The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-28


THE illustrations of the principal
l. buildings of the Worlds Fair,
which we have printed during the
past four months, have excited con-
siderable interest in the great eXposi-
ton, which is intended to be the
grandest show ever gotten up. 1t will
unquestionably be THE incident of the
century in the commercial history of
the world, not merely on account of
the epoch-making event it commem-
crates, but in respect of the magnitude
of the undertaking itself, and the in
fluence it will exercise on the future
industrial development of the world.
In Jackson Park, along the shores of
Lake Michigan, will be brought to-
gether on an area considerably larger
than that covered by any former eXhi-
bition, such collection of products,
raw and manufactured, and Of imple-
ments and materials used in the arts
and sciences, as has never been seen
before. Every exhibit will be closely
examined by capitalists and workers
directly concerned in it, and the hints
that will be derived from such inspec-
ton will undoubtedly result in the
development of new ideas and new in
NCuIlOuSs luG IGSultS nave
lowed, even from the smaller of the
expositions which have been held in
the past, have been apparent to every
observant business man, and those
likely to follow on the Columbian eX-
position will be commensurate with
the vastness of the scale on which it
is being organized. There is hardly
an industry that will not benefit to
greater or less extent, or receive
fresh impetus dating from the holding
of the Worlds Fair.
THE CHICAGO FAIR.
Very few people out of the United
States seem to know how much has
already been done toward making the
Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1893 a
success. Not only have the plans
been fully completed, not only have
representatives visited foreign coun-
tries, and there enlisted the interest
and sympathy of governments and
prospective exhibitors, but large
proportion of the actual work of con-
struction is finished, and the rest is
under way and being pushed towards
completion as rapidly as the skill and
strength of the many thousand work.
men employed will permit. Colored
here and there of an officially pub
lished picture which shows how the
entire Exposition will look when it is
completed. In looking at these pic
lures one is struck most of all with
the fact that there is strong sugges-
ton of Venice in the numerous canals
and lagoons with which the site of the
Fair Is diversified.
Mr.. Julian Ralph, speaking of this
phase Of the subject in recent article
in Harper's Magazine, to which we
are indebted for much of the informa-
ton here included, says: 1.-THE beau
tiful waters of the system of lagoons
pass every one of the main buildings,
and all but surround some of them.
On their surfaces all the palaces will
be reflected, and at night the water
will duplicate the full brilliancy of
this, the second of the worlds exposi-
tions which electricity has rendered
viewable after dark. The water itself,
by the way, will be shot with bril-.
liant light by scores of electric lamps
placed in its depths. A hundred gon-
dolas brought from Venice will float
luxurlously on these liquid avenues,
to be distanced contemptuously by a
myriad of swift launches. Their mo-
tons on the waters surface will but
weakly initiate the fast-gliding arti-
fetal denizens of the deep which
skilled electricians plan to send hithel
and thlther by means of delicate ma.
chinery urged by power stored in the
bodies of the toys. AT night, when
the eyes of these submarine monsters
and beauties are lighted by electricity
they will add a strange feature to the
general spectacle. In the center o.
the largest lagoon lies an island O
several acres in extent, called the
Wooded Island, on which no build
ings will be placed. The design is tt
make of it cool retreat, diversified
with flowers and shrubbery, in which
visitors may rest if they choose. A
long pier reaches out into Lake Michi
gan from an artificial sandy beach
A colossal and graceful statue of Co
lumbla will be prominent feature in
the landscape. In the lake itself viii
lie model of modern war-vessel.u
The buildings themselves are de.
cidedly varied in the style of theiI
architecture, the Board of Directors
having wisely distributed the work
among the architects of highest repu.
tation in different cities of the coun.
try. 1t is understood that an honor.
arlum of $4,000 each was paid to ten
OF the architects of highest reputation
who entered the competition. The
site to be occupied by the Exposition
buildings includes $40 acres, with u
tract of 400 acres more adjoining il
which may be used in whole or in
part, If necessary. This gives ample
space between the buildings, as well
as for the water system, of which we
have already spoken. 1t is proposed
We may say here, to build splendid
permanent art building IN Chicago tC
commemorate the Exposition. II
seems to be of universal opinion that
the most attractive edifice of all will
be the Administration building. de.
signed by the president of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects. 1t will
cost III all about S550,00O, will be 25C
feet square, and will consist of a cen.
tral building surrounded by gilded
dome OF fine proportions and with
large square pavilions at the corners
The work on this building is already
well advanced. a striking contrast in
every way to this edifice will be that
devoted to Manufactures and Liberal
Arts, In which size rather than archi.