The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-07
mrDWIsrER EXPOSITION.
The People Of the Lind of Fruit and fi""-
err. are at work on II.

|
ers are at Work on IT,
or the FIVE main buildings of the CAN
fornia Midwinter International bNpo9'
ton. which opens at San Francisco Ne"
Years Day. work is actively in proslesS
on ali except the Administration buliu-
ing. Those which are now IN pIoceSs
construction are the buildings devoted 10
MANUFACTURES and Liberal Arts, Mecia"i
cal Arts. Fine Arts and Agriculture anu
Horticulture. Work on them Is progress
ing with nothing less than starving
rapldlty. ,,,
on the Mechanical Arts building car
nenters are working like beavers; the
| studdIng and bridging OF three sides are
| az high as the first story. The outlines
| OF the big tower can be plainly seen. On
| the Manufactures and Liberal Arts the
walls are just rising and the dimensions
OF the immense building can be plainly
seen. The Fine Arts Building is being
! pushed as rapidly as the rest. The con-
/ crete foundation is complete and the waus
have begun to show on the three sides.
| There Is not the slightest danger that
/ the buildings viii not be ready in time.
The largest OF these four buildings is
the Manufactures building, which was
designed by A. Page Brown. 10 Is OF the
Moorish type OF architecture, Astounding
In picturesque effects. All around the
building there is an imposing colonnade,
while the towers introduce the various
forms illustrated I'm the old mission build
ings. OF which the California building
at the Worlds Fair is a type. The roof
will be covered with curled metal tiles:
and in the logsias OF the corners are
TO be roof gardens The exterior VIII
be a creamy white plaster and cement,
while the roof will be red. More glow
ing colors are introduced in the corridors.
There will. OF course, be slylights. The
material of which the building will be
constructed is wood. plaster and cement,
and the staff which was so successfully
employed i'm Chicago. Iron will be used
only as Orders. The building viii be $50
feet long and 200 feet wide. The contract
cost is SlO6,000.
Next In size is the Mechanical Arts
building, which the contractor has agreed
TO build for $4,000. II is designed by Ed
ward r. Swain and will be 275 feet long
and us feet wide. II win also be made
OF staff The main span viii be 40 feet
and the aisles 3 feet each. Attached 20
the building will be an annex built OF cor
Tugated iron and brick. There win also
be boiler house so feet by p feet. This
boiler house will contain 20 boilers with
an aggregate Of 1909 horsepower. The
architectural style Of the building is that
OF the Tai Mahai, midas most magnifi-
cent mausOleum, and also Of the pearl
mosque. which IS admitted TO be the most
beautiful building OF its kind in the world
The entrances, rectangular in form and
covered with rich decorations are remi- |
niscent OF the Tai while the onion shaped
domes are borrowed from the mosque
architecture.
G.. G. DougaH IS the architect Of the |
Fine Arts building, which is the only |
brick structure that viii be needed. II |
will be fire proof on account Of the val /
liable sculpture, paintings and other fine |
work II will contain. The building will |
be 60 feet WIDE 12) feet long and 40 feet /
high. Il is an example Of Egyptian ar |
Chitecture, or. mere correctly, perhaps, a /
illustration Of the art OF build |
ing as practical by the Egyptians In |
the entrance fianked by iron columns, /
the peculiar cave-lilSe doorway is the |
cavern home Of the Egyptian. The coli
umns are grotesquely ornamented, and in |
the second story take the form Of, or give |
place 20 elephants A small pyramid /
surmounts the vesubule. The columns
will all be Of wood on the outside Of a !
plain solid rectangular hrcproof brick |
structure. The blank walls will be deco
rated in Egyptian styles, the acqaillae
being naturally very prominent. The cost
Of the structure Will be s69 900. 1t will |
be lighted entirely from the roof. and
will have apartments for sculpture, paint
ings, etchings, etc
The Agricultural and Horticultural |
building Is an ornate, artistic structure.
Generally speaking the style is Old Mis-
sion, though there is a good deal IN the
design which suggests both the Spanish
and Romanesque. The building. which
Is 400 feet long and 200 feet wide will
cost $4,000 complete.
The building may be said to be in three
parts. One Of these Is really an annex |
In the form of a tall redwood tower about
eighty feet high and twenty-five feet
square. 1t will be connected with the
main structure by Il bridge. OF the main
building the portion next 10 the tower
Will be rectangular in form with an open
,ourt in the centre. This portion is in
ended particularly for agricultural ex-
libts, and in its spacious galleries the
PRODUCTS Of the field and market garden
will be exhibited. The remainder Of the !
building Will be covered by a huge dome
90 feet in diameter and 100 feet high.
Around ii there will be roof garden and |
within II the treasures Of the garden can
be displayed. A triplicate arched en-
rance and the round windows over il
are the particular pride Of the architect |
and will be richly covered with ornamen-
al work. To this, as indeed TO all build
ngs, hundreds Of bright colored banners |
md streamers viii add their beautifying
md gala-like effects.