Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-06
ITS FAIR NOW OPEN.
Pebble Get Peep at CaliforniA's MID
winter Exposition.

winter Exposition.
SAN Francisco. Jan. Slowing to the
rainy weather in the last month and
delay in arrival of exhibits, mostly
foreign, from Chicago. the formal
opening of the California midwinter
exposition was not made Monday, but
will be made in few days The gates of
the fair wssc opened to the public,
however. The midwinter fair band
was in attendance and many of the
confessional features were in full blast,
and many persons availed themselves
of the opportunity to inspect the
grounds and buildings in advance of
the formal opening.
The site of the exposition is one of
the most beautiful imaglnati,. In
spacious basin at the foot OF Straw
berry hill, in Golden Gate park, sur
rounded by trees and gentle slopes
that protect it from high winds, the
landscape gardener has prepared
100 acres as foundation and set
ting for the work of the architects.
Golden Gate is in plain view and the
magnificent bay of San Francisco, bor-
dered by the city itself, splendid Oak
land and lovely Berkeley, and dotted
with islands and spreading sails, fur
nishes glorious panorama of beauty.
I The five main buildings-Manufac
| lures, Mechanics, Agricultural and
| horticultural, Fine Arts and Ad-
ministration-are excellent exam
pies of the modern treatment of an
cient architectural models The first
named is the largest 1t is $50 feet
long, $50 feet wide and So feet high, of
the Moorish type and exceedingly
picturesque. The cost of this struc-
ture has been about Sl5O,OOO. A. Page
Brown, who designed the California
building at the worlds fair, was the
architect.
Next in Importance as in size to the
Manufactures is the Hall of Mechanic
Arts, which has cost about 500, 900. 1t
is East Indian in style and resembles
the buildings so common in Delhi
The dimensions are 324 feet in length
! by 100 feet in depth and 80 feet in
height. In the rear is an annex 246 by
So feet, which contains thirty boilers
of 100 horsepower each. The exterior
is covered with staff and the roof with
gliding. Z. L. Sweiu is the architect
The Administration building-alsc
designed by A. Page Brown - re.
sembles somewhat the worlds fai1
building of the same name. 1t is
Byzantine.G othic, with Moresque or.
namentation. In plan it is square
with bexagonal towers at the cor.
ners, each supporting a small dome
From the center of the building, and
conveying the impression that it re
ceives its support from the four small,
towers, extends a hexagonal tower
bearing a splendid dome in gen
eral outline harmonious with the
smaller ones. Each tower ha:
projecting battlement and there is &
garden on the roof all around the biz
dome. The domes are covered with gill
bronze and the general .coloring is By
zantine in its richness. The entir,
: structure is OF wood and staff.
Samuel Newsom designed the Agri
, culture and Horticulture building
: which is not very unlike the Californi;
, building in Chicago. The whole build
; ing is 400 by 200 feet, and has cos
/ about 800, 900.
The Fine Arts building, designed b,
c. c. McDougall, is notable for it
dudLhUhSSS anu OIlB ludllIJs IL ls> Il Col
lective and comprehensive illustration
of the art of building as practiced b,
the Egyptians. The entrance
flanked by full columns gro
tesquely ornamented, which il
> the second story assume tn
form of, or give place to, ele
a a phants. A small pyramid surmount
the vestibule. The columns are o
r wood and surround plain, solid, rect
angular, tireproof brick structure whicl
. is intended to be permanent. Th
walls of the interior are decorated wit
d curious Egyptian figures and hierc
; glyphs. The cost of the structure i
about $4,000.
: OF the sixty or more smaller build
8 ings most are well under way an
e some are completed. They are ali, eS
e cept the county buildings, private cor
y cessions and are not shut off from tn
t exposition proper, as was the case i
y the worlds fair, but are scattered a.
r over the grounds. The whole of Sur
:, set City, is a Midway Plaisance.
One of the most interesting feature
of the fair will be the collection c
county buildings, after the fashion c
the state buildings at the worlds fail
r Every county in the state will be req
a resented-two or three to each builc
o ing. The handsomest and most intel
!. esting of them all is the Los Angelo
h county or southern California exhibi
I. which is now nearly finished. Th
n other county buildings are almost 8
l. well along.
O The management hope and expec
e that the fair will be largely patronize
IS by easterners. Rates have been reduce
n by the railways and every preparatio
;. for great travel has been made. Br
d the bulk of the patronage, of cours
d will be furnished by the residents {
: the Pacific coast, who take deep inte
ia est in the sue cess of the enterpris
q Last Sunday, when the grounds wei
n inclosed for the first time, more tina
e 5000 people paid twenty-five cents eac
m to enter The facilities for transports