The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-01-15
ELECTRICAL BUILDING.

This building is 60 feet high and
Ornamented with designs suggestive
of the department 1t is one of the
handsomest of the grand central
group, and will cost S65O,00O, 1t COW
ers space of roo by $50 feet, or more
than five and one-half acres. Like
most OF the other buildings the style
of architecture is Italian renaissance.
There are four entrances to the
Building, the main one on the south.
Ut will be built of material resem-
bling granite in color. A statue Of
franklin will rise conspicuously be-
fore the south entrance.
MACHINERY HALL,
The main machinery building
measures $50 by 500 feet. It is spanned
by three arched trusses, and the in
terror will present the appearance Of
three railroad train houses, side by
aide, surrounded on all the four sides
by q fifty foot gallery. The trusses
are TO be built separately, and so that
they can be taken down and sold for
use as railroad train houses, and 1t is
hoped to have iron trusses instead Of
cheaper ones, which may, however, be
necessary. In each of these three long
uaves there is to be an elevated travel
ing crane, running from end TO end of
the building These will be useful In
moving machinery, and when the ex-
position opens platforms will be placed
on them, and visitors will view from
these the entire exhibition at great
saving of tramping..
FREE FREIGHT,
All previously noted concessions on
freight carrying to the World Fair
are distanced by the concession just
obtained by the North Dakota com
missioners from the Northern Pacific
which las agreed to carry free of cost
the official State exhibit of North
Dakota The Missouri commissioners
have made similar arrangement with
q Missouri road. President Fulda of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
road said his road will forward free
the exhibits of any State through
which its lines passed. II have no
doubt said Traffic Manager Jaycox,
s'that all the roads of the
South and West will make
this concession since it is greatly to
their interest to do so 1t is work for
the State associations to do, and they
will doubtless 60 over the field thor
oughly. President Fulda of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas Il Texas said he felt sure
the Southern Pacific and other big
Southwest lines only waited to be ask
ed to fall into line. The Western and
Southern States as rule have little or
no manufacturing interests, and will
therefore have few individual exhibits.
Consequently almost all the showing
from these States will be that made by
the State governments. Whenever u
State can get it's goods shipped free 1t
means a larger and better exhibit. If
the Northern Pacific agrees to haul
North Dakota's exhibit free why not
also give the same liberal terms to
Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Washing
ton, and Oregon. expect to see two
thirds of the Southern, Western, and
Northwestern States exhibits brought
here freight free"
PLANS FOR THE ELECTRICAL CONGRESS.
Secretary Hornsby in long supple
mentary report on the proposed CO.
lumbar electrical congress of 1899 has
the following:
"Hitherto electrical congresses have
not been successful, and essen tally
for the reason that the methods,of their
organization were not calculated to
give them that dignity necessary to
che accomplishment of effective work,
In electricity there are practically no
international ele ttrical uhits such as
are present in other sciences, and
standards of measurement are not OF
that arbitrary character which would
have grown out of official, authorized