St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-28

giving safety to the valuable treasures
which will be placed in 1t. The walls are
unusually thick and strong, and valuable
paintings will be as safe here as if locked in
the stronghold Of bank. The main gal
lery will afford hanging room for some
1000 square feet of canvas, while two
smaller galleries will provide space for
thousands of photographs, crayons, archi-
tectural and mechanical drawings. The
portal in brown stone is a Splendidly-pro-
portioned oriental arch. From the art gal
lery the visitor has only to walk about 100
yards north to reach the dining hail. also
new building. 1t is ninety feet long and
| ninety feet wide, and will seat go people
at one time without crowding. 1t is
built for comfort. and light and ventilation.
were largely considered by the architect.
The kitchens are entirely shut off from the
hall, so that no disagreeable smells, steam
or smoke can annoy the diner. The
kitchens are fitted up with ali modern
appliances known to the culinary art.
Near by is the dairy hall. sox4S feet. which
contains an immense refrigerator i'll which
the produce Of the dairy can be kept for
any length of time, sweet and fresh, while
they are open to the inspection of the Wis
TORS. This refrigerator also keeps the
whole building cool, so that the visitor feels
grateful relief from the outside heat i'm
mediately on entering. Poultry hall is an
other large building. being 145 feet long and
SO feet wide. The hall of the Jobbers' union,
not yet finished, but which will be COM
pleted and crowded with it's wealth of eX-
hibits by Monday, is one of the most pie
turesque buildings of them all. Besides all
these buildings there are no less than six
immense stables each 145 feet long and SO
feet wide, two of them recently built to &C
commodate the large increase of horse en-
tries over last year. There are also six cat
tie sheds 1.-TWO new of the same size and
of uniform style with the stables. These,
with about half mile of pens for sheep
and hogs, will form the finest live stock
show ever given in this country. There
are also near the race track
six well appointed stables, each T2. feet
long and "a feet wide, for the accommoda-
tion Of the flyers which will appear on the
track.
Machinery hall is 1913 feet long and 81
wide, and is built solidly. as the powerful
engines to run the machinery here and in
the sheds is located here. The sheds
are each 200 feet long and 81
feet wide, making over mile
of reapers. mowers. plows cultivators and
general farming implements of novel con-
struction. Outside of all these buildings
are great number of edifices erected by
companies and private Individuals. Among
them will be found most conspicuous the
various newspaper cottages. There are re-
freshment stands of every kind-fruits,
candies. lemonade and restaurants run by
charitable institutions and churches. One
LARGE REFREsHMENT SHED
is 200 feet long and 80 feet wide. Still an
other conspicuous object is the mammoth
tent of Of snowy white canvas covering an
area of some 10. 600 feet, in which will be
shown the panorama of the Battle of Get
tySburg, which has been brought from Chi
cagO. There is even yet another structure
to be noticed and by no means the least
1t is the colossal ampitheater, 600 feet long
and rs feet wide, with two stories and three
immense turretS. capable of seating over
Is 900 people. From it not only complete
view of the entire race course can be OBJ
tanned, but a panoramic view of one of the
most extensive and picturesque landscape