The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-06

and architectural NORWEGIAN BOAT.
pictures not to be equaled anywhere in the
world for grandeur, novelty, variety and
beauty, but none of them leaves quite such
a lasting impression of complete satlsfae-
tion as the view obtained from a distance
that harmonizes, blends and softens the de-
tails of the picture while adding greatly to
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 p~eristyle the dome of the Administra-
tion building looms up and on its left Ma
chinery hall. Turning to the north of the
main buildings, one gets a view of a city
of the ~strangest looking structures ever
brought into such -juxtaposition, though
the effect from here is not at all %incongru-
Gus and makes a beautiful contrast to the
prevailing white of the other end of the
picture.
But the pier itself deserves a little of our
attention, with its moving sidewalk and
the wire corrals for boat passengers along
the sides. P1e moving sidewalk is really a.
walk built upon fat cars, forming an end
less train 1890 feet long. and is propelled
by 10 ordinary electric street car motors,
the wires and troleys being under the
track. One-ba5f the sidewalk moves along
at the rate Of Afree miles an hour and the
other half ataapout double that speed. It
is noSS%t ali difficult to step from the sta
tionar3spla{iorna 60 the-sloger half Of the
moving walk and thsApe to the quicker
moving, art.aghete plenty Of benches are
provided for:thqse who preferto SIT down,
thoughit Is easy:to'pceserye ones equilib-
RUM.
jackson, park ahsnight is a perfect food
of electric sRlcrysazd fer many visitors IS
far more atsraotSaethan hyday.. Every foot
gift Is r~espfendent with1ight, and many of
the efe~otsspzaduced, are startling in their
novel brilliancy. The electric fountains
are a Observation-Disclosures won
der tastnousaudss fd~thousandssof people,
and theSrowds-n evefqseeunt o.tifeof watch
ing fheincsss$ntf charges Of eolor. form and
force that create the beautiful effects that
evoke their admiration The sesrchlights,
too, attract g deal of attention because Of
theirnoyslty, especially. the poyerfRl n
casting its azdisncefpcsa the summit of the
Manufactures building, which casts a trail
of light as brilliant as the sun and can be
seen for a distance Of a hundred miles.
But it IS not only these unusual features
that deserve .commendation.
In ldCG, buey are pfoDEDiy less QSScE"luS
of it than some of the unusual effects pro-
duced by theordinary incandesoent and arc
hghts-fcr 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 to double its volume. Then
around all the big buildings at a uniform
height of about go feet are bands Of incan-
descent lamps, which add new beauties to
the architecture and lend their radiance to
the general illumination, while the statue
of Diana stands out abovethe Agricultural
building bathed in a food Of glory cast by
a hidden reflector. See these effects from
the pier Just once and then go home and
forget it il you can.
Norway makes o big spread in the Fish
cries building, having secured ane,s4xth of
all the space In the main pavilion. Fishing
IS Narway's best business and is well en-
titled to the prominenoe she gives it In her
exhibits. Her collection of boats is unique
andinteresting, many Of them being of the
primitive forms used in the oiden times.
Onetype with a high PROV and a large rud-
der was In exclusive use q few yearsago.
butts gradually going out of fashion and
will soon be entirely rslegated to museums
and pictured histories. The sails are Quare
figged and the anchors cumbersome and
odd shaped masses Of iron. Theoazs are
very heavy and look as il 1t would require
tygostrong men to manipulate them.