Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-02
an AIIltIlCan Outlook.
The Big Exposition Promises to
Exceed All Exr citations.
Exhibits From All the States ard Countries of the
Western Hemisphere-More Than a Score
of Great Buildings to Shelter
the Displays.

rangement Of the buildings about these
courts. it has been made possible to
present an electrical display far more
elaborate and grand than any before
conceived. Some 5000 horsepower and
more than 100000 incandeseent electric
lamps will be employed in this wonder
full illumination. The centerpiece of
this display will be the Electric Tow
er, structure of superlatiye beauty
standing between the Plaza and the
Court of Fountains This glorious work,
designed by John Galen Howard. is
375 feet high. In its southern face is
a beautiful cascade. 80 feet wide and
70 feet high. falling upon a terfaeed
base This cascade and all the foun-
tains Of all the courts will be richly IL.
Illuminated at night in great variety
of colors, giving an effect Of fantastic
and enchanting beauty.
Standing In the Fore Court (E) and
looking north. Immediately in front. Is
the Triumphal Bridge (G) This bridge
will be one of the most beautiful works
of the Exposition, having four great
piers surrounded and surmounted by
sculptuaad groups modelled by Mr. Bit
ter and others. Crossing the bridge,
we may see on the extreme right the
three great buildings erected by the
national government for the shelter of
its extensive exhibits gathered from all
departments. Onsthe extreme left are
Mif,nC lty1r
and Graphic Arts buildings. At the
northeast corner of the Esplanade and
Court Of Fountains is the Ethnology
building, and on the opposite corner Is
the Temple of Music. Next north. on
the right, is the Manufactures and Lib
eral Arts building and on the left the
Machinery and Transportation build
Ing. North of the Mall, on the right, Is
the Agriculture building and on the
left the Electricity building. In the
tenter Is the Electric Tower. In the
northeast corner of the grounds is the
Stadium. with its large entrance build
ing "a. Opposite, on the west side of
the Plaza, is the large entrance to the
Midway. IN the north is the Propy.
l9a, or monumental entrance and be-
yond this the great building but recent
ly found to be necessary for transpor-
tation exhibits and, forming part of
this the splendid railway station. Two
wv buildings, one devoted to dairy
doducts ans the other to agricultural
Blachinery, are being erected, but not
shown ia the plan. The live stock dis
play is east of the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building. In the south
eastern part of the grounds are the
State and Foreign buildings, the Six
Nations Indian exhibit, the Philip
pines, Ordnance and Forestry exhibits.
The exhibits to be made at the Pan
American Exposition embrace every
line of human effort. They have been
classified as follows. Electrical Machin-
cry and Appliances; Fine Arts: Paint
ing, Sculpture and Decoration; Graph
ic Arts: Typography, TYPOGRAPHY,
Drawing, Engraving and Bookbinding;
Liberal Arts: Education, Engineering,
Public Works, Hygiene and Sanitation,
Constructive Architecture, Music and
the Drama; Ethnology, Archaeology,
Agricultural Machinery and 1mple
ments, Dairy Products and Appliances;
Horticulture. Viticulture, Horticulture;
Live Stock: Horses, Cattle, Sheep,
Swine, Poultry and Pet Stock; For
estry and Forest Products; Fisheries,
Fish Products aDa Apparatus; Mines
and Metallargy; Machinery, Manufac-
nrH-
nance; exhibits from states and eoun-
tries of the western hemisphere.
One of the chief architectural fea-
lures at the Pan-American Exposition
will be the splendid Temple of Music
This will be the center for musical in
terests at the great All-American Elk
position. Music lovers will naturally
wend their way to this building very
soon after arrival upon the grounds.
aud both here and from the band
stands in the great Esplanade and in
the Plaza they will always find some
entertainment in progress which will
appeal to their love of musical art
The Music Temple is well along to-
ward completion. Its architecture is a
free treatment of the Spanish Renais-
sance, it being octagonal in form, with
payilions at the corners. The grand
entrance is at the corner Of the Els
psanade and Court of Fountains. the
spacious courts upon which most Of
the principal buildings of the EXPOSE
/ ton have their frontage. The cornice
md balustrade are of elaborate compo-
Ition. the latter bearing names familiar
to the musical world. The interior Of
the temple will be particularly fine in
Its sculptural and color decorations.
The exterior of the building will be
ornate in architectural features and
groups Of sculpture designed to Illus
trate the purpose and character Of the
building. A dome whose crown is 13tI
feet above grade and whose interior is
brilliant wiki golden tints and other
rich hues gives an imposing finish to