The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-06-21
AROUND 4 GREAT ROOF.
Views Obtained From the Manufac-
lures Building.
DIZZY HEIGHTS PASSED.
Worlds Exposition Grounds Spread
Out Like a Map New Impress
ions of Imposing Structures.

OF the different buildings On account
of its location, size and great height, the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
is perhaps better adapted for this purpose
than any other building in Jackson Park.
The elevator ascends to the height of 25O
feet from the floor Columbian avenue,
fifty feet in width, extends longitudinally
through this colossal structure. Passing
about half way down this aisle under the
great New York clock dome you will see
the elevators. Purchasing ticket, you
drop il into the box and pass in. After
the gate is closed and the ascent about to
be made, remember to look religiously
upward to avoid the light-headed feeling
which inevitably comes to all timid ones
whose glances are turned below, AS you
slowly rise higher and higher at the will
of the careful guard, your confidence is
in a measure restored and you breathe
5 freely.
You are even able to look down upon
the booths far beneath and note how
small the people appear from your post
of observation. Here lies the British
section, there that of the United States
beyond those of Holland, Spain and ia
pan. The great bronze statue in the Ger
man pavilion seems no longer great.
Possibly you have read elsewhere that
the entire standing army of the Empire
of Germany might be assembled beneath
the roof of this building The statement
gives one some slight notion of what a
covering there is over this largest build
ing of the kind ever constructed" as the
guide book hath it. Now that you are
on level with the great iron trusses that
form the supports, with a feeling OF adj
miration the mind is wholly given up to
the contemplation of these great arches,
balanced, as it were, on a mere point.
But even these are soon far beneath YOU
Upon reaching the terminus, you find
that it is necessary to mount higher still |
by stairs, then cross the building through |
covered passage way, whence you come |
out upon platform extending along the |
roof.
Far away to the north may be seen the |
different foreign building, while to the |
northwest many of the State buildings, |
beautiful in outline and proportion, with |
gilded towers glittering in the warm sun
shine, or dark domes standing out proud |
ly against the blue sky, while gay flags
flutter in every breeze. Before you is the |
Government Building Of glass and iron,
with classic outline, resembling the Ma
tional Museum at Washington. Beyond
this is the Fisheries, thought by some to
be the most graceful of any of the Expo
sition buildings. AS you pass around the
northwest corner of the walk the eye, is
attracted by the beautiful wooded island,
a triumph of horticultural art, with its
acres of bright, vari-colored flowers set in
beds of geometric form, relieved by the
velvet green Of the lawns, with sinuous
walks, clumps of shrubbery, tall trees and
little rustic arbors, all arranged with eff
fective beauty yet Stimulating the careless
ness OF natural scenery.
Its shores are washed by the lagoon
over whose waters the gondolas glide, the
gay attire of the boatmen giving color to
the picture. In the distance may be seen
the arched bridge leading to the Hooden,
or Golden Pavilion, built by the Japanese
Looking across the lagoon
the severe outlines of the Woman's Build
ing are in sight also the Children's, that
OF Puck and the White Star Line. Then
your attention is held by the gorgeous
Building. Directly oppo-
site you is the grand portal, which con-
sists of series OF receding arches entirely
overlaid with gold leaf
Nesting among the trees at the south
ern end of the island may be seen the
walls of Davy Crockett's
log cabin, an appropriate feature, illus
trating the pioneer life in this country
The antlers nailed above the door are
Of the deliscious repasts once
served within those mud-chinked walls.
Now the Electric Building comes with
in your range OF vision as you pass on,
and you are reminded that for the first
time in the history OF expositions build
ing has been devoted exclusively to cleo
trical contrivances. At the time when
Franklin first made his experiments with
tine lightning the fiat went forth from the
New York World, "Let there be light"
Then slowly dawned the light of truth,
liberty, progress, as well as electricity,
You are now standing on the south
west corner of the building, where your
attention is directed to the great search
light marvel OF power and inventive
genius, not only as shown by the lights
themselves, but by the delicate electrical
devices used in manipulating them. Pass
ing round the corner, you look down
upon what has been fifty calledthe Court |
of Honor, at the head OF the Grand BASIN |
or canal, grand and imposing, withgilded |
dome and numerous sculptured groups |
of heroic size. This building down upon |
the Columbia Fountain, the central idea
OF which is the apotheosis Of modern lib |
erty. On either side OF this the electric
fountains adorn the basin, while old
Neptune, trident in hand, looks down
rom above upon more beautiful struc-
'Wes Than graced the Islands of Greece
or the seven hills ~ p.,,o