Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-11-02
ST. LOUIS FAIR PLANS.
Plateau Of -Four Hundred Acres
to Be Utilized For It.
SITE OF GREAT NATURAL BEAUTY

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4 Hanging Gardens and Cascades to
Add to the Attractlveness of. the
Place-The Extent Of the Buildings
Plans In the Hands of Architects
! Work Soon to Begin.
The great st. Louis worlds fair is
taking on proportion and substance in
the minds OF its creators, and the gen
eral Layout" as the disposition of the
grounds and the buildings is technical
~ called, is now definitely known and
arranged in an orderly manner, says
the st. Louis correspondent of the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
This exposition will be the first in the
| worlds history in which natural hills
will figure conspicuously. This depar-
ture was brought about by the natural
beauty of the site, which upon exami-
nation was found to be notably faVora-
BILE for the creation Of a fair Of excep-
tional beauty and enhancing charm.
The Louisiana exposition is. to be To-
Gated entirely within Forest park, the
second largest public park in the Unit
ed States. The unfinished portion Of
the park was granted to the exposition
company by the'city of st. Louis as an
exposition site, and every one of it's
natural features will be utilized in a
striking manner by the designers and
architects.
This part OF the 1ark is somewhat
billy. 1t contains large level tract of
about 400 acres which was formerly
used as a golf links and race track.
From this level tract there rises slope
with a gradient Of about sixty degrees
to an average height Of about sixty
feet. The little city of buildings max
ing up the exposition, with it's towers,
It's lagoons, it's lawns, caERls and pleas
ing groups of statuary, will occupy the
lower level. On the top of the slope the
art gallery, with it's Independent build
ings, will stand. This group Of struc-
lures will be the architectural chef
d9uvre Of the exposition and has been
designed by the noted architect Cass
Gilbert OF Minnesota and New York.
On the elevated ground will arise also
the United States government build
ing, designed by Knox Taylor.
The rising ground between these
buildings and the lower tract was care
fully considered by the architectural
commission, which in it's treatment was
given wide scope for originality. The
result will be dream of aesthetic beau
ty. The slope will be converted into
fairyland of hanging gardens and beau
tiful cascades.
To an observer on high tower or in
a balloon the general picture of the ex-
position will appear in the shape Of a
gigantic fan, the ribs Of which will be
the avenues formed by the buildings
and gardens Of the SCENE. At the con-
yerging point of the radiant lines will
stand the art building on an eminence.
The waterfalls issuing from the sides
Of as many hills in the form of a cres-
cent will course down the hillsides and
empty into a grand basin. The water
effects Of the entire landscape radiat-
ing from these three cascades form a
mile Of continuous water circuit.
From the semicircular basin into
which the cascades will fall two
streams in imitation of natural rivers !
branch off to the right and the left. AS
hey traverse the avenues their banks
assume regular geometrical outline to
their debouches into the grand basin
1t the lower end.
The main exposition covers more than |
;wo-thirds of square mile. The grand
oasin is 900 feet wide, and from the
main entrance to the art building I
the heights at the handle end
# the fan the distance is three fourths
# mile.
Following are the principal buildings, |
With their dimensions and designing t
Lrchitects:
Agricultural building. 700 by 1000
eet, Isaac S. Taylor; art building, 800
" 900 feet, Cass Gilbert; liberal arts
building. 600 by $50 feet, Eames &
young; manufacturers and liberal arts
building, 600 by 1900 feet, Carrere &
hastings; electricity building, 600 by
30 feet Walker & Kimball; mines and
netallurgy building, 600 by 1900 feet,
IAN Brunt & Howe; education build
ng, $50 by $50 feet, Theodore 9. Link;
ocial economy building, $50 by $50
Get, Barnett, Haynes & Barnett; trans
building 900 by 1900 feet
Yidmann, Walsh & Boisselier; govern
1ent building, with fisheries pavilion
nd ordnance pavilion, 400 by $50 feet,
Knox Taylor.
Among the most interesting features
f the exposition will be the grand en-
rance and the drive leading to the gate.
his latter will be along Lindell boule-
ard one Of the finest residential
treets in America. The entrance will
e on the side toward the city, where
he fair grounds abut on the finished
ortion of the park. Chief Architect
aylor has designed magnificent en-
.anee to be located here.
Newspaper Collection.
Mrs. Helen B. P. Cogswell. daugh-
If of the late Parker Pillsbury, has II