The age-herald., 1901-12-20

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 municipality of St. Louis added 5000, 900
 and the United States Government gives
 it's endorsement and help to the extent
 of $5,00O,O00, besides appropriating $225.- 900 for the government building. It is I expected that this last named sum will be considerably increased for the purpose I of making the most complete government i exhibit ever brought together Appropri- ations have been made by several states
 ranging all the way from $1500O to $250,000
 each.
 On the 20th of August last the Presi-
 dent of the United States issued procla-
 nation to all the nations of the world
 inviting them to participate in the Worlds Fair at St. Louis. This invita- tion was delivered through diplomatic /, channels to the heads of the various gov
 ernments and favorable replies have
 been received from a large number of
 them, indicating a worldwide interest
 in the exposition
 Site in Forest Park.
 The site of the Worlds Fair is in the
 western part of the city, the authorities having set aside more than 600 acres of Forest Park for the uses of the exposi- l tion, and an adjacent area having been
 secured. makes a total of nearly 1200 acres devoted to the fair. Included in
 the fair grounds are the buildings and
 grounds of Washington University, val
 ued at 8, 100000.
 | The principal buildings of the exposi-
 ton are arranged according to sym w.1O | fan in the northeastern part of the For
 est Park section of the grounds. The 1 principal vista will be that from the
 main entrance looking southwest some | three-quarters of a mile, to the Art Pal | ace, which will crown eminence sixty | feet above the general level of the main | buildings This avenue will be 600 feet wide and there will be transverse ave
 nue 300 feet in width. Fronting upon these
 beautiful avenues will be the manufac
 lures and liberal arts buildings, the edu
 cational and social economy buildings. the
 mines, machinery, electricity and trans | portation buildings. These structures
 vary in size from seven to fifteen acres
 in area A broad lagoon encircles two of
 the most central buildings. The Palace
 of Art upon. the hill at the southwest will | be permanent building and with its by buildings will cost about S1000,000 The I
 the Renaissance, with a liberal use of 1 colonnade effects upon all exteriors The | slope from the Palace of Art to the la | goons will afford an opportunity for cas- 1 cade effects of a most beautiful charac- | ter. The government building and pa l vilions devoted to special purposes will 1 occupy a position upon the elevation l southeast but conveniently situated with 1 reference to the main group of exposition | r6 he a n
 group and beyond the Palace of Art is a l considerable space which will be devoted | to state and foreign buildings. Among l them will be the Missouri building. which | is to be permanent edifice costing about 1 $3O0,000 The largest building of the ex- 1 position will be that devoted to agricul- ture and its allied industries, which will | stand west of the main group and will | cover an area of more than thirty-two
 acres. The new buildings of Washington | University, which stand west of the main 1 group of buildings, are nearly ready for occupancy, and will be the administra- | tive headquarters as we'll as serve other purposes.
 Every Phase of Human Activity. The Worlds Fair will embrace in its scope every department of human actiV- l ity, It is the purpose of it's management | to have 1t portray civilization in its 1 most advanced state.
 The management of the exposition is in | the hands of ninety-three directors, rep resenting the financial, professional, man 1 ufacturing mercantile and railway in | terests of St. Louis. The president of the
 company is the Hon. David R. Francis, formerly Mayor of the city Governor of | Missouri and Secretary of the Interior
 as a member of the cabinet of President Cleveland. The plans for the construc- | tion of the exposition have been well pre-
 pared and work will be carried on with
 out cessation until the opening day. These plans indicate an exposition vastly larger | than any former Worlds Fair possess 1 ing an interest far greater than any for
 mer exposition and having an influence
 upon twentieth century civilization that | will be impossible to estimate.