Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-22

visitor to recognize the Transportation
building, for on every side ofthis mammoth
structure are figures and statuary emblema-
tic of the industry to which it is dedicated.
An era in the age of invention is marked
bv this being the first time in the history
Of worlds fairs that an entire building is
devoted to the science of transportation.
Modelled after the Romauesque and the
methods of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, this
building is simple in architectural treat.
ment yet elaborate in the detail of its
finish.
The emain building is 960 feet long and
250 feet wide and the annex still larger. be-
ing 900 feet BY 425 feet. The total floor
SPACE of the main building and annex il
1917 acres, and the total cost S370,000. In
the center of the main buildings q cupola
165 feet high and provided with eight ele-
vators gives visitors an opportunity to OBJ.
tain an excellent view of the entire Exposi-
tion from this eminence.
The Agricultural Building.
It is fitting tribute to husbandry and
the millions engaged in this occupation in
the United States that of the immense
buildings devoted to a single art, science
or industry, the Agricultural building heads
the list. OF course it is not so large as the
Manufactures building but the latter repre-.
sents all the allied industries that NAV be
classed under the general term of manufac-
lures, while agriculture is a specific term
applicable onlv to those who till the soil
for the annual yield thereof, and not to be
confounded with horticulture, dairving, live
stock and forestry, all of which are classed
asseparate exhibits and each of which has
q separate building. The Agricultural build
ing is an attractive structure 800 feet long
and 500 feet wide and has floor snace of
nearly 10 acres 1t stands quite near the
lake shore and in form resembles the letter
T. one portion being 800 feet long and the
other portion 200 feet.
The building cost s61S, and is so
planned in its details as to give all the &C.
commodations desired BY the farmers. It
is single story structure and of design
designated as the heroic bv the architects.
The inheritance to the Agricultural build
ing is Ga feet wide and the rotunda is 100
feet in diameter and surmounted by glass
dome that sheds daylight clearness on all
exhibits Waiting rooms, committee rooms
and the bureau of information are located
on the first floor, and broad stairs lead from
this floor into an assembly room, having a
capacity of ], 800, which is intended for the
congresses of farmers, Farmers Nut
ual Benefit Associations, Farmers AL
1iances and kindred rural organizations. In
the Agricultural building will be exhibited
implements and machinery of all kinds. An
agricultural experiment station in opera
tion will be one of the most interesting
irrigation and sections will also be awarded
a conspicuous place.
The Horticultural Building in Taste.
The Horticultural building and its enorm-
Gus dimensions of 1000 feet long and 286
feet wide are only another evidence Of the
prominence assigned to the kindred indus
tries of the soil. In the list of buildings,
all assigned to closely allied occupations,
estrv and Dairy buildings, nearly all of
which in mast worlds expositions have been
enclosed beneath single roof The Hcrti-
cultural building OF the Worlds Columbian
Exposition will cost about s400, 900, and its
entire floor space is over 6% acres The ex-
terror of the building is of staff or stucco of
a warm buff and on the roof of the building,
around the central dome, an elaborate dis
play of roof-gardening ia seen.
In front of the building is flower ter
race for outside exhibits. including tanks
for nvmpheas and victoria-regia. A low
parapet in front of this terrace borders the
water and at the center affords commodi-
Gus boat landing. The plan Of this building
is a central pavilion with two end ravil-
ions. each connected with the central pavil-
ion by front and rear curtains forming two
interior courts, each SO By 30 feet. These
courts are beautifully decorated in color
and planted with ornamental shrubs and
flowers. The center pavilion is rooted bv
crystal dome 187 feet in diameter and 113
feet high, under which are exhibited the
tallest palms, bamboos and tree ferns that
can be procured.
Dairy, Forestry and Fisheries.
The broad acres of the Western farm, the
dairies of New England and New York and
the centuries of experience of the heredit-
arv dairymen of Switzerland and the Old
World are to be brought into close competi-
tioa in the Dairy building. which is 200 feet
long and 100 feet wide and has been con-
structed at cost of $50. .00O
The most novel of all the Worlds Fair
buildings in its construction and design is
the Forestry building. 1t is almost incred-
ible to conceive that building500 feet long
and 200 feet wide can be built without a
nail or an ounce of metal in its construc-
tion, yet this feat has been accomplished in
the Forestry building. This is structure,
too, which in point OF strength is one of
the strongest buildings on the ground and
its location on the very verge of the water
makes it necessary for it to Withstand all
the strength of the fierce lake winds that
prevail all the winter. The rustic is nat
urally the idea which has been uppermost
at ali times in the construction of the For
estry building and the effect accomplished
is one certainly difficult to surpasa
One of the most unique structures of the
Worlds Fair is the Fisheries building
Erected at cost of 1921, 900, this building
with its two annexes has floor space Of
over three acres. This building with its
annexes is ], 100 feet long and 200 feet wide
and is situated on the east side of the large
island in the extreme north of the lagoon.
OF course rocks. MOSES and ichens consti-
tute large portion of the decorations and
furnishings of this building. The substan-
tial structure of the Fisheries building is
composed of wood, iron, steel and glass,
staff as usual being used for the outside
covering.
The Woman's Building q Neat One
The architecture and decorations of the
Woman's building have been entirely
planned and carried out by women, as the
theory i. to show their advancement in