Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-27

'Id>Sit III 81 IL, cover IDuT aCTcS ant
cost SioOOOo. In it will he Il very
complete exhibit from the severa
federal departments, ctc.-war, treas
ury, agriculture, interior, postofiice
navy. Smithsonian institution and
National museum. On the lake shore
east OF its building and III part in the
intervening space, the Government
will have a gun battery, life saving
station complete with apparatus, a
lighthouse, war balloons, and full
sized model oi II S3,OO0,000 battlcship
OF the iirst-class. This will be con.
structed on piling alongside a pier
being thus surrounded by water and
apparently moorcd at wharf. The
ship" will be built OF brick and
coated with cement. II will be 34S
feet long, 60 feet wide amidships, and
will have all the fittings and apparatus,
that belong to the most approved war
vessel, such rs guns, turrets, torpedo
tubes, torpedo nets and boomS, boats,
anchors, military mast, etc, and a
full complement of seamen and mar
incrs detailed from the navy depart
ment. The visitor arriving by steam
boat will pass very near and obtain an
excellent view Of the shore portion of
the Government exhibit He will
probably see also, anchored near by, Il
Columbus ilect-a reproduction, as
near as may be, of the one with which
the great discoverer sailed from PalOs
and also Government revenue
cutter and one or two torpedo boats.
THE GREATEST OF ALL.
Steaming by the Government ex-
hibits the visitor will come abreast OF
the largest building of the Exposition
that of manufactures and liberal
arts. 1t will measure l,7UOXS0O feet,
with two interior courts and at its
center II great dome $50 feet in diane.
ter. Surrounding it on all sides will
lie n porch two stories in height, al
fording delightful promenade and a
view OF the other buildings, of the la,
COON. alive with other row boats, gon-
dolas, and pleasure craft propelled by
electricity, and of the grounds gener'
ally. This building, which will be OF
French renaissance, is designed by
George 5. Post, of New York.
After passing this immense struc-
ture, which will he three times rs large
as the largest building at the Paris
Exposition, being nearly 400 feet
longer and twice It's wide, and covering
more than 81 acres, the steamboat
will drop alongside the pier. This, as
designed by Augustus st. Gaudeus, OF
Paris, will be a thing OF teauty and a
source OF much enjoyment to visitors.
Two parallel piers will extend from
the shore about 400 feet where, taking
out-curves, they will partially enclose
4 circular harbor, from the center of
which will rise, on great pedestal, a
commanding statue of Columbus or OF
the Republic. On the embracing por-
tions of the piers will stand "A exqui-
site, isolated columns, representing
the "A States, each one bearing over
its capital the coat Of arms of the
State it symbolizes. Beyond the har-
Dor, the north or main pier will ex-
tend out into the lake to total dis
tance of l, 500 feet, taking there de-
Election several hundred feet to the
southwark, and having at its extremity,
rising from the water on a stone foun-
dation, an immense Greek pavilion
200 feet in diameter, gaily colored and
adorned. Here visitors may sit and
enjoy the cooling lake breezes, listen
to the finest music, and obtain mag
nificent view of the great Exposition
buildings and other shore attractions
A VISTA OF sPLENDOR.
From the pier, extending westward
across the park, will be long avenue
or court, several hundred feet wide, af-
fording, Chief Burnlam says, ga spec
tacle unparalleled in the world-a
marvel of architectural grace and sub
Unity, an exposition in ITSELF" To
the right. at the entrance of this grand
avenue, will be the great manufactures
building, and farther back the other
attractions already referred to. To
the left will be the agricultural build
ing, measuring SOOx50O feet, designed
by architect Mckim, of New York.
This, Chief Burnham says, will be a
dream" 1t will he severely rectan-
gular in form, but made elabOrately
ornate with statues and other relief
work. It's cost will be half a million.
Between this and the huge manufac-
lures building juts a branch of the la
COON. All down this grand avenue,
encompassing a beautiful sheet of
water, will stand imposing buildings,
along the majestic facades OF which
will sweep the gaze of the visitor until
it rests upon the administration build
ing of the Exposition, which termin-
ates the vista nearlya mile distant
Upon traversing this Long Walk
as it may be called, after the famous
way from Windsor Castle to Ascot,
the visitor will find it veritable Bois
de Boulogne or Versailles in point of
beauty of effects produced by land
scape architecture and gardening.
Passing the Agricultural building
the visitor will come to the great
Machinery hall, which lies to the west
ward of it and which is connected
with it by horseshoe arcade doubling
branch of the lagoon. 1t will be
nearly identical with it in size and cost,
but will differ from it considerably in
appearance, being serious, impressive
and rich in architectural line and de-
tail" Chief Burnlam says, land the