Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-10

turrctS torpedo tubes torpedo nets
and boomS hsat~ anchnE. military
mast etc. and a full cumplrmcni 81
seamcn and marines detailed from the
navy department The visitor arriving
by steamboaf win pass very near and
obtain an excellent view of The shore
portion 81 the government eNhihat lie
win probably So also. anchorsd near
by. a Columbus hcct-a approximation.
as near n may h.. Of the with
which the great discovcrcr sailed from
Palos-and also n government rcvcnue
cutter and one or two torpedo buats.
THE GREATEST % 4
Stcaming By the government cxhib-
its the visitor will come abreast Of the
largest building Of the cxposition-that
Of manufactures and liberal arts IL
will measure i.To0NsOO feet with two
interior courts and nj its center a great
dome $50 feet in diameter. Surrounds
ing II ON all sides win be n porch two
stories in height, hffording a delightful
promenade and a view Of the other
buildings. Of the lagoon, alive with
row boats. gondolas and pleasure craft
propelled by electricity, and ~ the
grounds generally. This building, which
will be Of French renaissance, Il de
signed by George ). Post, Of New York.
After passing this immense structure,
which viii be three times as large as
the largest building Mt the Paris cNposi-
ton. being nearly 400 feet longer and
twice as wide. and covering more than
81 acres. the steamboat viii drop along
side the pier. This, rs designed by
Augustus st. Gaudeus, Of Paris, will be
a thing Of beauty and a source Of much
enjoyment 10 visitors. Two parallel
piers will extend from the shore about
400 feet where, taking ~outeurves, they
will partially inclosc a circular harbur,
from the center Of which will rise, ON a
great pedestal, a commanding statue OF
Columbus or of the republic. On the
embracing portions of the piers will
stand a. exquisite, isolated columns,
representing the "a states, each one
bearing over its capital the coa Of
arms Of the state IL symbolizcs. BE
yond the harbor, the north or main
pier viii extend out into the lake TO a
total distance of 1900 feet, taking there
a detection several hundred feet 10 the
southwark. and having Mt its cXtrcm-
ity, rising from the water on a stone
foundation, an immense Greek pavil-
ion, 200 feet in diameter, gayly colorcd
and adorned. Here visitors may sit
and enjoy the cooling lake breczes,
listen TO the finest music, and obtain n
magnificent view of the great cXposi-
ton buildings and other shore attrac'
tions.
A VISTA OF sPLENpoR.
From the pier, extending westward
! across the park. will be "A long venue OF
court, several hundred feet wide, af
: fording. Chief Burnham says. "a spec
tacle unparalleled in the world-a mar
vel of architectural grace and sublimity
an exposition in itself" To the right
ut the entrance of this grand avenue
will he the great manufactures build
ing, and farther back the other attrac
tions already referred to. To the lief
!, will be the agricultural building, meas
e uring S00x500 feet, designed by Arch
( tect McKim, of New York This, Chic
e Burnham says will be "a dream" !
G will be severely rectangular in form
but made deliberately ornate wit
c statues and other relief work. It's cos
will be half u million. Between thi
h and the huge manufactures buildin.
d iuts Il branch Of the lagoon. All dow
d this grand avenue, encompassing
d beautiful sheet of water, will stand i'm
posing buildings, along the majesti
facades of which will sweep the gaz
of the visitor until it rests upon the ad
ministration building of the exposition
which terminates the vista nearly
mile distant. Upon traversing tn
long walk" as il may be called, afte
he famous way from Windsor castle I
Ascot. the visitor will find il II veritabl
Bois de Boulogne or Versailles in poir
of beauty of effects produced by lane
scape architecture and gardening.
Passing the agricultural building
the visitor viii come to the great nj
chinery hall, which lies TO the ives
ward of II and which is connected wit
IL by n horseshoe arcade doubling
branch of the lagoon. 1t will be neal
ly identical with il in size and cost, bl
win differ from it considerably in al
~pearance, being serious, impressi'
and rich in architectural line and d
tail" Chief Burnham says land II
best work of its designers, Peabody
o. Stearns, of BOSTON,"
n THE ADMINISTRATIONS BUILDING
of Opposite machinery hall and north
il, in the center of the long walk.
will stand the exposition administer
ton building. This will be n of Il
es most imposing, and, in proportion
Ok its size, the most expensive one of u
in large structures. Richard NJ. Hunt,
he New York, president of the America