The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-22

comes the fisheries building, which is situated
just north OF the lagoon, and directly west
of the fisheries building on the opposite side
Of the park, stands the woman's building
South of the womans building ana on the
same side of the lagoon, which parallels the
lake, are the horticultural building and the
transportation building. To the southwark
OF the government building, on the east
side Of the lagoon and bordering on the lake
Is the giant structure of the fair, the manu-
features and liberal arts building.
South Of this edifice is the great pier. for
lake steamers. extending !, 900 feet into the
lake and on one wing of which is the music
hall. Extending westward from the pier is
long avenue several hundred feet wide
All down this grand avenue, encompassing
a beautiful sheet Of water, stand
imposing buildings along the
majestic facsdes Of which sweeps the
gaze of the visitor until it rests on the adj
ministration building nearly mile distant
West of the agricultural building stands
machinery hall, which is its equal in size
and is especially rich in architectural lines
and details To the northward of the ad-
mintstration building on either side and
facing the grand avenue stand two more
immense buildings, one for the Ell sctrical and
the other for the mining exhibit. Near by
is wooded island-a delightful gem of print
tive nature-in striking contrast with the
elaborate productions of human skill which
surround 1t. In the southwestern portion
Of the grounds are the great depots, the
numerous railway tracks and the stock
families. The forestry building fronts the
lake in the southeast and near by is the saw
mill, the dairy building and various other
smaller but equally interesting structures.
THE MAIN BUILDING.
Like giant among pigmies the manu-
features and liberal arts building looms up
above its companion buildings until their
colossal proportions are dwarfed into insig-
nidcance by the very comparison. Noted
as the largest building ever constructed, it
loses nothing Of its beauty by its size. as in
symmetrical proportions and design it rivals
any of the other great architectural tri-
umphs oil, the worlds Columbian exposition.
This building. which is completed and ready
for exhibits to-day, covers over 80 acres, and
has in floor space, including galleries, an
area of 43 acres. 1t is over a quarter
of a mile IN length. cost 1900 600
and contains 100000 feet Of lum-
Der and l5.OO0,00O pounds OF iron. 1t is
only possible to appreciate the immensely of
this structure by comparison, and when one
is told that il IS four times larger than the
old Roman Coliseum which seated $4,000;
that the great pyramid Cheops could be
comfortably housed on its inside and still
leave room for the Sphinx, Cleopatrs's
Needle Liberty Statue on Bedloe's Island
fractions, an adequate appreciation is re-
celved OF its magnitude. 1t is the boast of
its builders that the manufactures building
contains in it's roof alone enough iron and
steel to build the Brooklyn bridge. An
unprecedented feat of engineering and
architecture is ACCOMPLISHED in the con-
structlon of the roof Of this building. Under
the single roof span Of the building Just
over the main hall is inclosed over eleven
acres, an area entirely free from support z
pillars or posts, from which the roof. over
200 feet above, looks like the vauted
heavens having for its support the horizon,
where roof and earth gradually appear to
approach each other A gallery fifty feet
wide circles the interior of the building aud
projecting from this are eighty-six smaller
galleries, twelve feet wide, from which
visitors will have 8u excellent view of the
acres of exhibits below. It's multitude Of
galleries, corridors and aisles, paralleling
and interesting, give the interior of the
building the appearance Of a great city, 80
much so indeed that a system of street
nomenclature has heen found necessary in
indicating the geographical location of ex-
hibits. Columbia avenue extends
through the mammoth building Longitude
nally, veritable street fifty feet wide, in
tersected at the center by an avenue of like
width, which extends from wing to wing.
Each aisle or street is ornamented with
thousand electric lights will be necessary to
illuminate the building. If the fantasy had
led the exposition officials to have indeed
constructed city beneath this roof along
the various avenues and streets, 900 COL
leges could have found rooms within its
walls and q population of 5000 people could
have existed here without a single
discomfort of on overcrowded city.
Three hundred thousand people can be com
| fortably seated in this building, and the
largest standing army in the world-that of
RussiA-could be modified beneath its
roof.
The most novel of all the worlds fair
buildings in its construction and design is
the forestry building. 1t is almost incredi-
BILE to conceive that building 500 feet long
and 200 feet wide can be built without a
! nail or an our ce Of metal in it's construc-
ton, yet this feat has been accomplished in
the forestry building.