Milford chronicle., 1893-06-02

ecfe--3ut yoa VIII Levcr rccliz5 tLcir vast
ness tii you have seen them. Yo,f viii
net pel.actly appreciate their PROPORTIONS
TIL you have cen them many times lri,ov
are like mountains in one respect. Thev
possess the cDticGl delusiveness which ac-
companies great light or size. For in
stance, from tne upper end Of the grounds
the golden dome Of the Administration
building and the mighty expause Of the
manufacturers or main building appear
/ but little distance away. The stranger
has no doubt Of his ability to walk to tbem
in two or three minutes. Yet they are
nearly mile and a quarter distant in q
direct line. Every view and every build
ing ON the grounds deceives you in the
same way.
If you stand at the peristyle and look IN
the central basin at the Administration /
building your estimate OF the distance viii 4
be, probably, two or three hundred wards
VIXEN you walk it you will find IL tbe
longest 500 yards you ever saw. The exact
distance is ], $50 feet, or more than a third
Of mile, Similarly ,sthe Administration
building will not seem to YOU a larpe
structure II is so compact, so svm-
metrical, 50 perfect ard surrounded by
such magnificent palaces that your eve is
deceived. Consult your giSde-book and
you will find that it is 252 feet SQUARE
which means that it covers more than an ,
acre and q half Of ground. Each Of the
four pavilions which form its corners is
eighty-four feet square, in itself os I,r,a
rs good-sized brick block Of five stories
The beautiful dome rises $50 feet IFo,,,
vast must be the surrounding paiacas
when they are able to dwarf an immense {
structure like this = =
Turning your eye now toward the lake :
lie golden statue OF the Republic is tbe q
most striking object in view. It is beauti- y
al, but does not seem very large. An. -
reach It, and it appears to grow a foot -
aller with every stop you take. When y
all way down the basin you see yyhat Won <.
itherto failed TO notice; a workman ;S
erehed upon the head of the eiant no,7-
ess- rcgilding bit Of her wreath. Tbere
plenty Of room for him within the cir
let, and whea he permits his leg to dan
ie over the golden forehead his foot does u
Of reach hereyebrowsl
So IL is with the other stafuarv
ue oi ene great basin, looking across at T.
ie Agricultural palace, are a pair of co
ssai horses. You probably would MOI
2tice their immense size II a coupIe of Y
'inters did not come up, and while one ans
ITS ladder against the ANIMALS bo5,- aGc
d climbs VIA it to his back. anotbc. bblsd
inos under the huge trunk with room 70 isfs
are. Colossal buildings require colossal v
ltuary, and the Chicago pecple vbo re. re
We pushed this work aad shouliered fLe ven
fcen and the responsibility found it re- fret
lred thick and fass-running stream n EoS WOO
den dollars to carry it through. TEe bis
Is Just twice as big as they started ort
make It, and instead Of costing thor
millions OF money it hps-coSb them
snty millions -
igUres sometisues fail To e,n,o.- 49,.
~ millions Of dollars nav Cen,
isszslstood. Compare this sum with mill
cost Of the N Ast public or private 9owgs
-. =. "a .ouf oL the country. @ heal
policemen TO guAfrd the hundred and
millions OF treal lhre here gathered ri
on which fifty mill ens Of insurance is III
led, three thousandV employees OF the ~
iurants which are toNfeed the peoDle Ifst ,l1
IN hundred young oRwheel visitors ~
IL IN rolling-chairs, and Sou begin to =.
re the enormous proportions of tbe .au /
mbian exposition. tre9f
II the only true way to realize its bjo- 70
and It's beauty as WELLS to see f. -
oursef. WALTER WELIoLxN.