The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-22
The Cotton Exposition.

priations yesterday:
The main building Of the worlds |
industrial and cotton centennial ex-
position at New Orleans, now being
constructed, is in many respects the |
most remarkable edifce ever erected
in this country. The only larger
structure in the world intended for
the display of natural and industrial |
products, mechanical appliances, &C.,
is the Crystal palace at Sydenham,
England. ManY of the principal |
architects of the North and South
engaged in the competition for the |
plan Of this building, and a number
of elaborate and excellent designs |
were presented for the examination
of the exposition management After
very careful consideration of all the
details of each design, the plan pre-
pared by Mr.. G. NJ. Torgerson, of |
Meridian, Mss, was selected as
affording the most complete and F,
economic arrangement for exhibition /
purposes. Considerable surprise was
occasioned by this choice. 1t was
wholly unexpected that an architect
in little Mississippi town would
gain a victory over men who had
furnished designs for some Of the
chief building on the continent. Mr.,
Torgerson,was highly recommended
by Mr.. q. w. Cable, and is Swede,
thoroughly educated and experienced
in all the branches of his profession.
A few year ago he located at Oxford,
and has 50 reyolutionized the archi-
lecture of the place that there are
few handsomer cities anywhere. In
his plan for this great exhibition
building Mr.. Torgerson has sought
to secure one vast unbroken level
for the display in the most compact
and ornate form. In this respect he
has succeeded so admirably as to
call forth commendatory expressions
from the projectors Of all former
expositions. He has pro-
duced the largest single room, every
portion of which can be seen from
any point without obstruction, Of
which there is any knowledge.
The building is 1878 feet long by !
sos feet wide, covering thirty-three |
acres, or eleven acres more than the |
main building of the Philadelphia |
centennial exposition of 1876. Their |
are 1,656,3O0 square feet of floor
space, including the gallery. The !
reader may form a better impres-i IN |
of the vast Dimensions of the struc-
ture by imagining three ordinary city
squares, or blocks, one way and five
the other, covered by solid |
roof. And if he chooses to allow |
his fancy to carry him still |
further he can picture "A monster pan
Drama of the worlds industry, eX-
before his vision uninterrupt- |
ed by a single object. The roof.
which is being made in Cincinnati,
will cover 100000 square feet |
The active commercial rivalry Of the |
different sections is aptly shown by |
the distribution of contracts for the !
The window sash comes
from Milwaukee, Wis. The glazing
will be done by St. Louis parties.
Four thousand kegs of nails are be-
ing shipped from Wheeling, w. Va.
Nine million feet of Mississippi lun-
her will be consumed. A massive
and magnificent group in bronze,
typical of America, to be placed over
main entrance, is being made at Can.
ton, Ohio; also a statue of Washing |
ton and Columbus and coat-oi-arms
of all the states, which will appear in
form, as part of the exte-
rior ornamentation. Exquisitely f.
modelled cornices are being made at
New Orleans.
The building will be sixty feet
high with Il tower ll5 feet high, and
the architect has been unusually for ,
tunate in rendering the exterior ex-
ceedingly unique and attractive. A
platform will be erected ON the tower,
reached by elevators, from which yisi-
tors may have all exceptionally fine
view OF the city of New Orleans, the
exposition grounds, the Mississippi .
river, and the surrounding country.
There will be one line of gallery ex-
around the entire circumler.
ence Of the building, to which visi-
tors will be carried by twenty steam .
and hydraulic elevators, representing
all the manufactures of these convey
ances IN this country. The music hall,
situated in the center of the building,
will be 364 feet wide and will COM
fortably seat 1000 persons. The
platform is being built for 600 musi-
clans. To light the building with
incandescent lamps will require l5,-
JOU lights and l,SuO horse power .
To light with the arc system will re-
quire 700 lamps and zoo horse power
to operate the dynamo. The total
steam required for lighting and for
machinery hall will be at least 1900
horse power, In this estimate is in
cmded the power for five arc lights
of $4,000 candle power each, which
will light the grounds. These are
the largest single lamps ever con
structed. The building will be in
complete readiness for the reception
of articles intended for exhibition by
the middle of August Washington
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