San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-06

Swain. This building is one nun
dred and sixty feet by three hun
dred and twenty-four, and in it's
construction the spirit of the archi-
lecture of the Indian Temples has
been skillfully adapted.
To the north of the central light
tower and valley of flowers is the
most uniquely attractive building
of the group, designed by G.. G. Nc
Dougall. 1t is to be permanent
feature of the park after it has
served its purpose as building of
fine arts. At the southwest end
of Concert Valley, beyond the
fountain will be found a structure
as light in appearance as the Fine
Arts building is substantial. The
Administration building is another
work of A. Page Brow's and COM
bines Central Indian and Siamese
features in light, graceful struc-
ture, consisting Of central dome,
over an inclosed square corridor
with pavilions at the four corners.
In these are located the offices of
the management, the department
of publicity and promotion, the
foreign departments, assembly
rooms, etc. Northward from this
building, with the Fine Arts build
ing the north side of the quad
rangle, is situated the Agricultural
and Horticultural building, de-
signed by Samuel Newsom in the
old California museum style.
The five buildings around the ter
raced quadrangle leading to con-
cert valley are but the nucleus of
a great number OF county and con-
cessionaires' structures selected
from a great number of applicants.
Santa Barbara county has erected
a handsome building, wherein is
exhibited her amphibia, principal
ly the sea-lion; San Mateo brings
her log cabin from Chicago. The
Chinese, six companies, of San
Francisco, have an oriental build
ing of their own, fully 100 feet long
and 80 feet wide, with a central
courtyard to be filled with
rare Chinese flora. AT one
end there will be Chi
nese theatre, and about the court
yard there will be booths exem-
plifying the manufacture OF i'm
portant Chinese productions. The
structure will be Enthusiastically or
namented with carved dragons
and brilliant red, yellow and blue
flags, will flutter above filed roofs,
from which a Chinese pagoda,
copied from the celebrated tower
at Nankin, will rise some seventy
feet. Most of the Oriental eXhib-
its at Chicago will be found here,
including "A Street in Cairo"
The directC general of the fair is
Mr.. HI. de Young and the honorary
National commission comprises,
among others, Vice-President Ad-
lai f. Stevenson, Whitelaw Reid,
w. j. Arkell, of Frank Leslie's
Weekly; Melville f. Stone, Ferdi-
nand w. Peck, George E. Massey,
of Delaware; Thomas w. Palmer,
George w. Childs, of Philadelphia;
Col. +. o. Meier. of st. Louis;
bdNlN INlCll3 VI 4NS" Olh
General Horace Porter, of New
York; John A. Cockerill, of the
New York Advertiser; F. w.
Rapier, New Orleans Picayune
James w. Scott, Chicago Herald;
Joseph Medill, Chicago Tribune;
William Penn Nixon, Chicago In
ter Ocean; William Preston Har-
rison, Chicago Times; Moses p.
Handy, chief of the department of
publicity and promotion, Worlds
fair; Gen. r. A. Alger,of Michigan;
John T. Dickinson, secretary of
the national commission Prof.
Selim III. Peabody, chief Of the
chairmen of liberal arts, Worl DIS
fair; j. NJ. Samuels, chief of
the department of horticulture,
James Watson, OF Texas; w. II.
Buchanan, chief Of the department
of agriculture; Halsey c. Ives,
chief of the department of fine
arts; L. w. Robinson, chief of the
department of machinery; ID. H.
Burnham, director of the works;
J. q. PangbOrn, w. A. StadelmaD,
and II. A. Matthews, Of the Ameri-
can Exhibitors association; Chas.
IT. YerkeS and LYMAN j. Gage.