The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-21
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
A Design Already Accepted for
One of the Buildings.

a most important architectural feat
ure of the University Exposition, to
be held in Paris in 1900, will be the
two new palaces to be erected in the
Champs Elysees. Plans for both build
ings have now been selected and the
work will presently be under way.
The building will be the Madison
Square of Paris.
The selection was made deliberately
by competition There has, of course,
been some discussion of the jury's
award, but the character of the jurors
has been enough to represS any express
sion of real discomfort. Well it might,
with such men for jurors as Ed Detaille
and Purvis de Chavannes, presidents,
respectively, of the Association of
French Artists and the National So
ciety of Fine Arts; NJ. Henry Boucher,
Minister of Commerce; M. A. Picard,
Commissioner General, and NJ. Henri
Raujon, director of fine arts for the
exposition.
Sixty plans were submitted for the
grand palace, which is to be the most
imposing architectural monument of
the exposition. No less a sum than
45, 900 francs was offered. The judges
began by eliminating about one-half
the plans offered About thirty re-
NAMED, and this number was without
difficulty again cut in two, leaving fif-
teen. This remnant representing
much and varied talent, was sub-di-
vided and classified, with the result
indicated in this table of awards:
First premium q5,00Of) m. LOuvet
Second premium (12,06Of.) 49,.
Third premium (S,000f.) M. Thomas
Fourth premium (6O00f.) M. Girault
Fifth premium (4,000fO .........
.M NJ. TroOpey-Bailly
NJ Louvet's plans are considered
real triumph of interior arrangement
and artistic imagination of the highest
order.
The artist has endeavOred to modify
as little as possible the aspect of the
Champs Elysees. The new avenue
leading from the Champs ElySeeS to
the Invalides has not been neglected.
trees and gardens, which will have the
appearance of connecting naturally with
the existing trees ana shrubbery in
the famous promenade.
AS to the palace itself it contains
two monumental staircaSes, and an i'm
mense entrance hall. On the first floor
are the salons reserved for the eXhi
bition of paintings. An enormous
salon is set aside for sculpture, and
plenty of space has been reserved for
smaller exhibition rooms, a great cafe
restaurant, etc.
The rooms on the ground floor will
have abundant light. Those on the
first floor will be lighted from above,
excepting the salon Of honor, which has
immense windows and balconies.
1t is TO be a permanent building, this
palace, and will be utilized for the an
nual horse show. A track can easily
be laid on the ground floor, and ar
rangements have been made for sta
bling underground, as is also the case
of Madison Square Garden.
NJ. Charles Girault. by unanimous
vote of the jury, secured first prize for
the lesser palace, 5000 francs, and also
fourth prize for the grand palace, 1000
francs. NJ Girault is 45 years old and
a native of Cosne. The Palace of Hy-
giene, on the Esplanade des Invalides,
and the pavilion of the Chamber of
Commerce, on the banks of the Seine,
two notable features of the Exposition
of 1889. were his He is now building
the monument which Nine. Pasteur
widow of the illustrious savant, has
dedicated to her husbands memory at
the Pasteur Institute in the Rue Dutot,
where NJ. Pasteur's body is eventually
to be interred.-N. Y. Herald.