Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-22

Will run along the wnoIe iengIn. A nasL Lnere
Is total of l,037 acres available for the.
purposes Of the exhibition. The Washing
ton park will not probably be built upon,
80 that the ground actually covered will
be about oOO acres--that f., four times as
great as that Of the French exhibition In
1850
"The little lagoons, which give such
curiously Venetian aspect TO the Worlds
fair, will be crossed by little electric steam
launches, OF which there will be Il regular
feet. The grounds will be reclaimed and
laid out by the,most celebrated landscape
gardeners In America-tne same who SO
admirably designed Central park and the
well known Buffalo park. There will be
In jackson park state pavilions and build
ings TO the number Of at least eighty.
"One Of the most notable exhibits will
be the model battleship Of the navy de-
partment, 3is feet long, and which will lie
upon the lake itself. There will be about
$50 restaurants aud cafes in operation In
the various buildings and about the
grounds which will be conveniently dis
tributed and will seat upward OF 5000
people. Midway plaisance connecting
Jackson park with Washington park, will
be occupied throughout its entire length
by special exposition features, largely of a
foreign character, such as the Bazaar of all
Nations Street in Cairo Moorish Pal
ace Maori Village and all the old
lodges" said Sir Henry, with "A smile, 'for
really" he added, there is nothing new
under the sun"
While the ceremonies dedicatory of the
buildings extend over three days and in
clude as attendant features IA mammoth
civic parade military maneuvers and re-
view, gorgeous displays of fireworks and a
grand ball, the chief interest naturally
centcrs in the dedication exercises proper,
on Oct. g. These will be held in the pres
ence of l25,O00 people in the building for
Manufactures and Liberal Arts, already IA
nous as the largest building in the world.
Ii is interesting TO read about this stu
pendous structure. IL is awe inspiring To
contemplate the vast expanse Of its exterior
or stand within il and with the eye meas
ure its gigantic proportions. BY many
this great building will be regarded as dis
tinctive "A feature of the fair of 1893 rs was
the Eiliel tower of the Paris exposition Of
1889. From u mere statement Of the di-
mensions Of this monster structure one
can get but II faint idea of its immense
size \ few comparisons will assist great
ly. One has to travel almost mile in
walking around it.
The building occupies n most conspicu-
Gus place in the grounds. IL faces the
lake, with only lawns and promenades be-
tween. North of it is the United States
Government building, south the barbor en-
trance and the Casino and Music hall, and
west the Electrical building and the la
goon separating it from the great island.
which in part is wooded and in part re
splendent with acres of bright flowers of
varied hues. The building is rectangular
in shape, being 1857 feet long by 7S1 feet
wide The architect, George b. Post, of New
York, has been remarkably successful in
giving architectural symmetry and effect
iveness To the immense proportions with
which he had To deal, and his work stands
as one Of the marvels of the exposition.
There are four great entrances, one i'm the
center of each facade. These are designed
in the manner Of triulnphal arches, the
central archway of each being forty feet
wide and eighty feet higS. Surmounting
these portals is the great attic story, orna-
mented with sculptured eagles eighteen
feet high, and on each side above the side
arches are great panels with inscriptions,
and the spandrils are filled with sculp-
tured dGures in bas-relief.