Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-05-13
THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION
10 DoUBT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE EN-
TEEPRIsE-PLASs OF THE BUILD
NGs AND OTHER WORKS.

CHICAGO, April S.-Since The break
ing of ground for the erec ion Of the
tair buildings the tmosphere has
cleared wonderfully, and there seems
no doubt that the work Will go forward
satisfactorily and rapidly.
The fairs finances are all that any
body ever hoped for. Chicago has the
slO, 900, 900 required by law as the price
of getting the fair. The popular sub
scription was s., 467, $50, and the NUM-
,ipality subscribed s.. 900, 900. An
other g, 900, 600 is now being raised.
The governments appropriation for
its exhibit and the building to contain
| it is 81, 900, 900; but the money for the
fair is not all coming out of either
Chicago or the United States treasury.
Already the state appropriations give
the worlds fair $40 as against 81 that
the centennial had. Illinois will sp-
propriate from $500. 900 to $1,000, 90.
California has appropriated $500, O,OUO,
and other Pacific coast states are on
| their mettie. If the states where no
appropriations have been made are as
liberal as th0se which have already
acted on the question, the total appro-
priations from that source Will be over
81, 900, 0G0.
There are between seven and eight
| hundred men at work IN Jackson Park
and the management is now prepared
to declare the worlds Columbian expo
sit1on fairly under way. There are to
be nine main buildings, the work of q
board of architects believed to be the
most expert in america. They have
met and finally adopted the plans for
the buildings, but have not yet pub
lished them. Generally speaking, how
ever, it may be said that the impression
of the grand group will be brilliant and
classic.
An idea of the immens;ty of the main
structures is conveyed in the statement
that the nine buildings Will cover a sur
face area of 110a acres. This is exclu-
sive of the state and private buildings.
The total cost of these pala, es of art
md industry will be Sc, 800, GOO. This,
with the other structures provided for,
will be twice the area and twice the
cost of the buildings at the last Paris
exposition.
| A million dollars will be spent in
Identifying the park. exclusive of the
architectural decorations, which will be
on a magnificent scale. Gilded domes,
2 RLtttlul lpNt tIS anu u LlhSo VI GuttbiNt
color will greet the eye as the visitor
steams or sails down Lake Michigan.
Before he reaches his landing place he
will have passed n town of palaces,
where the states and foreign nations
will have their buildings laid out in
wide curvlng avenues. But the most
dazzling spectacle will be seen when
the boat approaches the pier. Here
( the enormous structures referred to
above will be seen.
Stretching away from a circular har-
Dor will be the lines leading the vision
to the points of beauty of the buildings,
raised on terraces and each exposed to
the view. On the enc rcling piers and
running to a splendid statue of the re-
public will be seen fortyfour columns,
each bearing the coat-of-armS of q
state. Then the view will turn upon
the main court, an avenue several hun
dred feet wide, itself a marvel of grace.
The buildings will be grouped about
this purely decorative feature of the
landscape, of which Augustus st.
Gaudens has charge. The largest
building Will be that of the manufact-
ures and liberal arts. 1t will measure
LOO by 500 feet, with two interior
courts; and at lis centre a great dome,
$50 feet in diameter. Besides the
verious buildings there will be tower,
100 feet higher than the Eiffel tower,
from which an unequalled view may be
commanded.
The dedica'ory ceremonies on Octo-
ber u, 1892, viii be made a great
pageant. This dedication is to pre-
serve the historical feature of the com
memoration of the discovery of Amer
lea. The formal opening of the fail
itself will take place on May l, 1898.