The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09
AT the Buffalo Exposition for The
Sunday Globe.
INITIAL LETTER ON THE SHOW
Interesting Description Of Tho Events up 10 Date
as they Appear 10 Newspaper Woman with
Keen Perception for tho Striking and
Salient in The Great Panorama Of Pan-Amerl.
Cans-0edCatoY Ceremonies, etC.
Bufalo. n. Y. June 2 1a01

| JeTmlheu TO make IL memorable day,
not only in the annals of the Exposi.
tion but in the history of the city.
Dedication Day at the Exposition!
What a world of realized hopes, re.
| warded sacrifices, and returns from pa
tient toll that implies! All unaided,
Buffalo has built and paid for .ne most
magnificent Exposition ever inaugu-
rated in America, and it is doubtful If
even the Paris Exposition compares ia
color scheme and artistic arrangement
of the buildings at the Pan-American.
And then the electrical display.
There never was anything like it. Ever
and anon, in passing through the va
rious buildings, | hear some one ask
his companion: do you think this is
as fine as the Worlds Fair?" and the
same reply is sure to be heard: "In
many respects it is superior to the
Worlds Fair, and in the electrical dis
play it beats the world"
| am not the advertising agent Of
the Pan-American Exposition, but in
simple justice must say that the expo.
stion is well worth travelling many
many miles to see, and the expenditure
of many more dollars to enjoy
Suppose we are visiting the Pan
American for the first time. We en-
ter at the Amherst street gate This
is best. Here the first thing that greets
the eye and pleasantly, too, are the
beds of flowers of all kinds and de-
scriptions, artistically arranged and
making pleasing background, as it
were, to the buildings beyond. The
first building we enter is the Agricul-
tural Hall. Here, as would be natu-
rally expected, the various States Of
the Union, and some South Americans,
have displayed the choicest fruits Of
the soil In a future letter | will give
more detailed accounts of these ex-
hibits, On Saturday night, June 1st,
the Agricultural Hall was formally
opened, a reception having been plan
ned for that night, to which all eX-
hibtors, the directors Of the Exposi
tion, and a few other invited guests
were invited. This reception is given
by Prof. Frank A. Converse superin-
tendent of the Agricultural Hall.
The department in charge Of Install
ing the exhibits has, for the past week,
been at work on a report showing the
exact state Of completion in all the
on. the grounds This is the
first authentic statement given out re.
garding the actual state of completion
Of the Exposition. From lAls it is seen |
that in the Machinery and Transporta- |
tion Building Graphic Arts, Ordnance |
Building, Stadium, Electricity Build
ing, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts, |
Dairy Building, Agricultural Horticul- |
-ural, Ethnology and Forestry Build |
Ing, and the Model Dairy, comprising |
some 7i7 exhibits an average Of about |
81 per cent of the exhibits are in place |
and ready for visitors.
The Mines Building is complete, and |
was opened by a reception given by |
Dr. Day, superintendent of the Gov
Mining Exhibits, and In !
charge Of the building.
Other exhibits are being rapidly |
placed and visitors who wish to come |
10 Buffalo now need not fear they will |
not have enough to see As the Of |
fetal catalogue says, the problem Of |
starting is the only one which those |
visiting the Exposition |
will meet, and that is so easy that it
s answered by the single word Start"
The Exposition grounds are thirty |
ride from the center Of the |
'ity The general plan Of the grounds |
,an be compared to an inverted "T" |
with the cross-arm as the Esplanade |
extending east and west, and the ver- |
.ical stem extending north, terminal |
ing in the Propylaea or entrance to
he railway station. The Court Of |
Fountains is i'm the center Of the YER
teal stem and starting from its fOrr
corners Is the beginning of the main
group Of large buildings. Standing in |
4 broad basin to the northWard Of the |
court is the Electric Tower, rising to
a height Of 391 feet, adorned with
many groups Of sculpture upon its sal
ent points, and from a niche in its
southern face gushes a cascade 70 feet
nigh and 30 feet wide Connected with
his basin is a canal, bordered by beau
.iful trees and crossed by arched
bridges. which runs north of the elec.
.ricity building and east to the Agri.
cultural Building, and then turns and
forms the Mirror Lake.
Facing the Esplanade on the north
S the Cascade Fountain, and at either
end are the Esplanade Fountains, sur.
rounded with statuary Of every de.
The Esplanade is designed
10 hold 250000 people, and on Dedica.
ion Day with more than a hundred |
thousand people strolling around these
grounds, it was evident the Esplanade
would accommodate the full number
)f people contemplated in the original
design.
In all previous eXpositions the main
feature has apparently been the arChi-
.ectural work. Not so at the Pan
American. Here the color scheme has |
gone hand in hand with the architec-
tural designs, and the result is pleas
ing in the extreme. The plan repre-
sents both efforts, and is after the de- |
sign by G. Y. Turner, representing the |
fierce struggle Of man to overcome the
In other words, as one |
enters the grounds, on the left will be
seen buildings which represent ''ele-
and on the right those repre- |
senGng man and his affairs, or that |
which man has gained after long years |
of struggling to overcome the ele-
meuts
The coloring begins with deep red, |
blue, green and gold, gently blending |
in tints and growing more delicate un- |
I'll the Electric Tower is reached and |
here it again commences in a deep |
green hue as near the color Of the |
waters Of Lake Erie as It. is possible |
to get. The Tower itself IS a cream |
white, and colored with blue, green |
and gold from bottom to top, until the
figure on the top is reached, which rep
resents all that man has accomplished |
over the elements.
The grounds are provided with seven /
entrances. The north entrance is for
those arriving by railway, all the diff. |
ferent transportation lines coming in /
to one depot. This is also the gate for |
those coming from Niagara Falls and |
I ,gtyp,rt Pr,ua vfbfob trottav 90 re rttp