New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-18

otdnuIhP on the eSDlandde ana facing north,
! the visitor Will have the Federal Government
! building well on his right. The main building will
! be 800 feet long by 100 feet wide A central dome
/ will rise 250 feet above the main floor and all
viii be surrounded by a statue of Victory 20
/ feet high Here Will be shown the Governments
exhibits. including aquariums the fish coIIec-
/ ton Of the United States Fish Commission and
extensive collections from the Philippines
/ Puerto Rico and Hawaii on the west end will
be the horticultural Building, and on the north
the Graphic Arts Building and Mines and For
esrry will have building on the south side
The Court Of Fountains is to be the great
/ centrepiece Of the exposition. This will be i'm
mediately north OF the esplanade. The two
/ large buildings 0f the exposition are opposite
the Court of Fountains They are the Machin-
cry and Transportation Building the west
and the Manufactures Building on the east
/ Beyond these large structures there viii be a
wall, to the right of which will be the Agricut-
ural Hall and to the left the great Electricity
Building and near these is the Service Build
ing. which is already in The Electricity
Building viii be SOC feet from east TO west and
100 feet wide, with exhibition space of 10000
square feet. huge steel tower. 80 feet high,
will stand at the north end Of the Court NJ
Fountains. The great electrical features of the
exposition viii be made possible by the fact
| that the power will be obtained from the power
plant at Niagara Falls. which is only half an
hours ride from the exposition grounds.
The Service Building. which is situated the
west side Of the grounds is - by 40 feet It is
the form Of a hollow square. having two stories
on its exterior facades and three stories the
court side. The entrance. which is in the form
Of a driveway faces the north and communl-
Gates directly with the inner court. Part way
down this entrance and from each side extend
the main corridors That on the right leads 80
offices and apartments to be used for police
headquarters and hospital service including
the rooms for the use Of the commandment N
police, poiiae station. the chief OF the Fire De-
partment, medical waiting room. drug supplies,
offices for 4 surgeon and his assistants and an
operating room. The hospital has porte cochers
entrance for ambulance and emergency pur-
poses
The other parts Of the first floor are taken M
by a large room for the officers and clerks who
have charge Of the admissions and collections
and the auditing Of accounts, these rooms be-
ing fitted with fireproof vaults.
The headquarters of the director of vorka
with his private office and stenographer's room,
offices for the landscape architect. the superin-
tendent Of building construction. purchasing
agent. chief engineer mechanical ana electrical
engineer. and accommodations for the officers
having charge of transportation and installa-
uon, exhibits and concessions, are arranged %
carry on the business Of these departments
on the second floor is the large draUghting
room used by the force Of architectural
draughtsmen. This department has 4 large
vault for valuable drawings. on this floor ar.
the sleeping apartments Of the director Of works
and the chiefs OF the various bureaus compris-
ing the department Of works. Here also are
numerous apartments for such of the employees
required to be continuously AT the expo
sition grounds. A kitchen and dining room
apartments for the janitor ana hospital nurses
and several guest chambers are provided on this
1OOr
The building is in its architecture a free
adaptation of the Spanish Renaissance such as
is shown in old Californian and Mexican mis-
sions ana churches. This style was followed as
closely as the requirements and exigencies of
arrangement for light and space necessary in 3
first class working Office allowed.
The land has been cleared of fences. and twenty
four hundred small poplar trees, twelve hun
dred willow bushes and seven hundred assorted
shrubs have been planted about the border Of
the grounds. boundary fence has been built
eight feet high and 1900 feet long A nursery
has been prepared and everaI thousand trees
and shrubs have been placed therein. Seventy
five large trees have been transplanted from
points in the site TO avenues on the border Of