The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-03-16
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The Home Circle.
The Service Building
AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION,
BUFFALO.

The Service Building of the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition, TO De neld at Buffalo,
N. Y, on the Niagara Frontier, from
May l to November l, 1901, was zoe first
buIlaIng OF The Exposition TO be erecGed
and Is used by the corps Of officials and
employees having direct charge of the
constructive WORK Of Lhe EXpuslLion.
Inc building, which ID situated ON the
west SIDE of the grounds, is 95x145. IL
Is In the form OF "a hollow square, having
TWO stories on it's exterior facaues ana
three stories on the court side. The en-.
trance which IL in the form Of drive
way, faces the north and communicates
directly with the inner court. Part way
down Jnis entrance, and from each side,
extend the main corridors. That on the
right leads to offices and apartments to
DE used for police headquarters and hos
pital service, including me rooms for the
use OF the COmmandGnt OF Police, police
station, the chief OF the fire department,
medical waiting room, drug supplies, Of
fees for surgeon and assistants and al
operating room. The hospital has q
porte cUchere entrance for ambulance
and emergency purposes.
The other portions of the frat floor
are taken up by a large room for the Of
1cers and clerks who have charge of the.
admissions and collections, and the audit
ing Of accounts; these rooms are being
dGLed with tire-proOf vaults.
Inc working offices Of the director OF
Works, with his private Office and ste
nOErapher's rooms, G ffices for the Land
sCape Architect, the superintendent Of
TIE Building ConsIructiOn, Purchasing
Agent, Cher Engineer, Mechanical ana
Electrical Engineer, and accommodations
for the officers having charge of Trans
pprfurioU and IuatalIari avhihifS anA
concessions, are arranged to carry on the
business of these departments.
On the second floor is the large draugbt-
ing room; used by the force of srchitec-
Lural draughCsmen. This department has
separate offices and draugnting rooms,
with large vault for valuable drawings.
On this floor are the sleeping apartments
Of the director of works and the chiefs of
the various bureaus, comprising the de-
partment of works. Here also are num-
erOus apartments for such of the en-
ployees as the nature of their duties re-
quires to be continuously at the Expo
sIEIon grounds. A kitchen and dining
room, apartments for the janitor and hos
pital nurses, and several guest chambers
are provided on this floor.
The top floor OF the building has ad-
1itionaI apartments, large blue print
ing room for the use of the Architects,
Engineers Experimentation the operat-
INK rooms for official photographer of the
Exposition.
Inc building has cellar. Frame con-
sGructiOn has been used throughout. The
studs are covered on the inside with COM
position board and sheathed on the out
side with hemlock planks, which
aie covered with cement plaster, the
final finish having the appearance Of
Stueco.
The ornamental work, including the
flag standards, finals, festoons, ETC., are
Of staff. The roof is covered with Span
sh tile of iron. The building is in its
architecture q free adaptation of the Span
ish Renaissance, such as is shown in old
Californian and Mexican missions and
churches. This style was followed as
closely as the requirements and exigen-
cies OF arrangement for light and space
necessary in first class working office
allowed.
The building was erected ready for
occupancy in 80 working days.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK ON TIE EXPO
sITIoN GROUNDS TO JANUARY 20, 1900.
Work was begun on the site, September
20. Since that date the land has been
cleared of fences, twenty four hundred
low bushes and seven hundred assorted
shrubs have been planted about the bOr-
der of the grounds. A boundary fence
has been built eight feet high and twelve
thousand feet long. A nursery has been
prepared and several thousand trees and
shrubs have been placed therein, seventy
fye large trees have been transplanted
from points in the site to avenues on the
border on the grounds. Some ten thou
sand yards Of top soil have been scraped,
piled, mixed, and turned over. -Four
thousand yards of excavation have been
| removed from the East Lake; two green
houses 2OxS0x10, with propsgating houses
adjoining, have been built, and num-
| Der Of cold frames have been set out.
Tue grounds have been cross-sectioned !:
buildings, canals, and roads have been
stsked out. Is, 900 feet OF sewer have
been constructed. Plans for fire mains
and domestic water supply have been
completed. Route for intramuraI rail-
way has been surveyed, and from 1000 to
5000 feet of canal which encircles the
grounds have been excavRted.
1000 large poplar trees and maple have
been received and prepared for early
planting in the Spring. $50 Monumental
Cedars have been prepared, boxed and
are now awaiting Spring before being
shipped from New Jersey.
| Plans have been completed for the
foundations of the Agricultural Building,
and complete plans for Machinery and
Transportation, one of the large bull iings
350x500. Bids for all the main buildings
will be invited at an early date, and even
before Spring of this year much progress
in the constructive work will be made.
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