New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

made In case the effect produced is not sats
factory.
The work on the Pont Alexandra III is p's
crossing rapidly. The caisson OF the right bail
ia completed This superb bridge will be ferv
metres wide-that is to say. ten metres vita
than any other bridge in Paris.
The largest OF the temporary structures Is IL
Sale des Fetes. the plans for which are MT
definitely approved The Chateau d'Eau. In ,hs
Champs de Mars, will be the most amolco1
water and fountain effect yet attempted Hso
dreds Of workmen are busy digging at h
foundations The Palace Of Electricity VIII b q
the lightest arabesque design but of immens
height. The central design of interlaced arcas
will be surmounted by a colossal star charsS
with the most powerful electric lighting poHs
that can be devised one OF the great feaiufs
Of the Palace of Electricity will be the orchss
t,al concerts. wherein the variations of ~
colors Of electric light changed and regulates
BY an operator performing on a piano the ksyi
Of which control the electric plant VIII harnon'
ize with the music, the whole being under "a
direction Of the leader Of the orchestra
SETTING CoLORs TO MUSIC
The writer was recently present at the opt1
wben q trial or rehearsal Of this new coa
music took place in the presence OF IN
Commissioned General OF the Exhibition N
Picard and the Director Of the opera. ro1
huge six pointed stars thirty feet in dam
eter were erected in the stage Each s'1
WAS composed Of a thousand glass bulbs repre-
eenting cLromatic designs in red blue yelo"
Tha
thing like that Of a gigantic KALEIDOSCOPE bsca
of the various chromatc designs were connec'e'
nv insulated wires with the keys Of piano
The leader Of the orchestra directed 'ne 0O"'
transformations in harmony with the h's".
rental and vocal music and IN perfec' ac0oi'
with the dancing in fixed position oil CORPS "
ballet composed OF hundred dancers ~.
effect was enchanting. This marriage a.
were OF color with music has never before "s'
attempted In Paris. The subject IS 'ece""'
the attention of the leading French cohpoSe',
and will be one OF the most striking features
1900.
The building for the military and naval u,
IL designed by two young architects NJ "S''
Aubertin and NJ Umbdenstock. ana the io'"S'
tions are already advanced. In the centre
the building there will be a large tower pro'"''
with a signal station. and a house FOR ea'''
pigeons Two smaller towers will be constructs
at each end. From one OF these end towers w
forward half Of the counterpart OF the f'eNN
flagship. the Formidable. will project IN ha's
size. From the other will project the stern -,
OF the largest French flagship OF the days ="
Louis XIV This will be natural SIZE 'ss
auction Of the Royal Louis. the model OF WIZ
Is still preserved in the Naval Museum. -.
II il estimated that the number OF Visi'o's
the Worlds Fair in 1900 will be 6OOoV" 81.
Il is upon this basis that the plans for the "''
transit OF passengers are based Besides 'he ~
movements In the great trunk lines leading
Paris and the new stations, such "a the reHn0'-
Of the ruins Of the Cour des Complies on =.
left bank Of the Seire, opposite the lu''e'',
Gardens to make way for the proloNsa''o" ="
the Orleans Railway and its new fa''s
u,nal station. there will be new lines OF e''.
trtc tramways established IN the city nm.
There will be an electric railway encif''' "a
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