
and afterward by shorter leaps from step
to step down broad staircase of stone
built on the model of the cascade at st.
Cloud. Finally it makes its way into a
lower basin of Jura marble, measur-
ing 164 feet by 230, where it finds COM
parative repose. Some $4,000 cubic
yards of water day are raised for this
fountain alone. So much for the out
side of the building. Within, it seats
5000 people in it's concert hall, which
is said to be the greatest circular struc-
ture in the world. It has diameter Of
l64 feet, a circumference of about 500,
and height of 105. The orchestra
holds 400 musicians, but it may be en-
larged SO rs to seat 200. The organ,
forty feet high, is supplied with air by
steam machinery. The hall is divided,
much as an ordinary theatre, into
pit, boxes and amphitheatre, and it's
amphitheatre alone will seat 1000 per
sons. The semicircular galleries branch
ing out from this central hall are at
present devoted to retrospective exhi-.
bition of the wonders of every epoch and
country, from prehistoric times to the
date of the French Revolution.
The Trocadero grounds are by far the
finest in the whole Exhibition. They
slope down to the river from the
summit of the hill, are beautifully laid
out and planted, and are ornamented
with buildings further illustrative of the
national styles. The main walks cut
them into four great parts, two lying on
the river bank, two above, Immediately
to the right and left of the Trocadero
fountain. In one of the former parts
are the outlying buildings of China.
Persia, Tunis, Norway, Sweden, Morroco
and Japan.
In another section of the garden on
the river-bank are the departments Of
civil engineering, and the ADMINISTERS
ton of waters, forests and meteorology
Here also is the building of Algeria. In
the remaining sections of the grounds 70
the right and left of the cascades are
restaurants and an aquarium, the last
another of the curiosities of the Exhibis
ton. 1t is built on colossal scale in cock
work, and has superfices of about 80,
0C0 square feet. Its two entrances lead
to hall of stalactites, having the crye
tai tanks for the fish at the sides, and
this hall in its turn communicates with
two galleries similarity fitted up. TAe
entire structure contains about 130tanks
The aquarium is subterranean, and haf
a garden on it's rocky roof. The ap
proach to the Trocadero building is by
way of the Pont de Jena, which has
been covered by broad level viaduct
some three times the width of the origi-
nal bridge. Along this bridge railway
lines have been constructed, so that visi-
tors are conveyed from the Champ de
Mars to the summit of the Troeadero by
the horse-cars.