The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-23

depend good deal the significance of our
exhibit. No governmental building is to
be erected, save under the inspection of
the experimenting architect, Mr..
Bouvard This is in sense censorship
of architecture. AS noted at the outgetlof
this letter. there is to be color and brill
| liancy at every point. Nothing is to be
allowed in the way of buildings CT adorn-
ment on the grounds of the exposition of
| 1900 which lnterferes with the harmony
of the whole. So that no nation will be
allowed to erect it's building until after
the plans have been submitted to the sup
orintending architect. 1t is intended,
however, to allow each nation the widest
possible latitude in style of architecture
consistent with the rule of harmony.
ana the management of the exposition
believes that in no way can this rule of
harmony be enforced save by an inspec-
51on OF all plans of buildings to be erected
on the grounds.
EUROPEAN NATIONS AND AMER
ICA.
While the opening day will not be for
two years and half-April Is, 1900-yet
there is little enough time left, it would
seem for the Government of the United
States to make decision as to all prelimi-
naries and begin at the earliest possible
moment the preparation for an exhibit.
1t can be taken for granted that the
nations of Europe realize, as they never
realized before, the tremendous scope and
power of America, and they are going to
| show the United States in this World S
Fair what they can do.
The exposition of 1900 will cover prac-
tlcally the same space as did the one or
| 1899, though there will be 270 acres of
ground instead of 240 in 80. The work
of the demolition of the buildings is now
we'll under way. The central dome l
photographed day or two ago-a sorry
| spectacle it makes in comparison with its
stately outlines eight years ago. The
| beautiful fountain in front of it facing
the Eiffel Tower has but little left to
! mark it save few broken and disman-
| tied statues and half dozen delapidated
| dolphins once spouters of beautiful jets
of spray. The central dome, as such, has
| wholly disappeared now, only the heavy
| frame work of one-half of it remaining
when made the photograph of the de-
molition, and the destruction is rapidly
| going on.
The connecting building between the
main dome and the long machinery hall
will also be torn down and the machinery
hall of all the buildings on the grounds
| of 1889 will remain. This will be remod
| eled in various ways to suit the demands
of the exposition exhibits.
TEARING DOWN THE OLD BUILD
INGS.
The Palace of Fine Arts and the Palace
of Liberal Arts to the right and left of
the central dome facing the Eiffel Tower
will soon be memories, for the contracts
for the demolition have already been let,
and before snow flies, or, to be more pre-
else, before the winter rains of Paris be-
gin, the major portion of these buildings
will be in ruins. The view through the
vast arches of the Eiffel Tower looking
toward the central dome is hardly what
it was in 1889.
The buildings to be erected in place of
those torn down will be much handsomer
and moro ornate and the brilllancy of
| color noted above Will here be shown at
| it's best.
The work of razing is under way, also,
on the grounds of the Palace of Industry,
which was one of the leading buildings
of the red exposition, situated near the
| Champs Elysees, in o different part of the
city. Here, where the exhibitions of the
old salon have been held these years, the
contractor is making an exhibition of
how quickly he can pull to pieces the
great iron beams of this big building,
| and the whole field looks as though a
| cyclone had struck it.
| The grounds are inclosed by a high
board fence, inside of which you may not
go unless you have permit. On the To-
cation of the old Palace of Industry at
| the point there Is to be erected pair of
buildings under the general name of the
| Palace of Art. These are to be one in
reality, and are to be permanent. The
sum Of s., 600, 900 will be spent in their
construction. They will be the repository
! of the finest art treasures of France, and
| here will be held the salons of coming
years.
The workmen are rap dly carting away
the refuse. and great pile-drivers are at
work all over the grounds preparing for
the foundations of the buildings.
WHAT THE EXPOSITION WILL
COST.
This exposition is not going to cost the
people of France, and Of Paris particular
ly, very small amount The govern
! ment appropriated 81, oO0,o and the city
of Paris ST. 900, 600 more. This comes out
of the regular taxes. With this sum the
permanent building of the Palace Of Arts
will be built, using up half of 1t, and it
will stand as q permanent Investment, SO
it can hardly be called an expenditure of
the exposition. Sixty million francs OF
ST., 00G, 600 will be raised by lottery. In
point of fact, it may be said to be raised
practically already, for 2,500.OCO of the
8, 800, 900 tickets have already been sold.
These tickets sell for twenty francs each.
and they entitle the holder to twenty ad-
missions to the fair during the exposi-
ton, participation in all the drawings of
the lottery from date of jsguance marriott
patton in all the various lotteries that
will be held on the grounds during the
exposition, with other privileges in the
way Of admission to exhibits to which
the general gate ticket will not admit.
RAISING MONEY BY LOTTERY.
The exposition management on the Co.,
0Go, 900 francs of the lottery makes a clear
per cent in interest Of 100000 francs,
which goes tosthe prize fund, so that in
the end the exposition will clear the