The Portland daily press., 1892-03-31
MAINE AT THE FAIR.
General Mattocks's Entertaining Descrip-
ton of the Great Show.

ton of the Great Show.
General G. P. Mattocks of Portland.
executive commissioner of the Maine
Worlds Fair Board, gave an hours ad-
dress on ''What Maine has done and
what she ought to do to be properly rep
resented at the Columbian Exposition"
General Mattocks said:
AS none of the buildings are as yet
completed, although many of them are
far enough along to give good idea of
their size and future appearance, my
descriptions must be considered to apply
to the buildings when finished rather
than in their present condition.
The Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Building is to be the largest of all, and
will, in fact, be the largest exposition
building ever constructed. The style of
architecture is Corinthian. Its facades
present an imposing array of columns
and arches. In the ornamentation will
appear female figures to symbolic the
various arts and sciences. The seal of
each of our States and each foreign ma
ton will be shown by gigantic designs in
relief, The main entrances are at the
corners of the building, where high
arches, surrounding fluted columns of
rare and beautiful designs, add to the
generally impressive and captivating APP
pearance of the structure. The building
is nearly 100 feet in length and nearly
800 feet wide, and actually covers SO
acres of land, or, if we add the exhibit
ton space which the gallery affords, the
total surface available will be 40 acres.
The building is crossed inside by two
avenues, each so feet in width. The
ridge of the main roof is $50 feet from
the ground. The outside walls, when
finished, will be covered with a compos-
tie substance made to represent marble.
The location of this building is not sur
passed by any, as it faces Lake Michigan
with no buildings or other distractions
between it and the lake.
Machinery Hall is situated at the ex-
IRENE south of the Park, and is $50 by
500 feet, and will, with the annex and
power-house cost, when finished, 81, OOO,-
900. The exterior is very striking in APP
pearance, and properly reproduces many
Of the effects of the architecture of Spain.
From one of the porticos one will have
an unobstructed view down the lagoon
for nearly mile. The progress of the
nineteenth century will certainly be as
fully displayed in this building as any
except possibly the electrical building,
where will be shown what strides have
been made in the use of the ''subtle
tuid'' which engaged the attention of
Benjamin Franklin and Professor Morse
50 many years ago.
The Electrical Building is 351 by 767
feet. The walls are finished in Corin-
THAN style. The most noticeable feature
of this building will be it's enormous
semi-circular window. Above this win
dow one can obtain view of the lagoon
and large part of the grounds in the
vicinity. The two principal towers are
1872 feet in height. A colossal statue of
Franklin will grace one of the inches
upon the south side of the building.
The building will abound in spires and
domes of unique and attractive design.
The building will be constructed in a
manner favorable to lighting by cleo
tricity by night, the effect of which can
better be imagined than described.
The Hall of Mines and Mining will be
very attractive building, and will con-
tain what will be to those interested in