New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-23

nan is remarkable for its collection OF furniture
from remote times to the Louis XVI period
The building will revert to the city of Paris
after the present year, to serve as a permanent
Museum Of Fine Arts.
THE GRAND PALAIS
On ,9.e left of the Avenue Nicolas III. looking
toward the Champs Elysees. ami opposite the
Petit Palais, rises the Grand Palais Although
composite in style. its architecture gives an i'm
preston Of graceful dignity. Its site is in the
form OF an immense double with unequal
cross pieces. After the Exposition the palace
vii! serve for the same shows functions and
ceremonies as its predecessor. the PaIais de
TIndustre.
The chief facade Avenue St Nicolas. is a
composition of columns. with Ionic capitals
somewhat recalling the Louvre colonnade Other
parts pure Renaissance or Louis XIII and
Louis XIV, while for the side facades the archi-
Palace Of Versailles NJ. Deglane for the front
NJ Thomas for the back and NJ Louvet for the
centre buildings are the architects of the Grand
Palais which covers surface OF AZ $40 square
yards ana has cost S4.So0.00.
Enamel mosaics by II. Fourier depicting
art in Assyrla. in Egypt, in Greece in Rome
etc. decorate and brighten the chief facade TO
the length Of 246 feet On each Of the two great
angles is placed a great quadriga or chariot
and driver drawn by four horses. similar to that
on the United States PAVILION in the Rue des
Nations. These two groups are in bronze gilded
with gold leaf. ana ere alone worth 100000
The principal interior feature Of the chief nave
is q fine monumental staircase leading to the
fine arts salons Another noteworthy arrange
ment is the position Of the stables for the annual
horse show capable OF accommodating some six
hundred horses These are placed in the base
nent whence gentle inclines permit OF an easy
ascent 10 the body of the hall
Entering by the chief doorway are found on
the right q the ground floor collections of the
last ten years 0Ss9-'39D Of French sculpture
water ColoTs. drawing engraving and architect
ure \ continuation Of the French modern
-gn S iTcT GO1r r;,r
Foreign hne arts collections are situated on the
left IF The ground floor in the following order:
Belgium. Holland. Austria. Italy. Russia Ger
many. Portugal Norway, Spain. Sweden. Den
mark End Switzerland and on the first floor to
the left ar" Rumania. Bulgaria. Servia, Hun
gary. austria, Italy. Germany. Spain, England,
the United States and Japan.
The architects Of the Grand Palais deserve
great praise for their admirable conception and
its execution, for the building will remain one
AZ the best examples of nineteenth century
architecture 2nG fitting close 10 the century.
THE NEW BRIDGE OVER THE SEINE
For many years past the want of another
bridge the Seine has been greatly felt in or
der relieve the congested circulation of We
hicles Of al kinds passing between the boule-
wards ard the Champs Elysaes on one side. and
the Chamber Of Deputies. the Foreign and other
Government offices and the Boulevard St. Ger
main the other side. That want has
been supplied by the new Bridge Alexandra III.
The foundation stone was laid by Nicolas II,
Car Of Russia. on October Z 1896 with all pos
sible pOmp and ceremony.
This fine, ore span steel bridge is a handsome
structure. which does great honor to its
gineeTs. NM. Resal and Abby, and its architects.
Mn. Cassien-Bernard and Cousin The frame
work consists OF fifteen ares in moulded steel,
the first time that this metal has been thus
used in brdgemaking. IN order to guard against
sny fluctuations in the metal caused by changes
Of temperature the jointed. The width
Of the span alone is 35S feet.
Two pairs Of high stone pyiors. erected at the
eXtrenitIes OF the bridge, form its chief decOra-
ton. They have been placed there TO help the
vision n The completion Of the vista of the In
valides dome AT the base Of each pylon is
statue Of 2 woman, representing France at diff
fereat epocl2s-Niddle Ages. Renaissance, Louis
NV and the present day Each p-lon is sur
mounted By ale gorical groups, Pegasus, in
g.lGed bronze. dull or green bronze would
have been far more artistic, the bright gold
giving tiNSellv. taWdTY appearance to what is
otherwise an excellent design. Indeed, the gold
z.aIing glitter entirely spOiis the general effect.
and disturhs the gaze from the more artistic
features Of the sculpture.
F. he side of the pylons are the splendid
.crs nv Dalon, and a central group at the key
of the arch is symbolical of the Franco-Russian
rIliance. The lighting Of the bridge is provided
for by Jos incauGescent lamps.
Tie persoectives commanded by this bridge
a-e Various and extremely interesting, well
worthy careful examination. Looking toward
the Champs Flysees are discovered the Sala-
rnandre' the Petit and Grand palais, framed in
a mass % VeTdure, and in the far distance the
entrance to the Presidents Palats de PElysee.
Down stream are the Pont des Invalides the
r-svfIions Of foreign Powers and the Horticult-
Lral and Aforementioned buildings, with their
lovely gardens. Upstream appear the Pont De
q Conrorde. the Chamber of Deputies and the
TuiIeries gardens. while, turning away from the
champs Elysees the view embraces the Es-
planade des InvaIieds with its graceful festal
buildings. ana. towering far above ALL the gllded
This fridge has cost 81 400 OoO of which $780,
600 has been spent in its ornarentation.