The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-09
New England Building.

The New England building IN the
Court of State and Foreign Buildings
at the Pan-American Exposition re-
minds one of fine old colonial man.
sion. Its broad piazZas and terraces
are typical of New England home of
the Revolutionary period. The design
is plain, yet rich. The building Is 104
feet long by 81 feet wide. The walls
are covered with staff, painted to rep
resent red brick with white marble
trimmings. The shields of the six New
England States are placed in colors on
the front, and there is staff for each
state flag On the ground floor is a
large reception hall, nearly Al feet
square, supported by four columns, aud
at the rear are colonial staircases
leading in two directions from the first
landing On the right of the reception
hall are the bureau of information, the
courtroom and custOdian's quarters.
On the left are lounging and writing
rooms from which beautiful view of
that section of the Exposition is posi-
BILE In both these rooms large colonial
fireplaces are arranged. and the fur
nishings are all in accordance with the
colonial idea The arrangement on
this floor is simple, thoroughly conyen-
lent and withal decidedly in keeping
with what the building will be used
for. Up stairs there have been arrang-
ed six large rooms. Each New Eng
land State Is allotted one, and 1t is used
for a rendezvous for people from that
particular state.
This building is located on street.
or path, connecting directly with the
Grand Court and is In almost as cell
trail position as the New York State
building 1t is near the lake, in the
midst of over 10000 transplanted
shrubs and trees. The cost of the
New England building was 81 600
will also contain, however, all the lat
tory apparatus and appliances for the
study of the sugar beet
Statistics in convenient tabular
form will also be shown representing
the possibilities of the industry and its
present magnitude. Photographs of all
the leading beet sugar factories will
be exhibited illustrating the methods
of construction, field operations and
factory progress.
There are at the present time 40 beet
sugar factories in the United States,
representing $15,000,000 of capital, and
the output of sugar annually is about
100, 900 tons. worth $10.000.000
hn Of Ia 81
the Chemistry Division will be Illus
tratiye of the physical and chemical
constitution of the materials used In
the construction of roads. The impor.
lance of good roads to the progress Of
agriculture Is universally admitted, and
the Secretary of Agriculture has lately
established in the Divisi@l of Chemis-
try Road Material LaGSlatory
The object of this work is to deter
mine by careful chemical and physical
tests the composition of the materials
best suited to the manufacture of good
roads, The exhibit will consist of the
road materials en- bloc, together With
the results of artificial attrition. The
fine dust obtained by this process is
nodded into cubes under great pressure
and then subjected to the blows of a
small hammer until disntegrated. The
cubes of these materials will be eXhib-
tied, together with the fragments OBJ
tained by their disaggregation under
blows of given magnitude, The chem
zeal composition of these materials is
also carefully studied and will be
shown in appropriate tables.
From all these experiments the CO.
efficient of wear is calculated. thus
showing the utility of the material in
question for the construction of du-
rable road
1t is believed that this exhibit will
be unique in character and not only of
great interest to those who believe In
good roads, but also attractive and in.
structiye to the public at large.
Gilbert l.. LEWIS.
Why She Discarded Him.