The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-22

feet down to 200.
But electricity, rs oxemplited in the
exhibits and in its power Tor usefulness,
docs not end with the electricity build
ing. It's application begins Ut the NAM
moth power-house situated in the ma
chinery hall and extends by means OF
wiressto convey light, heat, power and
signals 10 every part OF the grounds and
all OF the buildings and it then goes out
side the grounds by means OF the tele-
graph and telephone to all parts OF the
world. This great power plant is to in
clude electrical machinery ~aVgregating
2I,O0O horse power. Steam will not be
allowed in any part OF the grounds or IN
any of the buildings excepting at this
central power station. All power at
other points will be by electrical trans
mission. The machinery OF exhibitors
in all the other departments will be
driven by electric motors, 1000 to 6,0O0
electrical horse power being supplied
for that purpose. The grounds and
buildings will be lighted by electricity,
1000 arc lamps OF 1000 candle power
each and between 0 1000 and lJ0,00Oin-
candescent lamps.
ART BUILDING.
The most substantial building OF the
Worlds Fair and the one likely to re-
main a permanent structure in Jackson
Park is the art building. 1t is tho fire.
proof building On the grounds and great
pains have been taken to notify and as
sure European art exhibitors that their
treasures would be secure from any
possible conilagration that might break
out during the exposition, Ofa Grecian-
Ionic style which will receive as much
artistic praise rs the exhibits on the
inside, this building Of classic archi-
lecture has been constructed at al ak
pense Of $4,000. 1t is 800 feet long and
500 feet wide and has two annexes each
Of which is 200 By 100 feet. The floor
space OF the main building and annexcs
is six and one-half acres.
In its very location an appeal is made
TO artistic sentiment, the south OF the
building fronting directly on the lagoon
with an immense flight OF steps leading
from the ornamented terrace to the
very waters edge. New pleasure boats
of every description will land, from the
gondola of Italy and the birch bark
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launch OF this last decade OF invention.
1t is a source OF great qualification to
the Worlds Fair officials that the
amount Of wall space requested by tho
great nations OF Europe in this build
ing is greater than that occupied by
them all ut the last Paris Exposition.
The head of the French Art Commits
sion declares that his ambition is to
exhibit at the Columbian exposition a
finer exhibition OF French art than
was shown at the recent great Paris ex-
position.
MACHINERY HALL
The inventive genius OF the closing
decade of the century is to be displayed
in machinery hall and when this build
ing is open to visitors its interior will
be one great maze OF moving machinery.
1t is located at the extreme south end
Of the grounds and in the center Of the
park from side to side. Over 500 feet
long and 500 feet wide, with an annex
Of $50 feet in length and 400 feet in
width, this vast structure cost 81 ,2O0,-
900, and has u floor spaCe OF over II
acres. One OF the features OF this build
ing is that the vast arched trusses which
support the roof OF the main building
are built separately of iron and steel in
such manne that they may be taken
down and used as railroad train houses
or state exposition buildings. The
steam power which will move the null
Hilarious machinery oil this building
| after the installation OF these mechani-
| cal exhibits is supplied from u large
power house Just adjoining to the
south. Every engine and every dynamo
will be an exhibit, an. in nearly every
case the vast expense OF installation is
borne by the exhibitor. The design OF
the exterior OF machinery hall is severe-
ly classical aud modelled in detail from
the renaissance of Seville and other
Spanish cities. The two facades on the
court arc adorned with colonnades and
other artistic architectural features,
which contribute to make the exterior
view OF this building an imposing one.
The interior OF the main building,
spanned by the three great arched
| trusses, gives the appearance OF three
great exposition halls side by side but
all i'll one. A 50-foot gallery surrounds
the interior Of the structure.
The connecting links between ma
| chinery hall and the agricultural build
ing near by is a colonnade with cafes at
| either end-the restaurant question be-
ing one OF the great questions OF the
| the fair and q matter always kept in
sight in the economics of construction.
In the center Of this colonnade is an
arch-way leading TO the cattle exhibits
and from this portico Is obtained Il de-
| lightful view OF nearly the length OF the
Venetian lagoons. Bridges, tunnels
and subways are all invoked to afford
easy communication between machine
| cry hall and its annex, as well as to af-
ford egress into the administration,
minesand transportation buildings. The
annex, though OF immense proportionsis
simple in design and modelled after a
mill or foundry.
TIE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.
It requires but a moments glance for
the visitor to recognize the %transporta-
ton building. for on every side Of this
mammoth structure are figures and
statuary emblematic Of tho industry to
which it is dedicated. An era in the
age OF invention is marked by this be.
ing the first time in the history OF
worlds fairs that al entire building is
devoted to the science OF t%ransporta-
ton. Modelled after the Romanesque
and the methods OF the Ecole des Beaux
Arts, this building is simple in srchi-
tectural treatment, yet elaborate in the
detail Of its finish. The main building
lie $50 feet long and $50 feet wide, and