The Newtown bee., 1893-09-22

The administration building is the cen ter of group and is called the gem and crown of the exposition. It is in its main body an octagon, surmounted by a dome inclosing an inner one, the diameter of which Is l2O feet, with a height of 250 feet, while the outer one measures 275 feet from floor to apex. At the four cor ners are pavilions S4 feet square and four stories high, in which are the various bu- reaus of administration. As one enters the rotunda, the eye is carried above the arched and grilled entrance portals, to the frescoed panels beneath the balcony, which caps the int terior cornice. Then upwards to an order of pilasters. sup porting the paneled and ornamented ceil- ing of the first dome. Through the open ing at the crown one sees the magnificent ly frescoed higher dome, from a skyIight in the apex Of which the entire rotunda is flooded with light. The exterior is di- vided into three parts, the pavilion story, colonade and dome. The rotunda at the base is octagonal in form and about 100 feet across. The gilded frescoed. walls rise to a height of about 250 feet, sloping in from half way up and meeting around center skylight. From the ground floor rise eight grand arches to a height of about 40 feet. Four of these lead away in rotundas to the corner pavilions and through the others open the doors from outside. Half way up is the balco- ny, or gallery, looking out on the floor below. In the panels, between these grand arches, set in the wall, we'll tow ard the top, are 16 huge, bronze plates. On these are written, in gilded letters, ,the names of the great countries of the earth, all of which have representations, great or small, at the fair. We read France, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, etc. Ex- tending around the dome, at the top of these arches, is a strip of huge white ! molding, handsomely carved, and with | it's cuts and crevices worked in gilt. Rest ! ing on this holding are eight huge pan- els, one on each side of the octagon, and ! each one has gilt slate, supported by ! two winged female figures. On each | slate is the record of some great discov- cry, or event, in the history of the worlds progress, such as s'the mariners ! compass,'' ''the invention of gunpow.
 der," "the art of printing" by Guten. l burg, Copernicus explains the solar sys- l tenn, Morse invents the telegraph, Jen ! nings discovers the principle of vaccina l tion, Newton discovers the law of gravi
 tation and Watts the condensation ot l steam. Above these panels is a row o1 terra-cotta colored panels, through the ! top of which. at regular intervals. arc ! small square latticed windows. Farther up, on another stretch of molding, art l printed the names of men whose discov cries and inventions have been of grea
 importance in the progress and develop ment of the world; such as Ptelemy, Go pernicus, Calico, Hershel, Kepler. Vol ta, Franklin, Ampere, Faraday, Henry Curier, Linneus, Agassiz, Lamarck, Oar | uin prioctlu Rarrp1iuc
 Lavoisier, Liebeg, Plato, Aristotle, Ba
 con, Descartes, Kant, Werner, Hum
 boldt, Lyall, Murchison, Muller, La place, Archimedes, Leibnitz, Lacrance | Newton, Galen, Vesairs, Hippocrates Hervez and Irenier. I quote these t | show the breadth of thought here eX
 hibited.4 Beyond these. higher up, is
 row of plaster medallions, showing tn
 heads of the different types of women 0
 the world, and still further up, at tn
 summit of the first dome, are eight par els, each having 8 handsome plaste
 group. The central figure in all of thes l is woman with outstretched arms, an
 holding in each hand wreath wit (which to crown some one of the figure
 bent before her. One wishing to vic the exterior from above can go up 1C : feet in an elevator, or take the stairway This connects with wide and open co onade, surrounding the whole dom, where fine view is furnished to eitht point of the compass. Do you wish
 20 higher, you can reach the outside {
 the top of the dome by ascending
 steps. Here is the base of the cent'
 ldome, which rises from 40 to 50 fe
 higher. On the outside of this dome al
 Iinscribed the names of the great navig
 tors and discoverers, Magellan, Balbo
 | I,. olyn Toh hr
 Tasman, Ross, Cook, De Soto, Sir Jof U Franklin, Livingstone. Hamic, Nearchu !. Ibn Batuta, Bubruquis, Prick, Ralieg e | Marco Polo, Dyas, De Cana. Vespue and Lesalle On the frieze below u
 ldome, on four sides we find written the
 words On the west side. "Christoph
 Columbus was born at Genoa in IA
 went to sea at the age of II and enter
 tthe service of Spain January 20, l4S6 l. north side. aColGmbus received fire V Ferdinand and Isabella, sovereigns
 .e Spain, commission as admiral of an ( ,e ploring fleet, April 30, 1492;;" east sic II ssColumbus sailed from Palos with thu Il small (ships) vessels, August 3,and lar d ed on one of the Bahama islands, Oc ar Iber 12, 1492;r south side, ssColumbus, 70 ter discovering the New World, ma .e three other voyages of exploration a .. died at Valladolid, Spain, May 21, b ,e While the administration building is ss show, it is also apparent to the one W " makes a study of it. that not lit ee thought has been in exercise, and not
 little skill, in it's construction. It c
 tainly is the gem of the White City, a
 a marvel of the age. It's sculpture W k next engage our attention. It can CT truth be said that it's rotunda and do
 rank among the finest in the wor
 TRev A. Gardner, Warren, Ct.