Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-19

and architectural NORWEGIAN BOAT.
pictures not TO Lc equaled anywhere in tn,
world for grandeur. novelty, variety anc
beauty, but none of them leaves quite suol
e lasting impression of complete satisfac
ton as the view obtained from distanc,
that harmonizes, blends and softens the de
tails Of the picture while adding greatly tt
its magnificent perspective
In the foreground are the great Manufac
lures and Liberal Arts building Music
hall, the peristyle and the Casino, Agricul
tural hall and the Forestry building. Over
the peristyle the dome of the Administers.
tion building looms up and on its left Ma
chinery hall Turning to the north of the
main buildings, one gets view of a city
/ OF the strangest looking structures ever
/ brought into such juxtaposition, though
the effect from here is not at all incongrl.
GUS and makes beautiful contrast to the
prevailing white OF the other end of the
picture.
| But the pier itself deserves little of our
attention, with its moving sidewalk and
the wire corrals for boat passengers along
the sides. The moving sidewalk Is really a
walk built upon fiat cars, forming an end
less train 1870 feet long, and is propelled
/ by 10 ordinary electric street car motors,
the wires and trolleys being under the
track. One-half the sidewalk moves along
nj the rate of three miles an hour and the
other half at about double that speed. 1t
Is not at all difficult to step from the sta
tlonary platform to the slower half of the
moving walk and thence to the quicker
moving part, where plenty of benches are
provided for those who prefer to sit down.
though 1t is easy to preserve ones equiiib-
/ rum.
| jackson park at night is a perfect flood
of electric glory and for many visitors is
far more attractive than by day. Every foot
of it is resplendent with light, and many of
the effects produced are startling in their
novel brilliancy. The electric fountains
are never failing source of delighted won
der to thousands and thousands of people
and the crowds never seem to tire of watch
ing the incessant changes of color. form and
force that create the beautiful effects that
evoke their admiration. The searchlights
too, attract a deal of attention because of
their novelty, especially the powerful one
casting its radiance from the summit of the
Manufactures building, which casts trail
of light as brilliant as the sun and can be
seen for distance of hundred miles.
But it is not only these unusual features
that deserve commentator.
III itCe, they are pFOOaOly less deserving
OF it than some of the unusual effects pro
duced by the ordinary incandescent and are
ilghts-tor instance, the girdle of light
around the grand basin, made of electric
lamps two feet apart and about three feet
above the water, which reflects the light
and seems 10 double its volume. Then
around all the big buildings at a uniform
height Of about Go feet are bands of iucan.
descent lamps, which add new beauties to
the architecture and lend their radiance to
the general illumination, while the statue
OF Diana stands out above the Agricultural
building bathed in flood of glory cast by
a hidden reflector. See these effects from
the pier just once and then 90 home and
forget it if you can.
Norway makes big spread in the Fish
cries building, having secured one-sixth of
all the space in the main pavilion Fishing
is Norway's best business and is well en-
titled to the prominence she gives il in her
exhibits Her collection of boats is UNIQUE
ana interesting, many of them being of the
primitive forms used in the olden times
One type with high PROV and a large rud-
der WAS i'll exclusive use a few wears ago.
but is gradually going out of fashion and
VIII soon be entirely RELOCATED to museums
and pictured histories. The sails are SQUARE
rugged and the anchors cumbersome and
odd shaped masses of iron The oars are
very heavy and look as If it would require
TWO strong men to manipulate them.