The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-11-01
A'TLANTA'S FAIR.
BIG COTTON STATES AND IN
TERNATlONAL EXPOSITION.
VIII BE Held In tS05-National Gov
ernment to Make an Interesting
Display-Planso of the Main
Buildings.
HY HE great Fair of 1895 will be
the Cotton States and Inter-
national Exposition, TO be

national Exposition, to be
held in Atlanta, Ga, next
September. Its success on an elabor-
ate scale is assured by the fact that
Congress appropriated S200,0 900 for
the removal of the immense Govern
mcnt Building from the Worlds Fair
grounds ii Chicago to the grounds of
the Cotton States Exposition in At
lanta, thus giving the exposition n
Governmental Endorsement, which will
prove OF great value. In addition to
this the business men of Atlanta have
subscribed $780, 900. the city of At
lanta gives $40, 900, and the State of
Georgia is expected to appropriate
500, 900.
The Cotton States and international
Exposition will exceed in scope sew
eral times over the Cotton Exposition
| of 1881. Atlanta has grown steadily
and is abler both i'll experience and in
wealth to handle such an enterprise,
and has gone at il with an energy that
makes success certain.
There will he six principal build
ings Five Of these we're designed by
Bradford L.. Gilbert, of New York,
and one by Walter Il. Downing, of
Atlanta. They will be erected on the
Piedmont Exposition grounds, of
which Mr.. Gilbert says:
al do not hesitate to say that con-
slider the possibilities of development
for exposition purposes beyond those
of any other exposition grounds which
| have seen. IL is tended to retain,
so farss possible, the natural contour
Of the ground, and that is wise, for i
am sure they can be made very beau
tiful. When the buildings are erected
and the decorations of the grounds
are developed Atlanta will have one
of the most attractive exposition
grounds that this country has ever
seen"
The Administration Building, de-
signed by Mr.. Downing, will be one
OF the striking features OF architec-
ture in the grounds. 1t carries the
idea of the Southern homes of ante
bellum days in the immense pillars ut
its front and Is intensely Southern
throughout. The central portion is
of double-story height, but it is de-
signed to be great central hall for
use as an art gallery if the Board so
desires. At either side are the rooms
for the officers and for the press
The leading idea throughout the
other buildings is Romanesque. They
are designed with an idea of stability
/ aud oiu,,,iioifx, oF ,nnot,uat,1n T,Lo
the Machinery Building, for instance.
This is in its interior construction n
simple cube so designed as to give
great deal of space inside and with its
exterior finish having touch of the
Renaissance. On each end, Mt the
sides and in the center there are large
! porticoes with immense pillars, which
will give to the entire buildinga a state
ly effect. 1t will bo sixty.fve feet
high. The Manufactures Building
carries out the same Romanesque idea,
but is considerably more elaborate.
In the Agriculture Building the same
idea Is carried ont in II sort of pyra-
midal shape, and so, too, in the Elec-
trlcity Building. Tho latter has tow
ers and arches, which can be brill
lantly illuminated, and, located as il
will be at the foot of lake, great
light can be secured. The towers at
the corners of the Manufactures Build
ing are very large, and can be used
tor restaurant purposes, or anything
OF the sort. The broad outside corri-
dor on the second story of this build
ing can also be used 10 magnificent
advantage for restaurant purposes.
The dimensions of the buildings are
given as follows:
The Manufactures Building is $40
by ZIG, is GO feet high, with n
tower reaching 100 feet from the
ground, and will be the largest build
ing on the grounds, second only, of
course, to the great Government
Building.
The Manchinery Building is 100 by
500, and is Go feet high.
The Agriculture Building is 800 by
$50, is GO feet high and has 1O0.foot
tower.
The Minerals and Forestry is 80 by
800; the elevation is 80 feet, the
central octagonal tower is 60 feet.
The Electricity Building is 81 by
$50, GO feet high with 1O0-foot
tower.
The Administration Building has a
central hall 80 by 100, and two side
wings, 80 by 100. 1t has an elevation
OF 60 feet.
The Government Building il TO he
on high hill above the building of
the Driving Club. Beyond itand above
the famous cotton patch of Piedmont
Exposition days Is the site of the
main building, beautiful hill, where
1t will have one of the most prominent
sites on the grounds. The Agricultural
Building, which from its architectural
structure is designed to be kept per-
manent, with the idea of making it an
auditorium, is to be located on the
hill south OF the main entrance to the
grounds. The Electricitv Ruildino 10