The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-04
THE EXPOSITION.
Of the Main Building and
Horticultural Hall.
Dimensions, Advantages aud Btautles
of the Main Building.
Magnificent Music Hall, Etc.

Of the Main Building.
A Magnificent Music Hall, Etc.
A beautiful loc,tion has been selected for
the site of the buildings tor the Worlds In.
dustfia aud Cotton Centennial trposilion,
/ he held In New Orleans, ronmencing
next December, aud work upon he mag
uiiicent uildings 10 be used Tor he EXPOSE
ton has slready commenced. Tue location
is the Upper City park The principal
ouil1 viii be the main halt OF ex osi'
tiou bu Ling proper, ana horlcnnnrai
nell. The Time. Democrat ia Indebted 20
Mr. g. 81. ror9eison, tho ncccnplIsh.d
architect Of the main oui ding, who has
b. ca selected 10 supervise its construction,
tor tue following description:
The main building II have three fron u
- ne main front, OF $40 feet, facing the
cry proper, one side u $50 feet isoing he
RIVER, aud the other OF the seme size look
ing toward 81. Charles street. The back oi
Inc bulldog looks toward Csrrollton, aud
Is gwen up 90 boilers, ra,lrOad tracks etc.
L. maj be described rs rectangular, 800
feet front by go feet wide, Dut mucu
broken, both as t. the front and roof, py
pavlioDs iutting out aid towers rising
from Il. This makes the design somewhai
irregular and gives S0S,3O9 square feo'
81 lor space 10 the Duiiding, oil whicu
l OlS 1852 feet may bs used for exhibition
purposes, the remainder being devoted 10
the various offices, rooms, etc, which may
be needed.
l. vIKw FROM THg FRONT.
Coming nom tne o ~ seward the Duild-
log and through bsa1diul gardens and
choice parterres OF hlwtrs, as facade WI
present. a considere1,le resemblance to the
Louvrs in Paris, beng fully rs large In
neigh. and width 90 the celebrated French
pslsc.. Tho front IL quite orDsmenttd, and
lis straight line, when might otherwise ba
found tresome aud monot0Dous to tue eye.
10 ngreeabiy broken by several projecting
psvllions. That ie, instead oil straight 'front.'
OF 800 feet, three psvil'oDs project them
sely.s out from II distance OF twenty-five
feet, each Of them being 800 Ieet 10 leagth.
Ia the middle OF the cen re- pavil. on stands
the m ain entrance TO the building, with
numerous exits on each side. There are
other entrances, one in the centre OF each
pavilion, and one between them and The
main entrance. IL 10 the same on the side,
making he total number OF entrances thht
Gao be used II they are needed cixteen.
IL IA difficult to ex &C ly classify the archi'
lecture OF the front OF the building. II
bears the closest resemblance To what has
been styled the Renaissance, being highly
and deliberately ornamenied, witn towers
and domes, long pane.ed Windows, high
doorwnys and much carving to relieve
what might otherwise appear 100 plain.
The front contains tity-two large win.
dows. ten by fifteen feet. These windows
sfrsicn from tho lower t. the upper story
serving TO ght both, but are oroken ia the
center BY some ornamental panel WORK
which relieves them and sets theiu OIL
They are rounded oil st the top aud orna-
M ented Between each window Is ms
dalton cont aiming the coat-o!-arms oi oAe
OF the states or territories.
THE GRAND ENTRANCE.
The grand entrance VII be not only at.
tractive in itself, but viii set on the entire
building. IL is a magnificent affair, tnirty
Ave feet broad, and Gro Gned with an arch
n ty-eight feet high. Ta.re are no doors
here, bat the whole space 10 open and un-
protected, ushering you into veslioulr,
within which are tbs doors and entrances
into the main aisle OF tho bu ldipg. On the
sides are statues OF Columbus aud Wash
ington In inches and above group styled
America a copy OF celebrnt-d work oil
art. Above the entrance rises a dome to
the height OF over 100 feet, wish . smaller
turret on each side OF 1t.
Elevators will run up TO the top OF this
over, from whose summit spectators vii
be able to secure magnificent view OF all
tue surrounding x ouuds Similar but
smaller towers. rising 10 q height OF SIXTY
ieet, adorn each corner OF the building,
bresking the straight lines aDd Otherwise
relieving and ornamentipg the building.
Such Is the front, OF which We need 20 "a,
no more, exec I that Mr.. fors erson has ex-
ercised TO the utmost his rare powers oil or
pamen,atiou, so that the building, instead
Of presenting thai quiet dull, lac ory look
of go m any edifices devoted TO this purPoss.
is as ornamental and rs elaborate ~ many
q pslace.
Entering the main enterauce. the vis:to;
will find bimsef ina vestibule, on either
side OF which. IN the projecting pavi Hons,
are the baggage rooms aud the omces o! tue
police, admission, comfort and other
buresux OF the exposition. Just hey ono
the vestible the doors admit him TO the
EXPOSITION building proper. that Is. TO thai
portion devoted to exsioits; here he can
Zee along he aises on eli her side the entire
streostn OF the immense building Q DIS
lance of nearly l 500 feet, considerably over
a quarter of mile. lmmedia,-ly in from
o. him, and o distance OF only about loO
ieet from the entrance, IL the IN usic bal.
located nearly In the centre OF the build.
iny--tbe semi-circuiar sounding wall be-
hind The stsge here is slmoet the only thing
which breaks the wandering OF tbs tyr
THIS music hail 10 Of int ense siz--Sv0 feet
de. % by "a feet wide. and capable, With the
galleries. OF containing IL 600 persona The
bail IA constructed 20 peculiarly Wuuiu tns
build ng, and yet separate from Il, that II
necessary the balance OF the edifice may be
removed. and. BY inclosine the sides, thu
hall can be converted into . permanent
building after the expos ton 10 over.
The roof Of the ball 10 tuppotted on semi
circnlar Howe trusses. Gal cries ran
around II on ssch side. II 10 lighted from
sbove-It is 81 Rhts seven feet hixE-5y sky.
lishts OF parti-colorsd VI sss t,Ies, which
will give 1t . ricn and briili.nt sppearsncs
IL. stage, Shich faces the entrance. 10
backed by . semi circul.r sound bosro.
which wifi enable. the music to ne thor
ourbIy aud gracefully distri ,u'ed through.
on, the nal The STAGE si'I slope Ia grad
n i in'l'Des to~sfd the audience, ana Is
rHs lnsIDs % rHs BurLpTse
with tnis excrpst0n. the interior 10 per
fecsly plain. frpe, op~n aud without vail ~
br.s 81 Of auy kind, e1o>pt the pillar snp-
porting the roof Galleries thiStv-opven
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