The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28
BIG GLASGOW EXPOSITION
TT WILL BE OPENED NEXT MAY
AND CONTINUE UNTIL
NOVEMBER
AMERICANS WILL EXHIBIT
Great Preparations Are Being Made
to Make the Exposition a
Remarkable Sue
cess.
AMERICANS WILL EXHIBIT

In 1883. Glasgow held an international
exposition which yielded its promoters a
net surplus Of more than $3.50, 600. The
great Scotch shipping port proposes to
| repeat the experiment on a much great
eF scale this year, from May to Novem-
Der, when an exposition will be held
which. in the language of it's projectors,
shall present a full Illustration of the
| British empire, its dependencies, domin-
ions and colonies. and the progress in in
dustry, science and art of all nationalities
during the nineteenth century, says the
New York Times.
Seventy-three acres in Kelvingrove
park will be devoted to the purposes of
the exposition. The buildings now ap-
preaching completion are being erected
according to plans prepared by James
Miller, of Glasgow, whose design was
awarded the first premium of 200 guineas
in open competition. Subsequently he
was appointed architect of the exhibition
There are three main groups, comprisin g
the industrial hall. the machinery hall
and the grand hall TO Entertainments.
The style is Spanish renaissance, one
which lends itself to that brightness
and gayety of color so essential to eXhi-
bition buildings.
Including the fine art gallery, the main
buildings cover an area of about twenty
acres. The Industrial section, which is
SuTI1OunleO ny grand dome, IS IUU rect
long, 800 feet wide and covers nearly six
acres. Through the center runs the
main avenue, 700 feet long, SO feet wide
and about 20 feet high. The walls
are covered with fibrous plaster boards,
faced with pure white stucco. The dome
is 200 feet from The grounds, the highest
pinnacle in the building, so feet in dame
ter and decorated internally in ornate
style. Four white towers rise to height
of about $50 feet, and, running round, LOG
feet up, there is a huge balcony, 400 feet
in circumference, and averaging rs feet
wide. designed to form a promenade
from which an excellent view of the ex-
hibition and its surroundings may be OBJ
tanned. This balcony is reached by ele-
vators and spacious staircases in the
towers. Under the dome is the grand
entrance, approached by an extensive
piazza, with a peristyle or colonnade 200
feet long by about so feet wide. At each
corner of the building, and on the north
and south fronts toward the center, arc
pavilions, about So feet square, each hav-
ing four lofty minarets at the angles
terminating in domed roofs. If desired
the central portion can be retained as a
permanent palace of recreation, capable
OF accommodating 10000 people.
From the industrial hall, a covered
avenue, 900 feet long by rs feet wide, a
continuation of the main avenue, leads
to a bridge over a public thoroughfare,
and thus a continuous covered connec-
ton between the two buildings is OBJ
tanned. The machinery hall IS 500 feet
long $40 feet wide, and covers an area Of
five acres. 1t is intersected by galleries
fifteen feet wide, from which the ma
chinery in motion on the floor may be
viewed. Its construction is similar to
that of industrial hall.
The International character of the ex-
ho Oh fol Ilafi In o
the names of the countries whose Off
cial support has been secured, in addf-
ton to the exhibits of the United King
dom: Russia, France, Austria, Japan,
Morocco, Mexico, Persia, Denmark, India,
Western Australia, Canada, Queensland,
British South Africa, South Australia.
While America will not be officially
represented, manufacturers have taken
considerable space in the machinery sec
ton. Some of the nationalities mentioned
above are erecting special pavilions in
addition to the space allotted to them
in the main building. Russia, for ex-
ample, is to have four, in order to fit
tingly display mining, timber and other
industries. One will be reserved for the
display of the appurtenances of the i'm
perial estates, which are similar to the
British crown lands and by arrangement
with the refreshment contractors, there
will be a dining room in which dinners
will be served in the Russian style, with
wines, savories and other food products
of the empire which the government is
anxious to see introduced into other
countries.
Canada, too, is to have a special build
Ing, covering about 1900 square feet,
wherein to exhibit minerals, manufac-
lures, agricultural products and fruit in
season. In the building to be occupied
by the Japanese will he found display
of arts and manufactures, with native
artisans at work illustrating some of the
Industries peculiar to that country. 1t
will be SURROUNDED by Japanese garden.
in itself no small attraction. Over AGO
exhibitors are expected from France,
whose section is being organized by a
committee nominated by the French gov
eminent. Rhodesia's productions will