The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-05

ITemlGy OF tne western lagoon
IA or lake, and between the
Electricity and Transports
ton buildings, is the Mines and
Mining building. The architect Of
this building, which is 700feet long
by $50 feet wide, is S. S. Beman, Of
Chicago. It's architecture has its
inspiration in early Italian renais-
sance, with which sufficient liberty
is taken to invest the building with
the animation that should charac-
terize great general exposition.
There is a decided French spirit
pervading the exterior design, but
it is kept well subordinated. In
plan it is simple and straightfor-
ward, embracing on the ground
floor spacious vestibules, restaur-
ants, toilet rooms, etc. On each of
the four sides of the building are
placed the entrances, those of the
north and south fronts being the
most spacious and prominent. To
the right and left of each entrance,
inside, start broad flights of easy
stairs leading to the galleries. The
galleries are 60 feet wide and %
feet high from the ground floor,
and are lighted on the sides by
large windows, and from above by
high clearstory extending around
the building.
The main fronts look southwark
on the great central court, and
northward on the western and mid
die lakes and beautiful thickly-
wooded island. These principal
fronts display enormous arched en-
frances, richly embellished with
sculptural decorations emblematic
of mining and its allied industries.
At each end of these fronts are
large square pavilions surmounted
by low domes which mark the four
corners of the building, and are
lighted by large arched windows
extending through the galleries.
Between the main entrance and
the pavilions are richly-decorated
arcades, forming an open loggia on
the ground floor and a deeply re-
,cessed promenade on the gallery
floor level, which commands fine
view of the lakes and islands to
the northward,e nd the great CEN
trail court on the south. These
covered promenades are each %
feet wide and go feet long, and
from them is had access to the
building at numerous points. These
Loggias on the first floor are faced
with marbles of different kinds and
hues, which will be considered part
of the mining exhibit, and so utiI-
lied as to have marketable value
at the close of the exposition. The
loggia ceilings will be heavily cof-
fered and richly decorated in plas-
ter and color. The ornamentation
is massed at the prominent points
Of the facade. The exterior pre-
sents massive, though graceful
appearance.
The main fronts are 65 feet high
from ground to top of cornice, and
the main central entrances are 80
feet to apex of pediment. The
long sides of the building are
treated in a simpler manner than
the main fronts; large segmental
windows extend through the gal
leries and are placed between the
broad piers, affording an abundance
of light to the space beneath the
galleries.
The two-storied portion of the
building, of which the gallery
forms the upper part, extends en-
tirely around the structure and is
60 feet wide, This portion is built
of wood and iron combined.
The great interior space thus en-
closed is one story high, $50 feet
long and $50 feet wide, with an ex-
treme height of 100 feet at centre