The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16

Within the face of the niche is an elab-
crate arrangement of electric lights nv
means of which countless fantastic de-
signs are made to appear in the surface
of the sparkling waterfall. Other lights
play upon the water from without. pro-
ducing brilliant and pleasing effects.
quite unlike anything heretofore at
tempted. The tower stands in a large
aquatic pool surrounded by balustrades
and flowers, with numerous fountains
and cascades playing. into the basin.
The tower is reached from the Plaza on
the north side by a bridge of attractive
design. Elevators carry the visitors to
the promenade floors at various heights.
From these floors broad and beautiful
views of the exposition and surround
ings are obtained. At the height of 200
feet in the tower is a large restaurant.
At height Of 300 feet is a lookout that
gives one a birdseye view Of vast
stretch of country. including the Mag
ara Frontier, Niagara river, Canada
and Lake Erie.
Directly east of the tower, on the
north side OF the Mall, is the Agricul-
tural building and beyond that the Live
Stock displays, the latter covering ten
acres West of the tower is the Elec-
tricity building, $50 by 500 feet the
same dimensions as the Agricultural
| building.
Features About the Plaza
We are now at the Plaza. bounded on
the east by the large and beautiful
building which forms the main entrances
/ to the Stadium. A few words more
about this arena for athletics, the lar
| gest and grandest ever erected in tbs
United States or in the western heni@
! sphere 1t covers ten acres and con-
| tains, as we have noted, seats for 25,@
rraIo
( track with abundant room for all sorts
| of high class athletic feats and con-
| tests. It is also the show place for
electric vehicles, machinery, horses and
/ other live stock. The entrances are
! large and admit the floats and other
/ features of the pageants employed in
I special celebrations. Beneath the seats
! is space for a vast number of exhibits.
Opposite the Stadium, on the west
side of the Plaza, is a large building
/ used for restaurant purposes and FORM
/ ing the chief entrance to the Midway.
/ The Midway covers 20 acres and con-
| tains an assortment of entertainment
/ novelties unparalleled. A great num-
| Der were offered and from them the
4 best chosen. The Midway is, of course,
| the gayest feature of the exposition, af-
! fording a welcome contrast from the
| great number of exhibits that are edu-
caticnal in their character however in
teresting, and which tax the under
standing and retentive powers of the
wisest brain.
On the north side of the Plaza are the
Propylaea, consisting of great Monp-
mental Entrances, connected by a curv-
ed colonnade of huge proportions. They
form an imposing architectural screen,
shutting out the steam railway tracks
and trains that reach the exposition
grounds at this point Here we may
Il
ride around the grounds, which are
made beautiful with trees, shrubs.
flowers, fountains, lagoons. lawns and
paths at every point.
At the southeast of the main group of
buildings about IA acres are set apart
for the State and Foreign buildings, an
exposition in themselves. They are
ranged around a broad court. beautiful
with aquatic basins, fountains, foliage
and blossoms.
West of the state and foreign build
ings, beyond the Fore Court, are the
Music Gardens, where large assemblages
may enjoy concerts at almost any hour
of the day or evening. Beyond the Mu-
sic Gardens, near the North Bay, is the
building erected by the state of New
York in cooperation with the EXPOSE
ton directorate. 1t is a permanent
building and is to be the home of the
Buffalo Historical Society's large. valu-
able and interesting collection of relics.
scope of the Exposition
! This exposition is intended to convey
a comprehensive idea of the intellectual,
social and material progress of the
nineteenth century in the western hem
isphere, embracing the independent
governments and dependencies of the
three Americas and the, adjacent is
lands As an electrical exposition it is
expected to surpass anything ever at
tempted. The Niagara Falls Electric
Power plant, the largest on the globe,
is only 80 minutes ride by rail from the
exposition, and it is from this source or
supply that the unlimited power for the
uses of the exposition and for the ex-
tensive and extraordinary electric dis
| plays is to be drawn
The exhibits to be displayed in the
| larger buildings are announced in u
groups or classes, as follows:
Electricity and Electrical Appliances.
Fine Arts: Painting, Sculpture and
Decoration.
Graphic Arts: Typography, Steel and
Copperplate Printing, Mechanic
al Processes, Drawing, Engraving ana
Bookbinding.
Liberal Arts: Education, Engineering.
Public Works, Constructive Architec-
ture. Music and the Drama.
Ethnology. Archaeology, Progress OF
LABOR ana lnVenLOns 1SOldlSu anu ~
! lective Exhibits.
Agriculture, Food and It's Accessories
Agricultural Machinery and Appliances.
Horticulture, Viticulture, hlorlcul-
ture.
Live Stock.
Forestry and Forest Products
Fish, Fisheries, Fish Products and
Apparatus For Fishing
Mines and Metallurgy.
Machinery.
Manufactures.
Transportation Exhibits. Railways,
Vessels, Vehicles.
Exhibits From the Hawaiian Islands,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands.
Besides these are the exhibits in the
state and foreign buildings, of which
| fhe~e will he a large uTrn her