The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-06

side of the lake the Machinery and
Transportation buildings will be To-
Gated.
The Cotton Palace will be the most
imposing and impressive structure.
really the central feature Of the expo
sition, and of special interest to manu-
taCturers OF cotton spinning and Weav-
ing machinery and mill supplies. 1t
will contain specimens of the products
of all the mills of the South and the
machinery supplied by eastern manu-
facturers for using the raw material
right from the cotton fields here. The
Cotton Palace, when completed, will
cover 50.O 900 square feet of ground. 1t
is 100 feet high and shows a facade of
over $50 feet with domes. turrets, red
tiled roofs, etc. in a typically southern
style of architecture. Its court Is 100
feet in diameter and filled with tropical
plants and enriched by fountains.
The Agricultural building will con-
r,p $1,000 square feet of floor area.
'n> Auditorium will have seating
Cn,',. Y of 5000. The Grand Fioza, or
-, 5oo y Honor, will occupy length
and in its ana Yn Midtn IN OF h,,,,s, Soo tGSt;
sunken garder. -oo -. ,oot " hr no" s,o soot
l.,
with sloping terri. ., ,.o,do,t oroon
with arbors along ,ts ratbs co,.eroI
with vines. myrtle ala roso, atc or
great variety.
At the Entranc.
At the entrance of the o..,ooiti,n
grounds WI stand the Administation
building, covering $1,000 square III.
the Minerals and Forestry, GOVERN.
an area of 10000 feet, and about TWEEN
ty-two acres will be devoted 10 tn,
various Midway attractions, hereto
fore so interesting and instructive
The live stock exhibit will cover sil
! acres.
The Palace of Electricity will he
particularly picturesque and interest
ing feature, with its electrical fOun
tains, cascades and every known mod
crn appliance of electricity. In tn,
park around the lake there will be
grand avenue dedicated to states an,
cities. Several of the states of tn,
Union have already signified their in
tention of erecting state buildings anC
make state exhibits and have voteC
appropriations for that purpose. In
stead of the nondesCript state build
ings. so familiar at other exhibitions
each state will select for reproduction
one of its most beautiful or character
iStic buildings. Thus, Virginia will re
produce Mount Vernon; New York
Sunnyside, the home OF Washington
Irving; South Carolina, Edgewood, a
one of its many interesting and his
torical homesteads; Kentucky, FEEDER
al Hail, from which came the inspira
ton for "My Old Kentucky Home,
and Georgia will reproduce Dingle
wood, near Columbus, and so on. 1t Il
proposed the government building vii
be a reproduction of the White House
and the Negro building will carry on
in typical style some we'll know
southern homestead surrounded b,
negro quarters, the whole designed (,
show the development Of the negr
| within the last twenty-five years. y,
man of his race is better able to handI
this project than Booker T. Washing
ton. the head of the negro department
Many large cities like Baltimore an
Philadelphia will be represented in thl
eVenue.
Tea Culture.
Pinehurst tea gardens the only com
mercial tea grown in the Western
hemisphere, Is a short distance iron
Charleston. This exhibit will be abso
lutely unique and will prove one of in
tense interest to visitors. 1t will b
both scientific and commercial in char
acter. The tea plant will be show
] growing upon the exposition ground