The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-05
The worlds Exposition.
THE PLAN OF THE MAIN BUILDING AS
DECIDED ON BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
I MANY ADVANTAGES AND BEAUTIES
II MUSIC HALL-THE CASCADE.
N. 0. Times Democrat

N. o. Times-D Democrat
From a long and very interesting
conversation yesterday with Mr.. K. MI.
Torgerson, whose plan for the MAN
building of the Worlds Exposition has
been accepted by the Beard OF Dlrec-
tors and given the first prize, a re-
porter of the Times-Democrat was en-
abled TO get many more interesting
facts about il than those published III
our paper yesterday. These will en-
able our people to satisfy themselves
better concerning this building IN
which they are so much Interested.
MI. Torgerson is a modest gentleman
but a true artist, and il OF the most
extraordinary architects in this ceun-
try. When he gets well warmed up
on the subject of architecture ne talks
fueutly and exhaustively on the subject,
and enables you to picture to yourself
the building he has designed. His plan
for the exposition is the first venture
he has made in this line here and will
serve as a sort of introduction for him
to the people of New Orleans
And now as to this proposed build
ing. Mr.. Torgerson is of opinion that
if it had been possible to have made
the amount allowed for the construc-
ton Of the main building slightly larg-
er, such extraordinary results could
have been obtained that the EXPOSE
tion here would have borne compare
son enthusiastically, as it already does
~inssize, with those of the Old World.
.YOur Exposition building, by the by,
contains the largest amount of space
ever devoted to this purpose in any
exhibition, with the single exception o.
the World Fair of London. Within
the limit fixed, however, Mr.. Terger-
son has accomplished wonders, and
everybody who has seen his plans de-
clares that they present q graceful and
attractive design that is both charming
and attractive; and with his wonder
full power of ornamentation, which he
; has displayed to such advantage in
3 Oxford, Miss, and with which he
9 brightens up and illumines every build
ing he touches, he has made the facade
of his immense edifioe graceful and
beautiful.
THE sITE.
No exact site has yet been selected
for the building-the matter being let1
to the Board of Managers of the Expo
: ton. Mr.. Tergerson himself suggesti
: the southwest corner of the Park
which will allow the beautiful grove o
9 oaks in that vicinity to be utilized il
the o-rnamentatien of the ground
and he would have the Horticulture
s Hall to be erected by the city, place'
in the immediate vicinity, and toward
ST. Charles street.
The main building, as explained b.
| him, has three fronts-the main front
of 1900 feet facing the city proper, ON
side Of 900 feet. facing the river, AM
the other of the same size locking to
) ward st. Charles street. The back Q
the building looks toward Carrolltor
Ii and il given up to boilers, railroa
tracks, etc.
!, 1t may be described as rectangular
1900 feet front by 900 feet wide, bu
much broken, both as to the front an
root, BY pavilions jutting out an
towers rising from it. This makes th
design somewhat irregular, and giyt
,398, 300 square feet Of floor space |
the building, Of which 1,048, 752 70,
Y may be used for exhibition purpose
the remainder being devoted to the vi
l. rious offices which may be needed.
n Il VIEW FROM THE FRoNT.
Coming from the city towards Il
4 bailding and presumably throue
ii beautiful gardens and choice partsrr'
ID of flowers, its facade will present q col
siderable resemblance to the Louyl
1! in Paris, being fully as large
y, height and width as the celebr'
y ted French palace. The frol
is quite .ornamented and its straigl
CO line, which might be- found tireson
Go and monotonous 10 the eye, ID agre
OF ably broken BY several projecting p
Z vilions. That is, instead of a straigl
front Of 1900 feet, three payilions pr
" iect themselves out from it a distan
Z, Of twenty-five feet, each Of them beil
ii 800 feet in length. In the middle
]. the centre pavilion stands the ma
entrance IL the building, with numero
y exits Oh each side. There are 9th
q entrances, n in the centre of each p
d vilion and one between them and &
~ main entrance. tt il the n on Il
side, making the tstal number OF 3
: frances that can be used if they al
needed sixteen.
at It is difficult to exactly classify Il
il. architecture of the front of the bull.
y ING. Il bsars the closest ressmblan,
to what has been styled the renaissanc
being highly and deliberately srnamen
ed, with towers and domes, long pal